Day 29

A lot of the same as last week.  About the same level of activity, more air bubbles formed, and the water level has slightly decreased.  More pictures coming soon.

Day 22

The level of activity has decreased this past week, however there still is plenty of life to see.  An increase in bubbles throughout the microaquarium was also observed.

Day 15

There was an explosion of life that appeared during the past week.  Lots of the life seen was around the beta food pellet which was added on Friday October 22, 2010.

"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%.

Permissium (*not researched yet*)

P. Bersaria (*not researched yet*)

Unknown (*not researched yet*)

Annelida (Rainis and Russell 1996)

Paracyclops fimbriatus (Rundle et al. 2002)

Gastrotricha (Rundle et al. 2002)

Unknown (Unresearched)

Unknown (Unresearched)

Vorticella (Thorp and Covich 2010)

Vorticella (Thorp and Covich 2010)

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Rainis, KG and Russell, BJ. 1996. Guide to Microlife. Danbury (CT): Franklin Watts.

Rundle, SD, Robertson, AL, Schmid-Araya, JM. 2002. Freshwater Meiofauna Biology and Ecology. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.

Thorp, JH and Covich, AP. 2010. Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates.  Boston (MA): Elsevier Academic Press.