microscopic

Recently I did some changes on my tank. I sold lots of colonies and kept only some frags because I did a layout change. I changed all my rocks and switched from a calcium reactor +2parts to 2-part dosing only. I had some parameter fluctuations, so I was expecting losses. I have stable parameters...

I have been battling ugly phase in my tank for months now. I also have struggling corals. My parameters: NO3 8 PO4 0.13 Alk 8.7 Mg 1380 Ca 390 I have LPS mostly and I had ton of corals die off and I am trying to see if I have some sort of toxic organism in my tank. I took some microscopic...

Hey guys, just got a microscope to ID what's been covering my sand. It's a clumpy rust coloured coating on just the sandbed (not rocks or glass), it seems to be photosynthetic, but it doesn't disapate at night. When you stir it up it kind of strings the sand grains together, but the sand...

Hey guys, New to the forum and to salt water aquariums. I have a ~6 month old tank and I keep battling algae that does not seem to want to go away no matter what I do. It looks like GHA, but I'm now wondering if it could be something else. My nitrate is 10ppm and my phosphate is 0.05ppm, so I...

My Fire Shrimp had a normal molt and for fun I looked at the old exoskeleton under my microscope. Is there a way to find out what sort of things live on a shrimp normally? Or if some of these little guys just live in the saltwater in general? Interested if anyone has good resources or knowledge...