What is this thing floating in my cycling tank?
I am currently cycling an 11 gallon tank. Right now the only occupants are bladder snails that arrived on some plants 2-3 weeks ago. Just saw this thing floating in the water today, what the heck is it? It only measures about 1-2mm across right now. There are no flowers or flowering plants in my tank, just a bunch of anubias and amazon swords recovering from being in the mail for 4 days.
Photos were taken with a 100x microscope attachment for my cell phone.
Tank temperature is a steady 78F. Because I am currently cycling with pure ammonia, parameters have been as follows the past 3 days: Ammonia (0.25 - 2.0 ppm), Nitrite (0.0 - 8 ppm), Nitrate (0.0 - 40 ppm). Currently 0.0, 0.0, 40 and pH of 7.2.
u/Federal_Coconut_1984 — 5 days ago