Origin

The water and soil in my aquarium were extracted from #11, the Fountain City Duck Pond. I place to plants in the aquarium. They are identified and have to origin location as follows : Plant B . Amblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb. Moss. Collection from: Natural spring. at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. TN. Partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. 10/11/2009Plant B. Utricularia vulgaris 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.
This week I added 1 beta food pellet into my aquarium with the following origin and contents. ("Atison's Betta Food" is made by Ocean Nutrition, Aqua Pet Americas, 3528 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104. Ingredients: Fish meal, wheat flower, soy meal, krill meal, minerals, vitamins and preservatives. Analysis: Crude Protein 36%; Crude fat 4.5%; Crude Fiber 3.5%; Moisture 8% and Ash 15%

Oct. 20th

This time I tried to identify some of the organisms in my aquarium. There are some that I have possitively identified but others I've got that I haven't verified yet. Of the Cyclops I've got about 5 or so of them, of the Vorticella I've got multiple attached to the plants. The one's that I have not possitivelly IDed yet consist of about 10 Daphnia, some paramecium, euglena, anphipod, philodina, and hydra. I still have to confirm these but I will work on that for next time.

ID

The bottom picture is of a Cyclops and top is of a Vorticella

Day 1

Oct. 14, 2009
Today I set up my microaquarium. The aquarium was made up of a thin glass tank, a lid, and a stand. I labeled mine with a blue not representing my class section, an orange dot representing my lab table, and a green dot representing my seat. I then filled the tank. It consist of a thin layer of soil on bottom, two plants (one moss and one other plant), and water up to about 2 mm from the top. Using a microscope I noticed some organisms in the nucleus and others of various sizes throughout the tank.