Okay, lets see if this works.
I took some pics last year of my infected Larry Jackson acropora. Then I manage to siphon out an acro mite and get it under my microscope.
First some shots of the infected coral:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263infection1.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263infection2.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263infection3.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263infection4.jpg
Now some shots of the mites at 10x magnification. It's the gold dot right in the fork of the Y shaped algae. Still tough to see at 16x.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263Mite10x1.jpg
Increased the magnification to 60x.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263Mite60x1.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/554/3263Mite60x3.jpg
Then I bumped the magnification up to 200x
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/554/3263Mite200x5__2_.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/554/3263Mite200x4.jpg
Please excuse the rather poor quality of the images. The microscope is just a kid's toy, really.
I took some pics last year of my infected Larry Jackson acropora. Then I manage to siphon out an acro mite and get it under my microscope.
First some shots of the infected coral:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263infection1.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263infection2.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263infection3.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263infection4.jpg
Now some shots of the mites at 10x magnification. It's the gold dot right in the fork of the Y shaped algae. Still tough to see at 16x.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263Mite10x1.jpg
Increased the magnification to 60x.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/3263Mite60x1.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/554/3263Mite60x3.jpg
Then I bumped the magnification up to 200x
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/554/3263Mite200x5__2_.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/554/3263Mite200x4.jpg
Please excuse the rather poor quality of the images. The microscope is just a kid's toy, really.