Nov. 15th

This is my fourth and final observation. The first thing I noticed this week was the amount of water that was lost from last week. It probably lost 1/4 of it's water. I started examining the area of the tank that is completely dry. I see many dead organisms and a few Arcella amoeba that appear to be dead also. Off of the food pellet, it appears that hyphae are growing off of it. The Beta food pellet was inserted on October 21, 2011."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%. The viney growth in the mud is thriving, and continuing to grow upward. Arcella amoeba are littering the whole tank now. The Amblestegium sp. Moss. Collection from: Natural spring. at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. TN. Partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. 10/9/2011
has been completely dissolved. I suspect that the organisms living in the tank were responisible for this. The other plant, Utricularia gibba L. Flowering plant. A carnivous plant. Original material from south shore of Spain Lake (N 35o55 12.35" W088o20' 47.00), Camp Bella Air Rd. East of Sparta Tn. in White Co. and grown in water tanks outside of greenhouse at Hesler Biology Building. The University of Tennessee. Knox Co. Knoxville TN. is contiuing to thrive and is growing outward of the tank. This plant may have crowded out the other moss. I just noticed a nematoad in the mud. It appears to be grabbing mud and wrapping it around to form a bundle. The green viney growth I have mentioned in most of my blogs has been identified as Cladophora, or green algae. (Canter-Lund.Lund."Freshwater Algae Their Microscopic World Explored." pg72 figures 118-121.)