Paramecium!

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:11 am

Hi,
in my little acquarium i found some Paramecium!
here for you two pics.
any idea for species?

objectives 25x - 40x DIC on Zeiss Photomicroscope III
camera canon a540is
good day
Arturo

ABEL · Post by **ABEL** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:47 am

Hello.

¡Very nice¡

I believe that it is P. Aurelia or Caudatum, not putrinum and not bursaria. I am not sure. I have an aquarium also (Eheim Scubabay) with paramecium caudatum and aurelia, stentor and many microbes. Lately I have prepared a culture of paramecium with stagnant water of a river.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 4:25 am

Very nice image, one opf my favourite animals!
What are the tiny orange opbjects, diatoms?

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 7:27 am

Hi,
the orange object are some cristals that light under polarized illumination!
best
arturo