Sunday, November 13, 2011

The Apperance of Cyclops

This week I discovered a Cyclops sp. in my tank darting through the water directly above the bits of mud. I was very surprised to discover a new organism of this size, especially this late in the observation process.  I also noticed that many of the Vorticella that had been so frequent in the past few weeks had seemingly vanished from my tank. The Tachyosomes remained quite prevalent in the tank. And the seed shrimps previously identified in my tank were still present. There were no appearance of new mobile micro organisms in my tank in this final week.
  Identificationsmade possible through:
Rains, KG, Russell, BJ. 1996. Guide to microlife. Croller Publishing