Week 3

Last week's addition of water from source # 13 appears to have greatly improved the amount of variety within my MicroAquarium. I observed larger numbers of many of the organisms I identified last weeks. Specifically, I saw several examples of the rotifer, Lecane, which is pictured in last week's post. Second in number to the rotifers were Halteria; I saw many of them this week. I also saw more of the vorticella I've seen the past few weeks, as well as several small single celled critters. In the sediment at the bottom of the acquarium I saw a few nematodes. Clustered near plants a and b, I saw several Paramecium, as identified in the Biocam poster Pond Life I Smaller Microlife and some other varieties of rotifers, identified in the same poster. Some of these rotifers were smaller than the Lecane, with bodies that were more elongated. Look for pictures of these and other organisms in next week's post.