E1G4+Weekly+Posts

**Week of May 4-8:** This week we decided on our make project. We are going to do a fresh water aquarium. Throughout the week we had to do several different proposals for this to work. Mr. McCloud declined our idea about 2 times and we went back and had to think of different ideas for how we could make this count. We didn’t get to start any of it this week but we are going to start next class. This is what we did this week. 
 * Week of May 11-15: **

Today in class we added more rocks to our tank. Also we filled it up with water and cleaned the filter. In order for the fish to survive in the water we must clean the water. Our group added water straight from the sink to the tank, this isn't exactly suitable for the fish. We need to filter out anything that the sink doesn't. We also rearranged plants in the tanks. We think that we will be ready for fish soon. We are planning to add the fish in on Friday because we have to let the water filter out for atleast two days. The picture on the right is our fish tank as of tuesday, May 12th.

Today we made fish food :) it was a very exciting and slightly disgusting process. We want to know, if the fish are going to eat it and be healthy from the food. We want to know what the oxyqenation and ph levels are We want to learn about the correct temperature for the fish to be at We think the correct temperature is about 70 degrees. Our goals for this prokject and for next week are to, successfully add the fish to their tank.Over the weekend we are buying the correct speicies based on classification of community, agressinve and semi agressive. We have also taken price into consideration. Here are some questions that we have- Can we add other water animals into the fish tank other than fish? How long will it take for the guppies to have babies? What do we need for the guppies to have babies? We are having difficulty with- concentrating and keeping the tank clean. Also with deciding on what fish to buy, based on our budget and time limits. The steps that we can use to fix this problem is make sure that we are doing things correctly and statying on task, working together and researching. Also do what we need to outside of school :)

Here are our ingredients for making fish food. To make fish food you need: Assorted vegtables and fruit, examples are peas, lettuce, carrots, broccoli, apples, oranges and strawberries. We also included a hard boiled egg, cornstarch, wheat germ and unflavored gelatin powder, another important ingredient are shrimp meal and it can be helpful to add little pieces of fish such as salmon. Next take all ingredients and blend them in a food processor. Add half a packet of unflavored gelatin and 2 scoops of wheat germ and a pinch of corn starch. The wheat germ, gelatin and cronstarch are meant to thickin and add texture to the mix and to hold it all together. Stir all ingredients together and place it in a zip bloc container and freeze the mixture. While frozen take frozen fish food and grate using a cheese grater. Then place on a baking sheet and bake until dry and flaky :) Fish food!

** __May 18th:__ Today we added six new fish to our fish tank, Tetras, Guppies, and a Bleeding Heart Tetra. __May 19th:__ Today we added a treasure chest to our tank, which you can see in the picture to the right. The picture on the left is what our tank looks like as of today, we have three green plants, one glow in the dark plant, five fish and a treasure chest. Today we came in and one of our fish died. =[ We want to know what aspect of our fish tank caused the fish to die. We think that it might be because we only fed the fish once yesterday and we were supposed to feed them 2-3 times. We would like to know more about exactly how much to feed them and what time of day is best. Our goals are to keep the five fish that we have left alive for as long as possible. Today we also took a ph test and the ph levels have evened out and are perfect.
 * Week of May 18-22


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 * <span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">* **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Every weekend we will continue to feed the fish even though we will not be here, with “Holiday Weekend Sticks”. Since we have 5-12 fish it says that you should give the fish one stick for 3-5 days. The sticks are about an inch long and are a reddish brown.

May 22nd

Today we prepared for the break by planning how we are going to keep our fish alive for four days without any of our interaction. We will not be in school until Tuesday so we want to make sure we give them enough food to keep them alive. We are planning on giving the fish holiday sticks and that should keep them full for the weekend/break. Our main goal is to maintain a healthy environment for our living creatures in the tank. we also want to educate others about what we are doing and the correct way to take care of fish. We want to engage in research about each individual fish and we think that the fish need to have some live plants so they can feel safer and in an environment that is like one they would be in nature. So we decided that we are going to get some live plants for our tank and the fish will feel more at home. We want to know why our first fish died because it didn’t live as the other fish that were put in the tank along with him/her. We did give it enough food and it had the correct ph levels and dissolved oxygenation levels. We think it might be because it was frightened in his/her new surroundings and the live plants could help to avoid that happening to any other fish that might be introduced our tank.

May 26, 2009 Today we came back from our memorial day weekend and sadly discovered that one of our fish had sadly passed away. Because of this we buried the fish in the garden and gave it a nice grave on a piece of wood <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; msochartype: symbol; msosymbolfontfamily: Wingdings;">J Today we also completed an oxygenation test for the first time and the results are listed below. The chart below is showing the appropriate oxygen levels in the water at certain temperatures.


 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">˚ **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">C ( **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">˚F) ||   || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">0 **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||   || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">5 **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||   || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">10 **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||   || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">15 **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||   || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">20 **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||   || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">25 **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||   || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">30 **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||   || **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">35 **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||


 * **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">18 (64.4) **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">9.45 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">9.17 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.90 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.64 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.38 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.14 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.90 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.66 ||


 * **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">20 (68.0) **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">9.08 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.81 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.56 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.31 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.06 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.83 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.60 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.38 ||


 * **<span style="font-size: 10pt; background: yellow; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">22 (71.6) **<span style="font-size: 10pt; background: yellow; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-highlight: yellow;"> ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; background: yellow; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msohighlight: yellow;">8.73 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.48 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.23 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.00 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.77 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.54 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.33 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.12 ||


 * **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">24 (75.2) **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.40 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.16 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.93 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.71 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.49 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.28 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.07 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.87 ||


 * **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">26 (78.8) **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">8.09 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.87 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.65 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.44 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.23 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.03 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.83 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.64 ||


 * **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> 28 (82.4) **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.81 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.59 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.38 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.18 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.98 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.79 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.61 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.42 ||


 * **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #f8f8f9; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">30 (86.0) **<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.54 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.33 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">7.14 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.94 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.75 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.57 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.39 ||   || <span style="display: block; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; text-align: center; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">6.22 ||

The water temperature in our fish tank is about 71 degrees Fahrenheit and the dissolved oxygen in the tank is 8ppm which is very close to what it should be at 8.73 so we are right on target.

Our goals for this week: <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· We want to successfully complete another oxygenation test and ph test <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· We would like to add more fish <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· We would like to clean the fish tank and keep the area clean <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· We would like to decorate the fish tank further <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Add live plants to the tank <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Change light bulb in the tank

Plans: We want to know if by adding more life to the fish tank will it cause problems and mess up the ph and oxygen levels in the tank. We are having difficulty with many this including that some of the fish have passed away. From our tests we have concluded that this is not completely our fault but that the fish may just be in shock of a new tank and new environment and scared by the constant traffic through our room and curious students tapping at the tank. Because of this we are going to make signs in bold writing that state that it is important to not touch the tank and not TO TAP the tank.

May 27th and May 29th On Wednesday we added more fish to the fish tank including a fancy male guppy, zebra danio and Muscafs Mollys. In total we added 4 new fish. Below are some extra added pictures of our efforts:

May 29th Today when we got into class we discovered our fish tank was really nasty. At first we didn't know why it was so gross untill we learned that some kids who arent in our class have been adding extra food into our tank which is over feeding the fish. Also this extra food is laying at the bottom of the tank and it gets really cloudy so our filter can't clean it all because it is too much. So, we decided to take a ph test to see if our water is clean enough to let the fish stay in. Thankfully the ph levels were where they are supposed to be. Then we decided to take out all of our plants becuase they are filthy and then we took out all of the rocks. We cleaned them all up the best we could and it took a very long time becuase we couldn't use soap. Soap harms fish. Then we made signs to put around our tank so people who aren't in our group know that they can look but not touch. Then we put our rocks and trees back and changed our filter. Then we hid our fish food so that we are the only ones who can acess it. We had a very busy day and so did our fish. We hope that all of the activity would not harm or tramatize our fish but we did believe that it was necessary.<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

June 1st and June 2nd We are very happy to say that every single one of our fish survived the weekend. When we came in this morning they all seemed to be very happy. We know this because they were all mingling together very happily. In the past week we had struggled with the cleanliness of our fish tank. We found that others not in our group were feeding the fish, because of this there were to much food in the tank and the filter could not keep up. So the fish tank was murky and cloudy and full of old fish food debris. We didn't really realize how dirty it was until we started taking the rocks and plants out. We found a bunch of food at the bottom of the tank, we think that people who were in other classes are feeding them when we are not around because there was almost too much food at the bottom. When we came in today all of our hard work payed off because the water was crystal clear. Our group took another oxygenation test today and it came out at the perfect level of 8.73. We also completed another ph test and found that the levels were a bit higher than they should be. We think that this is because the water needs more time to filter. After we researched we found that it was because we kept putting our hands inside the tank on friday and the salt and oil from our skin made the ph levels higher. We decided that we are going to put gloves on whenever we need to put our hands in the tank. That will solve our problem of having too much oil in the tank. But the fish are fine so we just need to let the filter do its job and then we will take another test tomorrow. Today we also worked on the power point more and are collecting materials to decorate the tank later this week. Our goals for this week are to make sure we keep the water clean by taking everything out of the tank once or twice a week, by doing this it will keep the water cleaner and the enviorment healthier for the fish. By keeping the water clean it will also keep the oxgen and ph levels at the correct levels. Also to decorate the fish tank and to finish the informational power point that is going to inform others about our efforts and how to mantain a healthy environment. This is the oxygenation test.................... This is our clean fish tank.................................... This is our powepoint that we worked on today. This is our PH test, it is a little high. Today we took another ph test and the levels were perfect. Today we worked on our informative ppt and worked hard on research and getting movies this week we would like to FINISH this powerpoint.

June 3/5 2009 This is a video we made for the poerpoint but we thought it would be nice to have on our wiki because we don't have any video documentation yet. Also were trying to show you what we have been doing for our final project which is a powerpoint with videos. So this video clip will show you what we have been working on for our final project and it will teach you about some importent things we have to do to take care of the fish tank. media type="youtube" key="2VIlpytPlr8" height="344" width="425"