Week Two

This week I was able to take photos of a few of the organisms in my tank. This week it seem that the numbers of larger organisms that seemed to be taking over last week are down. I could not find the Midge that was there last week and I could only find one of the large Nematodes. I was a little upset that my numbers were down, but I am hoping next week that I will see more larger organisms.

Week One

This week we came in to look at our aquariums to see how things had change since last week. I could not believe how things had change in such a short period of time. I saw many different organisms that I was able to identify with the help of Dr. Mcfarland. I saw a Midge crawling around down in the soil at the bottom of the aquarium, he would sometimes come out a little to chew on the plant foliage. I also saw a large Snail and a small Snail crawling around on the glass. I also had two different Nematodes, last week I only spotted one and the two I saw this week were very large. I also saw a Flatworm and an Annelid, that were both very active. I also saw a Cyclops, he was moving very fast and was very hard to keep up with.

I hope to get pictures to post of all these and more very soon.

Set Up

The other day in my Botany lab i set up a micro aquarium. The aquarium is two small pieces of glass glued together with just enough room for a little water. I then added water from water source number 8, which is from the 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. McFarland,Dr. K. 2010. Botany Blog. <http://botany1112010.blogspot.com/>. Accessed 15              Oct.2010


Along with this water source I added two plants to the aquarium. I saw many different organisms swimming about in my micro aquarium when I observed it under a microscope. The one that I focused on the most was one that look almost snake like, but whipped back and forth and was transparent, I believe this was a Nematode.