Monthly Archives: January 2020

Let me know when you’re tired of all the fun

Let me know when you’re tired of all the fun

I’m going to get a little more serious now, and try to really identify the critters in the scope and say something more about them. Today’s sample was a well decayed leaf from the aquarium. It had quite a few critters like this one. It’s a colony of ciliates joined...Read more

More too much fun

Rotifer videos! http://kgbudge.com/videos/rotifer.mov http://kgbudge.com/videos/rotifer2.mov http://kgbudge.com/videos/rotifer3.mov I don’t know why WordPress won’t play them correctly. It makes me want to say naughty words. Still images as well. Rotifers: Euglenoid. Ciliate, with cilia twitching away on one side. Alga, probably black brush alga. Another amoeba. Diatoms.Read more
Having way too much fun

Having way too much fun

With the new microscope. Amoeba: I saw three on this one slide. They seem to prefer living in the gunk near the outflow of my aquarium filter. Green brush alga: Rotifer: Euglena, perhaps. I’m not entirely confident of the identity. The green specks could be chloroplasts, making it a euglena,...Read more

The new babies are here

I got a little Christmas money, and prepared to have some fun while waiting for hiking weather to return. Twenty-gallon fish tank. I actually plan to use this as a quarantine tank, which I badly need, but which is not as much fun as a display tank. I consoled myself...Read more