Brackish Water Amoebas
Dec 3, 2021 20:46:58 #
Don Schaeffer
Loc: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trQCD2H4-9s
I have been neglecting the "salt water" sample that I received from my granddaughter's aquarium. I took a look at it today. As expected I found it populated by very small organisms--at the limit of what I could see with my equipment. But as I scrolled along the side of a bit of decaying leaf, I saw a rather odd star-shaped amoeba. Then I saw several others. It amounted to a colony of amoebas obviously targeting the tiny flagellates occupying that part of the biome.
I have been neglecting the "salt water" sample that I received from my granddaughter's aquarium. I took a look at it today. As expected I found it populated by very small organisms--at the limit of what I could see with my equipment. But as I scrolled along the side of a bit of decaying leaf, I saw a rather odd star-shaped amoeba. Then I saw several others. It amounted to a colony of amoebas obviously targeting the tiny flagellates occupying that part of the biome.
Dec 3, 2021 23:18:27 #
Thanks for posting. As long as you provide these videos I won't have to spend money on a microscope I really can't afford 
Dec 4, 2021 06:04:13 #
Don Schaeffer
Loc: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
If you want one, you can get a good-enough microscope for about $200, not that expensive.
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