October 15--Setting up


               On October 15th I set up a micro aquarium. I filled the glass container with water that came from Third Creek in Tyson Park, in Knox county, Knoxville Tennessee under partial shade exposure. Collected at N3057 13.53 W83 5632.37 824 feet. Collect on October 14th, 2013 (McFarland, 2013). I took dirt from this water source and placed it at the bottom of my micro aquarium.
   
                Next I placed two plant samples. One was Amblestegium Varium, commonly known as Hedwig, Lindberg. This moss collection is from Natural Spring at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Rd, Knox County TN (McFarland, 2013) found in partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. October 13th, 2013 (McFarland, 2013). The second plant sample I added to the micro aquarium was Utricularia gibba L. Flowering plant. This was originally from Spain Lake (N 35o55 12.35 degrees W088o20 degrees 47.00) Camp Bella Air Rd. East of Sparta TN in White County (McFarland, 2013). This sample was taken from the Utricularia gibba grown in water tanks outside of the greenhouse at Hesler Biology Building. The University of Tennessee. Knox Co. Knoxville TN on October 13th, 2013 (McFarland, 2013).

This is a picture of what my micro aquarium after I had set it up. 

Once I had placed this under a light microscope using 10x I observed very few organisms. The first organism I identified was a hydra. Halfway across the aquarium from the hydra was a worm. Near this worm was a clearish brown tardigrade.