On Wednesday, October 14th, I set up my micro aquarium. I started by using a pipette to inject sediment and water from water source 10. This source is a water pool located below Lynnhurst Cemetery just off Adair Drive. It is spring fed and in partial shade. After I filled the mirco aquarium half way, I placed one section of Plant A and one section of Plant B in the mirco aquarium. These specimens were situated on either side of the micro aquarium so that they were not touching. Once in place, I continued to fill the reminder of my micro aquarium (almost to the top) with water from source 10.
After completion of creating my mirco aquarium, I placed it under a mircoscope for observation. There was much activity in the micro aquarium. With the naked eye, I could see the occasional organism swim by. Under the magnification of the microscope, I discovered all sorts of creatures. I viewed a small, green oval-shaped organism (which I believe to be a paramecium). It was moving across the mirco aquarium with a spiraling motion. Another organism I found was an euglenoid; this organism resembled a small blade of green grass with a red dot at the tip. The red dot is a photo sensor which the organism uses to find light. Twice I saw what appeared to be a flat creature with 2 long antenna sprouting from the anterior region. This organism resembled an insect. One last thing I saw was some type of shrimp, possibly the cousin of a Sea Monkey. It remained in the same position for quite awhile and seemed to be pulsating. Its behavior was unlike any of the other organisms I observed. Everything else seemed to dart and quickly move across my viewing area.
Overall, I observed several different types of organisms. It will be interesting to see how they interact with each other over the progression of time.
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