Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Micro aquarium observations for 10-14 Nov.

Water used: Fountain City Duck Pond
Observations for 10-14 Nov

The amount of organism activity and density has shot through the roof since the aquarium has been created. I have finally started noticing dead organisms caught up in the soil at the bottom as well. There has also been large build ups of non-living, string like particles. They become very dense in some areas. It might be from the high amount of organisms moving around in the dirt, but it seems like the soil is breaking apart and dispersing. It is not as solid as it was last week and there are not as many good hiding spots for organisms that seek the cover it provides.

I saw my first Dero. It was a wormlike organism that was incomparably larger compared to any of the other organisms in the aquarium. It was far too big to view the whole thing at once. The movement on the inside of the organism was unique, creating a wave that went down the length of the organism every couple seconds.

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