Great pictures!
But where's my old buddy Staghorn?
I have some "in stock" right now. If you want a sample, shoot me a PM with shipping address on TPT; I can't find a PM option here.
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| Author: | sewingalot [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Microscopic Pictures of Common Aquatic Algae |
BBA, Black Beard Algae or Black Brush Algae Spirogyra Algae, commonly referred to as filament or hair algae Diatom next to a hair algae yet to be identified Desmid in the center This is a form of Blue Green Algae that is really a Cyanobacteria and not algae at all. It grows in long strands and is often confused as hair algae Other types of cyanobacteria |
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| Author: | mistergreen [ Tue Jan 01, 2013 9:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microscopic Pictures of Common Aquatic Algae |
It's beautiful close up. What model is your microscope? I could use a new one. |
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| Author: | sewingalot [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microscopic Pictures of Common Aquatic Algae |
It's an Omax brand, I will have to see if I can find the paperwork. You can now buy them with built in cameras like this one: http://www.microscopenet.com/40x1000x-d ... -8889.html Mine is with a separate piece for the camera. I like it because if it ever breaks, you could still use the microscope and replace the camera. |
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| Author: | mistergreen [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 10:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microscopic Pictures of Common Aquatic Algae |
Woweee, you added more shots. They're all beautiful. I have a hypothesis on the key factors that trigger BBA. It's the large swing of CO2 or low CO2 (20-30ppm) given the high light intensity that triggers the hairy stage. This is the state of most people's tanks I think. My low tech tanks with 15-20ppm CO2 are completely free of BBA. I created the CO2 sensor and controller to test this out. So far I'm keeping the CO2 constant at 35ppm, I'm still getting a little BBA. I still do my weekly spot treatment. I'm getting a CO2 sensor upgrade soon so I can bump the ppm. I'll shoot for 45ppm next. |
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| Author: | Darkcobra [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microscopic Pictures of Common Aquatic Algae |
Great pictures! But where's my old buddy Staghorn? I have some "in stock" right now. If you want a sample, shoot me a PM with shipping address on TPT; I can't find a PM option here. |
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| Author: | mistergreen [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microscopic Pictures of Common Aquatic Algae |
| Author: | Darkcobra [ Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microscopic Pictures of Common Aquatic Algae |
Roger that, I can PM now. |
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| Author: | sewingalot [ Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microscopic Pictures of Common Aquatic Algae |
I'll post more pictures as I go through them. I do have a few of staghorn, but I'd love to have more samples to compare and see other species. |
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| Author: | Darkcobra [ Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microscopic Pictures of Common Aquatic Algae |
Ok, get shipping address to me if you want it. I may not have it long, my girlfriend has been on a rescaping roll lately
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| Author: | sewingalot [ Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Microscopic Pictures of Common Aquatic Algae |
I sent one through this forum. See if it works. In the meantime, more about microscopic algae below: Desmids are my favorite algae to look at. They are beautiful and very pleasing to read about in my opinion. Here is a great link: http://www.desmids.com/ This is a neat slide. The banana shaped green algae is Closterium. It is eating iron bacteria. Cosmarium, another desmid This is iron bacteria. I will post details about it later, but right off a lot of people mistake this as algae, it often looks like stringy or cotton candy brown algae. |
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