The pieces for the aquarium were obtained and fitted together, and labeled according to class and section. Water Source #11, the city duck pond, located West of Broadway at Cedar Lane. Knox Co. Knoxville TN Full sun exposure. Spring Feed Pond N36 02.087 W83 55.967 963 ft 10/13/2013, was used for my Micro-Aquarium. A pipette was obtained and sediment was collected and added to the bottom of the micro-aquarium from the duck pond, then water from the middle of the sample and some from the top. A sample of Amblestegium varium (Hedwig) Lindberg. Moss, Collection from: Natural spring. at Carters Mill Park, Carter Mill Road, Knox Co. TN. Partial shade exposure. N36 01.168 W83 42.832. 10/13/2013 (McFarland, 2013), was added to the Aquarium, as well as a sample of Utricularia gibba L. flowering plant. 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. 10/13/2013 (McFarland, 2013). The aquarium was fitted closed, then placed under a microscope for observation. Small fast moving round objects with flagella were identified as mud shrimp, and a larvae with anthropod characteristics was also observed. The larvae seemed to
be eating stuff off the Hedwig plant.McFarland, Kenneth [Internet] Botany 111 Fall 2013. (October 22, 2013)
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