MicroAquarium

In my MicroAquarium, I used water from a pond located in Knoxville.  I added three layers of water, the bottom layer contained dirt, then I added water from the middle layer of the pond, and filled the rest with water from the surface of the pond.  Once the water was added, I placed moss into my tank.  I observed under a microscope different organism swimming in the tank I created.  One of the organisms that I found was big and fat, and swam in circles very fast eating the moss. The organism that I saw was a Daphnia, and was located in the middle of the tank.  I also saw a worm moving slowly around between the middle and top of the tank.  The worm would stretch out and then quickly move back into a ball, much like an inchworm does.  The worm that I saw was a Rotifer.  I also saw another organism that looked like it had many hair follicles coming out of it's body and was moving in circles.  The organism was located between the bottom and middle of the tank, and is called a Ciliate.   I also saw many tiny organisms that were moving quickly around the entire tank.  The Daphnia, Ciliate and the Rotifers were the organisms that I found in the first week of observation.