This
remarkable material is used to create living
culture slides - silicone gel well slides
that can keep the specimens of a micro-culture
alive and thriving for weeks without any
maintenance!
We have had paramecia
live for five weeks in a Pocket-Pond Gel
living culture slide! The Pocket-Pond Gel
is a silicone material that passes oxygen
and carbon dioxide readily, but it doesn't
pass water easily, so there is very little
evaporation and the cultures don't acidify
quickly by carbon dioxide buildup. One jar
of Pocket-Pond™ Gel makes
about 100 living culture slides (It contains
one fluid once of Pocket-Pond™ Gel).