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by Mandintine
Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:43 am
Forum: Identification help
Topic: help id a ciliate
Replies: 3
Views: 849

Re: help id a ciliate

ahh so my original thoughts were correct. this culture was full of spirostomum. I had a hunch it looked similar. I noticed when I tapped the microscope there was no "twitch" reaction. so I'm assuming the cellular damage probably affected the mechanisms involving calcium channels (if I remember corre...
by Mandintine
Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:41 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: help id a ciliate
Replies: 3
Views: 849

help id a ciliate

I found this specimen in a fresh water source that i sample often. It's quite small in comparison to say a paramecium. I toggle between 40X and 60x objectives. the first thing I noticed about it was the strange geometric hard lines that make up the cell. You can skip to different parts of the video ...
by Mandintine
Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:29 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Pandorina? Eudorina? Something else?
Replies: 2
Views: 614

Re: Pandorina? Eudorina? Something else?

apears to be pandorina sp
by Mandintine
Sat Mar 25, 2023 1:19 pm
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: EPOI
Replies: 10
Views: 1383

Re: EPOI

I wish I could get it up and running. Does this scope have any resell value? Its basically just sitting in my closet. It doesn't even compare to my current set up
by Mandintine
Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Kinda freaked out
Replies: 5
Views: 1120

Re: Kinda freaked out

Unfortunately we had alot of rain the past few days. I'll let it have some time to grow and see if I can't get images. Only thing in the culture I can find is crypomonads and bacterium.
by Mandintine
Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:20 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Kinda freaked out
Replies: 5
Views: 1120

Re: Kinda freaked out

Just to clarify there was certainly a high density of bacteria. Maybe I can take better images since I got a new scope. These were actually taken from plaques/films that were sitting on top of the water.
by Mandintine
Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Kinda freaked out
Replies: 5
Views: 1120

Re: Kinda freaked out

It's really interesting because it looks as though the amoebas and bacteria are one giant mass. The way I made this was I had an old succulent stem and some valentines flowers that were going bad, I put them in the flowers vase and set it outside. Maybe 3 weeks. I live in TN USA, and it got kinda wa...
by Mandintine
Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:12 pm
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: EPOI
Replies: 10
Views: 1383

Re: EPOI

Looking at the pictures I suppose there are some slight differences. I think these were probably both made around the same time by the same china manufacturers and then different companies slapped their names on them and sold em
by Mandintine
Thu Mar 23, 2023 6:11 pm
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: EPOI
Replies: 10
Views: 1383

Re: EPOI

https://ibb.co/FXj81nZ https://ibb.co/NFHWCzL Literally the same microscope sabatanii. I wonder if the epoi emmersion oil objective is worth anything. Sadly the light went out on this scope and I can't get it to work. I even found the exact bulb. I just bought the swift and I'm glad I did because it...
by Mandintine
Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:07 pm
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: EPOI
Replies: 10
Views: 1383

EPOI

Hi I have An old microscope that is branded as kent tokyo, it has a 100x oil objective that says EPOI Japan on it. I've been doing some research and am coming up empty handed. Does anyone know what EPOI stands for. I tried to put these objectives on my swift 380t however the stage won't raise up hig...
by Mandintine
Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:46 pm
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Cyclidium from a moss sample
Replies: 0
Views: 268

Cyclidium from a moss sample

I dont know why but I think cyclidium looks so cool. I'm learning to edit my videos. Hope these came out good! Any tips/criticism I would appreciate!

https://youtu.be/K4sYrtM34XU

Also made a video on euglena.

https://youtu.be/BX_yFScvkIo
by Mandintine
Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:07 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Conical shaped ciliate
Replies: 2
Views: 719

Re: Conical shaped ciliate

That possibility never even crossed my mind. Thanks bruce
by Mandintine
Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Conical shaped ciliate
Replies: 2
Views: 719

Conical shaped ciliate

Is All my research thus far u haven't found anything that even resembles this ciliate. I have spent probably 3 or 4 hours looking through resources and am stumped. Hopefully yall can point me in the right direction.

https://youtu.be/3ZrKutFepSU
by Mandintine
Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:57 am
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Pleuronema setigerum?
Replies: 3
Views: 738

Re: Pleuronema setigerum?

ah so i am indeed getting better at this. also subbed to ur utube channel. thanks for the continuous support Bruce!
by Mandintine
Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:31 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Pleuronema setigerum?
Replies: 3
Views: 738

Re: Pleuronema setigerum?

https://ibb.co/ncyQQ2V here is a picture of a single specimen
by Mandintine
Fri Mar 17, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Pleuronema setigerum?
Replies: 3
Views: 738

Pleuronema setigerum?

https://youtu.be/FvaAcSzrpq4

These appeared after a few days. I made a water sample by adding some moss to it to see if any protist would grown in it. They are quite small and very fast!
by Mandintine
Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:27 pm
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: How to ID
Replies: 4
Views: 949

Re: How to ID

Wow thanks so much for the resources! I'll be digging into these soon :)
by Mandintine
Wed Mar 15, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: How to ID
Replies: 4
Views: 949

How to ID

I would like to become proficient in identifying different micro organisms.I have a fairly Basic Understanding about a Lot of it. But i'm curious if Yall know of any resources one Could use To Start Learning about how to figure out what kind of organisms I'm looking. To give you a picture of the pro...
by Mandintine
Tue Mar 14, 2023 2:48 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Kinda freaked out
Replies: 5
Views: 1120

Kinda freaked out

https://youtu.be/v1Lyb3JRbZY My wife says these look like naegleri fowler the brain eating amoeba. I told her that was highly unlikely since its not really warm out and amoeba kinda look homogenous. These were in a vase I left outside full of water for a few weeks her in middle Tennessee. Can anyone...
by Mandintine
Tue Mar 14, 2023 1:42 am
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Some kind of worm?
Replies: 2
Views: 657

Re: Some kind of worm?

Woah! Thanks bruce
by Mandintine
Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Some kind of worm?
Replies: 2
Views: 657

Some kind of worm?

https://youtu.be/bBpCLxEI0fs
Sorry for mouth breathing audio XD
by Mandintine
Mon Mar 13, 2023 3:56 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Cyst? Egg? Any idea?
Replies: 11
Views: 1706

Re: Cyst? Egg? Any idea?

I believe some do make cyst. Hopefully bruce has an answer :)
by Mandintine
Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:34 pm
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Protist feast!
Replies: 1
Views: 289

Re: Protist feast!

by Mandintine
Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: Pictures and Videos
Topic: Protist feast!
Replies: 1
Views: 289

Protist feast!

by Mandintine
Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:11 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: What is this
Replies: 1
Views: 526

Re: What is this

A picture of the organism
by Mandintine
Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:09 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: What is this
Replies: 1
Views: 526

What is this

I found a "worm"? Moving around inside of something. But the thing I need help identifying is the little organism that looks like a clear orb with two micronucleus. You can't see this in the video but it was completely covered in cillia like structures around the entire circumference of its body. ht...
by Mandintine
Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:04 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Cyst? Egg? Any idea?
Replies: 11
Views: 1706

Re: Cyst? Egg? Any idea?

I have a video where a bunch of protist are eating a dead organism. A few of the organisms in there look very similar!

Idk how big the thing in your video is.
https://youtu.be/U5LJt5_XMzA
by Mandintine
Sun Mar 12, 2023 11:44 am
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Is this a type/baby rotifer?
Replies: 2
Views: 693

Re: Is this a type/baby rotifer?

Thanks!!
by Mandintine
Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: Identification help
Topic: Rotifer ID help
Replies: 0
Views: 421

Rotifer ID help

Rotaria neptunia?

Crazy how long the leg is on this organism!

https://youtu.be/XsKfSNI-dOo