Final Observations

     When I went in to observe for the final time on November 12, 2010, the top to my aquarium had accidentally been removed and their had been significant water loss.  I refilled it with water and continued to finish my observations.  The first part I observed was the soil level.  I observed 3 annelids moving through the soil.  After all of the water loss, annelids continued to be prevalent in my micro-aquarium.  I even observed one shooting some food that must have been bad out of its mouth.

This was very neat to witness first hand.  the small orb to the right is what was projected from the flatworm.  

     I also observed seed shrimp for the first time in my aquarium.  I found two and they must have been late bloomers since this was the first time that I have observed them.  Here is a photo:

It has many cilia projecting from its body as shown here in the picture.

     When observing my aquarium by hand, I noticed a small dot that I had to check out.  It turns out it was my snail.  The snail has been very interesting to see mature.  It has been in the aquarium since the beginning and now it is large enough to see with the naked eye:

     I also noticed a cyclops that was more mature than any cyclops I have observed before.  It had clearly defined parts.  I captured a good photo of one.

      This concludes my final observations.  It was very interesting working with the micro-aquariums and seeing how life grows so immensely, even life we can not see with our own eyes.