Microaquarium



According to Dr. McFarland this is a water flea, at first we thought it was a Daphane, but it ended up being a Cladocera. It constantly kicked its legs, and I could see all its insides. At one point, it pooped. The water flea did not move around that much, like I said before it mostly just kicked its legs.





According to Dr. McFarland this is a Rotifera-Philodina. It moved pretty fast and I found it near the plants that were in my microaquarium.


This week I saw some of the same protista in my aquarium, such as the organisms seen above, in addition I saw a Cyclops and many rotifers that were swimming around. The Cyclops looked like it mostly crawled around, it did not really swim, and I was surprised to see that the Cyclops was not near the plants,but by the lower part of the aquarium where the dirt was. I also kept up with a worm. It swam rather fast, and whenever it ate anything its whole body moved. This worm was wide and when  it was stuck in between the plants, it managed to turn itself around. Also, although the worm was long and wide, everytime something came close to it, it quickly backed away. I also saw a Heliozoan. Which according to the manual on lab table, does not move around and those little hair-spikes that are sticking out, are pseudopods. Also this week I also saw a snail, that is visible to the naked eye inside of my microaquarium. I really do not know how it got there.