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So far, my setup is sort of a combo of all the stuff I've read here.. I have a small tank with potting soil on the bottom, a layer of paper towel, and then (cheap fish tank) gravel. I collected some pond water and some of the plants growing in it. I planted the plants and added the water and I turn ...

Yep Chris, it was your tank I referenced and I think I'll be giving your setup a try; thanks for the additional pictures / info. I thought the "falling water" setup posted by OP looked nice, but I guess I should go for "functional" if I want interesting microbes to look at. Thanks for the advice / c...

Mine is just in a jar--a fistful of old leaves in water. Ok, I'm not sure I should confess to my past crimes against microbes, but here goes anyhow.. I've been collecting about a pint of pond water along with some plant life and there's very little left after about a week; lots of bacteria, some wo...

I hope it's ok to post to this old thread, I was wondering how this aquarium turned out. My goal is to set something up inside that I can take water samples from to view under my microscope and I really liked the look of your setup along with the flowing water element.

Thank you so much for the super detailed reply. After reading what you wrote about the flip top condenser again, I re-read my manual and then tried to adjust my microscope so that I'd use the condenser with 10x and 40x, but not 2.5x. I started with 10x and ran through all of the diaphragm and conden...

I picked up the microscope mentioned in this thread and have been having a lot of fun looking at pond water and "moss water". This microscope actually has a four hole nosepiece which was a nice surprise! Given that I really enjoy looking at water samples, I was thinking that a 20x objective might be...

Hi thanks for helping me decide what camera to buy.I bought one on E_.A_. I do not know if you are allowed to name places you bought from.I paid £100 for it here are some photos of what I bought.Where can I get the software download for this camera as it comes on a mini disc,And I can not access it...