Microscopic life inside a reef tank

[pupi]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing! This makes me wish I still had my microscope. My tank has been up and running at my current house for 20 years. I could only imagine what I would find in the water using a microscope.

thank you! I know what you mean. My tank has been up and running for 10 years. And the biodiversity that you can find is !

Yes, go ahead and start another thread. People should see this, to learn the difference between salt water and tank water. Very, very interesting!

thanks for the suggestion. I started the thread! but no one showed up! xD guess i chose the right section to open this one!

I loved your video. My kids sat and watched it with me too. We recently bought a kids microscope and had a blast with it. We plan to get a stronger one soon.

Thank you for these beatiful words! When i was a kid i also had a kids microscope and i loved it. I'm sure your kids will grow smart and full of curiosity!

wow thats really cool. thanks for sharing!

Thanks!

 

[callsign4223]

What equipment did you use to do this?

 

[karimwassef]

yes. what did you use?

 

[Subsea]

I loved the video.

I dose bacteria once a week. That is the first time, I got to see some. The bacteria looked like larger things were capturing them as food. When you know more, please explain that stuff. Very neat.

 

[pupi]

What equipment did you use to do this?

yes. what did you use?

I used a motic microscope with a USB ocular

I loved the video.

I dose bacteria once a week. That is the first time, I got to see some. The bacteria looked like larger things were capturing them as food. When you know more, please explain that stuff. Very neat.

Thanks actually at this level what we are seeing is not bacteria. They are even smaller. These are mostly protists, amphipods,copepods and worms. The red strings are indeed cyanobacteria. in the next video I hope to explain more
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[callsign4223]

Oh dang, I thought it was gonna be something like this.

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=11613

 

[karimwassef]

Which motic microscope (model #)?

I've tried to use others with no success.

 

[pupi]

Oh dang, I thought it was gonna be something like this.

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=11613

not exactly the same! xD Bu you could try that one with the bigger amphipods and worms it should work

Which motic microscope (model #)?

I've tried to use others with no success.

I have an old 18 series (about 400 dollars\euro 9 years ago). When i bought it i was really surprised by the sharpness of the image. The image in the video is a lot worst cause i'm using a "cheap" usb ocular from bresser. I'm trying to upgrade that one.

 

[noy]

amazing video!

 

[pupi]

Hey guys! I made a new video! Hope you like it! In the next days i will add the names of all the organisms!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqCRd3S7fxw&t=78s

 

[ramseynb]

That is awesome! It's amazing that those critters are all swimming and crawling around in our tank!

Also, great choice of music!

 

[homer1475]

I always find it interesting the life in our tanks we can't see!

Awesome video BTW!

 

[pupi]

I always find it interesting the life in our tanks we can't see!

Awesome video BTW!

It's the same for me! thanks

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[smatter]

This is simply magical, thanks for posting. Makes me wonder what neat stuff my skimmer is stripping out. Poor little fellers.

 

[lmorejon]

Great videos, thanks for sharing...used to have a 90 mixed reef that was up for over 5 years, sometimes I used to spend more time looking at life in the sump / refugium than the dt, the diversity was amazing.