@rygh I missed your post about the trouble you were having. I'm glad you managed to make some progress since then, though.
If the wifi side of it ends up being too problematic you could always just remove the photon and use a Modulo controller. For my aquarium controller, the only issue I've...
I tend to be very diy so my equipment costs might be on the lowish end. I also buy relatively inexpensive fish and have gotten a lot of coral through BAR. I've spent a few thousand over the years I'm sure, but the electricity cost is probably higher for me.
I have this one: https://www.adafruit.com/products/636
Works well for electronics (usually on the lowest magnification). I definitely wouldn't recommend it for looking at aquarium stuff though. It's a pain to adjust (you have to physically adjust the height of the microscope to focus) and as...
Great reply, @gaberosenfield! Thanks a lot.
The full width of the frame is 2mm across. (measured by pointing it at a ruler using the same magnification). That makes the larger objects around 40-50um in diameter, and the little rod-shaped guys about 20um long and 5um wide. Unfortunately I can't...
Recently I've had a lot of brownish stuff covering the sand, and to an extent the rocks too. At first I thought it was diatoms, but after reading more, dinoflagellates sound more likely. I have a cheap USB microscope that I use for electronics so I decided to put a sample of the sand under it to...