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Fri Oct 29, 2021 11:55 am

Wooo. Microscope tech really came a long way. Being able to capture a stentor meowing is a feat!

I giggled

Hello everybody, I am happy to report that one year on the Swamp III is alive and well, with lots of activity and many creatures swimming around, going about their protozoan business, blissfully unaware that they live in a jar on my desk. For the record, the Swamp III is a collection of pebbles, wat...

Thank you for the info. have no idea how you guys identify your creatures. reverse image search? an index somewhere?

This is fantastic. Great detail on the vorticella and very nice colours. Are the colours obtained with polarisation linked to some property of your sample, like density? can you extract any information from that? So your subject has to be *between* the two polarised sheets. I wonder if photographic ...

Day two - the Inventory There was an abundance of micro- and not-so-micro organisms in the jar. The stars were these beetle-like bugs (about 5mm) that crawled on the surface of the water, but immersed and upside down. Maybe one of you kind people can identify them. They form a bubble of air around t...

Thanks! It's a cool little thing to have: makes my girlfriend avoid my work-bench and visitors want to buy microscopes .

This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. Know a good amber dealer?

That is an *awesome* book. Thank you!

Good idea to keep your samples in the same jar and keep adding. Might try this.The rotifers and paramecium took over my jar. Large nematodes as well. The rotifers really are thriving. i wonder how many generations spawned in 6 months?

Hey there, Nice setup you have there! Those plants look nice and healthy. And that's a good trick with the paper towel and the gravel - thanks. What sort of living things do you have in your containers? Do you see variation over time? I find the Vorticella disappears first, sadly, as it's one of my ...

This is an attempt (well, the third, to be more precise) to create a closed, self-sustaining ecosystem in a jar. It is now in its 6th month and I am happy to report that it's alive and well. It has proven to be a very convenient source of samples throughout the winter months, which, at the mid-North...