The pictures that did not show up in the previous blog.

Final Week of the Microaquarium

So today, I noticed that the water had majorly evaporated. It was only about 3/4 filled of the amount of water I originally placed in it. Plant B still had no life around it, it was slightly brown, it still had bladders though. There was not as much action around the Beta protein thing Dr. McFarland placed in the micro aquarium. My hypothesis is that it did its job and the organisms ate the life out of it. I saw lots of paramecium barsaria. Plant A was not as lively as last week. It appeared to be slowly dying. I saw and ostracoda. The image below is an ostracoda, or more commonly known as the "seed shrimp."

To see another image to and to learn about the seed shrimp see the citation at the bottom of this blog.

I also saw a Rotifer in my micro aquarium. There is a picture below of it as well. 

This is a rotifer, to learn more about it and to see other pictures see the citation at the bottom of this blog. 

I did not see the annelid or snail, there were still a few nematodes. In conclusion, it looked like my micro aquarium was evaporating and dying. 

Citation

      Rainis K., Russell B., 1996. Guide to Microlife. Franklin Watts: A Division of Grolier Publishing. 209.

     Rainis K., Russell B. 1996. Guide to Microlife. Franklin Watts: A Division of Grolier Publishing. 181.

Week 4 of the Microaquarium

I noticed that most of the live action was thriving near the thing Dr. McFarland inserted. I found two long nematodes this week. They were near each other and near the inserted object (sorry I cannot remember what this is called). I saw a new organism this week. I noticed two flatworms near the bottom of the tank. This was surprising to me,  I had not seen them before. I took note that Plant B side was pretty much dead this week which is unusual but I'm guessing everything moved to Plant A since Dr. McFarland inserted that thing. Plant B look a little deader too. It took to have lost some of its green color, it was more of a brownish color this week. That's about it for this week.