Under the Microscope

So, I can't find my slides, so I took a clear little plastic dish and wiped it off and squeezed my filter sponge onto it and stuck it under the microscope. I see all these little things swimming around.... would those be nitrifying bacteria? Do nitrosonomas swim around? I put coppersafe in the water and after a minute or two they were still swimming, so I put antibacterial soap in the water and they stopped, dead I guess. It's interesting. If this is nitrifying bacteria, could I put a little of my Bio Spira (when it comes) in the dish to see if the bacteria is still alive?
If these are the bacteria, this is fun.... I could leave them there and see how long they live in standing still water, and test the water for nitrites and nitrates and all that fun stuff...

I've read a little and I've read that nitrifying bacteria are sedentary, but I've also read they are free-swimming. Then I've read that they are free-swimming but adhere to surfaces.

Hmmm... I'm trying to find info on it.... so far all I have is that it's a "medical microscope". At any rate, they're something living, and I'm having fun finding different things to kill them with.

kveeti those are beautiful pictures! My microscope basically sucks. We got it used off of ebay. My mom, who has atleast some experience with microscopes, couldn't get it to work... it was incredibly frustrating trying to get the stuff into focus, which was why I was so excited to be able to see anything. It probably wasn't bacteria though... because I forgot that bacteria are itty bitty. But it was still interesting to see these little organisms.

I can't find a model number but it's a bausch & lomb, but from information on the light box thing I can deduct the microscope is either model 31-33-07, 31-33-20, or 31-33-69. I couldn't find information on them though.