Week 4 11/13/11

During my final observation I began to identify some of the many organisms that I had previously seen in the aquarium.  In figure 1 you see Cyclidium sp. (Patterson, Free Living Fresh Water Protozoa A Colour Guide , 1996). Next identified was Euchlanis sp. (Pennak, 1989) as seen in figure 2.The third Organinsm th I found you will find in figure 3. It is a Cyclopoid sp. (Smith, 2001). Which I believe was the first organism that I saw on the day my micro-aquarium was made. The final orgainsm identified was the Litonotus sp. (Patterson, Free Living Fresh Water Prototozoa A Colour Guide, 1992) seen in figure 4.

Figure 1 (Patterson, Free Living Fresh Water Protozoa A Colour Guide , 1996)

Figure 2 (Pennak, 1989)

Figure 3 (Smith, 2001)

Figure 4 (Patterson, Free Living Fresh Water Prototozoa A Colour Guide, 1992)

Bibliography

Patterson, D. (1996). Free Living Fresh Water Protozoa A Colour Guide . In D. Patterson, Free Living Fresh Water Protozoa A Colour Guide (p. 149). London: Manson Publishing Ltd.

Patterson, D. (1992). Free Living Fresh Water Prototozoa A Colour Guide. In D. Patterson, Free Living Fresh Water Prototozoa A Colour Guide (p. 133). London,NW: Wolfe Publishing.

Pennak, R. W. (1989). Fresh-Water Invertebrates Of The United States Protozoa to Mollusca. In R. W. Pennak, Fresh-Water Invertebrates Of The United States Protozoa to Mollusca (p. 171). Canada: John Wiley And Sons Inc.

Smith, D. G. (2001). Pennak's Fresh Water Invertebrates Of The United States. In D. G. Smith, Pennak's Fresh Water Invertebrates Of The United States (p. 495). New York, NY: John Wiley And Sons Inc.

Week 3

This Week I had to add water to my aquarium it had evaporated down to about half full. I added water with a small bottle kept with the micro-aquarium. This week I started to see dead multi-cellular organisms floating in the water. I began to start trying to identify several of the organisms that seemed to be in vast numbers in my aquarium. There were quite a few different types of organisms that seemed to be running ramped.

Week 2

On Friday October 21, 2011 one Beta Food Pellet was put into each my aquarium.  This is the information on the Beta Food Pellet. "Atison's Betta Food" made by Ocean Nutrition, Aqua Pet Americas, 3528 West 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84104. The ingredients are Fish meal, wheat flower, soy meal, krill meal, minerals, vitamins and preservatives. The analysis is Crude Protein 36%; Crude fat 4.5%; Crude Fiber 3.5%; Moisture 8% and Ash 15%.

Week 1

I chose Meads Quarry for my micro aquarium water source. Meads Quarry is located on Island homes avenue in Knox County Tennessee or N35 57.162 W83 51.960 880 for those of you planning to travel by air or GPS. This water is partly shaded and is boarded on one side by a large rock face.  I filled my aquarium around three fourths of the way full of water. In this water I made sure to collect small bits of sediment to line the bottom of the aquarium. Next, two small clippings of two separate plants were added.  First, (Plant A) Amblestegium sp. Moss was added to the aquarium it was collected from a natural spring at Carters Mill Park on Carter Mill Road in Knox County Tennessee or N36 01.168 W83 42.832 . It is a carnivorous plant. This was followed by the addition of (Plant B) Utricularia gibba L. It is a flowering plant. The original plant was collected from the south shore of Spain Lake (N 35o55 12.35" W088o20' 47.00), Camp Bella Air Road East of Sparta Tennessee in White Co. Then it was grown in water tanks outside of greenhouse at Hesler Biology Building on The University of Tennessee campus in Knox County, Knoxville Tennessee.