Reef under a microscope (dial-up beware)

Triterium · #1 09/14/2004, 08:14 PM

I recently bought a cheap microscope off of ebay and have had some fun taking pictures of stuff from my reef tank.

Pic 1 is a shot of some greenwater. Nannochloropsis oculata

Chaetomorpha 40x

leather coral 100x

Triterium · #2 09/14/2004, 08:15 PM

crushed zoanthid 40x

purple mushroom 100x

hair algae 100x

Triterium · #3 09/14/2004, 08:16 PM

baby brine shrimp 40x

bristle worm 40x

amphipod 40x

amphipod 100x

munnid isopod 40x

munnid isopod 100x

wood polyp 40x

brine shrimp (i think) 40x

dbrown · #4 09/14/2004, 08:20 PM

nice pics. Did your microscope come with the camera attachment?

minireef75 · #5 09/14/2004, 08:27 PM

Thank you for sharing your pictures. They were very interesting.

Triterium · #6 09/14/2004, 08:35 PM

No camera attachment. If you have a digital camera, you just hold the lens up the the eyepiece and shoot. Thats about as simple as it gets

bonerfortuna · #7 09/14/2004, 09:45 PM

Nice concept. thanks for shgaring them .

AL ur Pal · #8 09/14/2004, 10:14 PM

AHHHHHH! Attack of the hair Algae!!!

The magnifyed hair algae gives me goosebums. I know im gonna have dreams about giant HA taking over my tank

Nice pics though, thanks for sharing

Morbo · #9 09/14/2004, 10:44 PM

So my isopods are just tiny cockroaches

... hmmm.

Rikko · #10 09/14/2004, 11:01 PM

Wow.. Our tanks look so much cleaner and orderly under a microscope.

dogfacepuffer · #11 09/15/2004, 12:35 AM

Very interesting.

@LVIN · #12 09/15/2004, 01:02 AM

thanks for pictures man!

Mr.Yuk · #13 09/15/2004, 01:22 AM

coolest photos i've seen in a long time. thanks.

Frick-n-Frags · #14 09/15/2004, 05:17 AM

yes, thanks, very cool.

Flipturn88 · #15 09/15/2004, 05:35 AM

Great pics. thanks for sharing.

reef10 · #16 09/15/2004, 07:49 AM

you can really see the structure in the crushed zoanthid at 40x. I just thought they were mush. The last picture you identified as brine shrimp might be mysis shrimp.

purplehaze · #17 09/15/2004, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by reef10
I just thought they were mush. The last picture you identified as brine shrimp might be mysis shrimp.

I think so too, and the pic of the BBS 40X looks like a copepod!

scaz · #18 09/15/2004, 10:24 AM

nice thanks

StinkyNappy · #19 09/15/2004, 10:30 AM

last pic IS some type of WW mysid.. (opossum)

sanblas · #20 09/15/2004, 10:36 AM

I think your 'baby brine shrimp' pic is a copepod, looks like a calenoid copepod, but not positive

great pics!

Yose · #21 09/15/2004, 10:49 AM

Great idea & great pics. Thanks for sharing them... Very interesting.

Putawaywet · #22 09/15/2004, 03:02 PM

Triterium,

Nice job on the pics.

If you wouldn't mind, can you scope just a plain water sample from your tank? I think it would be interesting to see what kind of particulates, plankton, etc. are or are not present in home aquaria.

kmc · #23 09/15/2004, 04:03 PM

What kind of microscope did you buy?

Triterium · #24 09/16/2004, 10:33 PM

This is the microscope I use.

The pictures of the water alone aren't too interesting. There are some floating pieces of something, but thats about it. The really cool stuff is found in the sand. Here is a worm-like creature from the sand...
100x

Here are some unidentified objects from the sand. Any ideas?

400x

I think you guys may be right about the "baby brine shrimp". I'll hatch some eggs in an isolated container and photograph some.

Sharpy · #25 09/16/2004, 11:53 PM

Very neat...thanks for sharing these Triterium!