Our tank's biology up close

[jason2459]

Here's the 3rd sample I was trying to get to which I got to the other night. Just like every time I explore the samples I find something new. Those really large amoeba like things that I've gotten to see split twice now I got to actually see MERGE this time! And twice!

Lots of ostracods in this one. The sample was taken from on top of on of my gyre circulation pumps. Mostly looked like hair algae.

I've also switched to hosting the pictures on flikr. I really hated how my phone kept mixing up the photos in what seemed like a completely random order and tapatalk has added in a few extra steps to post a picture making it take a really long time to post the pictures. So, these are posted at 1024x768 resolution but the flikr site has the full resolution they were taken at. If the 1024x768 is to big let me know and it looks like I have many options to choose from for bbcode image sizes to choose from.

Hair_Algae_Pump-0001 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0003 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0005 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0007 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0008 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0009 by Jason, on Flickr

One of those small segments of aiptasia rummaging around
Hair_Algae_Pump-0010 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0016 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0018 by Jason, on Flickr

 

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lots of little amoebas
Hair_Algae_Pump-0011 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0012 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0020 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0022 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0024 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0026 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0031 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0032 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0033 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0034 by Jason, on Flickr

 

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Hair_Algae_Pump-0035 by Jason, on Flickr

No idea what this purple thing is but I've seen it before too.
Hair_Algae_Pump-0037 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0039 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0040 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0041 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0042 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0044 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0045 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0046 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0047 by Jason, on Flickr

 

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Hair_Algae_Pump-0048 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0051 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0052 by Jason, on Flickr

I'm guessing these two split recently
Hair_Algae_Pump-0053 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0054 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0055 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0056 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0057 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0058 by Jason, on Flickr

 

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Yummy
Hair_Algae_Pump-0059 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0061 by Jason, on Flickr

Wait till you see the video of this thing merging with another one. I'll get that embedded
Hair_Algae_Pump-0062 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0064 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0065 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0069 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0070 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0071 by Jason, on Flickr

 

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Hair_Algae_Pump-0072 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0074 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Pump-0075 by Jason, on Flickr

 

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Wanted to highlight these two videos

few times here
Just after 2 minutes a tiny one just kind of "pops" into the big one
Just after 2 minutes 50 seconds another merger with a slightly bigger one
Just after 3 minutes 40 seconds another one



And here he comes with another merger and stretches along the strand of cyano

 

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The other night, I think it was Saturday, I wanted to see what a single strand of algae with a drop of vibrant on it would do.

I wasn't expecting much and can't really say the vibrant did anything of what I saw but it was a pretty cool thing to do and found some bacteria liking certain areas. Even saw pieces of something (the algae?) falling apart covered in bacteria. Again, I can't say for certain it was the bacteria in the Vibrant or just bacteria that didn't get washed off.

What I did was pick a small strand of algae out of my ATS and rinse it in freshly mixed saltwater. And rinsed again. And rinsed again. And again. And again. It certainly got rid of most everything else I normally see.

I still need to get the videos uploaded.

Algae_vs_Vibrant-0033 by Jason, on Flickr

Algae_vs_Vibrant2-0002 by Jason, on Flickr

Algae_vs_Vibrant2-0004 by Jason, on Flickr

Algae_vs_Vibrant2-0005 by Jason, on Flickr

 

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Still had some "extras" even after all the rinsing but those strands I am pretty darn sure are from the vibrant.

Algae_vs_Vibrant2-0006 by Jason, on Flickr

Algae_vs_Vibrant2-0007 by Jason, on Flickr


Algae_vs_Vibrant2-0008 by Jason, on Flickr

Algae_vs_Vibrant2-0009 by Jason, on Flickr