I apologize that my blog entries have been lacking. I've viewed my microaquarium each week, many weeks spending 2 hours in the lab, but for whatever reason have forgotten to blog about it. Ok, here goes....
The first week of observations was very hectic! It appeared many other classmates had waited until Thursday afternoon to view their project, as the lab was very crowded, and Dr. McFarland was pulled in every direction attempting to answer everyone's questions regarding the life they found in their own little ecosystems.
This week I spent an hour and forty-five minutes viewing my project and not really having any idea what I was seeing. There was quite a bit of movement going on, and the organism I saw the most of was determined to be a rotifer (I didn't get a chance to ask Dr. McFarland on this date what it was, and there were several organisms in the books and on the posters that looked similar to what I was seeing). I didn't note a great deal of water loss but added a small amount of water as instructed.
The day after this observation, food was added to the microaquarium. "ONE" Beta Food Pellet was inserted into each 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%.
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