Sunday, November 13, 2011

Fourth Observation

Visiting my microaqaurim was interesting today. I saw an organism that I could see move with my naked eye while I was observing the outside of the aquarium. I quickly placed it under the microscope and I saw it. It was huge. Haha. I'm not sure what it was; I will see if I can find it again next time. Or if there are more of them.
There were two more organisms I identifed. I will be posting pictures of them.
 Forest, 1954 Figure 519
Gastrotrichs are small, most commonly 0.1 - 0.5mm,  transparent creatures. Their body is consisted of cilia which covers the creature's underside, enabling it to glide smoothly over plant and other surfaces. They feed on living and dead organic matter.
 Peridinium is a dinoflagellate with thick, armored plates that are often lobed and ornamented.

Thrid Observation

I recently checked on my microaquarium and there is an increase in organisms. The ones i have identified before and new organisms. I can see organisms clearly moving around in the 4x zoom, there is a ton of them too.
There has been an increasing amount of rodifers. i obsreved how they move around the microaqaurium and its pretty cool. Some of them roll around. There were some Litonotus present. They are flattened predatory or scaveging cillars. I located them in Free Living Protoza by D.J. Patterson.