Micro Aquarium 10/15/2013

Today was the first micro aquarium section. My lab section (002) set up our micro aquarium slides. We started by adding water and dirt into our aquarium. The source of my water and dirt is from Carter Mill Park at spring source. It is located on Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. Tennessee Partial shade exposure N36 01.168 W83 42.832 940 ft (McFarland, 2013).This water was taken on 10/9/2013. Then I took samples from a flowering plant and a moss to put them into my aquarium. The flowering plant is Utricularia gibba L. Flowering plant. A carnivous plant. Original material from south shore of Spain Lake ( N 35o55 12.35" W088o20' 47.00), Camp Bella Air Rd. East of Sparta Tn. in White Co. and grown in water tanks outside of greenhouse at Hesler Biology Building. The University of Tennessee. Knox Co. Knoxville Tn. 10/13/2013. The moss I used is Amblestegium varium (Hedwig) Lindberg. Moss. Collection from: Natural spring. at Carters Mill Park: Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. Tennessee Partial shade exposure N36 01.168 W83 42.832 940 ft (McFarland, 2013). After I added these plants to my aquarium, I observed under a microscope the activity happening. I did not find much but I did find a few rotifers that were moving around in the water. One in particular was a rotifer in a tube. It would emerge from the tube periodically and move materials in water around and digest the materials. I observed this for about 10 minutes.