Daily Record 9/29

Temp: 72 degrees Fahrenheit
pH: 7.2
CO2: 7.6 ppm
NH3: 0.25
NO2: 0 ppm
NO3: 0 ppm
PO4: N/A

Daily Record 9/28/10

Tank Stats:

• Temperature: 72 degrees Fahrenheit
• pH: 7.2
• KH: 4
• GH: N/A
• CO2: 7.6 ppm
• NH3: 0.25
• NO2: 0 ppm
• NO3: 0 ppm
• PO4: N/A

Yesterday we went to Aquarium Adventures and got our supplies. The supplies we got were not for our original plan because we were advised that the original plan would be very strenuous. 

In this new design we have dwarf hairgrass, gold white cloud mountain minnows, hillstream loaches, and three zebra rocks. We got all of this at Aquarium Adventures plus excellent advise from the employees. In this design we will have the dwarf hairgrass making a carpet over the gravel with the three zebra rocks piled on each other off to the side.

Today our CO2 injector exploded and now we have to revise the design and make a new injector. We also cleaned our tank and feed the fish 1/8 of a frozen food tablet.

Tank photo:

Preparing for Aquarium Adventures

Today we prepared for our trip to Aquarium Adventures on Monday. At Aquarium Adventures, we will be purchasing fish, fixtures, plants, and other objects based on what we need and what we want to add to our aquarium.

We decided today as a team to make a few adjustments to our plan,

• We decided to stick to smaller fish as it would look great to have a large school of small fish swimming around our large Amazon Sword plants.
• We are going to take a look online as to what small fish/plants we are going to purchase on Monday. We plan to try to focus on getting fish which are less than an inch in size and plants that will add a "meadow" feel or a "jungle" look to our aquarium.
• We learned today that to grow Glossostigma successfully, we would need about 80 Watts worth of light. We plan to design or bring in a light fixture with Fluorescent Day-Adjusted Blue light bulbs to provide the light we need.
• Once we get to Aquarium Adventures, we've decided to focus more on our plants before our fish as we still are unsure as to what we wish to purchase.

 Later today we will be posting facts about our fish/plants, stay tuned!

Daily Record 9/24/10

Tank Stats 9/24/10:

• Temperature: 76.5 degrees Fahrenheit  
• pH: 7.2
• Co2: 9.5 ppm
• NH3 (Ammonium): 0ppm
• No2 (Nitrite): 0 ppm
• No3 (Nitrate): 0 ppm
• Po4 (Phosphate): 0 ppm

 Tasks:

• Measuring tank stats (Phil, Alana, Tia)
• Planning (Everyone)

Budget:

• $202 available.
• $169.81 after reimbursement

Daily Record 9/23/10

Tank Stats:

• Temperature: 76 degrees Fahrenheit  
• pH: 7.6
• CO2: 3.8 ppm
• NH3 (Ammonium): 0ppm
• NO2 (Nitrite): 0 ppm
• NO3 (Nitrate): 0 ppm
• PO4 (Phosphate): 0 ppm

Tasks: 

• Tank Maintenance- Alex
• Have not added fish food yet
• Measuring tank stats- Evan, Alex, and Leah
• Budget:- Jorden and Alana 
• total money raised: $145. 81
• total cost of items: approximately $66.47
• remaining money: $79.34

• Search for more fish species- Evan and Travis
• Mini presentation on what the group is planning for the tank- Leah, Phil, and Alana

Cleaning Snails!!


Tank Photo:

Daily Record 9/22/10

Tank Stats:

• Temperature: 77 degrees Fahrenheit 
• pH: 7.6
• Carbonate Hardness: 5
• General Hardness: N/A for today
• CO2: 3.8 ppm
• NH3 (Ammonia): 0.25 ppm
• NO2 (Nitrite): 0 ppm
• NO3 (Nitrate): 0 ppm
• PO4 (Phosphate): 0 ppm

Tasks:

• Measuring tank stats- Tia and Alana
• Tank Maintenance- Alex
• Finding prices:- Jorden and Travis
• Amazon Sword: $12
• Cardinal tetras: $6.99
• Neon Tetras: $3.99
• Drift Wood: $8-35
• Ambulia: $3.49
• Angelfish: $16-30
• Finished the 2-D tank design:- Leah and Phil

• Tank Photo:

Biology Aquarium Ideas, "Stuff we like"

• Sky Background
• Smooth Rocks
• Simple and meadow look
• Schools of small fish
• Ground cover (baby tear drops)
• Red melon sword plant; glossostigma 
• Ccam flourish tablets
• Allodia
• Otosyncles 
• Cardinal tetras and runny nose tetras  
• Amazon swords

Here are a few aquariums that really caught our eye:

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