I veiwed my microaquarium again today under a light microscope. It appears that the amount of organisms seen has doubled since last week. On Friday October 22, 2010 "ONE Beta Food Pellet was inserted into my microaquarium. It was "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%. I was able to see that the green algea is flourishing. Most of the organisms I veiwed were surrounding the plant material, which is also growing.
Diatoms are the most numerous organisms making up marine plankton
(The New Book of Popular Science, 2006).
I observed several different organisms in the Phylum Rotifera. These rotifers are wheel- bearering wormlike or spherical animals with complete digestive tracts. Most,of the 1500 species, are free living although some can be parasitic (The New Book of Popular Science, 2006).
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The New Book of Popular Science-Plant and Animal Life. New York: Scholastic Library of Publishing, 2006.
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