September 22nd, 2010

• Today we found out that since we left the light on over the tank all night, we had algea to clean off of the plants today. 

• Today we also found out the temperature, PH level, Ammonia, NO2 and the NO3

• Temp: 76 degrees 
• PH: 6.8 ppm
• NO2: 0 ppm
• NO3: 0 ppm
• Ammonia: 0 ppm

This Photo shows the testing of the PH level which was 6.8 ppm 

• Right now as it stands our tank is doing really well for our plants and the stress level is little to none. Since we have 0 ppm for nitrites, nitrate and ammonia this tank is also good for fish too.
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• This photo is of our team cleaning the algae. 

• We also put together a 2D version of what our tank should look like with the background. 

• This photo is our tank as it stands compared to the tank that it started out as. 

This photo is of the tank that we have, before we made our revisons and added CO2 and started taking care of the tank! 

• This photo is of our tank now as it stands as of today! 

• We also put together a spread sheet of money we have from fundraising. 

September 21st, 2010

• First we changed around how are tank looked.
• Then we took some snails out
• The we measured the PH witch was 7.1 ppm 
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September 19th, 2010

• Today the group really focused on the design of the aquarium. 

• We looked at Lizzie's design. Her design mainly involved layering the fish tank with plants.
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• There would be tall plants then medium then small plants. 

• We also thought of designing our aquarium that goes with our group name, "State of the Tank".

•  We were going to have the background as the White House and on the sides there would be our plants. In the middle it would be bear so you could see the White House and our fish were going to be red, white, and blue. Mr. DeWitt suggested we just have a white background so that way the focus is the aquarium itself and not the White House. 

• Some were for the change to the White House design and some were not. We decided that we would stick with Lizzie's original idea for now until we could redesign the aquarium.
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• Next each group got to bid on which plant they would like from Mr. DeWitt's gallery of plants. 
• We picked out many plants, but do not plan on using all of the plants. 

• Dean was able to bring his idea of the CO2 injector and hooked up the CO2 injector to the aquarium. 
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  THis is our tank that we are going to use! 
  
  

September 17th, 2010: Documentation Day 3

• Today we put together the light fixture for the third tank that was being put up.

Aquatic Life™ T5 HO fixtures feature timer controls, T5 HO fluorescent lamps and independent Lunar LED's,  adjustable width aquarium frame mounts that will support fixture above the aquarium. German-made specially angled reflector maximizes light by directing it into the aquarium. Suspension ports allow connection to optional cables for various mounting configurations

30 gallon tank

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September 16th, 2010: Documentation Day 2

• Today we worked on looking at the PH Level
• The PH was 7.3 which is really good for plants.
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• We also Found that our Puppy Chow Sales were going really well, Sold Out Again Today! 
• $17.05 in profit! 

September 15th, 2010 Documentation: Day 1

• Monday we created our first draft of our CO2 Injector. 

• Our first product didn't work so well so we revised and created another mix for the CO2

Material

• 2 liter plastic bottle
• Thin plastic tube
• Silicone sealant
• 1 tsp. of yeast
• 2 to 3 cups of sugar
• 1-1/2 liters of water (filtered and without chlorine)

• Today we also started our fundraiser selling of PUPPY CHOW! 
• Photo: Puppy Chow: Sold Out in 15 minutes! 
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• End Profit was $28.00 

• We also came up with our team name : TEAM STATE OF THE TANK!

• Photo: Mrs.Kennedy and Team Captain Morgan Choosing Names.