Having just recovered from a nasty parasite attack with my fish, I am
interested in buying a suitable microscope to assist in early diagnosis. It
is a long trek to my nearest koi shop with a bagged up fish so a sample can
be taken when there may be nothing to check.

Can anyone in the UK recommend a type & source for a suitable microscope at
a
reasonable price? Mail order or within 50 miles or so of
Sheffield/Chesterfield area would be ideal.

JB

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Having just recovered from a nasty parasite attack with my fish, I am
interested in buying a suitable microscope to assist in early diagnosis. It
is a long trek to my nearest koi shop with a bagged up fish so a sample can
be taken when there may be nothing to check.

Can anyone in the UK recommend a type & source for a suitable microscope at
a
reasonable price? Mail order or within 50 miles or so of
Sheffield/Chesterfield area would be ideal.

JB

Try Toys-r-us.
80X - 300X Microscopes from £29.99 for a quick solution...
They are optically precise, but of a low manufacturing quality - good for
hobbyists but useless for serious lab work.
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It's all on http://support.microsoft.com/ somewhere....
If you can be bothered to look for it....

First of all don't go to Toys r us these people sell TOYS not microscopes of
any reasonable quality, try "Brunel Microscopes" you will find them on the
web. They have second-hand ones which should be OK for seeing parasites etc.

BUT REMEMBER WITH MICROSCOPES YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.





JohnB wrote in message
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Having just recovered from a nasty parasite attack with my fish, I am
interested in buying a suitable microscope to assist in early diagnosis.
It
is a long trek to my nearest koi shop with a bagged up fish so a sample
can
be taken when there may be nothing to check.

Can anyone in the UK recommend a type & source for a suitable microscope
at
a
reasonable price? Mail order or within 50 miles or so of
Sheffield/Chesterfield area would be ideal.

JB

I have to disagree, you can see parasites etc (as long as they are not too
tiny) under a "toy" microscope. They're just more likely to fall apart in a
few years. If you want to get a scientific microscope, fine, but be
prepared to pay hundreds to thousands of pounds! Many schools use the cheap
microscopes for lower-school science, I can vouch that they're really not
that bad.

Charlie.

"Bill" wrote in message
...
First of all don't go to Toys r us these people sell TOYS not microscopes
of
any reasonable quality, try "Brunel Microscopes" you will find them on the
web. They have second-hand ones which should be OK for seeing parasites
etc.

BUT REMEMBER WITH MICROSCOPES YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.





JohnB wrote in message
...
Having just recovered from a nasty parasite attack with my fish, I am
interested in buying a suitable microscope to assist in early diagnosis.
It
is a long trek to my nearest koi shop with a bagged up fish so a sample
can
be taken when there may be nothing to check.

Can anyone in the UK recommend a type & source for a suitable microscope
at
a
reasonable price? Mail order or within 50 miles or so of
Sheffield/Chesterfield area would be ideal.

JB






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Thanks very much all three of you, it has given me ideas but I will be wary.

JohnB



"Charlie" wrote in message
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I have to disagree, you can see parasites etc (as long as they are not too
tiny) under a "toy" microscope. They're just more likely to fall apart in
a
few years. If you want to get a scientific microscope, fine, but be
prepared to pay hundreds to thousands of pounds! Many schools use the
cheap
microscopes for lower-school science, I can vouch that they're really not
that bad.

Charlie.

"Bill" wrote in message
...
First of all don't go to Toys r us these people sell TOYS not
microscopes
of
any reasonable quality, try "Brunel Microscopes" you will find them on
the
web. They have second-hand ones which should be OK for seeing parasites
etc.

BUT REMEMBER WITH MICROSCOPES YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.





JohnB wrote in message
...
Having just recovered from a nasty parasite attack with my fish, I am
interested in buying a suitable microscope to assist in early
diagnosis.
It
is a long trek to my nearest koi shop with a bagged up fish so a
sample
can
be taken when there may be nothing to check.

Can anyone in the UK recommend a type & source for a suitable
microscope
at
a
reasonable price? Mail order or within 50 miles or so of
Sheffield/Chesterfield area would be ideal.

JB






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