Well, the aquarium looked a little sad when I looked at it.  All I could find was one rotifer, some dried up shells of once living things, and some nematodes.  I guess trying some of the haunted water wasn't so good after all.  Here's a couple pictures of the rotifer and the nematode:

Ref.  Free Living Freshwater Protozoa.  D.J. Patterson, 1996.  Fig.18

Ref:  Smith, Douglas Grant.  Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States.  2001.  Fig 7.3.

Smith, Douglas Grant.  Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States.  2001.  Fig 7.3.

So this week I wasn't actually able to visit my aquarium friends due to time constraints, but I'm sure you are happy to hear that they have been fed and I'm sure they will look happy when I visit them next week!  One "Atison's Betta Food" pellet was added this past week on October 21, 2011.  It was made by Ocean Nutrition, Aqua Pet Americas, 3528 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104.  The ingredients of the pellet are as follows:  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%. Hopefully all the little creatures will like this and I hope my aquarium becomes more active.

So my aquarium little by little is becoming more diverse and active.  I saw a new species which was really beautiful, a diatom.  They are made of silica, which is glass so that explains why it looks so pretty.

Ref.  How to Know the Freshwater Algae.  G.W. Prescott, Ph.D.  1964, Fig. 443

There was also another little guy swimming around the diatom which was an Anisonema sp.  It was a bit hard to identify, and I'm still not sure if it is right, but it is the closest thing we could find.

Ref.  Free Living Freshwater Protozoa.  D.J. Patterson, 1996.  Fig. 77

 I hope that the food pellet we add next week will help the organisms in the aquarium thrive.