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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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!
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    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!

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    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.
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