MicroAquarium set-up; October 17, 2012

The source that provided the water for this tank is the Tommy Schumpert pond located at Seven Islands Wildlife refuge ( Botany 2012).  A sample of the lowest layer of water, containing silt and other debris, from the water source was pulled and transferred to the tank using an eye dropper.  The same process was followed with the middle and top layers of the water sample to ensure inclusion of an adequate number of the water source's organisms in the MicroAquarium.  

Samples of Amblestegium sp., a moss, and Utricularia gibba L., a flowering carnivorous plant, were chosen and used to decorate the tank (Botany 2012).

A sample of dead leaf matter (far left) was included for no good reason.

Considerable effort was expended towards capturing and transferring to the tank a relatively large critter that has been tentatively identified as a mite.  More information and accurate identification will follow.

Bibliography
Botany 111 Fall 2012 [Internet]. University of Tennessee, Knoxville Biology Department.  c.2012 [cited 2012 October 25].  Available from: http://botany1112012.blogspot.com/
Watersource 1. Tommy Schumpert Pond, Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge. N35 57.256 W83 41.503 947 ft 10/9/2011.