microscope

Hello! I run a 5 gallon PICO tank that until yesterday had no fish. I also feed phyto daily, so there has always been an abundance of wee beasties that have fascinated me. Most I've been able to identify (copepods, amphipods, munnid isopods, spinoid worms, spirorbid worms). However, there have...

Hello Everyone, I recently set up a frag system and am trying to be very thorough about quarantining everything I introduce. A few months ago I purchased a chalice coral that has now been in quarantine for 60 days. Overall the coral appears to be in good health and has even grown a bit...

I’m looking for a cheap ($100 or under) microscope for fish disease/algae/bacteria identification, just looking for some reviews or experience on better ones (I understand a $100 microscope will act like one haha). i plan on upgrading eventually, just need something for now that wont break...

Now that we have your attention- check out our video under the microscope of a copepod pooping ;) :rolling-on-the-floor-laughing: What goes in..... must come out.... Due to the fact that phytoplankton removes CO2 from the atmosphere and copepods eat this phytoplankton, these pods are...

Just dipped a new Trumpet Coral with some CoralX and found these two 'lil creatures. Any idea what they are? 1) 2a) Assuming Front part of body 2b) also, assuming this is one creature unless it's two. But this would be what I'm considering the non-front part of one creatures - almost...

I have never thought of getting a Microscope to look at the coral, or other things in the tank. I decided that it is worth having, and they are rather inexpensive these days. I ended up getting The reason I like this one is that I can place a frag on a plug in a small jar saltwater and...

It's an orangey brown color.

Here is the goby's poop and the microscope pics show the white part of it. Can't believe he pooped all this out at once... (Vid at bottom) 1. 2. 3. 4. (Video) filmed at 100x and 400x https://youtube.com/shorts/vmXGkAn8VaE?feature=share

Hi, I’ve just finished cycling my tank and I’ve put a grain of sand under the microscope to see this? There like little bugs zooming round near/next to the grain of sand. Anyone know what it is? Is it bad or is it the bacteria that came with the live sand? Thanks :) Here is the video of microscope:

Pictures: 1. 40x 2. 400x w/about 3x phone zoom. 3. 400x w/phone zoom 4. 400x w/phone zoom Video's: 1. https://youtube.com/shorts/qaQsbLgK8aY?feature=share 2. https://youtube.com/shorts/atK1P4RrnsI?feature=share 3. https://youtube.com/shorts/ABMkETU_Rps?feature=share 4...

Maybe a copepod? Harmless? A ciliate? Is it harmful? Guessing these are a type of dinoflagellate. Harmful? No idea what this is... And this is my tangs Flesh...after he died. Thinking he may have died from flesh eating worms or flukes.

Are there anything in these findings that would've killed my tang? He was breathing kinda fast starting yesterday or the day before...He died this morning. If you have suggestions I could go back and try to get a better picture of something. @vetteguy53081 Let me know if I should take...

I took a gentle skin scrape off one of my clownfish and found red bacteria moving very slowly. Should I be concerned? And could the picture be a fluke of some sort? Btw they are taken at 800x And I've been using prazipro for about 2 1/2 to 3 weeks now.

I know what this one is... Small cell amphidinium Dinoflagellates. 1. This is some weird brown algae almost has a Coralline brown dot attached to the rock with a string piece coming off I think. 2. 200x 800x Some green stuff... 3. 80x 200x 800x Random microscope pics that...

Do you see any thing worry some in these microscope pictures? 1. 1(1). 2. 2(1). 3. 3(1). 4. 4(1). Any help would be greatly appreciated. @Jay Hemdal do you see anything? And if you don't see anything what power should I look at for a bacterial infection or the flukes?

Does anyone/ microbiologists know what these things are, I believe my fish have a bacterial infection, just trying to find out if anything in these pics are worry some? And what to look for when I do a skin scrape. 1. 2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9. These are just from my rock and water in tank: 200x -800x...

Can any microbiologists or someone with knowledge please tell me what you can see in these photos and 1 video :)

I have some brownish stringy algae on the sand bed. Here’s some scope pictures with a link to the video. One person said diatoms already but I’d like to get that confirmed. Thanks! https://youtube.com/shorts/bIbPYK4BhB4?feature=share

LPS a ting funny last few days, pulled sample off an elegance, 400x showed this guy. Doesnt resemble a pod? What am I looking at?

Anyone have any idea what has made its way into my culture of nannochloropsis? Here is a quick video or 2 under the microscope: Link: AND DIRECT UPLOAD BELOW (IF IT WORKS)

Hello Reef2reef members, I have some algae growing on pumps and a bit on rocks (well actually growing on top of other algae already on rocks). I first thought it is cyano as it is a bit red/brown and can look dusty but also sometimes with strings To further ID it, I checked it under microscope...

Hi All, I've got this reddish/brownish thing that keeps growing in my sand. I stir the sand almost daily, but the next day it's back on my sand bed. It almost looks like diatoms, but I'm not sure that's what it is. My tank is a little over a year old. At this point I'm thinking either dino or...

Hi Guys, I swear this is something new. Okay, maybe it's just aiptasia. I want you to see if there's something I'm missing though. I added a colony of Pink Hippos (zoas) to my tank about 2 months ago. Before adding, I dipped in Coral Rx (standard procedure). I had second thoughts about this...

I've been having an issue what what appears to be a fuzzy, brown colored algae. I've posted here before and life got in the way of solving the problem. Today I pulled some out and took a picture under the microscope. Any ideas? Now that things are slowing down I'm upgrading my sump, going...