I have a question. Today I was looking in my 10 gallon freshwater aquarium. I only use the tank for when I have fish too small to put in my 55 gallon, so I use it to hold them til they are bigger. I have a filter in the 10G that is good enough to filter an 80G tank. I was looking in the water and saw this tiny white worm that was swimming like a sperm cell with his head cut off lol. It was swiming with fast snake like movements (s shape movements). Do you know if this is a natural thing?
Not sure. Identification by image is risky. ID by someone else's image is pointless [I actually did research with these nematodes].The critter I photographed is a bacteria-eating nematode. I can go no further in identification.
The microscope is a Swift FM-31 LWD Field Microscope and the camera a Nikon Coolpix 885. LWD = long working distance [objective lens]. An older Leitz 10x Periplan eyepiece is used because it has threads that fit a Nikon UR-E4 adapter, so the camera can be attached to the microscope eyepiece. The Coolpix has a digital display, so you can see exactly what is in focus under the microscope. The Coolpix 885 takes 30-sec videos [.mov].
First there is a Ascaris then comes a Paramecium caudatum passing by. What is the protozoan in the end? It is cool but quite freaky.
Kythos 1 year ago
so intersesting i wish i could see it up close
victorcute101 2 years ago
I have a question. Today I was looking in my 10 gallon freshwater aquarium. I only use the tank for when I have fish too small to put in my 55 gallon, so I use it to hold them til they are bigger. I have a filter in the 10G that is good enough to filter an 80G tank. I was looking in the water and saw this tiny white worm that was swimming like a sperm cell with his head cut off lol. It was swiming with fast snake like movements (s shape movements). Do you know if this is a natural thing?
smartass2st 2 years ago
interesting find
niztrator 2 years ago
So the worm-like things I found in my hermit crabs' drinking water were nematodes.
RyanatorML2000 3 years ago
Not sure. Identification by image is risky. ID by someone else's image is pointless [I actually did research with these nematodes].The critter I photographed is a bacteria-eating nematode. I can go no further in identification.
WLanier 2 years ago
Paramecium at 0:18.
totothepuppydog 3 years ago
The microscope is a Swift FM-31 LWD Field Microscope and the camera a Nikon Coolpix 885. LWD = long working distance [objective lens]. An older Leitz 10x Periplan eyepiece is used because it has threads that fit a Nikon UR-E4 adapter, so the camera can be attached to the microscope eyepiece. The Coolpix has a digital display, so you can see exactly what is in focus under the microscope. The Coolpix 885 takes 30-sec videos [.mov].
WLanier 4 years ago
how did u manage to take a video of that via a microscope?
theunraveler 4 years ago
it's good to know that there aren't only stupid videos on internet
alfmartinez 5 years ago 5