Setting up the Micro-aquarium

Setting up the aquarium required following several steps.  The aquarium itself was put together from 3 pieces, a base, tank, and top.  These were coded with 3 colored dots placed on the left side of the tank which are used to distinguish between individual tanks.  My dots sequence ended up being red, green, red.  The next step required choosing a water source to add to the aquariums from a list provided.  The water source that I choose was from the Fountain City Duck Pond which had a corresponding number of 11(full description is provided below).  Along with adding the water, a thin layer of soil was added to the bottom of the tank which was also taken from the place of the water source.  I then added the two different plants that were provided to the tank, which upon next lab I will update this post with the name of those.  I then observed this aquarium under a microscope.  I noticed several moving objects which were very interesting.  There was one green elongated egg shaped one that kind of moved in a worm like motion.  Another organism I observed was a large, fast moving, and pod shaped.  It seemed to dart around all over the place.  The third organism that I observed was hiding in the soil.  This appeared to look and act very similar to a common earthworm, and it was much larger than the other organisms in the tank.  

11. Fountain City Duck Pond. West of Broadway at Cedar Lane. Knox Co. Knoxville TN Full sun exposure. Spring Feed Pond N36 02.087 W83 55.967 963 ft 10/10/2010