My column looked like it was about to explode two days ago, so I placed it inside a gallon Ziploc bag in case it did.
And it did.
It smells God awful and there is source water in the bag, and the stench is pervading the air like crazy.
This is disgusting.
The cellophane looked bulgy, but I didn't think it would leak...and it did.
Also, my worms aren't moving anymore. I wonder if they're dead. They aren't moving when there's a light source, and they sure as heck aren't moving when there isn't one.
***UPDATE: 11.26.14***
So, I talked with Dr. Sun on Sunday night (11.23.14), and she said that the types of bacteria come in waves:
- The awful smell I previously mentioned in this post was SULFUR (smelled like rotten eggs). I think it make be green sulfur bacteria because the sulfur smell was overbearing, and green sulfur bacteria "deposit sulfur externally" (http://archive.bio.ed.ac.uk/jdeacon/microbes/winograd.htm)
- When the smell went away, I noticed the cellophane was bulging. My column of mud was also rising more than I expected it to, so my water column and air column essentially vanished. Dr. Sun proposed that it may have transitioned to methanogenesis, in which a lot of METHANE was being produced by methanogens. I tested to make sure it was methane in my 11.25.14 post. Check out the video and pictures there!
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