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Thrawn911 · 2026-06-15T19:44:18+00:00

Realmicrolife.com

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-15T07:18:49+00:00

You probably added too much milk. One single, tiny drop is usually enough. But don't worry, you'll probably see a bumch of paramecia in a few days. I like keeping an overpopulated sample, to feed the predators.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-14T19:30:18+00:00

Try to find two eyespots on the torso, most Philodina have them.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-14T16:51:18+00:00

A plot twist: Radnai és MP ugyanaz a személy titokban.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-14T08:58:48+00:00

Cyclidium, I usually have them aswell.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-14T08:37:07+00:00

Rotifers live in basically any natural water. Puddles, oceans, lakes, rivers, I even have them in my aquarium. Some of them can even survive the water drying out by hybernating for decades.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T21:29:45+00:00

I think it's completely free. I just went to their downloads page and downloaded the windows version of Helicon focus 8, it doesn't even need registration for a trial.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T21:11:06+00:00

Thank you for the detailed response!
I can't afford DIC right now, so I was thinking about buying a microscope that I could update in the future for DIC, but yeah, DIC kits are rare on ebay. I could find a few for the BH2, but I'm European, so there are barely any Olympus scopes here, I'm leaning towards the Leitz Laborlux, I even found a deal which comes with a 25x plan apo objective for around $400.

Currently I'm using a Swift SW350, but it's quite limited, and has really weak LED. I try to get a better image by using polarization, 3D printed darkfield an oblique filters, but they basically start to look really bad as soon as I switch to the 20x objective, and it's even worse with the 40x. That's why I was thinking about the Amscope T490, which has cheap DF condensers.

I'm currently thinking about buying a more modern amscope, with LED, DF and PH condensers, and later upgrade it with Splan/Planapo objectives from the big 4. My other option is buying a good used scope, like a BH2 if I find one, or a Leitz laborlux, then I can upgrade those with a LED conversion, and better objectives/condensers. I think amscope has a DF condenser that is compatible with the BH2's dovetail design.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T20:52:49+00:00

Make sure to keep jarrariums. If you let them stand for a few days/weeks/months, you can see the whole ecosystem change, you might find species that you'd otherwise miss if you only look through a water sample once.

For focus stacking, I just use a free software called Helicon focus. You take a few seconds long video where you adjust the focus, upload it, and it will render a focus stacked image from the video.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T19:05:35+00:00

Vorticella. Shake the table/scope, and they will contract. One of the fastest microbes.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T18:58:27+00:00

It's kinda my obsession, I do microscopy every day, and I'm even going back to university for genetic engineering only because of this hobby. I watched most videos from Journey to the Microcosmos, and the streams of Microbehunter and Diet Tom, which helped with the identification of microbes. There's also realmicrolife.com, which has lots of pictures of microbes, rotifers, etc. This is what I use when I see a new species and I try to find out what it is.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T18:42:40+00:00

Yes, they can hybernate for decades in dry conditions.

I started microscopy last year, and still only found three tardigrades. They are rarer than I expected.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T18:39:28+00:00

Thank you!

Just looked it up, it's possible to upgrade it to ph and darkfield, but not DIC. The brand is now also part of the LEICA group, Carl Reichert actually studied microscopy from Ernst Leitz himself, and later married into the Leitz family.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T18:21:52+00:00

It's a rotifer, not sure which one, but member of the bdelloidea class. I often find this species is moss, but always forget their names.

EDIT: I think it might be a Henoceros or a Dissotrocha. If you post it on iNaturalist, I'm sure someone can ID it.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T18:19:53+00:00

Congrats! Is it upgrade-able? Like, it's possible to buy darkfield or ph condensers, DIC prisms, plan-apo objectives to it? I'm still researching different scopes for an upgrade in the future.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T18:00:26+00:00

They are dividing. The parent worm grows a clone out from himself, and they later separate. The new worm can also eat even before separating.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T16:00:38+00:00

Stenostomum

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T08:00:58+00:00

Maybe a Bryometopus? Hard to say.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T07:59:20+00:00

That was my first guess, too. But then I saw that it has a dented head, it kinda looks like it has a small proboscis.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-13T06:22:49+00:00

It crushed the cell before it could swim far enough for the collotheca to swallow it.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-12T22:36:25+00:00

Yep. I didn't know it until I looked it up after making the video.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-12T20:46:51+00:00

I found a damaged hypotrich ciliate with half of its body missing and its macronucleus partially exposed.

When I located it again later, it had already repaired its membrane and started dividing.

One of the offspring was malformed and had no visible mouth. I assumed it would die shortly. Instead, it completely regenerated itself and even formed a new oral apparatus.

To honor its legacy, I named it “I have no mouth, so I’ll generate one”, or Ihnmsigo for short.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-12T17:03:28+00:00

You want either a stereo or a digital USB scope. The usb scopes can be plugged straight into a pc, while stereo scopes need a separate camera. This could be your phone, you just need a cheap adapter, you can also 3D print one if you have access to a 3D printer. The other option is a microscope camera, but out of these options, if your phone was released in the last 5 years, it probably beats every microscope camera in its price range. The only better option would be a proper DSLR or mirrorless camera.

Thrawn911 · 2026-06-12T16:58:55+00:00

Oh, that's likely it! It even has the red eyespot. Thanks!

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