Rotifer (Dissotrocha macrostyla)

[Chris Dee]

A new rotifer found in the microbe aquarium. Powerful feeding currents. In the latter half of the video you can see the dorsal antenna being used to sense nearby dangers.
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Microscope: Vickers M17 trinocular
Objectives used:
Zeiss Jena 6.3x Apo
Zeiss neofluar 16x
Zeiss Jena 25x Apo

[hans]

Nice, clear video of the feeding action. Looks like cilia leading down to the esophagus are visible a few times? Reminiscent of a little wood chipper. The ones in my sample seem to only feed while crawling/swimming and thrusting their heads around making it difficult to get good video of the trochi working.

[Chris Dee]

Thanks Hans. Yes chasing rotifers around is like herding cats

[LouiseScot]

One minute you're just swimming around minding your own business and suddenly you're sucked in by a giant eating machine!
Great video.
Can I ask what camera you use?

Louise

[ImperatorRex]

Thank you for sharing this nice video, enjoyed your video very much.

[Chris Dee]

One minute you're just swimming around minding your own business and suddenly you're sucked in by a giant eating machine!
Great video.
Can I ask what camera you use?

Louise

This was filmed at 30fps with a Canon 550d through an Olympus NFK 3.3x photoeyepiece Louise. I also use a Canon M50 occasionally as it will record 1080p at 60fps.
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Thank you for sharing this nice video, enjoyed your video very much.

Glad you enjoyed it Rex.

[LouiseScot]

One minute you're just swimming around minding your own business and suddenly you're sucked in by a giant eating machine!
Great video.
Can I ask what camera you use?

Louise

This was filmed at 30fps with a Canon 550d through an Olympus NFK 3.3x photoeyepiece Louise. I also use a Canon M50 occasionally as it will record 1080p at 60fps.
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Ah, cool - I have a 550d also but haven't tried to record any video - yours gives me inspiration!
Thanks
Louise

[Javier]

Neat!

Super clean and sharp video. Thanks for sharing.