EdmistonShad


 * Upchurch Elementary School's Data for the Shad in the Classroom Program **


 * Dates: 04/15/2013 - 04/19/2013 **

__** Tuesday Morning **__
 * pH: 7.2 **
 * Chlorine/Remover: Added **
 * Temperature: 62 F **
 * Ammonia: 0.25 ppm **
 * Nitrate: 0 ppm **
 * Dead Egg Count: 0 **
 * Nitrite: 0ppm **

__** Tuesday Afternoon **__
 * pH: 6.8 **
 * Chlorine/Remover: Added **
 * Temperature: 60 F **
 * Ammonia: 0ppm **
 * Nitrate: 0ppm **
 * Dead Egg Count: 40 **
 * Nitrite: 0ppm **


 * Note from our second graders: We have 1,000 eggs and care for all of the little eggs. When we release them, we are going to miss them. W **** e want to keep the little eggs until next year or when they grow up so that we can learn and care more about them. Right now we have many eggs to care for and love. But we lost forty eggs.  **

__** Wednesday Morning **__
 * pH: 6.8 **
 * Temperature: 68 F **
 * Ammonia: 0.25ppm **
 * Nitrate:5.0ppm **
 * Dead Egg Count: 44 **
 * Nitrite:0.0ppm **

__** Wednesday Afternoon **__
 * pH: 6.8 **
 * Temperature:60 **
 * Ammonia: 0ppm **
 * Nitrate:0ppn **
 * Dead Egg Count: 44 **
 * Nitrite: 0ppm **


 * __Thursday Morning__ **
 * pH: 6.8neutral **
 * Temperature: 65 degrees **
 * Ammonia: 0.25 ppm **
 * Nirate: 0ppm **
 * Nitrite: 0PPM **

__** Thursday Afternoon **__
 * pH:6.0 - 6.8ppm **
 * Temperature: 58 degrees Fahrenheit **
 * Ammonia: 0.25ppm **
 * Nitrate: 0ppm **
 * Nitrite: 0.0ppm **

**Note from our fourth graders: Our field trip plan to release didn't work out. So our teacher will have to go by herself to release the shad fish. It looks like the school won't get to see them alive. Our teacher will try and video tape it to make it like a virtual field trip. It was fun to do our jobs in caring for the fish. They deserve a long life after being copped up in these unnatural habitats.**


 * Note from our third graders: **
 * The fish die easily and they lay about 600,000 eggs, but only some survive.(about 500 eggs survive) **
 * They are also used to water shaking their eggs.(eggs like swishing water) **
 * The fish are salt and freshwater fish.(they lay eggs in fresh water) **