Fat Fish

Our 37 little salmon are growing like crazy. Unfortunately another fish passed away having it's finale trip through the toilet pipes and up to fishey haven.   The salmon are starting to look a little, well... fat. We hope we can let them out in the stream soon.

Where Did they go

                                                                 Where Did they go

All the fish have been dieing for some odd reason. Are group thinks they have been dieing because a lot of the testing have been really high especially the ph. Right now we only have about 40 fish and we started at 200. Most of the fish have been dieing lately  for some reason. For some some reason all the fish are dieing why?

There are about 45 salmon left in the tank. About 150 fish have died over the time. Since the salmon are getting bigger less are dieing. The clean up crew has had to come in numerous times to take water out because the Nitrite is really high. Every day the clean up crew comes in and cleans out the water.

so the salmon do not die. The fish keep growing and growing.

Clean Tank

The tank is getting a whole lot better! On March 25 we emptied the tank,  added new water. Since we emptied the tank the chemicals in the water have gotten better, and tried different tactics. Though we are still a little worried about the tank but, we think the tank will be fine.

In Dangar

Oh No! The nitrite is up again! Right now we are sucking up the water to try to fix it. On the test strip not a lot of the colors match. We are trying to fix it we are sucking up half of the water hoping it will work. We don't want to lose any more. It worked but we sucked up one I mean somebody in our group sucked up one then somebody else  almost dropped the water filler in the tank.We had to do a lot of moping and mean alot.

New Water

New Water

  Danger! Danger! The Nitrite is to high! We must change the water! Quickly we must drain the tank and put new water in. Save the salmon before it is too late! 

Slowly the water drained out of the tank. It took three jugs of water to refill the tank. The tank is now full, we hope this will help the nitrite.    

Some of the salmon are growing but lots are dead, some are around three inches. Some are lying on their side and suffering. One of the fishes eyes are popping out of its head. 

Growing Up Fast

       A lot of our salmon are getting bigger and are about an inch long. The girl salmon are getting lighter and the boys are getting darker. We think that the salmon on the ground are going to die because they are small and weak, but some of the bigger ones are still swimming around the tank. You can tell that the bigger salmon are stronger than the little ones. We are wondering if any of our salmon will live to be adults.

Big Ben

Big Ben

Big Ben is the biggest fish in the tank.( also known as the king.) He will help the other fish succeed life, he is about 100% healthy and he is fat. Big Ben is white with dark stripes he is the ruler of the tank. Although the others are dieing he will probably get released. A lot of the big fish are lighter than the small fish so BIG BEN is really light. Big Ben is probably the fish thats going to survive.

The Fish Are Going Down

Every day at least one fish is going to the bottom of the tank. The fish are getting weaker and weaker as the weeks go bye. They are collecting at the bottom like sardines in a can. There are about ten fish on the bottom. We think that these fish are dying and the water is getting worse and worse every day.

On The Ground and Cleaning Water Trouble

Oh, No! More bad news! : ( There are many salmon on the bottom of the tank. That means that either the salmon are really injured or that THEY ARE DEAD! Also we think its because of the nitrite being too high. It is so sad to see them like this. ( I think one needs a chiropractor). The ammonia is low. omg what is going to happen in the next few years? I hope we can release them later in the year. On the other hand while Mrs. Miller was cleaning the water in the tank she accidentally sucked up a salmon  and his fin got ripped up.

We have lost about 15 salmon in the last week because the fish have been getting sucked into the filter. One fish died today from the filter.Another fish died today as well.

mummy fish

One day we were in the science lab doing are usual stuff and then Ryan found that there was a dead fish in a

container.It was shriveled and deformed because it was left out in the air to long after we took it out. So then we displayed it and it got a lot of attraction. We said R.I.P.F. rest in peace fishie.

The Toilet Miracle

The Toilet Miracle 

Our salmon continue to lie down and are not able to move. Some salmon are still breathing but barely because the nitrite is too high. So we had to flush some of them down the toilet. After we plopped them into the toilet, some came alive  again! Unfortunately we can not move the toilet water into the tank and our salmon are vigorously suffering! So far we have lost over 10 salmon today.

:( Hopefully they will have a good time in fishy heaven. Once they were put in the toilet they seemed much more happy. Soon someone will have to do something to the tank!     

The Filter Strikes Again

The Filter Strikes Again 

The filter has attacked more fish, leaving some dead and a lot injured. About 3 fish had died from the filter just like the last report. The filter is dangerous for BIG and small fish. Today about 11 fish got stuck in the filter. Fortunately none died but many injuries. These injuries can cause problems in the future. The filter has almost killed even more fish, sadly we have had to FLUSH many of them because of the filter. And we just saw a fish stuck under the filters best friend (THE ROCK) DUN! DUN! DUNNNNNNNNNN! But we got him out. The filter caused the salmon tails to get stuck in the filter but we used a net to get them out of the filter.. 

                                                                     Salmon Plague

             Gulp! Gulp! Salmon have been mysteriously descending to the bottom of the tank lying on their side gasping for air. Our class has lost 13 salmon because of this. Some get their strength to get back up, but eventually if they don't their life could end at the bottom. They may just do it to catch their breath after racing around the tank. We don't really have a clue why it's happening for sure. Will we ever figure out what's going on with the salmon?