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.