Second Observation 10/30

My second observation of my microaquarium was a lot different than my first. There was a lot more life that had formed. I was able to observe a ton more organisms this time around. Many were a lot bigger than before and there was a ton of movement. There were several organisms that I was able to identify while looking at the aquarium under the microscope the first one I spotted was a Euplotes (Patterson 1992 pg. 124). As you can see in picture 1 it looks like it has some fibers that are connected all around its body. I believe these are to help it move. It was very active and was difficult to capture a picture of. It repeatedly dashed in an out of the plant foliage I had put in my aquarium. It seemed to be feeding. I also was able to identify another organism during this observation. It is commonly referred to as an Amoeba (Patterson 1992 pg. 98). This organism wasn't as active as the Euplotes. It stayed in the same spot for quite a while. There seemed to be a lot of movement going on inside the organism. It can be viewed in picture 2.


Picture 1

Picture 2