Observations Week 5

Today I noticed and obsderved the following;
1. Cyclops- these creatures are always spotted in my microaquarium. This is my second favorite organism to observe. They look similar to a shrimp. They move very fast and quick when they aren't static.

2. Midge (Insect larvae)- this creature is always at the bottom of my microaquarium. This is my favorite organism in my microaquarium. It moves around by slithering and pulling it's body with it's two tiny from arms. It is a long organism and reminds me of a worm.

Images made with:

 Sony Handycam (still imaging and video recording) HDR-HC9 or HDR-XR500v cameras with a Martin Microscope MM99 Adapter S/N: 4310 adapter to attach to microscope trinocular head.

Microscopes: Olympus CH30 or Leitz Laborlux 11 or Leitz Laborlux D with trinocular heads. Images were made at 40X, 100X and 400X.

Computers: Dell Optiplex 755 or Optiplex 960

Software: Images were processed with Adobe Photoshop Elements 7. Videos were processed using Pinnacle Studio 12.



Observations Week 4

Today I noticed and observed the following organisms;
1. Desmond- long green organism.
2. Nematode-a worm like creature that was crawling in the soil.
3. Cyclops

Observations week 3

 The following are abservations I made on October 26, 2010.
I saw a Midge, which is an insect larvae, crawling on the soil bed of my microaquarium. I have seen this organism before but thought it was a worm. It defenitely looked like a worm. It had a long body with ywo tiny arms near it's head.

I also noticed a Nymphilis, which is the juenille stage of a cyclops. This organism was stationary at first, but when i tried to take a photo of it; the organism moved away quickly.

Images made with:
 Sony Handycam (still imaging and video recording) HDR-HC9 or HDR-XR500v cameras with a Martin Microscope MM99 Adapter S/N: 4310 adapter to attach to microscope trinocular head.

Microscopes: Olympus CH30 or Leitz Laborlux 11 or Leitz Laborlux D with trinocular heads. Images were made at 40X, 100X and 400X.

Computers: Dell Optiplex 755 or Optiplex 960

Software: Images were processed with Adobe Photoshop Elements 7. Videos were processed using Pinnacle Studio 12.

Observations week 2

Today i was able to put my microaquarium onto the high power microscope and have my images displayed onto a computer screen. I did not have time to take digital images of what I observed, so I will account for it writing.

1. I noticed a worm like creature staying near in the soil bed. It burrowed into the soil after poking its head out. I did not have time to identify this organism.
2. I also saw a "shrimp" looking organism called a Cyclops. I was able to identify this organism with a book supplied to us in the lab. This organism had antenna poking out of it's body. On it's end there were two bulbous objects on either side. Lastly, it had a tail.
3. I noticed there were bubbles forming on both plants.
4. I also located a Rodifer, perhaps one of the same two I saw on day one.

Day 1/ Setup

10. Water pool below spring. Lynnhurst Cemetery off of Adair Drive. Knox Co. Knoxville TN. Partial shade exposure Spring Feed Pond N36 01.357 W83 55.731 958 ft 10/10/2010
STEPS FOR MSKING MICROAQUARIUM:
1. Take a microaquarium and go to a bowl of your choice and with a pipet retrieve the following:
         a. soil from bottom
         b. water from the middle of bowl
         c. water from surface
     and place this all inside the microaquarium
2. Next pull off a piece of plants A and B and place inside the microaquarium
3. Place on microscope and make intial observations
4. Take off microscope and place microaquarium into a base and place a lid on top. Grab sticky puddy to keep top on.
5. Lastly, use stickers to indicate table, section, and seat. Initial all stickers.

INITIAL OBSERVATIONS
1. I saw two Rodifers swimming in my microaquarium. I was able to identify these organisms with the help of Dr. McFarland. These organisms looked like a crown. They use flagella to push water through its body; and it appears to be spinning when it moves. There is a single red dot which acts like an eye that detects light.