Setting up the micro aquarium

Set-up Procedure: We obtained a glass tank, stand holder, and lid. We then placed three different colored dots on the glass tank to distinguish our tank from our classmates' tanks. The top colored dot represented our lab section. The middle colored dot represented the table we were at during lab and the last color represented the seat number at our table. We also put our initials on the dots too distinguish our own tanks even more. We then used a pipet and extracted water from one of the provided containers.We extracted water first from the bottom layer of the container and filled our tank 1/3 full, then we gathered some of the water from the middle layer of the container, filled our tank 1/3 full, and then the top layer again filling our tank 1/3 full. We then put our tank on its stand and placed Plant A and Plant B in our tanks.


Water type: 8. Tennessee River at boat ramp across from Knoxville sewer plant. Neyland Dr. Knox Co. Knoxville TN. Full sun exposure. French Broad and Holston Rivers water Sheds N35 56.722 W83 55.587 813 ft 10/10/2010 (McFarland 2010).


I observed by looking through a microscope at my aquarium both stationary and moving organisms. There was a nematode in my aquarium and it squired first fast. I also had some single-celled organisms and they moved more slower almost stationary. I had multicellular organisms that moved in swimming like positions. My aquarium involved both chlorophyll green and non-green organisms, but I had more non-green organisms. It looked like the organisms preferred the middle habitat of the aquarium. I only saw one nematode. I saw many single-celled organisms and quite a few multi-celled organisms as well.

Citation

                McFarland,K. 2010. Botany 111 2010: An inquiry into the dynamic microorganisms in our environment. "Blogger.com" through Google (Internet). Cited 2010 October 13. 4:09. Available from: <http://botany1112010.blogspot.com/2010/10/inquiry-into-dynamic-microorganisms-in.html>