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Rotifers invaded my moina culture :-\ (300x magnification) (video.nyc)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/microscopy@mander.xyz
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Definitely have a long way to go to get better at my microscopy!

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[–] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I think this is pretty good microscopy. Trying to focus and pan on a rotifer is like trying to photograph a dog on cocaine in an open field full of tennis ball serving machines.

Very rude of them to invade the Moina pad.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Thank you! And indeed, 100% it was more difficult because I was using a concave slide instead of a standard flat one. But it was also much nicer to not squish the rotifers -- give them a lot more time to stay alive and be studied.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    one time i tried to (gently) view a red spider mite on a flat slide under a cover slip. i obliterated that poor thing and will be perpetually haunted having witnessed my inadvertent brutality at 20x. 😭

    that was the first and last >1 cell organism I ever intentionally scoped.

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