Week 3 of the Micro Aquarium Project

A Beta Food Pellet was added to the aquarium this week. It contained ""Atison's Betta Food" made
by Ocean Nutrition, Aqua Pet Americas, 3528 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104. Ingredients: Fish meal, wheat flower, soy meal, krill meal, minerals, vitamins and preservatives. Analysis: Crude Protein 36%; Crude fat 4.5%; Crude Fiber 3.5%; Moisture 8% and Ash 15%" (McFarland, 2013).  This week there was less activity around the plants and more activity around the Beta food pellet.This week I saw a lack of species diversity. Round worms named Aeolosoma sp. The round worms were the only organism that were around the plants. The were moving and searching for food, and have taken over my aquarium (Ward & Whipple 1918).  I think they are eating the other micro organisms, and that is why there is a lack of species diversity this week.I did see Cyeno Bacteria and Bodos that were there last week.(Rainis and Russell 1996). I saw a green photosynthetic organism called Closterium sp. (Carter-Lund, Lund 1995). It was stationary and was floating towards the top of the aquarium. Near the the Beta Food pellets, I also saw Colpidium moving around in circles(Patterson 1996). It was transparent in color

Bibliography:
McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2013. [cited 11/04/13]. Available from http://botany1112013.blogspot.com/
 
Rainis K and Russell B.1996. Guide to Micro Life.Canada

Ward Henry,  Whipple George. 1918. Fresh-Water Biology

Carter-Lund Hilda, Lund John.1995. Freshwater Algae

Patterson D.J. 1996. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa

Identified by using Ward Henry,  Whipple George. 1918. Fresh-Water Biology

Colpodium sp. Identified by using

Patterson D.J. 1996. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa

Bodo sp. Identified by using

Patterson D.J. 1996. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa

Closterium sp. Identified by using


Carter-Lund Hilda, Lund John.1995. Freshwater Algae