MicroAquarium Setup

In lab on October 15 we set up our MicroAquariums. We used a small glass aquarium that we put on a stand and had a lid. I filled my aquarium with water from Dean's Woods Spring Creek which was choice 6. (6.Spring Creek off Woodson Dr runing throught Dean's Woods Road frontage., Knox Co. Tennessee. Partial shade exposure. Tennessee River water Shed N35 55.274 W083 56.888 848 ft 10/12/2014). We had to get water from the bottom of the bowl first so that soil could be in our aquariums. Then we had to get water from anywhere in the bowl but we also had to get surface water. 

The plants we used in our aquariums were:

 Amblestegium Varium (moss)- Collection is from: Natural spring at Carter Mills Park.
Carter Mill Road, Knox County, TN.
Partial shade exposure (N36 01.168 W83 42.832).

 Utricularia Gibba (humped bladderwort)- Carnivorous plant. Original material from south shore of Spain Lake (N 35o55 12.35'' W088o20' 47.00). East of Sparta TN, White County.

After we got everything in our aquarium we look at it under a microscope. Looking at it under the microscope was really cool and interesting. What I saw under the microscope were micro-organisms and how they move around and survive but I do not know the names of yet. I will soon know their names when I look at them again.