Monday, October 17, 2011

Setting up the microaquarium

After building the microaquarium with a glass tank, a stand holder, and a lid, I put water from the Tennessee River at the boat ramp across from the Knoxville sewer plant. It has full sun exposure and it comes from the French Broad and Holston River. After I put the water (some from the bottom, middle, and the surface of the sample) into the mircoaquarium, I put a sample of Amblestegium, a type of moss, that was collected from the natural spring at Carter's Mill Park, and I also added a sample of Utricularia gibba which is a carnivorous plant originally from the south shore of Spain Lake, but now is grown in Hesler.

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