On Friday October 21, 2011 "ONE" Beta Food Pellet was inserted into each microaquarium. The food pellet 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%. Information about the added food was given on the class website. This pellet provided nutrition to the growing amount of organisms within the water of the aquarium.
This week there were still a small amount of observable organisms, most of which were larger versions of the few that have already been observed. However, I did discover an organism that I believe to be Vorticella sp. This observation needs to be confirmed with a citation that will follow in a final bibliography post. This organism was stationary on the side of a plant, and looked almost like a "cup" attached to a string. The organism was also very sensitive to motion of the microscope which lead me to believe it "fed" on other organisms by acting like a trap.
I hope the addition of the food pellet brings forth a new array of organisms to discover.
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