Using the new 'Scopes!

This week was the first time using the new specialized lenses for viewing Habitat17. Using this new lens, I was able to focus in on some of the microscopic and transparent organisms of the past week. For the first several minutes, I observed the sea shrimp burrowing through the mud at the bottom of Habitat17. Also, one of the first things I noticed was a juvinile seed shrimp. It was approximately one-fifth the size of the grown ones. Much of my time was spent trying to capture video of the seed shrimp feeding on the plantae in the aquarium. However, they moved too rapidly for me to succeed. I did, however, get several good pictures, which I will post later. The diversity of Habitat17 ranges from the large seed shrimp to extremely small, transparent microbes which I hope to identify in the week to come.