Wednesday, October 19, 2011

First look at the aquarium

We set up the aquarium last Wednesday and I chose to fill it with water from the water pool below the spring at Lynnhurst Cemetery off Adair Dr. in Knoxville, TN (N36 01.357 W83 55.731 958 ft).  It has partial shade exposure and is a spring fed pond.  I added a little of the sediment in the bottom of the aquarium and then filled the rest of it with water from the surface, from the middle of the sample, and some water from right above the sediment.  Two aquatic plant samples were also added to the aquarium.  "Plant A" is Amblestegium sp. a moss collected from a natural spring at Carters Mill Park on Carter Mill Rd, Knoxville, TN (N36 01.168 W83 42.832) on 10/9/11.  "Plant B" is Utricularia gibba L., a flowering carniverous plant.  The original material was obtained from the 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.  I don't know if the water is haunted or not, but there was not a lot of activity in the aquarium upon initial inspection.  I observed a small worm-like creature which appears to be chowing down on some plant material.  Later I observed a small roundish-oblong creature swimming along in the water.  I hope the ghosts have not scared away the bacteria!

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