Update 1

 This is the first check up after fall break, and everything was
doing ok. There were many microorganisms with cilia moving 
about. There were several amoebas that I saw.

 On the Utricularia I saw what appeared to be an insect larva 

feeding on the stem of the plant. I managed to catch a few pictures

and video of a Cyclops sp. (Ward and Whipple, 1918) swimming around. 

You can see the internal organs moving in the video. In the bottom 

corner of the aquarium there appeared to be remains of another

that was being picked clean by many single celled organisms. I
will add in a picture when I can fix the file.

All classifying was confirmed with the help of Dr. McFarland.

First Look

Everything is set up! My water sample came from the Spring Creek in UT's Dean's Woods property just off Alcoa Highway.

Spring Creek off Woodson Dr runing throught Dean's Woods Road frontage., Knox Co. Tennessee. Partial shade exposure. Tennessee River water Shed N35 55.274 W083 56.888 848 ft 10/13/2013 Fissidens fontanus moss in stream (McFarland, 2013).

After I put my water and debris samples into the micro aquarium, I added in a moss and a carnivorous plant (Right:Utricularia gibba, and Amblestegium varium (Hedwig) Lindberg) to provide oxygen for all the organisms in my sample.

Speaking of organisms, in my first observations I saw a small crustacean and several nematodes moving around in my aquarium. I hope to identify these and more creatures in my future updates.