tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542510469509893350.post8737498745452188608..comments2023-04-06T14:27:05.838+01:00Comments on Beyond the Human Eye: Life in a Few Drops of Water: DiatomsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542510469509893350.post-39873096375467513792011-05-22T08:52:37.453+01:002011-05-22T08:52:37.453+01:00Thanks for visiting, Antares CryptosThanks for visiting, Antares CryptosPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542510469509893350.post-48607828956615317682011-05-12T04:10:32.509+01:002011-05-12T04:10:32.509+01:00P.S. Just followed. Enjoyed rounding up the number...P.S. Just followed. Enjoyed rounding up the number;)Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542510469509893350.post-85276139196869657962011-05-12T04:07:44.038+01:002011-05-12T04:07:44.038+01:00Stunning images of organic "glass";)Stunning images of organic "glass";)Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542510469509893350.post-4514083294251999852011-05-11T17:25:33.274+01:002011-05-11T17:25:33.274+01:00Thanks for the tip Psi Wavefunction - I'll try...Thanks for the tip Psi Wavefunction - I'll try it right away. I'm still a novice explorer in Protist World (defector from crop botany) so haven't picked up many 'tricks of the trade'. I read about a similar technique, using vertically immersed slides in Betsy Dexter Dryer's Field Guide to Bacteria, for culturing bacteria and archaea....... but never got around to trying it. I only had a bog-standard teaching microscope to hand when I looked at these specimens but I can imagine the combination of your coverslip cultures and DIC would produce vastly superior results. Kind regards (I'm a great fan of your blog - I'm learning a lot from it) - PhilPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542510469509893350.post-77208518902882561362011-05-11T16:54:04.420+01:002011-05-11T16:54:04.420+01:00Hi Alan, When I investigated the slimy stuff aroun...Hi Alan, When I investigated the slimy stuff around the edge of my water butt it turned out to be a beautiful 'golden alga' - Dinobryon....... well worth exploring!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542510469509893350.post-70262753019669497312011-05-11T09:27:17.774+01:002011-05-11T09:27:17.774+01:00Awesome pictures! (also enjoyed your previously po...Awesome pictures! (also enjoyed your previously posted Actinophryid with a testate amoeba – so cool! I always end up squashing my actinophryids, buggers are too big...)<br /><br />Just curious, have you ever tried floating coverslips on a jar of pondwater/mud/rotting leaves/whatever? It's a cool trick where you can basically get a bunch of stuff growing right on your slide, and a bunch of benthic+gliding protists crawling all over it after a day or two. You just pick up the coverslip and trasnfer to slide. And all the cool stuff is right under the coverslip, meaning you get the best image quality too since you don't have to worry about thick slides – awesome for DIC...<br /><br />Sorry if this is common sense to people, but it's a pretty cool trick to getting not-so-planktonic biota... I'm still amused by it.Psi Wavefunctionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829712736757471647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8542510469509893350.post-71450869606094620642011-05-11T01:45:14.055+01:002011-05-11T01:45:14.055+01:00Phil, if your goal is to get me to run out and fin...Phil, if your goal is to get me to run out and find stuff to put under my microscope, it's working! I've got some water barrels that are itching to be scrutinized now...Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.com