CNgo2006 Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 (edited) I recently received starter cultures of Banana worms and Walter worms but am very skeptical as they could have just sold me micro worms which I already have. Once my starters mature I will do the survival time test for these worms vs microworms and a test to see if they take longer to sink then microworms (apparently walter worms sink slower) but what I really want is to ask if anyone here has a microscope in which they can verify if these are really what the seller says they are. Is there any other way to test them? :confused: Edited June 6, 2012 by Chi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted June 6, 2012 Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Did a 2sec google search, apparently Banana Worms are less than half the size of Micro Worms and smaller than Walter Worms. Personally, I haven't cultured either of these, so can't help you further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNgo2006 Posted June 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2012 Yeh I know but how can you tell by the naked eye? I'm gonna have to do some tests and try to find a microscope somewhere once the cultures mature (so far they are doing well but the truth is I can't tell the difference). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNgo2006 Posted June 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 I think I might just give up and culture 1 type as trying to not cross contaminate the 3 cultures is a headache! Although before I do I really want to find out if these are what the seller says they are! Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 did a quick google. from what i can gleam, it seems that BW and WW are rather similar and are meant to be smaller than MW. and Banana worms are meant to be more fatty than MW. Also some sources have been unable to find differences between these 3 nematodes even under the microscope... though this may be due to cross-contamination and only one type dominating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Silly scientists... Really how confusing can it be???? There are definite morphological differences between the two species! I have defined them with a simple diagram below... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNgo2006 Posted June 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Oh and here I was doing all these different tests! Silly me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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