biofilms - micro flora: It is often and she says a lot about and written. One would like to "develop in a favorable direction" they cherish for its fabulous utility and, yes, "support" and even. Some people want to have in the filter, but others argue for "low-filtering" and do they know better located throughout the aquarium but of course not to the windows and otherwise not in exposed places. Viewed most aquarists biofilms, or microflora have mostly macroscopically as gray brown-green covering on windows, light-colored stones and as pellicle on the surface. On plant leaves make in the starting phase sometimes diatoms to bite. Otherwise, however, plants are only more visible and thus settled, if they do not grow or are already showing signs of decay. Microscopic images of various biofilms aquariums are quite scarce, however. Accordingly, then shoot necessarily the wildest conjectures positive and negative, to the herb. To bring a little light on this conjecture, I would like to report an occasional series of specific biofilms found in aquariums and garden ponds.
a biofilm on the screen of a nano aquarium, 17 days after the new installation. The predominant variety of diatoms (diatoms) are But certainly even cyanobacteria and green algae, as demonstrated by these two images.
finds the strongest development of the biofilm rather than in the impact area of \u200b\u200bthe flow pump. The aquarium is near a south window and gets in these days of amazing sunshine. It is noteworthy that the settlement is less strong at the front and directly exposed to the sun disc as the other two discs.
In the phase contrast recording clearly shows that among the diatoms (diatoms) and green algae has become a more or less closed bacterial biofilm has formed. These are highly complex communities where there are numerous interactions. see biofilms in the filter is different. There, largely lacking the various algae, which is of course an essential point. But it is also reported in the future.
