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- Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:03 am
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Hello from San Diego
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1268
Re: Hello from San Diego
Greetings and a warm welcome from South Africa and a fellow Amscoper. :D It is indeed interesting to learn how people come to microscopy as a leisure activity from all angles. Quite commonly, one uses a microscope once for some specific task, and then after discovering the wonders of the generally u...
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 9:36 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: another Pleurosigma
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3209
Re: another Pleurosigma
Well done, that is an exceptional image.
- Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:05 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Cannabis trichomes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3052
Cannabis trichomes
Greetings. Here are two pics of the trichomes on one of the so-called sugar leaves which grows inside the flowering mass (or the cola) on the cannabis plant. Growers consider the state of these trichomes as a harvest indicator. The micrographs show the three major stages, as the trichomes pass throu...
- Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:26 pm
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Hi,Greetings from Ireland
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6473
Re: Hi,Greetings from Ireland
Those are great pics Chris, thanks for sharing. What stain did you use for the blood smear?
- Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:18 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Pregnant Tardigrade?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5022
Re: Pregnant Tardigrade?
Very nice find. Are you going to keep the eggs until the cubs hatch?
- Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:42 am
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Eye floaters
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14007
Re: Eye floaters
If the floaters only manifest whilst working at the eyepiece, how about switching to the live view on a monitor instead? Microscopy may well be moving in that direction anyway.
- Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:57 am
- Forum: Collecting microscopes and slides
- Topic: Swift FM-31 field microscope
- Replies: 45
- Views: 41413
Re: Swift FM-31 field microscope
Nice find. Thanks for sharing the pics of your new microscope. It's the first time I've seen such a clever portable design.
- Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:26 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Nematode at 100x Plan Oil Objective (Oil vs No Oil)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3020
Re: Nematode at 100x Plan Oil Objective (Oil vs No Oil)
An interesting comparison. It's good to know that the time spent slathering the objective in oil is well worth it.
- Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:59 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Cylindrical Diatom
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4822
Re: Cylindrical Diatom
Love the first picture especially.
- Tue Jan 08, 2019 10:34 am
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Hello from the West Coast USA
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5737
Re: Hello from the West Coast USA
Welcom gconcepcion ! I also have a surplus microscope that I'm looking to convert to LED. The scope is a small, basic Chinese monocular of uncertain pedigree, but its optics yield a surprisingly pleasant view. I want to convert it from 220V AC tungsten filament to 12V LED. If I can pull it off, the ...
- Fri Dec 14, 2018 5:16 am
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: Hello, new guy just joined the forum today. i'm about to buy my first scope, need a little push
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6365
Re: Hello, new guy just joined the forum today. i'm about to buy my first scope, need a little push
Hi Randy and welcome. I'm sure you'll be happy with your scope. I've recently bought a similar Amscope which I suspect shares the same optical train, and I've only had joy so far.
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 7:46 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Flame Tests
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15683
Re: Flame Tests
Experiments must follow the "Scientific Method" to be valid... Just random dabbling with something will prove nothing... BillT Perhaps, but often useful discoveries are made this way. Sometimes even accidentally. So, for example, has my dabbling in marriage led to marvelous and awesome discoveries ...
- Fri Dec 07, 2018 11:01 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Goldfish scale
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2591
Goldfish scale
Greetings. Attached is a pic of a scale from an olive colored fingerling goldfish, which I examined under the microscope. The colour giving cells (chromatophores) are mostly black octopus-like ones (melanophores) and the yellow xanthophores. Also visible are iridophores containing plates of iridesce...
- Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:23 pm
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: My new Amscope
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3652
Re: My new Amscope
Thank you, John. If I snap something worthwhile I'll be sure to share it in the pics forum.
- Mon Nov 19, 2018 11:19 am
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Greetings from Iceland!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4907
Re: Greetings from Iceland!
Welcome snowbear. A cheap 25W aquarium heater may also persuade some critters to hang around longer than they normally would. Something like this in your jar, set to maybe 26 deg C. https://www.amazon.com/Uniclife-Submersible-Aquarium-HT-2025-Thermometer/dp/B076F2771G ETA: I had a look at the review...
- Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:00 am
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: My new Amscope
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3652
My new Amscope
Limited by the poor exchange rate of the ZAR, I did a lot of homework before settling on this trinocular LED Amscope. I finally got around to testing it out a bit, and am loving it so far. I must still try the oil immersion lens. It came bundled with the a 5MP cmos camera, and software.
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:28 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Flame Tests
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15683
Re: Flame Tests
That was a fun experiment, and I too remember it from secondary school. The principles underlying the colours are used to its full extent in the analytical field of atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), where instruments are sensitive enough to make even quantitative analysis, sometimes of a mixture...
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:51 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Goldfish egg 0 to 4 days
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3334
Re: Goldfish egg 0 to 4 days
Do you know the size and how soon it might hatch? The egg was about a millimeter in diameter, with the hatchling maybe 5mm. This specific egg hatched after four days at 22 deg C, which is about right according to the internet. I was surprised at how quickly this little vertebrate animal developed, ...
- Tue Jul 24, 2018 6:43 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Goldfish egg 0 to 4 days
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3334
Goldfish egg 0 to 4 days
Hi folks. I've neglected visiting these forums, and the microscope, for some time. But a few days ago something happened that prompted me to pull the Motic stereo out of the naphthalene: one of the comets in the fishpond released her eggs after being chased around by, presumably, two or three males ...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 6:30 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Spirogyra conjugating
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5831
Re: Spirogyra conjugating
From what I can gather from this genus of algae, conjugation usually occurs when no one is watching.hkv wrote:Under what conditions/circumstances are this most likely to occur?
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 3:44 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Spirogyra conjugating
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5831
Re: Spirogyra conjugating
Amazing shots. I remember from high school biology the conjugation of Spirogyra. We examined the algae during the half hour practical session under the school microscopes, but no-one in the class could find any evidence of the two strands going at it. So these are quite a treat.
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:45 am
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Entry level noob, reporting for duty!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3883
Re: Entry level noob, reporting for duty!
Greetings &, & welcome!
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:45 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Copépode femelle
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3058
Re: Copépode femelle
A nice crisp image. And she has lovely legs too!
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:38 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Rotifer with eggs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2152
Re: Rotifer with eggs
Thanks!vasselle wrote:Bonjour
Very nice images
- Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:47 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Rotifer with eggs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2152
Rotifer with eggs
From my drought ridden swimming pool.
- Thu Aug 03, 2017 6:37 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Ever see a Lacrymaria bite an Amphileptus?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6201
Re: Ever see a Lacrymaria bite an Amphileptus?
Schoolyard bully. First time I've seen such a thing ... thanks!
- Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:38 am
- Forum: My microscope
- Topic: My microscope setup
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8655
Re: My microscope setup
That is the most attractive and charming house I've seen in a long time: both cute and clever! Oh, and the lab (micro, not the black one) is perfect too. Do you take your home off to different locations every so often?
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:01 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Portraits of Euglena
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6737
Re: Portraits of Euglena
Thanks for treating us to these exceptional images. Great work!
- Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:24 am
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Dinner for three
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8323
Re: Dinner for three
Amazing video!
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 4:55 pm
- Forum: Pictures and Videos
- Topic: Water flea
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4083
Re: Water flea
An image of excellent clarity. Well executed! (Of soos jy seker sal verstaan: vrek skerp!)