Specs - "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%.
Upon observing the aquarium it was easy to notice the large increase of life. The Betta Food pellet really went to work, or should I say, the organisms really went to work. A huge numbers of Rotifers of various size inhabit the aquarium. A noticeable increase in number of Nematodes also of various sizes. One Nematode was of extremely
large in comparison to any seen in this aquarium before.
Several new living organisms were seen:
Paramecium Bursaria - a star shaped contractile vacuole complexes with filter feeding ciliate.
Actinosphaerium - this multinucleated heliosoon with arms
tapered from its base towards the distal tips was seen near the batta food pellet. Multiple Actinsphaerium were seen dividing in two and one was seen with a contractual vacuole.
A whole lot of diversity was seen around the betta pellet (as seen in the picture below), including bacterial life.
Cites:
D. J. Patterson. "Free-living Freshwater-Protozoa" p. 155 fig. 349.
D. J. Patterson. "Free-living Freshwater-Protozoa" p. 169. fig. 395.
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