So a few weeks ago, a relative of mine was looking for a new home for his old ZEISS research microscope.
And while I'm not a biologist - I'm a pretty big optics and photography nerd so I obviously couldn't decline the offer.

Let me take you onto a little journey to the #microcosmos 🧡

#zeiss #microscope #microscopy #fruitfly #brineshrimp #seamonkey

Two week update on #SeaMonkeyFightClub All the #Triops except one died today.

The new #Aliens #SeaMonkey tank is setup with the pet store #BrineShrimp eggs from the Pet Store. Transplant from the #Mars tank.

The #AquaDragons are doing fabulous in their clear tank. The second #OceanView kit with actual #SeaMonkeys product never hatched.

So #TriopsKickSeaMonkeyAss still?

So I've said it before, and I will say it again. #TriopsKickSeaMonkeyAss

They are the first to hatch again. #Day3 #SeaMonkeyFightClub Yup, about four so far. #Triops #SeaMonkeys #AquaDragons #BrineShrimp

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μ§€λ‚œ ν•΄ 10μ›”μ—μ„œ 12μ›”κΉŒμ§€ λ§€ μ›” μˆ˜μ§‘ν•΄λ‘” μ•Œ λ΄‰νˆ¬λ₯Ό λͺ‡ 주에 걸쳐 μ—΄μ—ˆλ‹€.

μ—­μ‹œ κΈ°μ‘΄ 생먹이 사λƒ₯μœΌλ‘œλŠ” μ„±μž₯이 λ”λŽŒμ„œ λΈŒλΌμΈμŠˆλ¦Όν”„ λΆ€ν™”μž₯κ³Ό μ•Œμ„ λ‹€μ‹œ κ΅¬λΉ„ν–ˆλ‹€.

λ°°λŠ” μ•ˆ ν„°μ§€λ‚˜ 걱정될 μ •λ„λ‘œ ν†΅ν†΅ν•˜κ³  뢀쩍 큰닀.

#라코비 #brineshrimp #rachovii #nothobranchius #λ¬Όμƒν™œ

What biologists see from the shores of the drying Great Salt Lake https://www.npr.org/2024/04/13/1244169234/scientists-worry-about-ecological-collapse-at-great-salt-lake

"Researchers here are already detecting sharp declines in #birds populations such as #BurrowingOwls and snowy #plovers. As the lake and its wetlands dry, the #BrineShrimp the birds feed on are dying out... But there's still time to reverse its decline. The last two years has bought some time."

I was always skeptical about so-called #SeaMonkeys, thinking that they were probably not animals in any way, but just something that would appear to move in water like an #aquatic animal.

I was correct that "Sea Monkeys" don't exist, they're #BrineShrimp, and that there was a #con involved.

The "creator" was a #whiteSupremacist who once sold invisible #goldfish...

Every #racist and #bigot is a #ConArtist; their entire #philosophy is a #scam.

https://youtu.be/DTElmUuOAk4

This past week I started a #brineshrimp tank. They nominally will serve as a food source for our main fishtank, but also as pets in their own right (in the vein of #seamonkeys). They don't show up on camera yet (they are only a few days old), but there are A LOT, and I only put a fraction of the cysts recommended for a fraction of the water. I'm excited to see how they grow up!