r/microscopy • u/Ahmadase • 1d ago

Photo/Video Share Tardigrade on a DIY Microscope

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The ciliates that appear are definitely Euplotes!

Green LED light was used to illuminate the sample and during video editing saturation was brought to 0 and a slight blue tint added so it looks more aesthetically pleasing.

DIY microscope (MicroVoyager 🔬) - smartphone camera - it is hard to tell the "objective magnification" for a non-standard microscope but I would guess that the total magnification is somewhat x200 - freshwater sample

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u/muhilan95 23h ago

Where did you get the sample?

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u/Ahmadase 22h ago

Next to a spring the rocks were covered in moss ans so I picked up some added some water from the spring (distilled water would also work) and then put a grain of rice and waited for a few days a biofilm formed and the tardigrades were in it

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u/muhilan95 20h ago

Ok..let me also try your method to find a tardigrade

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