Day 2, October 21

Today I saw one vorticella. I didn't get a picture of it, but it was moving around quite aggressively. There was a bounty of rotiphers, some of them moving very quickly. One very unfortunate rotipher was eaten by a large laxophyllum. The rotipher approached the laxophyllum with a mischievous glint in his eye, but the laxophyllum would have no plots against him...so he made short work of the rotipher. I have no doubt that the laxophyllum made other rotiphers into meals after I left the laboratory. 

Jared

Works Cited:

Free Living Freshwater Protozoa: A Colour Guide

D.J. Patterson BSc PhD DSc

John Wiley & Sons, New York Toronto

p. 131-132

Day 1, October 14

On day one the class set up the MicroAquarium. We started by getting water out of the previously collected water samples. We made sure there was at least a small amount of mud at the bottom of the MicroAquarium. We then put a sample of two kinds of plants inside the glass. We observed for a short time the organisms living inside the MicroAquarium. We saw small worm-like amebas, plants, and other small creatures moving briskly through the water.