Water microscopy: microbes you can find (maybe the longest water microscopy video on YouTube) 🔬 184

[@glennk.7348]

I really like this style! It’s like going on a microbe safari!! Also really enjoy the biology talk. It’s actually really relaxing and enjoyable to watch. 🙂

[@DubzCo]

Yup he’s just being himself I think

[@Sconnieification]

Agree

[@dashgautier782]

yeah

[@Sköldpadda-77]

I don’t know if you need to do a livestream or not, I can take them or leave them but I do like this form of video. Free form, unscripted, feels like we are sitting there with you as you explore. This was fun.

[@lorettasiegrist9334]

Thank you for identifying the microscopic organisms found in water. I bought a used but nice compound microscope for $30 at a garage sale. I'm getting more enjoyment from microscopy since I follow you now on KZbin. My grandkids will be amazed after we take water samples from the local water sources and now we can identify what we see because you named the microbes. Thank you for your many helpful videos. It makes it easy to understand how to get the most from microscopy.

[@terrybennett8692]

Great Idea Oliver, I have to tell you, that when I was thinking about buying a microscope, your channel and video`s really helped me, and I thank you so much for that, I even managed to put some microscopy video`s on my KZbin channel, of water samples taken from my pond so thank you for helping me with this wonderful hobby.

[@totallyreal3397]

I love this -- serious Bob Ross vibes -- I'd definitely watch a livestream exploring the microcosmos with Oliver!

[@LumixNova]

I have no doubt that this channel will hit millions soon. Such a soothing experience, the video, the voice, the narrator. Very pleasant and enjoyable to watch and learn.

[@sac621]

Yea, like watching Mr Roger...from the 60s - 80s on PBS

[@tubepkn]

I like this style as well. It was very informative, not only the biology talk, but also the way you made the slides and operated the microscope. It looked very much like when I look through my own microscope: the detritus, the rotifers, the difficulty of keeping these critters in focus or even in sight, etc. And messing up a slide or two! Of course your microscope and camera are way better than mine so it looks much better, but it gives me confidence. I had never heard about the "vitalism" versus "mechanism" debate, and it is these kinds of tidbits that can make a video really interesting. Whether it is a big question like "what is life?" or "the difference between one rotifer and the other", it doesn't matter. I like it when I learn something new and it doesn't have to be a life changing idea. I think I will go out to the pond in the park tomorrow to get me fresh samples!

[@DeForestRanger]

Thanks for identifying the specimens. I have been trying to find a good "field guide to microorganisms for beginners" and this is a good starting point. And now that I have finished watching the whole video, I'd like to say that I think it was one of your best! Please do more like this, Oliver!

[@Mick_Holland]

That was excellent, Oliver. Even if you decide against 'going live', please produce more of this kind of 'semi-live' output. It's very involving and most enjoyable. Cheers 👍🏼

[@MattyExplore]

I love this style of video, watching you do microscopy in real time, whilst sharing your great knowledge is awesome.

[@SIMpleSIM6]

I’m really new to microscopy and enjoy your channel immensely. This video was very useful as an unedited source of your processes prior to the usual edited uploads. My equipment is fairly basic but it was great to see that it takes time to find interesting things even with more expensive kit. Keep up the great work!

[@svengoosen3519]

Great video! An advantage of a live stream is that we can ask questions while you teach us more microscopy. Keep up the great video's!

[@spacesphinx9607]

Great to see another video uploaded 😊

[@todddyer154]

I found this format very interesting. It gave me a more real take on the search for life in water samples

[@micro-reefsaquariums5169]

Love it Oliver! You did a very entertaining discovery of water microbes, I assume freshwater. I am really entrigued by Dinoflagellates and I heard you mention them. Have you done a water sample on a saltwater reef tank? I would love an episode on microbes found in reef aquariums in the home, I would be able to get you a lot of subcribers from the forums that I frequent. Dinoflagellates have been recently showing up in reef aquariums and causeing a lot of destruction in the sense that the multiply and get all over the corals and sandbed and fish gills. So, having you narrate your findings and educating us on them, would be priceless.

[@Mitch.Wasserman]

It is incredible the vortex that a tiny rotifer is able to create. Thank you for all you do.

[@1mcob]

Awesome! I love this format. It's like going on an exploration / adventure with a guide. It's very instructive to see what a real time / real life microscope experience is like. I think it would be helpful to include sessions like this once in awhile, perhaps with different sample types - or not! (Water samples are wonderful and ever changing ecosystems to explore!)

[@royw5127]

I loved this video, walking through the process of finding these microbes was very enlightening. It would be nice if you could also identify the extraneous things in the field, eg the plant cells etc., and if you could describe the microscope setup before you begin' You have inspired me to take up this hobby once again in my 70s. Well done, keep up the good work.

[@Microbehunter]

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[@fencingcoach3w]

I'm new to microscopy as a hobby. I found this video very interesting and helpful. Thank you Oliver.

[@sac621]

I agree ! It's like sitting with you live exploring. Try to identify everything we see. Like the fast moving little buggers cruising around.

[@remotaurog]

I'd like to study water samples from different rivers in my area, thanks for the video.

[@hermitcard4494]

Just buy equipment and do it.

[@remotaurog]

@@hermitcard4494 Deciding which scope is gonna take awhile.

[@honeypotusername]

@@remotaurog I just ordered the Swift 380T (and a 60x objective to stand in for the included oil objective) after seeing nothing but glowing reviews in comments on various channels and the affiliate link on this channel. I'm looking forward to hunting some microbes, and hopefully producing some decent photographs.

[@neeltjekijktjoeptjoep7603]

I particularly liked this livestream, even more than regular videos. Very immersive, right there with you.

[@rcpd33]

Fantastic video Very education as well thanks for the history provided and biology :) I would love another one of these

[@tonycekolin6061]

I enjoy this format - as a beginner, I find this video very helpful indeed. Thanks!

[@bowlampar]

Without the microscope, we don't even know some much action is going on in a small beaker of water. Amazing! 😘

[@markjackson5806]

Thank you Oliver, I think this has been a fascinating proof of concept for future live streams. I hope you think it will be worthwhile. I wonder if some sort of "Eyepiece Pointer" on the camera view would be useful as you point things out and chase them around?

[@Microbehunter]

Yes, this can be done by "superimposing" a pointer image. Will try to do this.

[@emmanuelblieck4826]

I'm just guessing but, those round structures may be rotifers' eggs. I have occasionally spotted similar structures in samples where there were a lot of rotifers. When you occasionally add water and maintain the slide for a day and if you are lucky, you can finally see some of the eggs moving inside. Sometimes I didn't even had to wait. I couldn't get to see a definitive birth until now, but after observing these things I could figure out that it were rotifer eggs. You can eventually even see the forms of the digestive system forming, mastax, gastric glands etc... Those round structures in your sample look very similar to what I saw.

[@5025julia]

I have also noticed this too - sometimes you can see something moving around inside, and I suspected they may be rotifer eggs. Would be really cool too film one hatching!

[@barrycallow8308]

Thank you for all the information that you have uploaded to u tube with simple instructions!

[@arvetis]

Love it! I can't look at many samples where I live in the winter, so this is scratching that itch.

[@abigailhowes5944]

I definitely like this. It introduces you to microscopy in real life. And you help us ID species we see in real time. Even if you do a couple of programs like this before you start live streaming it is definitely helpful and enjoyable. It shows how explore and you philosophy or theory regarding life adds to it as well. It is natural and your flow of thoughts as you explore. Thank you!!!

[@Microbehunter]

You might also like my other channel: studio.kzbin.info/door/h24qFXqJdEUZeMG_Ib6aeA

[@haraldklenk6278]

I also have two used gilson pipetman with disposable pipette tips in my home lab. And I actually use them often. For example when testing pH, NO3 ,... of the pond water or when staining to reduce the amount of stain.

[@jessetoler8171]

Great tutorial. I am a backyard gardener and want to learn more about the lifeforms in my yard and on my plants.

[@fluoroantimonic9950]

One of the first person to watch the longest water microscopy video😎

[@huilin8191]

Keep up the good work! Please post more of these types of videos, they are amazing!

[@ScammerICaughtU23]

I Really enjoy watching your videos your Amazing and not too many people care to really shows what you do and Thank You for sharing with us and to be honest I never thought about these kinds of things until I started watching your videos I just love the way you bring it!

[@eph51912]

this is amazing content! thank you so much for taking the time to share this!

[@atharva-upclosingnature2423]

Cool..! I will specifically take out time to see this beautiful video... As always liked before watching...!❤❤

[@123tonkin]

Absolutly brilliant, Well done.

[@winnerbytes5898]

Life...is amazing. They still are investigating the complexity of life in organisms such as humans. Just recently they found a new bone cell they call "osteomorphs". There are probably quite a few more to be found.

[@VV-yh3ni]

Please do more of these / live streams. Also very interesting information about biology in general. I think I have learned more from you than from my school teacher. Thank you!

[@ShaiAharony]

Can you recommend some videos or readings on how to test sea water for dangerous levels of ecoli and faces pollution due to sewage spillage? I want to start monitoring nearby beaches for a study but would love some advice on what equipment I would need and some guidance. Thanks in advance!

[@Microbehunter]

Not possible with a microscope, unfortunately. You can not identify the type of bacteria by their shape. You would have to culture them and this is complicated. Also low concentrations of enterobacteria can be a problem and sometimes the concentration is too low even to be seen under the microscope. So this is not so easy, unfortunately. If sewage was spilled, then it is not suitable for swimming anyway (no test needed, in my view), because we already know that these bacteria will be present.

[@natedoggraymond]

I would love to see a live video!! Especially with live questions!

[@rustynuts4426]

Pls do more of these unedited style. Much more realistivmc to what we experience at home which gives us Enthusiasm to continue.

[@johnjohn-cs9eu]

Vorticelia - isn't that pasta ? : ))))))

[@gloriaanoveros9568]

You should use slides with a concave depression or the slides which come with a lid to conserve moisture.

[@abdullahnezar2801]

About those round circular structures, I think they could very well be cysts (perhaps of vorticella?). Before I had many vorticellae and then they mostly disappeared. At that time, I also discovered many of round circles of the same texture that look very much like yours. Also, maybe most of the vorticella in your water sample encysted to form these structures due to unfavourable conditions.

[@Guap303]

This is awesome! I've come back to this video a few times now and I'm back because my microscope arrived, I hope it's sufficient to be able to see microbes. I don't know anything about it but you make it look so cool lol.

[@LaurentLaborde]

more ! your monologue is very informative :)

[@papayaman78]

Thanks for the video. This is great content.

[@jurassichrist]

I appreciate the unedited format as much as I do your shorter videos. I would be 100% down for livestreams. However, I usually watch other creator's livestreams after they've premiered so that I can skip around.

[@elysianfibres1642]

I enjoyed listening to your biology insights as well as watching the fascinating microorganisms

[@rdiazmartin]

You are doing a great job with your wonderful channel sir.. thanks a lot.

[@adamdelarozza1985]

This microbe video makes me even more leery of ever eating raw fish or even sushi. Thanks for this informative live microbe world, viewed from a slide!

[@hollykeller1545]

Loved the lecture! Very interesting.

[@Cevher7382]

Sir, I have a question for you: I'd like to get a microscope of the new beginning. Is the Omax md82 microscope good, I have read bad things about the slide holder in some comments. And I read that you have problems with not being able to examine the whole slide. But some people also said that these problems didn't pose a very big problem. What do you think of this microscope? I'm 12 years old, so if this microscope is bad, would you recommend it to me better? If it's good, I'd like to know if it's good, can you tell me? Thanks, greetings from Turkey... ❤️

[@Microbehunter]

From what I could find online, it is a standard microscope with DIN optics, so it will be useful in any case. These days most microscopes in this price range are perfectly fine. About the inability to look at the whole slide:I guess they want to say that the mechanical stage does not move all the way to the edge of the slide. This is not a problem, because the part that you want to look at is in the center of the slide anyway. I generally recommend microscopes with a phototube so that you can (later) also connect a camera more easily. Check the swift SW380T or the SW350T, but the Omax is similar to them.

[@Cevher7382]

@@Microbehunter Thank you very much... But for me, Swift is too expensive. Whereas I was thinking about getting a swift (sw380t). But it's expensive. So I decided to take the omax, and I wanted you to keep me informed. I found out the Omax microscope isn't bad. I hope I get my first microscope from an omax brand. Thank you very much too... Greetings from Turkey again. I love you...

[@1mcob]

Please describe your illumination technique. I wondered if it's oblique illumination or some other more advanced technique (Phase contrast vs. brightfield alone?).

[@Microbehunter]

Differential Interference Contrast (DIC)

[@mosfear]

Excellent video Oliver. Very engaging throughout which is not always so easy to achieve on spontaneous recording. This being your 184th video on this channel, it's occurred to me that to date you've never shown evidence of or made reference to micro plastics in your presentations therefore I'm left wondering if you've ever come across this at all in your samplings and how difficult they would be to identify anyway.

[@Microbehunter]

Microplastics (in the form of fibers) are quite common in water samples. I mention them here in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z33RkIh6osqhrtU

[@mosfear]

@@Microbehunter My bad. Thanks for the pointer (and reminder).

[@dashgautier782]

what kind of microscope do you have?

[@asalaices1]

Amazing stuff, What kind of equipment do you use ?

[@dhammer23]

Great, really enjoy watching you "in real time" and please do more

[@daviddelavilla8159]

Very interesting video. Really apreciate how you perform your videos with your microscope and being able to compare on how I perform my observations. Sometimes I get fustrated when there is nothing moving in a sample, and aslo very excited when I take a sample and it is plenty of living creatures.... Also a pleasure listening to you talking about specimens...

[@ardaarya8499]

I injoyed.thank you for sharing this stuff and good information .

[@essamalkhulifiwada]

Love it! I like all your videos from reviews, how-to, explanations and now this kind ;)

[@dashgautier782]

it looks like you have a new microscope.Do you?

[@robinm5694]

This was very informative. I learn from all your videos but especially like this unedited streaming format. I will search for more of your videos like this one. Thank you!

[@Microbehunter]

Thank you for this feedback. I am planning to do more of these kind of videos in the future.

[@Sconnieification]

I just subbed. Very cool channel. You tube is notorious for unsubbing people at their will. Other you tubers tell their subs to check and make sure they are still subscribed

[@andith]

Can the yeast in the bloodstream be detected? What about the outside of a strawberry before and after you wash it with water and a little vinegar? I would love to see these two. Probably you have done it before. Would you send me the link, please?

[@SabyasachiChatterjee]

Hi ! As usual great video. Can you kindly share the details of your microscope? I guess the same can be connected to a projector / laptop & hence can be shown to the audience / students. I am looking for something similar to purchase for my school. Can you please share some leads?

[@diamondkelp3993]

He did heaps of vids on his microscopes and pros and cons of different microscopes etc, he did them a couple of years ago .. he's also got 2 or more ? youtube channels , so it might take u a bit of searching but worth looking for (-:

[@Nickanoor]

Hey, love your videos! What attachment do you use for your Canon?

[@airsoftproman7145]

i think its good that your starting to do live streams

[@מאיר-ט3פ]

תודה על הסירטון המחכים ! אהבתי שאתה מסביר איך בדיוק אתה מכין את הדוגמית , ושאתה מראה מה אתה עושה זה מלמד הרבה ככה אני ידע להשתמש יותר טוב במיקרוסקופ שלי, תודה.

[@govin74]

I love this a lot please make more videos like this

[@Microbehunter]

I recently started a new channel where I am making videos like this one: Please visit: kzbin.info/door/h24qFXqJdEUZeMG_Ib6aeA

[@dimakowahl]

Greetings to all! Worrying about Rotifers is just as interesting as other microanimals of the microcosm! Especially when they are feeding, at 400x they look like an airplane with 2 propellers!

[@davidjam82]

Awesome videos very interesting. What kind of microscope is best for this kind ?

[@bengoodchild883]

I just tried live-streaming my old microscope through my cellphone on Reddit! It was a lot of fun, and inspired by your unending interest :)

[@kborgfeldt]

I liked it. Please do more. Live stream may allow us to question something we are seeing i.e. "what was that!"

[@Mythreesons137.]

Please do this again with fresh pond sample

[@NoName-ow9de]

I JUST LOVE IT!!!

[@arvetis]

I'm interested in what your software setup is for recording sound and microvideo at the same time. I use ToupView to record through my microscope, but I can't figure out how to record from my microphone at the same time and combine that with the microvideo.

[@Microbehunter]

I use OBS Studio (free). This combines webcams etc. It might be that the microscope camera is not recognized as a webcam (might only work over Toupview). In this case you can capture the window where Toupview displays the microscopic image. Alternatively you can use Active presenter (also free) to record your screen and sound. For live streaming OBS Studio is suitable, but it also records videos. For doing screen caputres, use Active Presenter. You can also record sound separately and then combine it with the video in a video editing software, such as DaVinci Resolve (free again). There are several possibilities and you have to find the system that works best for you and for the things that you want to do.

[@arvetis]

@@Microbehunter Lots of good info - thank you!

[@joeg946]

Hi. Which magnification eyepiece you using? You only talking about Objectives, but not eyepieces, so, we don't know which magnification is that.

[@Microbehunter]

I only use 10x eyepieces. More is not necessary and has more disadvantages than advantages (lower field of view, etc)

[@joeg946]

@@Microbehunter Thanks, now I know which magnification you're using when says objective.

[@OksanaShalygina]

Thank you, I like such type of video very much! It is interesting to know what we can see in the water sample

[@lasun2007]

Hello and thank you. Is there a website or pdf file or similar where we can see an image and the name of the creature and some caracteristics? For example of those we have seen here. Anybody knows?

[@FLODDI100]

Please do a real life steam but do it as premiere if possible so we can prepare! It's a wonderful video! Keep going!!!

[@tomhysell596]

Do you have any pictures of Giardia in water?

[@loumata4070]

I wonder if there are nanos inside water we drink. Because wen i warm it under a les lamp I see kind of rinks moving inside. Even in bottle water

[@lg8365]

Just found your videos! Amazing info! Great job! ❤️🇨🇦 New Subcriber

[@peterfarmer1592]

Great video. Wish I could get videos as clear as this. Thank you.👍

[@thomasschwarz1973]

Beautiful. Classic.

[@user-lp5jf6zc7i]

what is the name of microscope that you used in that Video ???

[@RobertB168]

Did you find out what the round things are? I've been wondering as well.

[@dimakowahl]

Greetings! There are special books where you can identify any microlife. On the other hand, there is the Internet and Google Lens!

[@mklein5440]

This is amazing make some more of those

[@Tubbiiki]

Loved this :) Please make more

[@shaunr4953]

How do you prepare blood to see

[@NoName-ow9de]

Lot i love this!!!!!!!!! My whole week is better now

[@1mcob]

Could those round structures / microbes maybe testate amoebaes?

[@aguilacoco7652]

Thank you for uploading this✨

[@prabhakar1494]

Hey Microbehunter. I recently joined your channel and absolutely loving your videos. Magnetotactic bacteria is quite getting famous these days because of its magnetotaxis behaviour under magnet influence. Can you make video on it ? I would really enjoy if my request gets accepted.

[@DeepikaInd]

I love this and love you and our planet to bear all of such wonderful stuff!!!!!!

[@КонстантинМихайловский-н6э]

What microscope is there? Nikon E-600?