Spirostomum

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Jean-marc
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Hello,

Trying to have a culture of paramecia, I succed to have one of Spirotomum. :roll:
Funny, I never saw so much Spirotomum.
A culture of near clean of the same species, allow to do lot of pictures to compare the technics of photography

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Post by RogelioMoreno »

Jean-Marc

Nice, let us know the setup used.

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Post by Jean-marc »

Hello,

Thank you Rogelio

The fist ones :
Pl fluotar 16/0,45 with DIC
light 100W Coolpix 995 1/1000e

Following :

Splanapo 40/0,95 with DIC

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The two below are sleeping Spirostomum, anesthetized with magnesium sulfate.

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Post by Jean-marc »

Hello,

I have repair my homemade integred flash.

Splanapo 40/0,95
Coolpix 995 1/1000e. flash power : 1/8


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These are great. Top notch

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Post by Mitch640 »

The images are great, but I am more impressed that you can culture these animals and keep them alive. :)

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Post by Jean-marc »

Thank you Mitch, Curt,

To grow a culture, I boil lentils and wheat seeds. Then I wait that the liquid cools down. After I put ciliates inside. Few days after you have sometimes many ciliates species, but generally one or two gained the upper hand. This time it was Spirostomum.
When you have a clear culture, it is easy to have them during many monthes. You just have to make again boiled water with seeds.

Best

Jean-Marc

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