Any micro biologists??

[samdizshiz]

What is this guy hes swims around and filter feeds theres tons of them ?

 

[Squamosa]

What is this guy hes swims around and filter feeds theres tons of them ?

Looks like a rotifer to me

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/rotifer.htm

 

[samdizshiz]

You think ? Strange little thing i urge people to look at there filter media juices under a microscpe so cool seeing the whole other aspect of life in your tank

 

[samdizshiz]

You think he got in there from the lr ?

 

[Squamosa]

You think he got in there from the lr ?

Yes, I agree if you have a microscope then it's wonderful to see all the life in a drop of water

From the LR or an addition of phytoplankton/rotifer culture to feed corals or fish fry?

Here is an image I took of a rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) when I was culturing them for clown fish breeding. Note the full gut of phytoplankton

 

[samdizshiz]

What kind of micro scope are you using ?

 

[Squamosa]

What kind of micro scope are you using ?

I have a a Brightfield Olympus BX50 compound light microscope, using an Olympus DP70 digital camera for images.

The specimen was mounted and coverslipped then viewed under a 100x oil immersion objective lens!

 

[samdizshiz]

I have a a Brightfield Olympus BX50 compound light microscope, using an Olympus DP70 digital camera for images.

The specimen was mounted and coverslipped then viewed under a 100x oil immersion objective lens!

$$$$$$

 

[twilliard]

I have a a Brightfield Olympus BX50 compound light microscope, using an Olympus DP70 digital camera for images.

The specimen was mounted and coverslipped then viewed under a 100x oil immersion objective lens!

Nice, very nice setup

 

[Squamosa]

Nice, very nice setup

Laboratories are full of nice things

 

[Lionfish Lair]

I agree it's a rot. Where my fish shed, I remove a whole sheet of skin and look at it under the microscope. There's always rots on there flicking around.

 

[Anirban]

Laboratories are full of nice things

I second it.....

 

[twilliard]

Indeed!
If I had 10k dollars for one I would get it but my wife would divorce me lol
Have you viewed using dye?

 

[Squamosa]

using dye

Anything in particular?
Or do you mean, Cresyl violet, hematoxylin and eosin, trichrome, Hoechst and Toluidine blue, amongst others...yes I have.

But I think I enjoy the TEM and scanning confocal scopes the most

 

[Anirban]

Indeed!
If I had 10k dollars for one I would get it but my wife would divorce me lol
Have you viewed using dye?

Actually you dont need 10K to buy a compound microscope....look at this link
http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_hfnv...06-96bf-4490-888d-16cace3f2838&pf_rd_i=499170

But there are other sites which sell the same models bit cheaper.

 

[twilliard]

Bacteria is something I have a hard time dying for use under oil immersion to define contrast.

 

[twilliard]

Actually you dont need 10K to buy a compound microscope....look at this link
http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=s9_hfnv...06-96bf-4490-888d-16cace3f2838&pf_rd_i=499170

But there are other sites which sell the same models bit cheaper.

I have the 2500X amscope (wish I had a better camera optic for it though)

 

[Squamosa]

Bacteria is something I have a hard time dying for use under oil immersion to define contrast.

Bacteria is something I have not stained,but the protocols look simple enough.

http://www.scienceprofonline.com/microbiology/how-to-prepare-microscope-slide-of-bacteria.html

 

[Anirban]

I have the 2500X amscope (wish I had a better camera optic for it though)

I do active research for living and basically imaging or microscopy....this is how a E.coli looks under electron microscope...

 

[twilliard]

Bacteria is something I have not stained,but the protocols look simple enough.

http://www.scienceprofonline.com/microbiology/how-to-prepare-microscope-slide-of-bacteria.html

Thank you!