October 28, 2013

Our ecosystem looks like it is starting to die on the top, but still thriving on the bottom. The leaves at the top are more yellow than green. We noticed that our string has disintegrated and is floating at the bottom. Since it is harder to get water to the top of the ecosystem, it is making it harder to get the nutrients from the bottom of the ecosystem. Some are still green and leaves are still growing. On the bottom of our ecosystem life can be seen by the thriving Elodea. Some snails have died, but there are signs of new baby snails. There are also roots starting to stick out heavily on both parts of the ecosystem. One thing that was strange was that there were black particles floating at the top. Since the rope is no longer reaching the bottom of the ecosystem, our group thinks that the top part will soon die off very soon. While the bottom will still be thriving.