The picture above is a rotifer that I was able to zoom in very clearly on with the ten times magnification. The wagging tail-like appendage on the rear of the organism was very interesting to watch. It used the appendage to propel itself through the water.
The above picture is also an organism known as a Gastrotricha. This one also moved extremely quickly and was hard to photograph. The one in this photo is a different species from the previous picture. Dr. McFarland helped me identify this Gastrotricha.
The above photo is an cyanobacteria known as Calothrix parietina. This cyanobacteria was difficult to recognize because there are many similar looking species in the Calothrix genus. It is interesting to me that it appears to be many organisms, but it actually is several individual cyanobacteria clumped together. The source for this was:
The picture above is a type of algae different looking than any other I had ever seen. With the help of Dr. McFarland, I identified it as Coleochaete irregularis. It had cyanobacteria floating inside of it as well. The source for the genus and species name came from:
The above picture is a closeup shot on forty-times zoom of one of the many lacrimaria I viewed in all areas I checked in my aquarium. I must have seen at least twenty-five of these organisms. I knew the name of this organism from past experience.
The picture above is a slight shot of an anelid. The majority of this organism was hiding out in the plants. It is the second largest motile organism I have seen in my aquarium behind a huge midge that was almost visible with the naked eye. I identified the genus name of this organism as a Aeolosoma with the help of the book:
The video above is two amoebas with many different multicolored organisms floating within them. The amoeba was inside an air bubble. The video was shot at forty-times magnification. This was located at almost dead center within my aquarium. Dr. McFarland helped me identify them as amoebas.
The above video is another amoeba that can be seen in the video moving slowly like a gelatinous blob. The vacuoles and some other faint cellular organs can be seen within it. It appears to engulf anything smaller than it as it slowly moves over it. This video was shot on a high magnification as well at forty-times. Dr. McFarland identified the organism as an amoeba.
Additional Sightings:
The above picture is a Gastrotricha this organism was hard to get a picture of because it was crawling around on the piece of debris in the picture very quickly. It appears to have spikes on its back. The source I got the name of this organism from was:
Pennak, Robert W. Fresh-Water Invertebrates of the United States: Protozoa to
Mollusca . Figure 7. New York. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1989.
The above picture is also an organism known as a Gastrotricha. This one also moved extremely quickly and was hard to photograph. The one in this photo is a different species from the previous picture. Dr. McFarland helped me identify this Gastrotricha.
The above photo is an cyanobacteria known as Calothrix parietina. This cyanobacteria was difficult to recognize because there are many similar looking species in the Calothrix genus. It is interesting to me that it appears to be many organisms, but it actually is several individual cyanobacteria clumped together. The source for this was:
Forest, Herman Silva. Handbook of Algae. Figure 680. Knoxville. University of Tennessee Press. 1954.
The picture above is a type of algae different looking than any other I had ever seen. With the help of Dr. McFarland, I identified it as Coleochaete irregularis. It had cyanobacteria floating inside of it as well. The source for the genus and species name came from:
Forest, Herman Silva. Handbook of Algae. Figure 86. Knoxville. The University of Tennessee Press. 1954.
The above picture is a closeup shot on forty-times zoom of one of the many lacrimaria I viewed in all areas I checked in my aquarium. I must have seen at least twenty-five of these organisms. I knew the name of this organism from past experience.
The picture above is a slight shot of an anelid. The majority of this organism was hiding out in the plants. It is the second largest motile organism I have seen in my aquarium behind a huge midge that was almost visible with the naked eye. I identified the genus name of this organism as a Aeolosoma with the help of the book:
Pennak, Robert W. Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States. New York. Ronald Press Company. 1953.
The video above is two amoebas with many different multicolored organisms floating within them. The amoeba was inside an air bubble. The video was shot at forty-times magnification. This was located at almost dead center within my aquarium. Dr. McFarland helped me identify them as amoebas.
The above video is another amoeba that can be seen in the video moving slowly like a gelatinous blob. The vacuoles and some other faint cellular organs can be seen within it. It appears to engulf anything smaller than it as it slowly moves over it. This video was shot on a high magnification as well at forty-times. Dr. McFarland identified the organism as an amoeba.
Additional Sightings:
I started viewing my aquarium on ten-times zoom in the lower left-hand corner. As I scanned across I continually saw lacrimaria with their long, extendable, suction cup like body parts. I continually saw rotifera and many swarms of small black dots in clear areas of water. Even on a high zoom I could not really tell what these organisms were. The next interesting organism i saw that I did not take a picture or video of was the insect larva known as a midge. The size of this translucent, worm-like insect larva was tremendous. I could even see what appeared to be a gigestive system within it on the ten times zoom. The last interesting thing I saw was more of the star-shaped amoebas I saw last week that look like sea urchins. After viewing my aquarium I added more distilled water to it, but I did not add any food.
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