Observation #4

During the observation this week, I noticed right away that something was completely different. Last week, Dr. McFarland added one beta food pellet the the microaquarium. It was from "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%. Because of this, the plant life grew exponentially. It doubled in size and took over most of the microaquarium. The water was also much lower than the previous week.

Another very noticeable aspect was the absence of the cyclops that had taken over the microaquarium last week. Last week, with the food, the cyclops grew very large, but now the only ones that were there were either dead or barely moving. The snail is also not moving, but I'm no sure if it was dead since it was in it's shell. There were more nemotodes this week than in previous weeks, and that could be because of the decline of the aggressive cyclops.