03-22-2014, 11:46 AM
Although an oil immersion 1000x would be the best, she now has the use of a compound scope with 400x, which will help, esp with some of the filamentous bacteria & cyanobacteria in sea water...
And she now has the [usa of] a 20x field scope for fun, as many water things are just cool!
Oh -S & L, checked my records & have a nice link for bacteria fixing & staining (have used tincture violet for crystal violet)- link:
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fa...cteria.pdf
& a great article on fun searching microbes growing an aquarium:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/5/aafeature
And she now has the [usa of] a 20x field scope for fun, as many water things are just cool!
Oh -S & L, checked my records & have a nice link for bacteria fixing & staining (have used tincture violet for crystal violet)- link:
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fa...cteria.pdf
& a great article on fun searching microbes growing an aquarium:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/5/aafeature