What's in a drop of natural sea water?

[Moe_K]

Cool article from National Geographic: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/a...tents-SINGLE-DROP-seawater.html#ixzz30w5ZgVZr

They magnified a single drop of seawater 25 times. Check out all the micro-organisms in there:

Maybe synthetic salt mixes are lacking?

 

[Flame Angel]

OMG! I will never open my mouth in the ocean again.

Looks like the tackle shop with all the lures hanging on the wall.

 

[PSU4ME]

That's disgusting! But awesome!

 

[freakit]

That is unreal!


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[dilligaf29]

awsome find

 

[zkilloy]

someone needs to try this with their tank water for a good comparison

 

[Puff Daddy]

Someone will start selling "live water" to go along with live rock and live sand. Wait, they already do. I wonder what Bio-Spira would look like, magnified. It would probably have to be magnified a lot more to see anything.

 

[Moe_K]

According to the article, the corksrew looking ribbons are cyanobacteria.

The clear rectangular envelopes with tan colored dots inside are diatoms.

 

[Nicole79]

I'm torn between vomiting because of all the water I have accidentally swallowed over the years and thinking that is one of the coolest things ever!

I guess I can do both...

 

[Cherokee_Dude]

Anyone know where the Original Article is? Would love to read it.

 

[phg1960]

The link to the article is in the first line.

 

[Cherokee_Dude]

Sorry, Meant the Original National Geographic Article...

 

[cstmpprl]

I will be checking out our tank water in the am for sure,

someone needs to try this with their tank water for a good comparison

 

[jrmx635]

Many times I thought about trying sea water in my tank.then I get on the boat and realize no way in hell I'm putting that brown water from this bay anywhere near my tank.
I'd like to see what's in a drop from this bay.
Probably a lot more bacteria from the waste that gets dumped into our area

 

[jrmx635]

That's like wondering what a plastic bag would look like under a scope.lol

 

[stingythingy45]

Looks like my floor after a New Years party.