Bet when I try and grow algae I'll have a difficult time. Will give it a try though. Or, I could just go to one of the ponds areound here that looks like a slime pit. Have to look at my stream water too. Bet there's some interesting stuff there too.
Bet when I try and grow algae I'll have a difficult time. Will give it a try though. Or, I could just go to one of the ponds areound here that looks like a slime pit. Have to look at my stream water too. Bet there's some interesting stuff there too.
I'll have to look and see if I still have it, but I used to have a one liter Coke bottle with pool water in it, that grew algae continuously for 5+ years, remaining sealed the entire time. It got moved a few years ago, and I haven't seen it. But we've got some cleaning up to do, so it may reappear.
If I find it, and remember, I'll ship it to you, for your microscopic examination.
Ben
PS: If you really want to terrify the folks that see it, grab some water out of a stagnant deck puddle, and show people the live squigglies in the water.![]()
Geez, Ben...I just paid $65 for a "biosphere" the NYC Museum of Natural History for my kid's 11th birthday--sealed globe about the size of a softball with minature shrimp, some plants and an airspace...It stays sealed in indirect light--I could have saved a bundle and just sealed pool water in a Mason Jar!
Carl
Ya'll are making a big mistake encouraging Al to post further pics. You never know what he'll post next. It's like your mother used to tell you when someone was bugging you -- if you ignore him, he'll go away. Now ya'll are gonna have to endure more! He is loving this, you know! That microscope is almost his favorite new toy!
Check the latest addition. On the algae, think I'll grab some stream water, put it in a beaker with a little sand as a catalyst, put it in the sun and see what I can grow.
Last edited by Poconos; 05-18-2006 at 08:48 AM.
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