11/13/09

I looked at my MicroAquarium for the final time today. I still noticed the very large seed shrimp that made its home in my aquarium. I again noticed the difflugia cornia on the moss plant, with its stretched-out "fingers" for getting food. Below are pictures of the difflugia, one up close, and one showing the "fingers".

I saw a lecane rotifer with a distinctive look for the first time in my aquarium (Pennak, Robert W. Fresh Water Invertibrates of the United States:Protozoa to Mollusca. Third Edition. Pg 411 figure 1). I, once again, saw the cyclops that has been residing in my aquarium. The egg sacs on its side are even larger now. I wish I could still look at it more and see what my aqarium looks like after it reproduces.

I noticed that, as the weeks went on, my MicroAquarium really became a ghost town. Maybe it was "survival of the fittest" or maybe my eyes just weren't noticing things, but it seemed as though only the larger organisms stayed in my aquarium without dying off. The very large seed shrimp and the cyclops were two consistent organisms within my aquarium.