my citations

McFarland, Kenneth, Rebecca Cook. “Appendix B”. General Botany 111 Laboratory Manuel. 1995.
Patterson, D.J. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa: A Color Guide. Wiley, 1996.
Rainis, Kenneth G, Bruce J. Russell. Guide To Microlife. Children’s Press, 1996.
Rotkiewicz, Piotr. “Arcella”. Droplet: Microscopy of the Protozoa. July 2003. 21 November, 2008. < http://www.pirx.com/droplet/about.html>

lil too late

Forgot to post my last observation as well as sign in when I went. Just not thinking.
The observation went as well as pretty much expected. I had found some dead organisms in the bottom of my tank. Not as many as would fill the bottom, but enough to notice. Still saw many cyclops rotifers as well as cilates as my two midge worms. the aquarium looked pretty similar to the last one. I didn't see any new species and the numbers were starting to dwindle, but only a little bit.

week 3

During this week's observation, right off the bat I noticed two large midge worms with the naked eye. One had turned a rusty orange color while the other was still white. I also still hade many paramecium and ciliate halteria. There were also many much smaller worms poking out every now and then from under the plants.

The cyclops rotifer was very prominent as well as the stentors. There was also a Cephalodella rotifer which had a much bigger tale than the cyclops and a more cylidrical body. I also noticed clinging to the plants a round organism which i believe to be a Acanthocystis. There is also a yellow round organism which bends slightly and has very transparent feet named Arcella. I also noticed the worm, Blepharisma poking out from the dirt. Diatoms were also much more present as well as some protists.

I didn't notice any dead organisms this week either

observation 2

Just over one week, I found many new organisms and lots of them.

Ciliate halteria seemed to be everywhere, and not necessarily by the plants or dirt. I also had some diatoms but I'm still working on the names of them. One was star shaped, and the other was three lines stacked on top of each other. There were also at least three stentors.
I had about three different midge worms that I counted feeding on both plants. I counted about five different worms down in the dirt and about four in the plants including the midge worms. I also had many rotifers around the plants an dirt.

first observation

For my micro-aquarium I used pond water number 12. Also, i put plants A and B inside as well as part of leaf from my water.
There were some ciliates seen from the microscope but nothing really around the plants at this point. No worms were seen.
There was a small organism swimming around that could be seen by the naked eye; very fast.