Reef microscopy

[richarddeweerd]

I got myself a fairly simple microscope last week and I decided to get a few drops of water from my sand. First of all I was amazed on how many living things i found in a single drop of water. I really found a new dimension of the hobby

Can any body guide me a bit in what I'm actually looking at? The big piece is a tiny spec of nori. But I'm just curious in how to identify all other kinds of living things. The pictures of the worm are about 50X magnification and the movie and the other picture are about 100x.

 

[F i s h y]

I got myself a fairly simple microscope last week and I decided to get a few drops of water from my sand. First of all I was amazed on how many living things i found in a single drop of water. I really found a new dimension of the hobby

Can any body guide me a bit in what I'm actually looking at? The big piece is a tiny spec of nori. But I'm just curious in how to identify all other kinds of living things. The pictures of the worm are about 50X magnification and the movie and the other picture are about 100x.

Can't help with ID'S but that's neat. R2r should have a micro thread sticky with cool pics and videos of microscopic things

 

[Brian W]

Hi, hope you are doing well.

Are you still into microscopy? I'm just getting into it myself. So far I've only looked at Phytoplankton and Microbacter7. I started with an Amscope M150C, but I'm already upgrading to a Stellar 1 for more clearer pics/videos. I do not have a clue what Im really looking at yet either but cannot wait to learn more. Ive watched HobbySci on yourube, his videos are somewhat helpful. He only has a few videos on the reef under the microscope. That's all I have found as far as videos. I Also watch Microbehunter to learn more about microscopes. I've been trying to find other resources online but cannot find any.