microscopy

🔬 Reef2Reef Microscopy Thread 🔬 Your tank is packed with life you might have never noticed: rotifers, protists, larval worms, sponges, micro algae, etc. Most of it is smaller than a grain of salt but still absolutely fascinating. This thread is where the Reef2Reef community can take a closer...

Howdy y’all. Since I'm currently always traveling I’m limited on what I can do. So i decided to build an AI Microscope for detecting nuisance in the water column. For this I will be using: - Raspberry Pi 5 w/Haiolo AI 26 tops module - AmScope MU Series 10MP USB microscope camera - (current...

I was wondering about the possibility of looking for parasites under the microscope as an alternative (or in addition) to quarantine in general. This came to mind in the context of me needing to add a large crew of Emerald crabs to help combat a bubble algae outbreak ASAP. But my interest at...

Can someone please help me ID the protist in these images. These were taken with a 10x objective and 25x eyepiece from a mucus scraping of a deceased clownfish that had no visible spots but had large mucus overproduction that resembled a brooklynella infection. However I have had an Angel, two...

I have just purchased a microscope after believing that my diatom outbreak looked slightly different than usual with bubbles in them. the photos are below and some microscopic photos what do we think ?

Paulo Mallard Scaldaferri, João Carlos Basso, Marcos Augusto Bizeto, Miguel Mies, Roberto Denadai, Junio Melo Introduction Possible applications of the Redfield ratio in the management of the marine aquarium have been discussed over the year. Many have considered that knowledge very helpful...