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This what I see with max zoom on my Amazon scope. Can see the opening with different dinos type like amphidinium and Ostreopsis. Ostreopsis spins while amphibian has opening and seem like it slides

Of course pic taken with phone going be trash lol, hard to picture it for documentation but works great for its intended purpose. Pic is 100x. With this can see the 3 common type of Dinos easily when use with eye not picture by phone. Works just like my $200+ microscope. Even with expensive...

Day 2 of blackout

Currently dealing with dinos in my tank. 3 days with uv then no uv when lights back on. dosing phyto and live bacteria, lower light intensity (blue) no white. After e days notice no dinos forming and see visible dead (gray mass) which I took out. ostreopsis dinos. Under microscope it spins in...

Uv sterlizer taken off, dosed live bacteria and live phyto from CoralHub. The live bacteria is the real deal! Highly pungent meaning it’s the good stuff. Follow recommended dosing hopefully seed the tank to out compete the dinos. Definitely recommend CoralHub live bacteria and phyto. Will be...

Lights on, just blue no white no casualty yet also lower the intensity.

I see some diatoms. Hopefully 3 days blackout helps. Will be dosing silicates once arrive tomorrow.

$9.49 and arrive next day. Works great for the job. 1 AA battery power. Comes with slides with samples, ok just use the non sample side. Hard to focus , if hold on it focus better. Actually pretty good for saltwater reefing needs, for the price and delivery speed. Same view as a $200 microscope.

Day 2 blackout -no visible dinos. Confirmed with microscope I’ve bought on Amazon it’s ostreopsis. Typical tear drop spinning in circle. Uv sterlizer just arrived and installed. Waiting on some live bacteria and phyto from coral hub. Goal: lights on Thursday morning

Day 1 blackout , looking to end Wednesday maybe Thursday depending on how it looks. Already order some live bacteria from Nathan, Coral Hub and phyto.

Any Phodactis still alive ? I got one back from Tin but it lost all bounce look like a reg. rhodactis, time will tell. Gotta spot feed it food and time for it to bounce. Will keep everyone updated on it maybe it will turn back. It doesn’t drop babies it split itself like an anemone

Looking back at my old tank journals, I’m inspired by the Rsr350 build: torches top, lps mixed bottom. Since current build is im25 won’t be a lot of torches/ hammers. Hopefully this time less work cus it’s a smaller tank. Rsr350 was technically a mixed reef but seem torch dominated :) it was fun...

Also would like to add I didn’t get diatom blooms initial start, just crazy hair algae. So I think this maybe diatoms bloom( ugly stage). What do you guys think. About 2 months mark.

Algae blenny still chomping on the rocks.