Setting Up My MicroAquarium

 To set up our MicroAquarium we received a a glass tank, a stand holder, and a lid. We then coded our aquariums with color dots so that we could find them each time we came back to the lab. Mine was coded with two green dots and a blue dot, signifying the lab section, the table I sat at, and My seat number, respectively. I then wrote my initials on the dots just for extra assurance. My water came from the Tennessee river at a boat camp across from the Knoxville sewage plant. With a pipet, I extracted enough mud and water from the bottom of the water sample to fill about 1/3 of my MicroAquarium, then another 1/3 from the middle, and the last 1/3 from the top of the water sample. After my water sample was complete, I placed a small bit of Amblestegium varium moss and Utricularia gibb in the aquarium so that there would be an oxygen supply for any potential organisms in the sample. Right after set up, I put my MicroAquarium under a microscope to look for any organisms. This first week I could not find any stationary or moving organisms, but both the Amblestegium varium moss and the Utricularia gibb are chlorophyll green organisms. After observing my MicroAquarium, I placed it on its stand, put on the lid, and placed it in my lab section's container.