Microannalid in Algae

[Don Schaeffer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3lx8Z7jEVE&t=45s
I picked up small samples of algae from the very bottom of the aquarium and floating at the surface. I was surprised to find that my worms were coming back. Months ago, I was beset by a family of worms (microannalids--small cousins of earthworms). They seem to be coming back into my microscopic life. They are about 2/3 of a millimeter in length and therefore can be seen with the naked eye if you look carefully. I made pictures of the worm, the diatoms, plentiful in the algae, and the inevitable protists, flaggelates, and smaller denizens of the biome.