Monday, July 16, 2007

Day 7 Carrie: Observations

The kritters seem to be doing fine in the lower aquatic chamber of the column: leach, snails, minnow, all seemingly healthy. The decomposition chamber exhibits a minute amount of moisture, so Felicia added more materials that she feels will add more moisture such as eggplant, potatoe, and bell pepper pieces.

The upper terrestrial chamber has green life, which would give the impression that the gases and moisture are in fair balance, however, we are unable to locate our cricket and spider. There are no webs that would indicate that spider is active, also.

Should I "shake things up" and try to move materials around to locate the terrestrial creatures or just let things remain settled? How would shaking up the column to reveal any hidden life affect the decomposition chamber?

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