Hello everyone, this post contains what was seen on the first day directly after making the micro aquarium.
Location: To begin, water source number twelve was the one I picked. It is described as the water pool below a spring in the location of Fountain City Park, west of Broadway at Hotel Avenue, Knox County, Knoxville TN. It has full shade exposure and is called Spring Feed Pond. Its coordinates are N36 02.253 W83 55.986 990 ft. It was taken out on 10/12/2009.
Plants: A: Amblystegium varium (Hedw.) Lindb. Moss. Collected from natural spring at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. TN. It has partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. 10/11/2009
B: Utricularia vulgaris L. Flowering. A carnivorous 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.
Observation: I saw many organisms in my micro aquarium; each were at a different location.
Top: Up here were a few very tiny organisms that didn't move very fast and one had a short flagella which propelled it forward. Another type was small and round and kept doing flips. Both were transparent.
Middle (Plants A & B): Around here, I saw a few organisms on Plant B around the nodes. These little guys were green and very numerous and spun around in circles on the node. I also saw a fast, snake-like figure slithering in and out of my viewing area within the water. Another microorganism I saw was a doughnut shaped transparent organism that slowly moved by doing somersaults. Plant A wasn't viewed very heavily and there wasn't any organisms seen there in what little time it was viewed. Hopefully, more will be seen in the upcoming weeks.
Bottom: This is where a majority of the action was seen. In this slimy scum was a huge microorganism that had a tongue or tentacles that would grab objects and it looked as though it was eating them. It was brown and had "hairs" all over its body and looked and moved like a mouse. There was another organism similar in shape but slightly smaller. It had a flagella that looked more like a tail because it was broad at its junction and came to a point. It had a cupped shape to it which made it look even more like a mouse. It moved at a moderate pace and was transparent.
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