Third observation.

Third


Chiodenlla made a come back from last week. I couldn't find any specie-men last week, but this week I found at least 10.

-all organisms found the week before were accounted for.

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Except Vorticella, this organism was not accounted for in the last observation.

Also disappearing this week:

The bacteria, have almost completely disappeared in number.

Only the nameable organisms, including minitodes and flatworms are still to be found.

Second Obv.

Observation on Wednesday, Nov. 7th

The life has dwindled now, from its previous abundance.

But the life forms that were once very easy to find have become scare
Except for spirella and a group of organisms, such as a newly found amoeba

However my rare elephant like organism, Chilodonella

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 not only was it very hard to identify, but it can be found nowhere. unlike last observation.

With this organisum missing and amoeba has been found,

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and it is much larger than any of the life forms that I found previously.

However as the life forms and food becomes scare, I am not sure what will ensue next.

FIRST OBV.

I went into my first observation (being the second for most) and saw a very lively ecosystem.
By this time, there was a a food pellet added, which the life forms were using to sustain themselves.
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Not only is there plenty of life, but many lifeforms that I haven't observed before. One of which is an organism not in anyone else s tank.

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Overall the system is thriving and I even got to see a large organism eat another. However some organisms are running low on energy and staying still, which might be a worry later on.

Got the Micro Aquarium

When first inquiring our aquarium. We had the process of putting it together, and decorating our aquarium.

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Assembly required, snapping together the glass pieces, removing the blue paste and filling it with pond water. The pond water being from:

The water I used was from containing 2: 


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>>  French Broad River, Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Kelly Lane , Knox Co. Tennessee. Partial shade exposure French Broad River Water Shed N35 56.742 W83 41.628 841 ft 10/9/2011 Cladophora sp. alga in family Cladophoraceae

The plants in our container were:

 Plant A . Amblestegium sp. Moss. Collection from: Natural spring. at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. TN. Partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. 10/9/2011

Plant B. Utricularia gibba L. Flowering plant. A carnivous plant. Original material from south shore of Spain Lake (N 35o55 12.35" W088o20' 47.00), Camp Bella Air Rd. East of Sparta Tn. in White Co. and grown in water tanks outside of greenhouse at Hesler Biology Building. The University of Tennessee. Knox Co. Knoxville TN. 

Once done decorated my aquarium I put my initials with color coded sticker.

Overveiw

This was much easier than trying to get the tiny plants into the aquarium. that was a HUUGEE hassle. I am not an interior aquarium decorate. A career path not in my immediate future. After we finished with all of this we got to inspect our little aquariums. and it took awhile for me to be able to see anything at all.

In-fact, I saw nothing until a little organism of some kind zoomed right in front of me. With his help I saw a larger organism floating about, and another zooming organism. But these three were about all the life I could find. With these last bits of discovery I turned in my aquarium and left.