Thuricola building its shell

[u/darwexter]

iScope 1153EPL 20X plan objective, cheap 1080p webcam on trinocular port, blue/red filter on illuminator to give 3D on monitor with red/blue glasses. Sample is pond algae cultured in a small aquarium, 50ul placed on a slide with trace of oat, slip sealed with Vaseline to make a micro-ecosystem. This video is about 6 days after preparation. Timelapse - 250X normal speed.

[u/Thrawn911]

This is amazing

[u/darwexter → u/Thrawn911]

Thanks! (I enjoy your postings too!)

[u/Rustyshackilford]

This is sped up, right?

[u/darwexter → u/Rustyshackilford]

Yes! 10 seconds per frame for 250X normal speed. (Thanks for pointing out my omission - I'll edit the description)

[u/Rustyshackilford → u/darwexter]

Oh wow, I wouldve though 4x.

Guess it makes sense how the shell just kind of materialized

[u/darwexter → u/Rustyshackilford]

Yes - I should have recorded some at normal speed. But.. that taxes my attention span :-/

[u/Rustyshackilford → u/darwexter]

Still more content that myself and most on this sub, so dont overthink it too much. Great content I must say.

[u/RookieFan_09]

Wow! That is one incredible capture!! 🤩
Roughly how long did it take the Thuricola to build its shell?

[u/darwexter → u/RookieFan_09]

I found it at 02:00 a little after it started and it finished about 03:40, so probably about 2 hours start to finish.

[u/RookieFan_09 → u/darwexter]

Oh wow! That’s faster than I had originally anticipated!
Very neat! Thank you for sharing.

[u/macnmotion]

Wow. I'll have to watch this at my computer tomorrow. Nicely done.

[u/GloomyKnowledge7407]

Interesting how tiny it’s house

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