Our tank's biology up close

[redfishbluefish]

Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.


Your video isn't working for me.....it wants me to "sign in."

 

[jason2459]

Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.


Your video isn't working for me.....it wants me to "sign in."

Can you try again? It's marked as public.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Can you try again? It's marked as public.

It's working now. Thanks.

 

[Kungpaoshizi]

This might help a bit, amazing to see samples of microscopy from out tanks when many times it looks like nothing is there!
http://mint.ippc.orst.edu/nematodeid.htm
http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/PathogenGroups/Pages/IntroNematodes.aspx

 

[jason2459]

Good link. Thanks.

 

[jason2459]

Opps, sorry all. I just noticed I uploaded the wrong video and uploaded the unedited version. I tried to cut out a lot of the bluring and moving around. Watching it makes me want to scream out STOP MOVING!

Will definitely try to get better video next time. But I have about 10 more videos I need to go through and edit for this cyano one at different levels. 100x, more at 400x, and at 1000x.

 

[jason2459]

So, to me this looks like a female then

lack of a spicule
possibly the vagina
and ovaries.

And a close up of the ovaries

 

[Sabellafella]

Dude this is rediculasly awesome man, post moree!! Thanks for sharing

 

[hatfielj]

Very cool ! I've always wanted a microscope. Do u mind me asking how much a scope like this generally costs?

 

[McMullen]

Kind of get a greater appreciation for the abundance of life in our tanks. Even that disgusting blob of cyano, almost makes me not want to kill it……almost!

 

[jason2459]

Dude this is rediculasly awesome man, post moree!! Thanks for sharing

Thanks, I'm definitely planning on it.

Very cool ! I've always wanted a microscope. Do u mind me asking how much a scope like this generally costs?

This is the one I got
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BPJJ70I?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00

but you can get them with out the camera and a single monocular for a lot cheaper.

Kind of get a greater appreciation for the abundance of life in our tanks. Even that disgusting blob of cyano, almost makes me not want to kill it……almost!

Definitely. I never touch the cyano if I see it anymore. Haven't for a very long time. It just goes away on it's own at least in my tank. And seeing it has a predator probably helps. lol

 

[jason2459]

Decided to just upload all the rest. Haven't even seen them yet. Will have to check them out later.

 

[jason2459]

40x

 

[jason2459]

Here's that worm up close eating away

1000x and terrible job I will keep working at doing much better next time

 

[jason2459]

And at 100x

 

[jason2459]

Kids call this one a bunch of bugs

@ 400x

 

[jason2459]

The constantly moving cyano like snakes crawling all over each other.

1000x

 

[jason2459]

Various stuff @ 1000x

 

[jason2459]

3 minutes 22 seconds in and to the end of the vid is the odd filiment I highlighted above

 

[jason2459]

Last one I think. It's of the bigger one that moves forward and backward like a corkscrew screw.