Mmathis
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In my attempt to identify the "bag guys," the parasitic critters that are harmful to our fish, I feel the need to be able to identify the "good guys" first. And since it's been a LONG time since I had any biology or microbiology classes, my microscopy skills have long since vanished 
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And what do you do to hone your skills?Practice, practice, practice....... Here is the result of most recent practice.....
NOT HARMFUL....... Thought you might like to see some of what's down there. I've found some bizarre-looking things, but as scary as they look , they're not problems for our fish . And there are a few things that I haven't been able to ID.....but still doubt that they're parasitic. Basically, if it is colored [green, red, yellow, orange....] it's some type of algae or a "photosynthetic protist."
No idea what this first one is, but it's either something in the process of dividing, or it's an organism [don't recall the name] that is symetrical.....
Not sure about the "blue-green algae," but this does look like pictures I saw on the internet. And note, that's clostERIUM not clostRIDIUM. It looks like a banana....
Again, no idea, but I did see some things on the internet that looked like it. Also, not sure [but pretty sure] if these 2 are the same thing.
I recall seeing something like this, but don't recall what it was -- which makes it fun to search for, right?
When I first saw the yellow-circled things, I thought "parasite," [Trichodina] until I did more research on diatoms. And the green-circled thing is one turned on its side -- they are made like boxes. And these were not moving.
If you have comments or can ID something in these pictures, please chime in!
@shakaho if you're still out there......
. And what do you do to hone your skills?
Practice, practice, practice....... Here is the result of most recent practice.....NOT HARMFUL....... Thought you might like to see some of what's down there
. I've found some bizarre-looking things, but as scary as they look , they're not problems for our fish . And there are a few things that I haven't been able to ID.....but still doubt that they're parasitic. Basically, if it is colored [green, red, yellow, orange....] it's some type of algae or a "photosynthetic protist."No idea what this first one is, but it's either something in the process of dividing, or it's an organism [don't recall the name] that is symetrical.....
Not sure about the "blue-green algae," but this does look like pictures I saw on the internet. And note, that's clostERIUM not clostRIDIUM. It looks like a banana....
Again, no idea, but I did see some things on the internet that looked like it. Also, not sure [but pretty sure] if these 2 are the same thing.
I recall seeing something like this, but don't recall what it was -- which makes it fun to search for, right?
When I first saw the yellow-circled things, I thought "parasite," [Trichodina] until I did more research on diatoms. And the green-circled thing is one turned on its side -- they are made like boxes. And these were not moving.
If you have comments or can ID something in these pictures, please chime in!
@shakaho if you're still out there......
