October 19 and 20th, 2010

• Update on the Tank: we had 10 baby guppies

• C.O.2 is fixed

• we trimmed plants
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• P.H. is pretty high (8.7)

but it will be better overnight

October 4th, 2010

• Today we tested the...

• Ammonia: 0.50 ppm 
• Nitrate: 0.0 PPM
• Nitrite: 0.0 PPM 
• PH: 7.3 PPM  

• We also saw that our combomba is sucking up a lot of nutrients from the soil making it hard for algae to show up in the tank. 

• We also realized that our tank is starting to have a lot of ammonia because we are over feeding the fish.

September 28th, 2010

• Today we found out we had really bad blue green algae and we have to use an anti-biotic to clear it up. 

• We also did the 
• PH: 
• Ammonia:
• Nitrate: 
• Nitrite: 
• Phosphate: 0.0 ppm

• Also we did a 5 gallon water change.

• PHOTO OF THE DAY!! 
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September 27th, 2010

• Today we went to aquarium adventures to collect out fish and plants we want.

• We also climatized our fish and planted our combomba plant. 

• This photo is of our team climatizing or letting our fish adjust to the water. 

September 26th, 2010

• Today we looked at the information for our life that we are going to be putting in our tank. 

Common Name: Green Cabomba or Fanwort
Scientific Name: Cabomba aquatica
Who Named it, what year: Asa Gray, Julius Hermann Shultes, and Norman C. Fassett. - 1930
Where is it found in the Wild: Central and South America.

Average Height: 1' 8"
Optimal Temperature: from 18°-32°C 64.4 º F -25.6º F
Lighting Requirements: 1.5-3 Watts per gallon
Optimal pH: 6.5-7.5
Other Notes on Care: 

-Benefit from regular CO₂ injection and a good quality substrate that is rich in all of the macro- and micronutrients

- Does not like frequent trimming and transplanting. So once we plant it we should leave it alone.

Notes on Propogation:
Cuttings

Taxonomic Information:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order: Nymphaeales

Family: Cabombaceae
Genus: Cabomba
Species: Cabomba caroliniana

Fish Species Information Sheet

Common Name: Guppy

Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata

Who Named it, what year: Rev. J. L. Guppy, 19th-century clergyman of Trinidad who first presented specimens to the British Museum, in 1960

Where is it found in the Wild: South America and the Caribbean

Description of its natural habitat: Guppies are often found as isolated Feeding populations where they find hapless prey.

Average Adult Size: 6 inches long

Description of any Sexual Dimorphism: Guppies exhibit sexual dimorphism. While wild-type females are grey in body colour, males have splashes, spots, or stripes that can be any of a wide variety colors.

Optimal Temperature: 72 to 76 F

Optimal pH: 7.0ppm

Other Notes on Care:

Notes on Breeding:  You will have to observe your female guppies closely for a few weeks, before you will be able to predict that one of them will release her babies soon. I wish I had a better answer for you, but I think you will have to patiently watch your female guppies. The babies may need to be born in a birthing net.

Taxonomic Information:

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Genus:	Poecilia
Species:	P. reticulata

Fish Species Information Sheet

Common Name: Swordtail

Scientific Name Xiphophorus hellerii

Who Named it, what year: heckle,1848

Where is it found in the Wild: rivers and streams, but is also found in warm springs and canals

Description of its natural habitat: Central america

Average Adult Size: 10-12 cm

Description of any Sexual Dimorphism: caudal fins

Optimal Temperature: 70 to 82

Optimal pH: 7 to 8

Other Notes on Care:

Notes on Breeding: Men way more colorful, women bear fry well

Taxonomic Information:

Kingdom: anamalia

Phylum: chordata

Class: actinopterygii        

Order: cyprinodontiformes

Family: poeciiliedae

Genus: xiphophorous

Species: Xiphophorus hellerii

September 24th, 2010

• Today after our ecology quiz we put the CO2 ladder into our tank, this shows a fun but learning way of seeing the CO2 bubbles.

• We also tested the 
• PH: 6.6 PPM
• Nitrite: 0 PPM 
• Nitrate: 0 PPM

• Today we also took a personal group performance refection.

• We then discussed our reflection sheet. 

• We also found out we had a little more algae so we had to clean the tank walls.

• We also fixed the flow of our CO2 Tank. 

• The Last thing we did was start the Plant Spices and Fish Species sheets. 

September 23rd, 2010

• Today we Tested the....
• PH: 7.0 ppm 
• Temp: 76 Degrees 
• Ammonia: 0.25 ppm
• Carbonate Hardness: 

• We also finished the 2D backdrop.

• We also put together a shopping list for our tank fish and plants that we will go to aquarium adventures. 

• We also presented what we had done so far with our tank. 

• Another thing that we found out about our tank is that we can see our plants photosynthesizing.

• This is a photo of our plants having a string of bubbles come from them which are pure oxygen bubbles. 

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