Bibliography

Patterson, David J. Free-living Freshwater Protozoa: A Colour Guide. New York: 

     Wiley, 1996. Print.

Source of information; McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2014. [cited 16 November 2014 ].      Available fromhttp://botany1112014.blogspot.com/

Observation #4

In my fourth and last observation of my MicroAquarium took place on November 13. I retrieved my MicroAquarium from the bin labeled my lab section and proceeded to place it under a microscope. In this observation I saw many organisms that I have been observing in previous blog entries. The organisms I looked at were Tachysoma, and more Euplotes. They look like they have multiplied and gotten bigger. Everything else in the MicroAquarium looked similar to what I observed before.

I observed a new organism in this observation and that organism is Vorticella. This organism has a long flagella, which is very distinct. 

Figure 233 Free Living Freshwater Protozoa

Vorticella sp. Josh Perdue

Patterson, David J. Free-living Freshwater Protozoa: A Colour Guide. New York: 

     Wiley, 1996. Print.

Observation 3

Observation #3

My third observation of my MicroAquarium took place on November 6. After retrieving my MicroAquarium from the bin assigned to my lab time, I placed my MicroAquarium under the microscope. In this observation I was quick to spot out Tachysoma. I talked about Tachysoma in my last observation, but in this one I took a picture. 

Further into my observation I came across a new organism that I Haven't seen before. That organism is Centrophyxis. They look like brown circular organisms with a circular inside. I saw many rotifers in my MicroAquarium in this observation also.  My MicroAquarium is full of life with the organisms that I observed in previous blog posts, and the new organisms I found in this blog post. 


Figure 184- Free Living Freshwater Protozoa


Centropyxis sp. - A testae amoeba with lobose pseudopodia. 

Figure 265- Free Living Freshwater Protozoa

Tachysoma sp.

  

Patterson, David J. Free-living Freshwater Protozoa: A Colour Guide. New York: 

     Wiley, 1996. Print.

Observation #2

My second observation of my MicroAquarium under the microscope took place on October 30. After retrieving my MicroAquarium from the bin assigned to my lab section, I placed my MicroAquarium under one of the microscopes. As i was looking at my MicroAquarium i observed many of the same organisms that I did in my last observation. I saw many Euplotes and Ureocentrum. It seems as if they are more abundant in this observation. 

I found the food pellet that Dr. McFarland put into my MicroAquarium. The food pellet is a Beta Food Pellet. "Atison's Beta Food" made by Ocean Nurtition, Aqua Pet Americans, 3528 Wrest 500 south, Salt Lake City, UT 84104. Ingredients include: Fish meal, wheat flower, soy milk, krill meal, minerals, vitamins and preservatives. Analysis is: crude protein 30%, crude fat 4.5%, crude fiber 3.5%, moisture 8% and ask 15%. 

The food pellet was full of life. As I observed it there was many Euplotes swimming around it. There were so many I couldn't count them all. I saw a new organism that I haven't seen in my MicroAquarium before. That organism is Tachysoma. There were many swimming around the food pellet. I did not get a picture for this posting, but I will in my next observation. 

Source of information; McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2014. [cited 2 November 2014 ]. Available fromhttp://botany1112014.blogspot.com/