I've been trying around with different positions of light, got this very cool darkfield-ish effect
Hay infusion sample, leaves and rice in water.
300x magnification, ESAW MM02 compound microscope
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Saw this in a pond water sample with rotting leaf debris, there's at least 30 of them that I could count. It looks like a planaria, but much smaller, and has a forked tail.
450x Mag, ESAW MM02 compound microscope
Esaw compound microscope, 450x and 1000x mag, captured with phone camera, sample of algae culture
Hello. I recently started using my microscope, and saw some ciliates for the first time. It's been a month, and in whatever samples I see, I just can't seem to find paramecia. I've tried hay infusions, pond water, rain puddles, but no paramecia or tardigrades. Please help me find some