In this last blog, I have posted tons of remaining pictures that have come from my microaquarium. They include flatworms, amoeba, and even some unidentifiable organisms. To the left is a picture of my Centropyxis sp. A Centropyxis is a type of amoeba that has already been shelled, and usually seems brown to yellow in color. To the right is a picture of one of the two flatworrms that I had in microaquarium of the Stenostomum sp. After researching more into this organism, it has a very useful existence for my aquarium. Flatworms are known to feed off of debris in freshwater systems as well as rotifers, protozoa, and other smaller Stenostomum sp. 
Citations:
1. Buonanno F (2005) Variations in the efficiency of ciliate extrusomal toxins against a common ciliate predator, the catenulid Stenostomum sphagnetorum. Ital J Zool 72: 293–295
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