Thursday, October 14, 2010

my micro-aquarium named Elliot

In my botany lab the other day I made a Micro-Aquarium which I named Elliot. To make the aquarium I used two pieces of microscope slides glued together with a silicone glue. I then added water from the water source number four. I added the mud and water from the top, middle and bottom of the dish. The information on where the water is from is listed below. Holston River along John Sevier Hwy under I 40 Bridge Partial shade exposure Holston River water Shed N36 00.527 W83 49.549 823 ft 10/10/2010 
McFarland,Dr. K. 2010. Botany Blog. <http://botany1112010.blogspot.com/>. Acessed 14              Oct.2010
Along with the water from this source I added two different plants as decoration. I observed many different organisms in my micro-aquarium. One was translucent and was what looked like a large body with a flagella type tail at the end. It may have been a Vorticele. I also observed a long, yellowish sausage shaped organism That moved quite slowly. Other than those two organisms not much else was in my micro-aquarium. I observed the plants and the mud at the bottom of the tank but nothing was really there. 



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