After our recent discussion of
senile and young tardigrades
we will come to a more technical topic: how to produce slides
with permanent preparations. |
We will need some chemicals as specified below:
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The preparation of the Berlese mixture |
How to use the Berlese mixture |
Important hints
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Preparation in Berlese mixture: |
Natural tardigrade colour - like the vivid red of
some echiniscus tardigrades - tends to bleech markedly within a few days and
will finally completely vanish in Berlese mixture. Furthermore the Berlese
mixture is an aqueous, semi-stable system which might become too dry and
might crystallize some day.
In order to get more permanent preparations you will have to apply
some lacquer seal around the edges (e.g. nail varnish or black acrylic lacquer). |
Young echiniscus tardigrade - alive. |
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