Blog 1: Micro-aquarium setup

Water source I used for my micro-aquarium: Tennessee River at boat ramp across from Knoxville sewer plant. The boat ramp is located on Neyland Dr in Knoxville TN. Full sun exposure. French Broad And Holston Rivers water sheds N35 56. 722 W83 55.587 ft 10/9/2011

The steps setting up my micro-aquarium:

• the micro-aquarium  included a glass tank, a stand holder and lid.
• used pipette extract to water/soil from the water source (filled  ⅓ bottom layer with soil, filled the middle layer and last layer with water)
• added plant sources to the tank (Amblestegium barium)

Plant Information: Amblestegium varium (Hedwig) Lindberg Moss. Collected from Natural spring. at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. TN. Partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. 10/13/2013

The first observation occurred after the setup which was 10/14/2014 around 2:30pm. We also put our micro aquariums under the microscopes. I seen a lot organisms moving around. They were moving very fast which was hard to recognize them. Some of the organisms had a oval body shape. It also seemed like the organisms were eating small particles from the and in the water. There were some green particles floating. It could be bacteria or some other kind of organisms. 


McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2014. [October 28,2014]. Available fromhttp://botany1112014.blogspot.com/