New things

This past time I checked my microaquarium, it was alot different. First of all, a food pellet was added on Friday October 1, 2011. It was "Atison's Betta Food" 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%. Also there was alot more movement than I had ever seen previously. In the water and around the plants there were alot of protista. Also the two pieces of the food pellet had alot of action going on around them. Many small organism were eating in them and around them including Epistylis and more paramecium. Also i saw some Rotifers moving around with thier foot. Also I think there may be a Philodina, which is also a rotifer, in my dirt, but I could not tell exactly. I look forward to figuring out what this organism is. Hopefully next week will also bring more exciting creatures to my MicroAquarium!

Setting up my MicroAquarium

Setting up the MicroAquarium was an interesting experience. We placed water and two plants in between to pieces that are close enough to not let the water out. We used Amblestegium 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. 10/9/2011 as plant A. For plant B we used 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.
The water I decided to use for my project was from Water pool below spring. Fountain City Park west of Broadway at Hotel Ave. Knox Co. Knoxville TN. Full shade exposure Spring Feed Pond N36 02.253 W83 55.986 990 ft 10/9/2011
Looking at the aquarium under a microscope, I did not see too much movement, but I could see some organisms in and around the soil moving around.  I look forward to seeing what other organisms will be in my tiny aquarium.