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Last night I found this one in another sample of the same aquarium. I am not sure it is the same species, but should be. Maybe this is an adult, or different sex, or isn't really the same... Sorry for the pictures quality, the depth of field is very short... I need to find an easy way to make a focu...

probably a water mite or if i see festoons in the second picture maybe a lost hard bodied tick but thats more about me having ticks on the mind. you need to catch it and look at more closely! Looks like festoons to me and as I understand it, ticks can live an amazingly long time underwater. Some as...

Greg Howald wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:20 pm

It does very much look like a tick.
Greg

It seems to be, but is too small I think... and it was underwater all the time... I taked an small part of java moss at around 25cms underwater, to see what could I see living there when I found it.

I have no idea how to catch it. It is really small, I can't see it with my eyes...the photo was taken with 250x. I was trying to identify it before ask here, so don't have the sample anymore. I will extract some algae more from de aquarium, maybe I can found more specimen like this to look more clos...

I found this in a sample of one of my fresshwater aquarium... does anybody know what is it?
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First, thank you for the answers. The magnification levels I have are 40X, 100X, 250X, 400X, 1000X, and 2500X. The microscope comes with 4x, 10x, 40x and a 100x oil inmersion objetive, and the eyepieces are 10x and 25x.

Hi. I started with a cheap microscope, because I needed it to identify some aquarium algae plague, but I really enjoy the time I spend looking through the microscope, So I took one more step, and buyed a Swift SB350B. I discovered this wonderfull.... Now I want to take a look for autophic and hetero...

Can I use a binocular with a reflex camera adapter to make the same picture I can do with a trinocular one? I know the diference is the ability to work and take pictures at the same time with a tri, but...image quality will be the same?

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What are the differences between SWIFT SW350B and SW380B? I am not sure what to choose, and in swift homepage I can't compare both models...
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Hi. I am new in small things viewing world. I am here because of aquariums. I saw some dots moving along the glass, and I want to see what is all that dancing dors... I tried some entry point microscopes, but I think there must be something better to use, so I returned it, and I will read you to do ...