Bibliography page for my Microaquarium organisms

Prescott, G. W. The Fresh-Water Algae. Print.

Patterson, D. J. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. Print.

Final Microaquarium post

When I looked into my aquarium the first thing I noticed, without even looking through a microscope, was that the sides were covered in a fine blueish-green color. When I took a closer look, I found cyanobacteria and algae making its home there.

I also found a new organism that I didn't expect to see. When I looked it up, I discovered that it was an amoeba!

Microaquarium project

This week, I found Paramecium! =>

There were also lots of diatoms and I found Volvox floating around in there, too.

Week three- 10/29/09

This week I found a really cool bacteria that looked like a ball sorounded with rays shooting away from it (I assume this is cilia/flagella) on plant A. It's called a Phacus:

It was accompanied by the usual group of Rotifers and diatoms.

10/22/09 - Micro aquarium check

On my last check of my microaquarium, I found a lot of Rotifers like the ones shown here on both plants A and B. It looked like they attached themselves to either the wall of the aquarium or to the plant itself and inched along using its cilia to suck particles through its mouth and out through a hole in its side.

Week 1

On 10/13/09, we began our Botany Term Project!
- I extracted a pipette full of a water/soil mix from the # 13 jar
- I took a small chunk of plant A from the specimen jar and put it one side of my mini aquarium
- Next, I took a small piece of Plant B from the other specimen jar and put it on the opposite side of my mini aquarium.
- Then, I observed all the activity.

I found lots of bacteria swimming around the plants. There were globular organisms that appeared to move via scillia all around it. I also saw teardrop-shaped bacteria that swam in a spiral motion with the use of a single visible flagella located at the back of the organism.