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Indeed a nice fellow. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Wes, nice catch! Your photos show a nice contrast of the filopodia. There are currently 3-4 species of Diplophrys described, so there is a Diplophrys species whose lipid droplets are colorless - maybe you catched this one :-) I found the shape of the filopodia do change frequently... Did you also...

Great that you shared this interesting observation, thanks Francisco.

Indeed a very fascinating creature, thanks for sharing your video tlansing.

Great photos Wes! Thanks for sharing.

Good instructions how to dismantle, clean and re-lube the eye-piece mechanism at the bino is described here: https://www.mikroskopie-forum.de/index.php?topic=35730.0 I would say it is not that difficult, I did it also once without facing issues. Maybe to mention you need a bit sensivity and patience...

Hi Francisco. Another great video.

You have another nice video posted on youtube...here U. division is a bit more advanced. I found it also very interesting, recommended.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfMrCsebcfY

Thanks for the nice comments 75RR, Javier, tlansing & Bruce.

75RR - I like your comparison "coleps is to my mind the Piranha equivalent in the microworld".

Both of the videos are great. Like the way how you explain related to real samples everybody can refer to in practise.

Unbelievable what you achive with stacking! Well done 75RR!

Thanks you Wes, Francisco, zzffnn and smollerthings. Photo 1 is made with DIC, 2 and 3 is BF with a bit oblique light. White balance in 2 and 3 is not properly set, so background looks grey. The coleps is glowing in the DIC polarized light quite strong, so I do not really like the DIC image...the DI...

This guy digest obviously a Coleps sp. Must have a good stomage I guess.
The second guy also has something inside...not sure what it is.

Hope you like the photos.

Like the video, thanks for sharing!

In most cases it is not really the iris itself that sticks, so procedure outlined by Hobbyst46 will work. It is usually the grease at the inner diameter of the metal ring and the surfaces that causes the issue. If it really does not help, here is a nice and detailed instruction to disassemble the ir...

To be honest ... nothing more exciting than to touch and turn a well (re-) greased Zeiss Standard WL Fine focus knob (the nice looking metal knobs, not plastic).

Very impressive for me to observe the great tapping trick to flip Diploneis. Great stuff 75RR!

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

Top! Thank you Francisco.

Really a fascination video. Thanks for sharing Francisco.
Thanks also to tlasing for the photo!

You and Zeiss Planapo 63x/1.4 did a great job

Interesting video, thanks for sharing Francisco.

Hi Rob,
great variety of species, wonderful photos and lots of interesting information provided.
Thanks for sharing. Seems you and your wife forms a wonderful team to make this happen!

Love your video.

Thanks tlansign and Bruce! Great references provided.

Hi Adam, I raised the same question in the german forum. Pls. have a look here: https://www.mikroskopie-forum.de/index.php?topic=25570.msg192228#msg192228 I exchanged the slider between two tube heads, inlcuding relubrication etc. Precautions or even critical is certainly the removal and push back o...

Congrats! Finally you got them developing.

congrats, a very interesting observation! Thanks for sharing Francisco.

Interesting fellow, thanks for sharing.

Hi Luis, a very interesting and also educational video. Thanks for sharing.

Hi 75RR,
impressive to see the movement of this diatomea. Thank you for sharing.