the last blog 11/12

This week my microaquarium got a fill-up, to counteract the water loss that had been occuring the last two weeks.

I found 3 aeolosoma, worm-like creatures, in the sediment that were much larger than when i last saw them.  1 aeolosoma was also moving around near 2 plant B traps.

2 dark ostracods were in the sediment, and 1 was near the very top of the aquarium, seemingly trapped at the surface of the water above plant B.  Also, this week there were two new ostracods, one of which was very young and tiny and the other was slightly larger, but neither had acquired their dark color yet.

Two of plant B's traps are still blue-purple, possibly signifying that they are dying, most are transparent, and a few have dark spots in them or are murky.

I sighted 4 cypria: 1 in the sediment, 1 near one of the blue traps of plant B, another eating a long strand of plant B, and another swimming around plant B.

I sighted a couple very tiny nematodes moving around in/near the glue around the sides of the aquarium.

Finally, I sighted 1 cyclops copepod near the top of the aquarium, moving infrequently.