Final Post

As mentioned in an earlier post regarding the beta food pellets instead on 1 I put in 4 and then 2 more were accidentally put in the by the staff that did watering. Unlike other micro aquariums of my peers which are losing species and numbers mine was doing the opposite due the eutrophication effect the pellets had which not only lead to a boom in numbers and species but also lead the water to become a self-sufficient habitat.

Also it is here where I discover some more organisms popped up.

Mega update part 2

Worm population keeps relatively high but seems to have leveled off finally
This picture contains one of the many Aelosoma  which happens to have the now broken egg case in the middle

the Vorticellum  have moved to the east side of the tank leaving behind the leaves they tended to be perched on.

Also the majority of the Cyclops are now sexually mature and wander in the tank freely eating and breeding

Observation Mega-Update part 1

In this period of observation  the really tiny critters either grew to be more easily seen as well possibly died out. In this period  some other species had a population explosion whose photos will be in the next post.
They are: Vorticella, Aelosoma, and the amoebas too but mainly the first two.
Also it is here where I found this mystery egg case pictured last

Second Post

this should have been a the week before,however that's not the point.


Right so with physical exception before putting it underneath the microscope yielded very little change since I last saw it. The dead beetle resting on the sediment either fully decomposed or was buried under the sediment . Duck weed sprouted out of nowhere the green luster of the moss and algae dimmed to a darker green.


As for sign of any obvious organisms the water had no signs at all. Under the microscope there is, a jungle of floating particles making it very confusing to tell whats what. My water is full of debris which looks like microorganisms floating around. The real microorganisms are tiny and swim spastically  making them hard to capture. I seems I got some protists, amoebas, and some photosynthetic critter but they have yet to be identified. There's probably more species but at the time and microscopes limited zoom limited the ability to determine things


I added three pellets 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%

Which would no doubt enrich the water and promote a mass growth of organisms and algae.
Also I seemed at this stage to have started and an amoeba ranch judging by the amount I passed by and took photos of

Also the over feeding of the water lead to the growth of a water mold

FIRST POST

So last week we obtained micro aquariums and had a list of 11 of the finest waters pulled forth from various sources for our picking. Torn between the vibrant fecal matter infused duck pond water of Fountain City and the insect filled waterof the Tommy Schumpert Pond, Seven Islands Wildlife Refugewater I gave way to the frog pond if only to see if I can stuff that water beetle in between the two glass sheets.

Instructions were as followed: Take water from the bottom and collect the silt and detritus, some from the middle, and finally a top layer. I wasted a bunch of time trying to get that damn beetle in the tank only for the water tension caused by the narrowness to make it stuck and possibly drowning the poor thing. The finishing touches were to put some algae and moss strands. And all that is left is to wait until the next examination.

Not much noticeable life everything looked the same