microscope

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...

(Ed: You can start with post #66 if you want to see what I picked for my first scope.) 40X-2500X LED Trinocular Compound Microscope w 3D Two-Layer Mechanical Stage $225 (on sale) seems like a great price. And it seems to have all the necessary features. But they have so many similar models...

A few weeks ago my microscope broke. It wasn't as old as PaulB's relic (I think he calls it an antique) but it was several decades old. So, I was then overwhelmed and excited with all the new options out there today and got a trinocular microscope with a 5MP camera. 40-2500x. Much stronger...