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Fatman 
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 Posted: January 25 2016 at 3:38pm |
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I have a low power stereo microscope in my electronics lab.
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Posted: January 25 2016 at 9:40pm |
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Hi pharmaski I have a microscope.... I was going to pull up pictures on Google then compare what I see to what I can find online. |
I'd love to see what you find. I hope you'll post/link to the pic when you find the match.
Coincidentally or not, I'm dealing with the same exact stuff in one of my maintenance tanks. It's growing worse than the pics in the OP. The snails are clearing it up but there aren't enough snails. That's partly why it bloomed, because I had let the snail population get too low and let the PO4 level get too high.
Maybe it's the season for this kind of Cyano. The beginning of summer is the time of year when we see an increase in typical Cyano blooms.
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Posted: January 26 2016 at 1:35pm |
Under the microscope if it looks like individual "sputnik" satellite shaped objects it's Dino.
If it looks like a long train of connected cars, it's cyano.
... let me google a bit...
Dino:
cyano:
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Posted: January 26 2016 at 1:43pm |
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Oh and just to make it confusing, diatoms look kinda like a mix between the two :)
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Posted: January 26 2016 at 4:28pm |
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Humm, wonder how high of magnification they used? Mine is 7-45X.
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Posted: January 26 2016 at 4:57pm |
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That dino looks to be 640x...
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: January 26 2016 at 11:24pm |
Landon- I have an excellent scope you are welcome to use. From my lab. It has oil immersion, you can go 1000x if you want.
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Posted: January 27 2016 at 6:43am |
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Excellent thanks for posting those pics jfinch.
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Posted: January 27 2016 at 6:52am |
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And thanks to you too Adam for offering your insight and help.
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