Monday, October 26, 2009
On Friday I went to visit my new Microaquarium and I saw some very interesting things under the microscope. First, I noticed that quite a bit of water had evaporated so I added some more water to it. When I got it under the microscope, I caught a glimpse of the same kind of translucent worm-like organism that I saw last week before it buried back in the bottom of the dirt. There was much more activity in the Microaquarium this week. I saw many small, fast-moving organisms called lecanes which are in the rotifer family and they were all over the small green plants. They are small and round with a short tail that helps them move around and swim. They were swimming around the leaves of the plans and looked like they were feeding on something on the leaves or on the leaves themselves. I will keep observing these micro-organisms and record their behavior.
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