11/13/08
So today I went in for my final observation. I found a multitude of halteria, diatoms and rotifers. I looked for my nematodes, but found none. They could have been hiding under the loads of snail poop that were covering the bottom of my microaquarium. I looked for my snails and found the same 2 crawling around. there were less vorticella lining the plants and the bottom. there were blossoms of green algae growing on the sides for the organisms to feed on, but in general there wasn't anything new, and less overall life since the feeding. Its sad, I don't want my snails to die. As cute as those little guys are, I'm glad the semester is winding down.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
what did we find today....
11/7/2008
Today I decided to view my microaquarium with the mindset that all organisms were exciting... Just because my cyclops died, doesn't mean that all the other organisms are any less interesting. So, today I found hundreds of Halteria (Free Living Freshwater Protozoa D.J. Patterson). They are taking over. Virtually every view I took had a handful of them. Finally I know what those are though!
I found several shelled rotifers (Guide to Microlife by Kenneth Rainis) as well that were feeding off these green dots that were in patches towards the top. At the bottom of my aquarium I found a lot of diatoms, Blepharisma and Nematodes (Pond 1 Smaller Microlife Poster). I was excited about the nematodes, some were small and one was very very large! And lastly I found 2 snails crawling around in my aquarium. I took some pictures and video of one, and found that I had another under the stereoscope, which I thought gave a very cool view of my microaquarium.
Today I decided to view my microaquarium with the mindset that all organisms were exciting... Just because my cyclops died, doesn't mean that all the other organisms are any less interesting. So, today I found hundreds of Halteria (Free Living Freshwater Protozoa D.J. Patterson). They are taking over. Virtually every view I took had a handful of them. Finally I know what those are though!
I found several shelled rotifers (Guide to Microlife by Kenneth Rainis) as well that were feeding off these green dots that were in patches towards the top. At the bottom of my aquarium I found a lot of diatoms, Blepharisma and Nematodes (Pond 1 Smaller Microlife Poster). I was excited about the nematodes, some were small and one was very very large! And lastly I found 2 snails crawling around in my aquarium. I took some pictures and video of one, and found that I had another under the stereoscope, which I thought gave a very cool view of my microaquarium.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
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10/30/2008
Today I went to view my micro aquarium and was pretty disappointed. I was told that there was a food pellet placed in there for the organisms, but the only organisms I saw were little rotifers, amoebas, the little vorticella (which i have been calling epistylis, but I was wrong) and thats about it. I did see a snail but I looked for it another day and was told it might have crawled out of my aquarium! Well, I did manage to take some pictures of 1) a vorticella 2) a rotifer and 3) one of the plants in my aquarium with these bacteria swimming around it. And I managed to spill more of my water out of my aquarium... :( oh well, i'm too clumsy for this experiment.
Today I went to view my micro aquarium and was pretty disappointed. I was told that there was a food pellet placed in there for the organisms, but the only organisms I saw were little rotifers, amoebas, the little vorticella (which i have been calling epistylis, but I was wrong) and thats about it. I did see a snail but I looked for it another day and was told it might have crawled out of my aquarium! Well, I did manage to take some pictures of 1) a vorticella 2) a rotifer and 3) one of the plants in my aquarium with these bacteria swimming around it. And I managed to spill more of my water out of my aquarium... :( oh well, i'm too clumsy for this experiment.
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