References

Free Living Fresh Water Protozoa and Colour Guide. Fig 194-197 Amoeba. D.J. Patterson, 1998.

Free Living Fresh Water Protozoa and Colour Guide. Fig 301 Lacrymaria. D.J. Patterson, 1998.

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2nd observation

On October 20th I went into observe my micro-aquarium. I actually didn't notice much difference from the first week, except the fact that there were a few single celled organisms floating around, but besides that not much difference. The water level dropped a little bit from last week so I added 1 some more water and also we fed our aquariums. We dropped one fish pellet in there to promote growth and give the organisms some food.

Pictures-nematoad, splittig chilodonella, group of ameobas, and a lacrymaria

11/10 observation

On November 10th when I observed my microaquarium I noticed three new species in it. The first I noticed was an ameoba. Ameobas move with pseudopods. They have cells with a single large nuclues and a thick dimpled wall. They almost resemble a giant blob that has no set shape or figure. Ameobas move fairly slowly. The second was a Nematoad. Nematoads use a rotifer and eat bacteria. They are oval shaped organisms with rotifers that look like teeth. The last thing I saw was a chilodonella. They consume bacteria, it was in the middle of division. I also took a few pictures of my microaquarium that I will post.

11/4 observation

On Tuesday November 11th I observed my micro aquarium. Upon viewing the micro aquarium I actually didnt really notice much difference from last time when I observed it. Still saw lots of algea and single celled organisms moving around. The one new thing I noticed was that I saw a few Nematoads. They have twitchy fast jerky movements then they pause for a while then continue to spaz out. I saw the Nematoads at the top and bottom of my microaquarium. I did notice that the Nematoad at the top had rounded off ends while the ones at the bottom had a needle type end. They somewhat resemble worms in their look and movement.

3rd observation

I observed my micro aquarium on October 27,2009. A few things have changed since last week when I checked it. There were quite a few new organisms that I either didn't notice last time or didn't exist. Rotifers and ciliates where the new organisms I noticed in my microaquarium. Rotifers have hairy appendages, are transparent, wheel-like, and move very fast in random motion. Ciliates are a reddish color and are free moving. They are an oval type shape. I also noticed quite a bit of single celled organisms free moving around, and at the very bottom was some green colored algea.

Oct. 13th set-up and first observation

The first day of the micro aquarium term project, we spent most of the day actually creating the micro aquarium and recording data about it. I chose my water from the Spring Creek off Woodson Dr runing throught Dean's Woods Road frontage., Knox Co. Tennessee. It was under partial shade exposure. The sample was taken on 4/11/08. To do this we took a glass shell and syringed water from the source into my micro aquarium glass holder. I got water from the very bottom, middle, and top. I also deposited two different plants into the micro aquarium. Lastly, I observed the micro aquarium through a microscope. I didn't see much at first then found a few small, green, single celled organisms moving in circles. Besides those I didn't see anything else moving really, I expect to see more next week when I observe it.