The Last Observation

The water is still as murky as in our last observation. It's faint dark gold/brown color that is mostly caused by the soil deposits from the top bottle. The ends of the strings that connects both terrariums is lined with black, which I think is mold cause by the strings being submerged too long.

In the top portion of the terrarium our dying leaves are holding on by a thread. Instead of being thick and green as in previous observers they are extremely thin and limp, with brown coating the edges and some of the inside. On the dirt we see the shriveled remains of the shriveled seed shells. At the edges I can see some small, black things that may be mold.

Our fish's corpse is still tangled in the plants, and the fact that it's body is intact despite being dead for a while tells me that the snails are also dead; otherwise the dead fish would have served as food.


Weight: 411grams

Black mold on strings, possibly. 

This might be mold at the edge of the dirt terrarium. 

The leaves have brown on its edge or within its body.

On a Somber Note

It's sad to say our guppy didn't make it to see April. I found him tangled among the moss, dead-eyed and listless. Since he seems extremely pale and gray I'm guessing he's been dead for at least a day or two. The cause of death may have been the very murky water because when he was alive the water was extremely clear. 

Here we find our two snails. Now more than ever I believe that one had been alive because in a previous blog entry I had documented him tangled among the moss. In another occasion he was on the opposite side of the battle in comparison to his brother. However now one can see that the left shelf contains nothing (of it does contain something it's very hard to see)

Not only is the water very murky but the moss and the aladia seem to have grown a lot from the last time I saw the ecosystem. Before I could see clear to the other side, but now all I see are leaves and green. This is why I found our guppy's corpse tangled among the plants instead of lying on the floor of the bottle. 

Our plants have withered, and the leaves seem ready to fall. They seem drenched in water, their leaves extremely limp and darkening at the edges. They look like they will fall very soon. 

Week 6: More Pictures

On the upper bottle each plant seems to have at least three leaves. There is still a bean shell remnant stuck to the wall.

Our guppy is still alive. He seems longer, and I can observe him eat something off the string that a drops off the bottle cap and into the water. I'm pretty sure this is where he gets his nourishment from, but what he is feeding on and is anyone's guess. I'm there they are root bits that seeped into the string. The guppy also seems to feed off something from the rocks.

One of our snails ended up on top of the aladia. I'm not sure if it floated up or if it's actually alive. The other snail is still close to one of the edges of the bottle, so I'm assuming the one on top of the aladia is alive.

Week 5: Drawings and More

Once again the guppy s prospering.

No weight was taken this week.