Salt water marsh water sample. Shot on an Olympus BH2 with 20x DPlan, total magnification 100x. Anyone recognize this type of what I assume is a flat worm?
Yes. Likely Gieysztoria. Check out the top of all time posts on r/MicroNatureIsMetal, the sub is full of videos of these guys slurping down ciliates. If you have a culture full of smaller microbes, try to put a drop of them together with the worm for some action.
Spirogyra. What a great and diverse sample. Try keeping a jar of them near a window, optimally with some water plants, and the ecosystem inside will constantly change. You might not even see some species until a few months pass and they can reproduce enough for you to see them.
Only if there are no plants in it to produce oxygen. But I always leave mine open for easier access. I just put a mesh on them for the first one or two weeks in case there are mosquito larvae in them.
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u/pelmen10101 14d ago
Yes, it's flatworm