The toxic effects of heavy metal ions, Hg2＋, Pb2＋ and Cd2＋ on Colpoda inflata were studied, finding that the growth of C. inflata had been inhibited signifi- cantly under different concentrations of heavy metal ions. The acute toxicities of Cd2＋, Pb2＋ and Hg2＋ to C. inflata went in the order of Hg2＋, Pb2＋, Cd2＋. The results of joint toxicity showed that the types and magnitudes of joint actions were different at different solution compositions. The joint toxicity of Cd2＋ and Pb2＋ at the concentration proportion of 1：1 and toxic proportion of 1：1 were all antagonism. At the concentration proportion of 1：1, the joint toxicity of Pb2＋ and Hg2＋ was synergistic, and it changed from antagonism to synergistic at the toxic proportion of 1：1. The joint toxicily of Hg2. and Cd2＋ at the concentration proportion of 1：1 was synergistic, and it was antagonist at toxic proportion of 1：1. At the concentration proportion of 1：1：1, the joint toxicity of Cd2＋, Pb2. and Hg2＋ was synergistic, and it changed from antago- nism to synergistic under toxicity proportion of 1：1：1.
