A few shots from the "Dad's pond" culture jar

[Crater Eddie]

This jar is a sample (#2) taken from my dad's pond about a month ago, between freezes. This one does not get aerated, and it sits on the plant rack under the lights with the carnivorous plants, not next to the brighter CFL with the other culture bottles. It has an interesting population. 10x objective




I have no idea what these are. Any ideas? 10x objective




Same object(s) 4x objective




These Paramecia look like they are having a convention. They move so fast I couldn't get a good shot at higher mag. I didn't know they got this big, these guys are huge. 4X objective




This is my favorite shot from the whole slide. Another desmid? 40x objective

[mrsonchus]

These are amazing - I love these! I'm going to our daughter's this afternoon and I'm DEFINITELY going to have a dip into her pond.... My Wife thinks I've gone mad - hahahahahah........
Many thanks for this post.

[rnabholz]

Very nice menagerie! I see some interesting algae in there as well

Looks like potential fun for hours.

[Crater Eddie]

Yes, there are some very interesting algae in there, I am especially keen to get a better look at some of those short sections of filamentous algae. Many of those present a very interesting cell structure... these will definitely be the subject of a future study session. Provided that I can ignore all the other interesting creatures long enough.
This jar had been sitting on the shelf untouched since I collected it, and was getting rather low on water via evaporation. I had just added about a pint of RO water to the jar stirring everything up. I saw that there was a lot of "stuff" suspended, so decided it might be worth a look.
This jar is proof that a culture doesn't have to be fancy, this one certainly isn't. It's just a jar of water sitting near some lights. But there sure are a lot of interesting things growing in it.
CE

[vasselle]

Bonjour.
Très belles séries images.
La dernière est ma préféré.
Cordialement seb

[Crater Eddie]

Merci.

[gekko]

What a rich collection of things to look at (and show us!) Absolutely great! In a few random shots you show two Micrasterias! I've never seen one under my microscope Thank you!

[Crater Eddie]

Thanks for the kind comments Gekko. This jar seems to have a pretty good population of interesting Desmids. I have only just recently started reading about them.