Micro aquarium observations for 13-17 Oct

Water used: Fountain City Duck Pond
Observations for 13-17 Oct

I created my micro aquarium with water and organisms from the Fountain City duck pond in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Small samples of water and soil were extracted and placed in a small, clear slide using a pipet.  The plants Amblestegium varium and Ultricularia gibba were added to provide oxygen and diversity to the aquarium.

The observations after immediately setting up the aquarium were interesting.  There were already small, single celled organisms moving around all areas of the aquarium and larger multi cell organisms moving around in the bottom of the aquarium.  They stayed in the soil, presumably feeding, infrequently coming out just to go back in the cover of the soil again.  I am interested to see the changes in size and variety of the organisms next week.