Astounding After the First Week

The very first observation of my MicroAquarium was more than I had expected; already teeming with life of all sorts of different varities. Then, allowing it to sustain itself after one week of existance, it was hard to believe my eyes when I peered under the microscope again. My tiny copepods were thriving in the environment that I had created. I was able to view them moving along throughout my microscopic world.

Even better than this perhaps, and to my immense pleasure, I was able to view a few ostracod (more commonly known as seed shrimp) habituating themselves inside my aquarium. I even was able to observe one up close for a matter of three to four minutes and watch the movements of its thorax, abdomen, and antennae. I hope to have a video of my observations on this posted in the near future.

After all of my observations I inserted a beta food pellet to my MicroAquarium. This food was specifically "Atison's Betta Food", and is 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%.