Larry, Whoever wrote your link/reference to the description of what infusoria is has taken too free of a license in doing so. For starters, an infusion is the liquid extract in water of any kind of dead organic matter -- animal or vegetable -- not just vegetable matter, nor is it pulverized matter as in a suspension of particles. Nor does infusoria get their name because they originate solely (and directly) from vegetable infusions, as seems to be implied, but as an ultimate step in the food chain.
While infusoria can be said to originate from either animal or vegetable infusions, to describe them merely as such is to insinuate that they obtained their needed nutrition directly from these infusions, which is a misleading erroneous assumption. Infusoria feed on the bacteria, which in turn feed on the infusions. The animal or vegetable infusions are necessary for the culture of infusoria, but they don't feed on these infusions directly; their main food source is bacteria which are breaking down (decaying) and feeding upon the extracts of the dead organic matter. Ray
--- In tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com, Larry Blanchard <labl@...> wrote:
>
> Donna King wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm pretty sure infurosria isn't a virus. They are microscopic animals.
> >
>
> You're right, but the reference you gave didn't work for me. Here's
> another:
>
> <http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Live%20Food,%20Infusoria.htm>
>
> Larry B
>
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