Week 5

Week 5
This week I found one new organism that appeared in large numbers.This organism was a Pinnularia sp. (Carter-Lund, Lund 1995). They are a green photosynthetic algae. They were near the bottom of my aquarium and drifted around. The Aeolosoma sp. are every where in my aquarium(Ward & Whipple 1918). There numbers have grown significantly. They move around all over the tank. The Spiro Gyra sp. have grown very long(Rainis and Russell 1996. There are three individual Spiro Gyra sp. at the bottom of the tank. They are green and non-motile. There were Bodo sp. at the top of the tank(Rainis and Russell 1996). They are not green, and motile. I am still surprised about the lack of species diversity, but I think it can be explained by the hostile takeover of the Aeolosoma sp.


Carter-Lund Hilda, Lund John.1995. Freshwater Algae


Water Source
French Broad River



Plants in Tank
Spain Lake and Fontilnals sp Moss from the Holston River

Week 4

I was shocked by what I saw this week in my aquarium. There was a lack of species diversity. the Aeolosoma sp. have completely taken over my aquarium (Ward & Whipple 1918). They are everywhere. They are at the top of the tank, the bottom of the tank, on the plants and everywhere in between. They eat all the other organisms. I only saw two other species of organisms. One was Spiro Gyra sp(Rainis and Russell 1996).. It was green, non- motile, and at the bottom of the tank. I then saw Bodo sp., which were at the top of the tank, moving around, and were not green(Rainis and Russell 1996).. The plants in the tank have also turned brown this week.


Patterson D.J. 1996. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa


Water Source
French Broad River



Plants in Tank
Spain Lake and Fontilnals sp Moss from the Holston River

Bibliography:
McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2013. [cited 11/04/13]. Available from http://botany1112013.blogspot.com/
 
Rainis K and Russell B.1996. Guide to Micro Life.Danbury (CT)t: Grolier Publishin.  228pgs

Ward Henry,  Whipple George. 1918. Fresh-Water Biology. 2nd ed.New York(NY):Wiley Publication, 111pgs

Carter-Lund Hilda, Lund John.1995. Freshwater Algae of North America. 1st ed. (USA):Elisveir Science,  999pgs.

Patterson D.J. 1996. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa. Barcelona (Spain): Wolfe Publishing Ltd. 27,223pgs.

Week 3 of the Micro Aquarium Project

A Beta Food Pellet was added to the aquarium this week. It contained ""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%" (McFarland, 2013).  This week there was less activity around the plants and more activity around the Beta food pellet.This week I saw a lack of species diversity. Round worms named Aeolosoma sp. The round worms were the only organism that were around the plants. The were moving and searching for food, and have taken over my aquarium (Ward & Whipple 1918).  I think they are eating the other micro organisms, and that is why there is a lack of species diversity this week.I did see Cyeno Bacteria and Bodos that were there last week.(Rainis and Russell 1996). I saw a green photosynthetic organism called Closterium sp. (Carter-Lund, Lund 1995). It was stationary and was floating towards the top of the aquarium. Near the the Beta Food pellets, I also saw Colpidium moving around in circles(Patterson 1996). It was transparent in color

Bibliography:
McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2013. [cited 11/04/13]. Available from http://botany1112013.blogspot.com/
 
Rainis K and Russell B.1996. Guide to Micro Life.Canada

Ward Henry,  Whipple George. 1918. Fresh-Water Biology

Carter-Lund Hilda, Lund John.1995. Freshwater Algae

Patterson D.J. 1996. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa

Identified by using Ward Henry,  Whipple George. 1918. Fresh-Water Biology

Colpodium sp. Identified by using

Patterson D.J. 1996. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa

Bodo sp. Identified by using

Patterson D.J. 1996. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa

Closterium sp. Identified by using


Carter-Lund Hilda, Lund John.1995. Freshwater Algae

Week 2 of the Micro Aquarium

During week two of my Aquarium project I saw a lot more organisms in my aquarium. I saw three Euglena, one Oscillatoria, numerous Bodo, , three Spro Gyra, and two Vorticella (Rainis and Russell 1996). All the organisms identified were at the bottom of the aquarium. Euglena, Oscillatoria, Bodo, , Spro Gyra, and Vorticella are all single celled organisms. Spyrogyra is multicellular. Oscillatoria is a blue green color, but is photosynthetic. The Euglena,  Bodo, , Spro Gyra, and ,Vorticella were all chlorophyll green.Most of the organism were stationary, but the Bodohad a sideways movement. Numerous organisms have appeared since the initial set up of the tank. At the beginnig there were very few organism, and now there are a lot more. I was unable to see any dead organisms at the bottom of the tank.

Water Source
French Broad River



Plants in Tank
Spain Lake and Fontilnals sp Moss from the Holston River


Bibliography:
Rainis K and Russell B.1996. Guide to Micro Life.Canada

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Rainis K and Russell B.1996. Guide to Micro Life.Canada









Identified by using
Rainis K and Russell B.1996. Guide to Micro Life.Canada












Identified by using
Rainis K and Russell B.1996. Guide to Micro Life.Canada

I set up my Micro Aquarium by first putting mud and leaf debris into the tank. I then put water from the French Broad River in the rest of the tank. I then added the aquatic plants Utricularia Gibba from Spain Lake and Fontilnals sp Moss from the Holston River to the aquarium. The end result was a finished Micro Aquarium. I did not see that many organisms in my tank, because they have not been given a proper amount of time to grow. I did see a mosquito larvae and a flat worm around the the plants in the aquarium. Both organisms were moving around the plant.