I assembled my micro aquarium using a base, tank, and lid. I took the tank and filled it with a layer of soil and water from water source 1. Tommy Schumpert Pond at the Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge, Kelly Lane, Knox County Tennessee. Then I placed plant A and plant B in the tank. After that I placed my aquarium under the microscope to observe it. I was unable to find any micro organisms so I took the tank off the microscope and put the lid on it and put it away. I observed my aquarium again on October the 21st. I saw little activity in my tank. Most of the action was in the soil where I saw and identified a stentor which is a single celled protazoa, and a ostracod (Rainis, Russell).
Reference:
Rainis KG and Russell BJ. 1996. Guide to Microlife. Danbury (CT): Franklin Watts.