ID Help - Microscope Pics

PigDaddyF15E · Nov 20, 2022

I've been battling algae for a while...

My Algae Thread

Finally got a microscope and some pics.

Dan_P · Nov 21, 2022

PigDaddyF15E said:
I've been battling algae for a while...

My Algae Thread

Finally got a microscope and some pics.

Looks like a hair algae, though I would expect the chloroplasts to be evenly distributed. The sample looks bent and bruised. Has this specimen been smashed with slip cover?

PigDaddyF15E · Nov 21, 2022

Dan_P said:
Has this specimen been smashed with slip cover?

Yes.

taricha · Nov 21, 2022

I second Dan, looks more like gha (derbesia) than anything else. Your tank pics in the thread do too.

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