two days ago I took several samples from my tank. I gathered samples from the following....
1) the skimmer
2) under the media tray, there was some biofilm that had collected there
3) tank water from the water column
4) the media filter itself
5) and the bacteria or waist in the substrate.
I then did a smear on a couple of petrie dishes and labeled them accordingly. I then put some of the samples taken and have them in tubes to take to the lab.
The petrie dishes grew bacteria on the first and second day with one type of bacteria over taking the other samples. Here I see two different layers of growth. In the tubes a collection of bacteria is sittling at the bottom of the test tube.
I also smered some phytoplankton to and the bacteria quickly over took that too as a food source. These dishes really stink too.... WOW
currently in thr fridge in the garage.
I want to see different types of bacteria, and according to my samples, I have atleast +++ different colonies.
I plan on taking some macro algea in too. According to some microbiologsits, H.A. and certain macro's let out toxins and they want to see if these toxins xan aide in killing cancer cells in people without harming the host. So, my weeks ahead are going to ne very filled.
Thought ya'll would be interested.
