Our tank's biology up close

[jason2459]

I have what looks like a dusty dark dirt like area on my substrate where my last bit of cyano was during my Vibrant testing and I wanted to see what all was there.

Pics and vids uploading. I will give a little spoiler because I was very excited to find them. I finally found a couple ostracods with eggs. Very cool looking.

 

[jason2459]

So, it mostly looked like well... dirt. It was a lot of detritus with some cyano, diatoms, sponge spicules, lots of bacteria of different types etc. Normal detritus stuff I see.

But I did find some cool stuff.

I followed this little ciliate for quite some time. It was very excited spinning very fast.
Dirt_on_Sand-0013 by Jason, on Flickr


Some cyano but not a lot
Dirt_on_Sand-0015 by Jason, on Flickr

A few Diatoms
Dirt_on_Sand-0017 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0035 by Jason, on Flickr


Some walking ciliates
Dirt_on_Sand-0019 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0005 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0041 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0042 by Jason, on Flickr

Sponge Spicules and here's a tight ball of them
Dirt_on_Sand-0034 by Jason, on Flickr

 

[jason2459]

And lots of ostracods

Dirt_on_Sand-0001 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0008 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0018 by Jason, on Flickr

and found some that were hold eggs. This was very cool to see and see some of various sizes.
Dirt_on_Sand-0006 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0031 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0007 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0010 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0025 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0028 by Jason, on Flickr

Dirt_on_Sand-0029 by Jason, on Flickr

 

[jason2459]

This should be pretty cool

 

[jason2459]

I found the 4 they show on the label and then some. A nice bacteria count as well.

Ocean_Magik_Phytoplankton-0001 by Jason, on Flickr

Ocean_Magik_Phytoplankton-0002 by Jason, on Flickr

Ocean_Magik_Phytoplankton-0003 by Jason, on Flickr

Ocean_Magik_Phytoplankton-0004 by Jason, on Flickr

Ocean_Magik_Phytoplankton-0005 by Jason, on Flickr

Ocean_Magik_Phytoplankton-0006 by Jason, on Flickr

Ocean_Magik_Phytoplankton-0008 by Jason, on Flickr

Ocean_Magik_Phytoplankton-0014 by Jason, on Flickr

Ocean_Magik_Phytoplankton-0016 by Jason, on Flickr

 

[gettaReef]

Good to know! Thanks

 

[jason2459]

Been to long...

What's left of some hair algae after playing around with that Vibrant product. Noticed a few bubbles on the HA and figured I might find some dinoflagellets

 

[jason2459]

Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0003 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0004 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0010 by Jason, on Flickr

Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0011 by Jason, on Flickr

 

[jason2459]

A walking ciliate
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0012 by Jason, on Flickr
With something on it
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0013 by Jason, on Flickr

An Amoeba Consuming the ciliate!
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0013 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0016 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0017 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0018 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0019 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0020 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0021 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0022 by Jason, on Flickr

 

[jason2459]

Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0035 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0024 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0025 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0034 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0038 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0041 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0045 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0046 by Jason, on Flickr

 

[jason2459]

Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0052 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0055 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0057 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0059 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0060 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0066 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0069 by Jason, on Flickr

 

[jason2459]

Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0099 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0090 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0086 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0084 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0077 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0079 by Jason, on Flickr

 

[jason2459]

Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0089 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0093 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0094 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0097 by Jason, on Flickr
Hair_Algae_Above_Pump2-0098 by Jason, on Flickr

 

[jason2459]

Will post some vids later

 

[jason2459]

A walking ciliate being consumed by an amoeba. I didn't realize what was happening right away then by the end of this video I did and started another one.





Not much happened after as it seems the amoeba had a mouthful and didn't move from that spot for a couple hours I would assume digesting. Slide dried out by then

 

[Second Shot]

Those pictures with dinos scare me lol. I have been hesitant to take any slides from my tank because I know I will see them even though I'm not seeing signs of them in the tank.

 

[mcarroll]

Those pictures with dinos scare me lol. I have been hesitant to take any slides from my tank because I know I will see them even though I'm not seeing signs of them in the tank.

It's all natural...a balanced system has all these things all the time. Maybe visible, maybe not. Plague-level blooms are the problem...but that's something we instigate, they just do what they do.

 

[jason2459]

Rest of the videos

Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN_wI2B-a8vpWyYKu1SG6IqFPDUAprrwf

 

[jason2459]

 

[jason2459]