Day 3

On October 22, 2010 one beta food pellet was added into my 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 October 29, 2010i observed my aquarium and noted some changes. I found that there were less seed shrimp, Ostracoda.  They were still mostly located in the soil, but I found some around the plants.  I also found a flat worm in the soil again and a couple near the top of the water.  I saw more cyclopes, Ospharnticum labronectum, near where the food pellet was added.  I also noted that algae had begun to grow in the soil.  I found one new organism in the soil that I have yet to identify.  It almost looked like a cyclops but they were not the same.  This organism moves very fast and likes to stay in the soil. I only saw one and it was clear and had a red dot on the head and many legs, also it had a tail.  After the beta food pellet was added it was harder than normal to find the organisms in my aquarium.  I suspect this was because some had died, I know this because of the dead organisms near the bottom of the aquarium.
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