Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The end
So i went back the following wednesday in the hopes that my MicroAquarium would still be entact but my hopes where in vain. The microaquarium was dry. I wonder where the water went. I'm sorry destroyed and ultimately creat the shipwreck that has become my MicroAquarium. Luckily, I have observed and gathered enough data to create an accurate "Lab report". There is no need to fear seeing how I made the best use of my time and took enough pictures and classified enough organisms to create an accurate lab report.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
4th Observation
11/07/08
Returned in search for the giant worm (Midge). Sweeped the entire MicroAquirium with the microscope and the naked eye and spotted its head once poking out of the soil on the bottom but after watchin it for a couple of minutes it decided to go back under and didn't come out again for the entire time I was in there observing. Spotted a Copepod, very exciting because I realized that in a previous post I mistakingly classified an organism as a Rotifer when in fact it is indeed a Copepod. I'll have to hopefully find and take a picture of the Rotifer so that I may compare the two organisms. No dead Ostracods or other dead organisms but plently of life and activity. Spotted several Ostracods with the naked eye just floating around, observed them feeding on one of the plants and burrowing in the soil at the bottom of the MicroAquirium. On an interesting side note my MicroAquirium has for as long as I can remember had a minor crack running from the side to about a third of the way in and I may now know how it got there. The reason being that today I added to that crack by foolishly searching for protista and zooming to close and have as a resuly successfuly doubled its size. I freaked out for a second, Im not going to lie and thought for a bit that I had just gotten a zero for my mistake but the MicroAquirium is still in one piece and though it did leak a little bit of water it has completely stopped leaking and it seems that itll stay intact. I cautiously observed the MicroAquirium afterwards and observed that life seemed to still be going as usual except for the slight loss of water. It was not all bad however and did find one of my preys, the protista which Dr. MacFarland has helped my identify as TACHYSOMA. Found it in the book, "Free-living Freshwater Protozoa/A color Guide, on p. 125 Figure 265. Author is D.J. Patterson S. Hedley. Will go in at least twice more next week in an attempt to photograph both the Midge and the Protozoa. Hopefully there will still be something to observe next week.
Returned in search for the giant worm (Midge). Sweeped the entire MicroAquirium with the microscope and the naked eye and spotted its head once poking out of the soil on the bottom but after watchin it for a couple of minutes it decided to go back under and didn't come out again for the entire time I was in there observing. Spotted a Copepod, very exciting because I realized that in a previous post I mistakingly classified an organism as a Rotifer when in fact it is indeed a Copepod. I'll have to hopefully find and take a picture of the Rotifer so that I may compare the two organisms. No dead Ostracods or other dead organisms but plently of life and activity. Spotted several Ostracods with the naked eye just floating around, observed them feeding on one of the plants and burrowing in the soil at the bottom of the MicroAquirium. On an interesting side note my MicroAquirium has for as long as I can remember had a minor crack running from the side to about a third of the way in and I may now know how it got there. The reason being that today I added to that crack by foolishly searching for protista and zooming to close and have as a resuly successfuly doubled its size. I freaked out for a second, Im not going to lie and thought for a bit that I had just gotten a zero for my mistake but the MicroAquirium is still in one piece and though it did leak a little bit of water it has completely stopped leaking and it seems that itll stay intact. I cautiously observed the MicroAquirium afterwards and observed that life seemed to still be going as usual except for the slight loss of water. It was not all bad however and did find one of my preys, the protista which Dr. MacFarland has helped my identify as TACHYSOMA. Found it in the book, "Free-living Freshwater Protozoa/A color Guide, on p. 125 Figure 265. Author is D.J. Patterson S. Hedley. Will go in at least twice more next week in an attempt to photograph both the Midge and the Protozoa. Hopefully there will still be something to observe next week.
Monday, November 3, 2008
3rd Observation
10/31/08
1:00 P.M.
There seems to be a decrease of water since the initial start. There is about 1/2 inch area from the top of the container to where the water now touches that is open air The topes of the plants are now exposed to air. There also seems to be a renewal of life, if you will, and havealready spotted at least 5 Ostrocads with the first glance and upon further observation at least 17 different Ostrocads swimming around at once. They all seem to be healthy and a bunch of them appear to be feeding on the left plant. There also seems to be alot of air bubbles everwhere just disperesed and I havent seen a single dead Ostracod body as of yet. Completely the opposite from last week. Also there seems to be less amoeba things and also les debris floating in the water. Activity seems to be pretty disperesed from top to bottom and left to right. The bottom layer of dirt is full with dark objects. When I hold the MicroAquirium up all the Ostracods flee to the bottom and burrow in the dirt. Cant seem to spot any Rotifers this time but not too worried since last time I only spotted two. I have decided to classify the little round thins Raramecium aurelia though they may be chilomonos. The right plant seems to have settled with half red/half green while the left plant seems to be fading its green and has more hints of yellow green now. Gigantic worm thing just shot out from the dirt, swam half way up and floated back down. Moves like an inch worm and biggest organism that I have seen within the MicroAquirium. Seems to have a tiny arm near its head and its tail closes up behind it when it moves. Have classified is as a midge. Failed to take a picture but only because it when back and burried itself again and need to leave for math. I shall come earlier next time and get pictures.
1:00 P.M.
There seems to be a decrease of water since the initial start. There is about 1/2 inch area from the top of the container to where the water now touches that is open air The topes of the plants are now exposed to air. There also seems to be a renewal of life, if you will, and havealready spotted at least 5 Ostrocads with the first glance and upon further observation at least 17 different Ostrocads swimming around at once. They all seem to be healthy and a bunch of them appear to be feeding on the left plant. There also seems to be alot of air bubbles everwhere just disperesed and I havent seen a single dead Ostracod body as of yet. Completely the opposite from last week. Also there seems to be less amoeba things and also les debris floating in the water. Activity seems to be pretty disperesed from top to bottom and left to right. The bottom layer of dirt is full with dark objects. When I hold the MicroAquirium up all the Ostracods flee to the bottom and burrow in the dirt. Cant seem to spot any Rotifers this time but not too worried since last time I only spotted two. I have decided to classify the little round thins Raramecium aurelia though they may be chilomonos. The right plant seems to have settled with half red/half green while the left plant seems to be fading its green and has more hints of yellow green now. Gigantic worm thing just shot out from the dirt, swam half way up and floated back down. Moves like an inch worm and biggest organism that I have seen within the MicroAquirium. Seems to have a tiny arm near its head and its tail closes up behind it when it moves. Have classified is as a midge. Failed to take a picture but only because it when back and burried itself again and need to leave for math. I shall come earlier next time and get pictures.
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