In any healthy environment there should be millions of microorganisms. What
are you doing to find them? A simple stain of a drop of water may not show
much, but growing on bacteriological media might show many things. Molds and
parasites will require more complicated methods of finding them.
--
John Gentile Rhode Island Apple Group
yjgent at home.com President
"I never make mistakes, I only have unexpected learning opportunities"
> From: UtchWilly at aol.com> Organization: BIOSCI/MRC Human Genome Mapping Project Resource Centre
> Newsgroups: bionet.microbiology
> Date: 12 Mar 2001 18:43:09 -0000
> Subject: microorganisms in fish tanks
>> I am in a Biology class at Fauquier High School, in Warrenton, VA. I am
> currently working on a study of the microorganisms in both fresh and salt
> water fish tanks. As of yet, I am unsuccessful in finding anything. Is this an
> error on my part, or are there no microorganisms in the fish tanks?
>> Dutch W.
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