Week 2

Today I saw more movement than I did when we first made the aquariums. I immediately saw a group of several creatures that were oblong in shape with what appeared to be flagella on one end and cilia on the other. I believe it is an Euplotes. See picture below:











I then witnessed a larger creature that was moving very slowly. It must not like the light because it only briefly came out of the soil at the bottom of the aquarium. It appeared colorless and I don't think it had any cilia or flagella. It might be bursaria.

I observed several types of algae, including cosmarium and filamentous.

I saw at least one epistylis.

Week 1

This week we set up our micro aquariums. I used water sample #4 and added both plants 1 and 2.

4. Holston River along John Sevier Hwy under I 40 Bridge

Holston River along John Sevier Hwy under I 40 Bridge Partial shade exposure Holston River water Shed

Plant A . Amblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb. Moss.
Plant B. Utricularia vulgaris L. Flowering carnivous plant.

To begin with I did not see much swimming around in the water. I saw a few single celled organisms swimming around inside of a dead insect larva.
I saw a unique plant formation that I was told does not usually appear until later into the process of studying the aquarium.
There were several fast moving singular celled organisms eating on loose plant material.