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Thank you WhyMe !

Pond creatures such as Copepods, hydras and dragonfly larvae are pretty common in the pond samples I've taken and very cool to observe in my stereo scope. I also agree with Kurt that it is fun to observe first in a stereo scope and then transfer specimens to a slide. What would you say are the diff...

Wonderful videos ! I hope to see more of these in my samples. I didn't realize how predatory these guys are.

Pond creatures such as Copepods, hydras and dragonfly larvae are pretty common in the pond samples I've taken and very cool to observe in my stereo scope. I also agree with Kurt that it is fun to observe first in a stereo scope and then transfer specimens to a slide. And also, my next splinter remov...

Thanks Bruce and hb2sbdb !
Hb2sbdb-- I would love to see other videos of this Loxophylium. Its on a short list of ciliates that don't move quickly away from lights ! I hope I encounter more of them.

Cool vid of the vorticella ! I love the very rapid contractions and almost slow motion expansions.

Thanks Chris-- Yes DIC with my Nikon TMD

This is one of the largest ciliates I've seen in my pond aquarium.I have a large population of smaller Loxodes, but I will take a guess that this it is some kind of Loxophylium ? The view is clearer around the 40s mark.

https://vimeo.com/389145315

Cool !

Fascinating !

Sorry I cant help with the ID, but I'm curious how you came about finding it ? Did you see it in the soil and pick it out to examine ?

Very nice Bob !

Beautiful pictures !

Nice !

Nice video of a beautiful creature Chis ! Thanks !

BramHuntingNematodes wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 31, 2020 3:34 pm

Thank God it wasn't a nematode. I would not have lived it down.

Haha-- I appreciate your attempt, nonetheless

Thank you Bruce ! I originally suspected a Hypotrich and was looking for, but could not detect an AZM, thank you for pointing it out. An ID of hypotrich is certainly enough for my needs.

BramHuntingNematodes wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 30, 2020 3:59 pm

As in you would like the species of paramecium?

Thank you. Do you think that is a Paramecium ?

I've been using a Nikon Z6 mirrorless camera and it has been great to use for microscope videos. I had a Panasonic GH4 in the past but never used it for microscopy. It is also a wonderful mirrorless camera. The Z6 is now able to record Prores Raw 4K UHD at 12 bits if you use an external recorder. IM...

Hobbyst46 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 29, 2020 9:02 pm

Looked at some of the videos on your Vimeo site. Fascinating photos ! Bravo !

Thank you kind sir !

This is the first time I've seen this particular ciliate. It is from the bottom of my pond aquarium. I'd be grateful for any ID of it. Aside from the caudal cirri, I cant recognize any specific features. The first view is at 20x with a 40x view at the 20s mark. It was moving pretty fast to keep up w...

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Thanks all for the advice -- I use the Commercial plastic petri dishes with coverslip bottoms dozens of times before its time to get a new one. I think they get slightly scratched over time. My main reason for gluing a new cover slip on a used dish, is that I want to use a #0 coverslip for the repla...

I have some plastic Petri dishes with holes for small wells with glass cover slip bottoms. I would like to replace the cover slips myself. What might be the best adhesive for the plastic to glass bond ? I also have a second type of plastic dish where the bottom is complete covered with slip cover gl...

Thank you, I will update the name. I find it very difficult to identify objects. I spend much time looking through photographs and video's on the internet, but most of the time I don't find the creature or I indentify it wrong. Haha-- I hear you brother ! I'm grateful for the experts that we have o...

Very cool, thanks !

Really nice capture of these !!! I've been looking viewing thousands of these lately but the highest mag I have is 40x, it is wonderful to see them at 100x with such remarkable clarity. Thank you.

The problem being it does not deliver full resolution via usb. It is good to hear a first hand account of using one. Specs are one thing but it's hard to know how it will handle without trying it. If thats the case, usb would be a show stopper. Thanks all for the software tips, I may check it out j...

I have to say after living with this camera for several weeks, I can not wait for my Nikon to come back. The thing that bothers me the most about this camera is the automatic exposure. It supposedly has exposure compensation through the menu, but it doesn't function correctly. Maybe I just don't und...

I'm not sure if the micro switches are functional or not, but for the x axis, pressing "start" just moves the stage in the direction of the lighted x axis button. It will move until it hits the end of the rack with motors still spinning or until the "stop" button is pressed. I have done several exp...