Microquarium Week 2

I am in Biology 111 Lab Section 1, Table 1, Seat 1, or color code on the Microquarium Dark Blue, Dark Blue, Red.  Like all of the other Microquariums, mine was given a food pellet.  Everyone got the same type of pellet.  I saw an explosion of life in my Microquarium, especially of the Seed Shrimp.  I also observed some new lifeforms, including some unknown algae, and also a few Vorticella.  (Note: in the Picture I misspelled the name)

There were a few organisms that could not be identified at their current stage of growth.  I will post the images when I am able to identify them.

Works Cited

Author N/A.  (2003).  Vorticella.  Microbus.  Retrieved from http://www.microscope-

     microscope.org/applications/pond-critters/protozoans/ciliphora/vorticella.htm

Week 1 Microquariums

I have the Microquarium from Lab Section 1, Table 1, Seat 1, or color code Red, Blue, Blue.  This past Friday, I went back to the lab and looked in on any new growth in my Microquarium.  Along with the plants that we had originaly placed in the Microquarium, there were multiple organisms, including:

All of these were found in my Microquarium, in multiple different areas.  Some were found near the bottom, while others were farther up in the tank.

When I first filled the microquarium, it had very few organisms in it, and even fewer large ones.  There were also several fast moving organisms that were nearly impossible to photograph.  I predict once we start feeding these organisms, there will be an explosion of life in them.  

Works Cited.

Grant, Douglass.  Pennak's Fresh Water Invertebrates of the United States.  (2001) Page 536 figure 21.12. 

     New York:  Smith John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (used to identify Ostracoda).

Presscott, G.W.  How to Know the Fresh Water Algae. N.D.  (1964).  Page 85. Publisher N/A.

     (used to identify Cosmarium).

Russell, Leslie (artist).  Wards Natural Science Invertebrates and Crustacean Microorganism Posters.  

     (1995).  Rochester, NY: Wards Natural Science. (used to identify amoeba, Paramecium, and Cyclops).

First Blog over microquariums

I am in the first lab section at table one, seat one, or code dark blue, red, red.  My sample is from the water extracted from the pond behind the University Hospital.  I would have posted earlier but I was having issues with the website