MicroAquarium Set Up

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For my Micro Aquarium I used a sample of water from Dean's Woods - Spring Creek in Knox Co. Tennessee.  I placed sample of the two plants provided into the aquarium.  One was Utricularia gibba which is a flowering, carnivous plant originally from the south shore of Spain Lake.  The other was Amblestegium varium which is a moss from a natural spring at Carters Mill Park.  In my aquarium, I saw a couple moving organisms.  One was moving in a swimming-like motion and was clearly a round single celled organism.  It was dark in color and stayed toward the middle of the water column.  The other was also a round single celled organism but was clear in color and stayed toward the bottom of the water column.  It moved in a swirling type motion.  This organism was actually beginning to divide and multiple during the time that I was observing the aquarium.