MicroAquarium Week 3

On Friday October 22, 2010 "ONE" Beta Food Pellet was inserted into each microaquarium. "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%.

On Tuesday October 26, 2010 @ 2:15 pm when observing my microaquarium I seen some Paramecium bursaria and a Stenostomum tenuicauda, which I haven't seen in the previous two weeks. The Stenostomum tenuicauda is a transparent worm; it organelles inside of it is visible and it is easly distinguished by its yellowish brown Pharynx. Also, when observing my microaquarium i noticed that the number of ditomes have grew tremendously. The cynabacteira and the seed shrimp was also very active this week in my microaquarium.





 In this picture you can see the Paramecium bursaria feeding on the food pellet thats located in the upper left hand corner of the picture!

Citation:
DJ Patterson.1996.Free Living Freshwater Protoza.pg.155.figure 351.

The Stenostomum tenuicauda is a transparent worm; it organelles inside of it is visible and it is easly distinguished by its yellowish brown Pharynx.

Citation:
Henry Baldwin Ward and George Chandler Whipple.1996.Freshwater Biology.pg.336.figure 15(16).