TigerBarb1017 Posted April 24, 2019 Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 I decided to take a closer look at some mulm growing on my cholla wood with my USB microscope and what I found living in there is mildly terrifying haha. Anyone know what is it? Shrimporama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 Weird, how big is it? TigerBarb1017 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hottamale Posted April 27, 2019 Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 Weird indeed. Looks like some sort of bug/mite? TigerBarb1017 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerBarb1017 Posted April 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2019 On 4/26/2019 at 11:07 AM, OblongShrimp said: Weird, how big is it? It's juuuuuust barely visible with the naked eye. About the size of a pencil dot from a very sharp pencil. I did some googling and it does appear to be some kind of water mite. Some sources say they are parasitic and some say they are harmless so I really don't know, there's probably ten thousand different species of water mites.. One good thing I found though is they seem to be an indicator of pristine water quality. I'm kind of freaked out but also curious at the same time to see what else is living in the aquariums. I'll do more microscopy later this week. It's just a cheap $20 USB microscope from amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 Gross but pretty neat that you found it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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