Frontonia releases massive diatom
Frontonia releases massive diatom
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.
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.
Last edited by Javier on Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:33 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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On the contrary, please post as many as you can, they are all fascinating !Javier wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 10:58 pmHi,
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.
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.
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Thank you, I'm glad you find the videos interesting.SWmicro wrote: ↑Sun Aug 07, 2022 12:58 amOn the contrary, please post as many as you can, they are all fascinating !Javier wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 10:58 pmHi,
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Great video
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It didn't even begin to digest it, very interesting video!
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Amazing! Classic!
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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.
Thanks, Bruce!
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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 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:33 pmDavinci 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.
Thanks, Bruce!
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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 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:48 pmI 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...
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Maybe the certain version had some stability issues, don't know... Glad yours doesn't crash...
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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?
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?
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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.
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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.
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True!Sure Squintsalot wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 5:28 pmThat'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.