On this week observations, I found and named many organisms.  The image above is a Urocentrum.  This specie behaves a little like a spinning top in the way that the bottom stays central and still while the top spins rapidly and causes the movement of the organism.  This organism feeds off suspended bacteria and is very closely related to paramecium (Patterson 2003).  I can tell just from the two observations that my microaquriaum is growing and increasing in activity.  So far from what I see my aquarium is very diverse and composed of many organisms.  We will see how the Beta Fish Food Pellet reacts to the aquarium in next weeks post.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 Patterson 200. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa: A Colour Guide
ASM Press and Manson Figure 388.

When we set up our microaquriums, I used the bottom sufface of the french broad river.  After that I placed both plants A, Amblestegium sp. Moss, and plant B,Utricularia gibba.  After the set up we placed the aqurium under the microscope in search for organisms.  I am not sure of what the organisms I found are, but I do know that they are mainly located at the bottom and middle of the aqurium.  They are also free moving and feeding off of the plants that I placed into the microaqurium.  The movements of these organisms are spinning in a circular motion.  Next week I will observe the organisms to see if they have grown and see if they are still the same.

Bibliography:
Botany 111 [Internet]. University of Tennessee Biology Department;
c2010 [citied 2012 October 24]. Available from: http://www.botany111.blogspot.com