Observation 3: Newly Discovered Life

This week in the observation of my microorganism aquarium, I found that the algae I had seen last week had multiplied around both plant A and plant B. I also saw that more of the organisms seemed to be accumulating around the area of the aquarium that contain the plant samples. Along with this, new single celled organisms seemed to have appeared and they are more cylinder in shape than circular and seem to center around the high areas of soil and the plants.

I also discovered a new multi-cellular organism called a nematode. It resembles a worm, and under the microscope appears a dark green in color. It moves in whip like motions as well as curling around its self and what appears to be a flipping motion. When moving forward it is extremely fast in a snake like slithering motion. What was different about this organism is that I could also see it without the use of a microscope. With the naked eye it appears white, but is very small. You can also see its more excessive motions when looking at it without a microscope. I attempted to get a picture, but it moved into the soil before I was able to make it to the camera.

As for my cyclops, I didn't see much of Scott today, but I think I caought a glimpse of him moving through the main mass of soil in the middle of the bottom area of the aquarium.