Observation 2

In my MicroAquarium for week 2, on Friday October 24, 2014 "one"  Beta Food Pellet, "Atison's Betta Food" made by Ocean Nutrition, Aqua Pet Americas, 3528 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104. Ingredients: Fish meal, wheat flower, soy meal, krill meal, minerals, vitamins and preservatives. Analysis: Crude Protein 36%; Crude fat 4.5%; Crude Fiber 3.5%; Moisture 8% and Ash 15%, was added to my MicroAquarium(McFarland, 2014).  To observe my MicroAquarium i had to use a microscope that was attached to a camera, so I could capture images of the organisms living within it.  At this observation I recorded 5 organisms.  I also saw a couple of dead organisms near the bottom of my tank.  

Organisms I recored in my MicroAquarium Observed Oct 29 2014: 

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1) Closterium sp.(Pennak, 1953)  This was a moving organism, moving like it was slowly floating in the liquid.  It is a multi cellular organism that has chlorophyll green.  Its habitat preference was middle and top layers.  I recorded many of these organisms.  

2)  Arcella sp. (Patterson, 1996) This organism was stationary.  It looked to be a single celled organism and a non-green organism.  This organism favored the middle layer of the aquarium.  I only saw one of Arcella sp. 

3) Navicula sp.(Vinyard, 1979)   These organisms were moving, they had a slow darting motion.  These are multi cellular organisms.  They are also chlorophyll green organisms.  I saw them living in all three layers. 

4)  Nematoda sp.(Wolle, 1884)  These organisms are moving everywhere, they move fast and the motion is like they are flinging both ends of their bodies.  They seem to be multi cellular and chlorophyll green.  I saw many of these in all three layers.  

5) Rotifera sp.(Pennak, 1989)  Is a moving organism, when it moves its like it is shaking and moving its body back on forth very quickly.  It is a multi cellular organism and is non-green organism.  I saw these more towards the bottom of the aquarium.  

Bibliography

McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2014. [cited November 24,2014]. Available from http://botany1112014.blogspot.com/

Pennak, Robert. 1989. Fresh-Water Invertebrates of the United States. 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.  

Vinyard, William.  1979. Diatoms of North America. 1st ed. Mad River Press, Inc. 153 p. 

Wolle, Francis. 1884. Desmids of the United States. 1st edu. Moravian Publication Office. 215 p. 

Pennak, Robert.  1953. Fresh-Water Invertebrates of the United States. 1st edu. The Ronald Press Company.  

Patterson D.J. 1996.  Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. 1st edu.  Manson Publishing.  96 p.