MicroAquarium

 On friday, October 22, 2010 one beta food pellet was inserted into my microaqurium. The food was a product of "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%. My microaquarium has changed significantly since that day. The biggest change I've seen so far is the presence of algea. Today I discovered the growth of many algea which were classified as desmids. I also discovered three new organisms today which are the Tachysoma, the Euplotes sp. and the Vorticella. The Tachysoma is an organism that has hairs around its surface which allows it to consume things. My organism had some green particles in its stomach meaning it had eaten sum algea. The other organism I discovered, the Euplote, is a single celled organism that has rows of fused cilia on its body. I also discovered a Vorticella which is a genus of protozoa. It has a stalked ciliate with an inverted bell shape. It sometimes looked as if the top part of the organism was spinning rapidly in circles.