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Domboski

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Pictures taken with my new microscope ;) I collected these copepods locally. If you look closely you'll see what appears to be black dots. They were swimming around too :)

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Domboski

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Bring 'em by Tobin. It didn't take me that long :). This microscope can magnify by 1000X. The pics above were at the lowest setting (40X I think).

I don't know where I find the time :) I need to find really small copepods to feed my filefish fry so it looks like my best option is to locally collect. I needed something to see copepods smaller than rotifers.

wschang: You can pretty much collect pods anywhere. You just need the right equipment. Search Local collecting on the board and you will find lot's of info :wink1:
 

Pedro Nuno Ferreira

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Pictures taken with my new microscope ;) I collected these copepods locally. If you look closely you'll see what appears to be black dots. They were swimming around too :)

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Hi Domboski

are these pods related to the micro invertebrates that live on zostera marina? Some more about it here

Zostera beds are important for sediment deposition, substrate stabilization, as substrate for epiphytic algae and micro-invertebrates

Cheers
Pedro Nuno;-)
 

Domboski

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Hi Domboski

are these pods related to the micro invertebrates that live on zostera marina? Some more about it here



Cheers
Pedro Nuno;-)

These are calanoid copepods. There was an amazing amount of them floating in the water current :) There are no Zostera where I collected other than what drifted to shore. I plan on collecting a lot of plankton though soon including what I can find in Zostera :)
 

Pedro Nuno Ferreira

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These are calanoid copepods. There was an amazing amount of them floating in the water current :) There are no Zostera where I collected other than what drifted to shore. I plan on collecting a lot of plankton though soon including what I can find in Zostera :)

Hi Domboski

Calanoid copepods you say, floating in the current...I think I collect them also over here with my plankton net along with other quite interesting life forms, have a look...

These are some of the plankton critters I collect with my Aquatic Eco 60 micron plankton net

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This one here is my favorite as it reminds me of the ancient and extinct Trilobites
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The other "Trilobite" but transparent, a molt of the above but zoomed 100 times.
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plankton molt fragments zoomed 100 times
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Harpaticoid
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Fire worm
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molts
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molts and a nauplius larvae possibly of a copepod
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sponge calcareous spicule
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Harpaticoid molt
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Ostracode larvae
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this one I call it "amonite" it is a benthic foraminiferan

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Molts
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Possibly dinoflagelate and a sponge spicule
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Molt
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Fire worm and Harpaticoid
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Calanoid ?
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Molts
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And two videos

http://www.reefforum.net/photopost/data/534/MOV01871.MPG
http://www.reefforum.net/photopost/data/534/MOV01872.MPG

Dr. Ronald L. Shimek was kind enough to identify them for me or as He said, the closest possible.

It's simply amazing the micro world, so full of life, I'm sure you will have great fun checking the ones you collect with your microscope.

Cheers
Pedro Nuno;-)
 
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