Two pieces of rectangular-shaped glass were sealed together leaving space for the water that was to be added with a pipet. The water for my micro-aquarium came from the French Broad River. I gathered a small amount of dirt and water from the bottom of the dish of our water sample, and filled it until the aquarium was one-third full. I added a small amount of dirt so the organisms in the water would not hide in the shadows of the dirt. After this, I filled the aquarium to the two-thirds line with water from the middle layer of the dish. The last few drops of water that were added came from the top layer of the dish water sample. We then added samples of plant A and plant B so the organisms would be able to get a source of oxygen.
Plant A: Fontinalis sp. Moss. Collection from: Natural spring. at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. TN. Partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. 10/10/2010
Plant B: 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
2. French Broad River, Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge
French Broad River, Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Kelly Lane , Knox Co. Tennessee. Partial shade exposure French Broad River Water Shed N35 56.742 W83 41.628 841 ft 10/10/2010
Mostly all the organisms in my aquarium were stationary. Those that were stationary were small. The few that
were moving had little hairs around the edges and they moved in a frisbee circular pathway. Around one of the plants there was a large ovular green organism that moved very slowly around the plant's leaves. I believe I saw the giant green ovular organism go over another moving organism and then the other organism never came out from under the ovular organism. From what I saw, the organisms in my micro-aquarium like to be around the plants.
All infromation was gathered from Ken McFarland and was posted on http://botany1112010.blogspot.com/
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