Frontonia releases massive diatom

[Javier]

Hi,

Please forgive me for posting so much lately, but I had to share this. I found what I think is a Frontonia that had ate a massive Diatom. It was moving slowly until it stayed still. After a few minutes it released the Diatom and immediately came back to life. I found the whole thing so cool and I'm happy I was able to record it.

Could some one confirm the ID please?

I used my usual equipment, iPhone 5s through Amscope c120 b. Dark field @ 100 x, Oblique illumantion @ 400 x.

Hope you like it,
Javier.

[SWmicro]

Hi,

Please forgive me for posting so much lately, but I had to share this. I found what I think is a Frontonia that had ate a massive Diatom. It was moving very slowly until it stayed still. After a few minutes it released the Diatom and immediately came back to life. I found the whole thing so cool and I'm happy I was able to record it.

Could some confirm the ID please?

I used my usual equipment, iPhone 5s through Amscope c120 b. Dark field @ 100 x, Oblique illumantion @ 400 x.

Hope you like it,
Javier.

On the contrary, please post as many as you can, they are all fascinating !
Especially interesting are the colours that you are finding.
Sorry I can not help with the ID , but that was quite a case of indigestion !

I am not familiar with your 'scope, does it come with dark-field fitted or is it by your own dark patches ? Very good.

[Javier]

Hi,

Please forgive me for posting so much lately, but I had to share this. I found what I think is a Frontonia that had ate a massive Diatom. It was moving very slowly until it stayed still. After a few minutes it released the Diatom and immediately came back to life. I found the whole thing so cool and I'm happy I was able to record it.

Could some confirm the ID please?

I used my usual equipment, iPhone 5s through Amscope c120 b. Dark field @ 100 x, Oblique illumantion @ 400 x.

Hope you like it,
Javier.

On the contrary, please post as many as you can, they are all fascinating !
Especially interesting are the colours that you are finding.
Sorry I can not help with the ID , but that was quite a case of indigestion !

I am not familiar with your 'scope, does it come with dark-field fitted or is it by your own dark patches ? Very good.

Thank you, I'm glad you find the videos interesting.

The scope doesn't have a dark field condenser. I use a home-made dark field filter. Regarding colors, yes, the last samples brought some colorful specimens which I enjoyed enormously. Also, I do some post-processing on Davinci Resolve to enhance contrast and make colors more vibrant. The non processed videos sure look more natural, but I like the vivider colors better.

[Javier]

I forgot to mention that the part of the footage where the ciliate releases the Diatom is speeded up to 400 times. It's quite evident, though.

[imkap]

Great video

[Wes]

It didn't even begin to digest it, very interesting video!

[DonSchaeffer]

Amazing! Classic!

[Javier]

Thank you all very much for your feedback, I appreciate it!

[SWmicro]

Davinci Resolve

Thanks for the extra infos.

I've been using VirtualDub and VSDC, I'll give Davinci a try now

[Bruce Taylor]

Could some one confirm the ID please?

Yes, it's Frontonia.

[Javier]

Davinci Resolve

Thanks for the extra infos.

I've been using VirtualDub and VSDC, I'll give Davinci a try now

Davinci is very powerful... it took me a while to create a basic rutine, but it is worthy. Please let me know if I can help you with that.

Could some one confirm the ID please?

Yes, it's Frontonia.

Thanks, Bruce!

[imkap]

Davinci Resolve

Thanks for the extra infos.

I've been using VirtualDub and VSDC, I'll give Davinci a try now

Davinci is very powerful... it took me a while to create a basic rutine, but it is worthy. Please let me know if I can help you with that.

Could some one confirm the ID please?

Yes, it's Frontonia.

Thanks, Bruce!

I liked Davinci, especially the fact that it is free for basic usage. But my problem was it was very unstable, it would crash very often... I thought my old PC was the problem, but then I bought a new PC and it worked better faster, but still crashing. It was maybe a year and a half ago. Maybe I should try again...

[Javier]

Thanks for the extra infos.

I've been using VirtualDub and VSDC, I'll give Davinci a try now

Davinci is very powerful... it took me a while to create a basic rutine, but it is worthy. Please let me know if I can help you with that.

Yes, it's Frontonia.

Thanks, Bruce!

I liked Davinci, especially the fact that it is free for basic usage. But my problem was it was very unstable, it would crash very often... I thought my old PC was the problem, but then I bought a new PC and it worked better faster, but still crashing. It was maybe a year and a half ago. Maybe I should try again...

I'm using an i3 (AMD) processor and 16 GB of RAM, and the program runs smoothly. I'm afraid I can help you with your problem, I don't understand much about hardware.

[imkap]

Maybe the certain version had some stability issues, don't know... Glad yours doesn't crash...

[woyjwjl]

Thanks for sharing, wonderful video!

Did you ever think that Frontonia wasn't eating diatoms, but just happened to be pressed against them? And that it was because you accidentally put a coverslip on top of it?

[Javier]

Thanks for sharing, wonderful video!

Did you ever think that Frontonia wasn't eating diatoms, but just happened to be pressed against them? And that it was because you accidentally put a coverslip on top of it?

Thank you!

I'm not an expert, but I don't think a diatom con be pressed inside a cell. This ciliates have an oral cavity which they open to eat what they decide. Also, I have seen Frontonias eating really big diatoms in the past.

[Sure Squintsalot]

I found what I think is a Frontonia that had ate a massive Diatom. It was moving slowly until it stayed still. After a few minutes it released the Diatom and immediately came back to life.

That's like someone drinking a bottle of wine by swallowing the entire bottle. I'd be immobilized too!

Until I pooped it back out....


slowly.


Very slowly.

[Javier]

I found what I think is a Frontonia that had ate a massive Diatom. It was moving slowly until it stayed still. After a few minutes it released the Diatom and immediately came back to life.

That's like someone drinking a bottle of wine by swallowing the entire bottle. I'd be immobilized too!

Until I pooped it back out....


slowly.


Very slowly.

True!