Hi, My Name is Fred, And I Have a Problem.

Ohai!

Sooo, upon visiting Mr. Microaquarium for the third time, Laura observed that the only "large" microorganism left was Fred. Fred seems to be doing fine; he's still eating dirt and is swimming around like mad. Maybe he has ADHD? This could be possible... I'll investigate and let you know.

Some tragic news - the Agmenellum's green interiors have contracted and drawn away from the membrane, and also The Midge-Eater's traps are dying and turning purple, from lack of food we have decided. Why purple? Laura doesn't know but Dr. McFarland suggested she ask her lab professor, since he likes to hang out with carnivorous plants and stuff.

Ah! Strange happenings! The water level was higher rather than lower. Laura thought she heard talk of food pellets being added and that might be the cause of the rise in the water. And also, Plant A seems to be growing a moss on it. Little red strand thingies to be exact (Laura thought she may have seen some green ones too). I think Dr. McFarland said it was "Rhyzoid," or something to that effect. Will investigate further into that.

Boring news - there are still many Halteria. Everywhere. Doing nothing but jerking about.

Laura and I also observed some "arsela" (little yellow circular thing) and "dephagia" (little black circular thing). Don't believe the words here, Laura has to go make sure she wrote them down right....

Hmm, oh! On the side of Mr. Microaquarium there were some rotifers. They weren't doing much, just flapping their cilia around.

And finally, the worst news of the night - MILLIONS OF DIATOMS ARE TAKING OVER! Okay, not quite as dramatic as it seems. Everywhere Laura looked there were tiny green cells that Dr. McFarland told us were Diatoms. And they were there in the millions. It was quite disturbing and they have certainly increased rapidly. I hope they don't get to Fred.

Teh End.



WHAT REALLY HAPPENED:

Plant A: growing red and green moss on it

Plant B "The Midge-Eater": traps are dying and turning purple, leaves browning

Organisms Observed:

• Crustacea (Fred): eating dirt
• Cyanobacteria
• Agemenellum
• Diatoms: millions
• Rotifer
• Halteria

More observations to be added next week.