My water was a lot more murky than the previous week, and my Diptera specimen had grown considerably and was still kicking up the soil and knocking the plants around inside my micro-aquarium.
Observations:
Perhaps my water was so much murkier because there was a whole new host of organisms. There were more than double to already huge number of diatoms, as well as tons of paramecium swimming in all the levels of the mini tank. There were also green algae structures in some spots of the aquarium.
Also, there were a new species of rotifers, Philodina, all along my Fontinalis moss.
Other interesting things I noticed is that my Utricularia gibba bladders were hosts of baby ostracods, which I could not get a clear picture of them in the bladders, I got a picture of one of the older and bigger ostracods that was rummagging freely about the tank:
Also, I noticed a few Vorticella around the top and bottom of the tank as well.
Citations:
Lee JC, Hunter S, Bovee EC, editors. 1985. Illistrated Guide to Protozoa. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press Inc. 600 p.
Patterson D. 2003. Free-living Freshwater Protozoa. Washington, DC: Manson publishing. 400 p.
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