But on the 5th, I saw a very large seed shrimp rapidly feeding off of Plant A. I can see this seed shrimp without even looking through my microscope. I also saw an amphipod on Plant A. This was my first encounter with this type of organism. I have noticed that when I first started to observe my aquarium, I saw many different types of organisms swimming around. There was a large variety. As the weeks went on, I have noticed that only a few organisms really stick out. I am seeing the same organisms each week and now I am also seeing that they are reproducing. I saw egg sacs on the sides of the cyclops I have been seeing. I also, once again, saw a rapidly moving small nematode. I also finally got to identify the algae that has been growing in my MicroAquarium. It is a colechaete irregularis (Forest, Herman Silva. Handbook of Algae. University of Tennessee Press: Knoxville, 1954. pg.89).
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