Introduction

My MicroAquarium!

10-24-2012

Here's what's inside...

Water!  From Meads Quarry.

Meads Quarry, Island Home Ave, Knox Co. Tennessee Partial shade exposure Rock Quarry N35 57.162 W83 51.960 880 10/9/2011 (McFarland 2012)

(A link to Meads Quarry's website!)

 Amblystegium 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 (McFarland 2012)

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. (McFarland 2012)

THE PROCEDURE:

To make our MicroAquariums we first obtained a glass tank, a stand holder and a lid.  Then we color coded them according to the directions for identification.

Next, using a pipet we extracted water from a container on the lab bench.  I chose the container with water from Meads Quarry.  We filled our tanks with this water.

Then, we put both plants (Utricularia gibba L. and Amblystegium sp.) into the tank.

Finally we observed our aquariums under a microscope.  Unfortunately, I did not see any moving organisms at this time.