General Updates

• Ammonia test strips received- will begin testing levels once a week
• Feeding has been increased to small amounts daily

3/31/15 (Absent 3/30)

Weekend Casualties: 0

Tank 1- Galactic Branch (Fish population - 4)

• Nitrate: 0 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 20 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Middle

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 17, 18, 11, 10, 9.5
• Average Plant Height (cm): 13.1

Tank 2- Terrestrial Branch (Fish population - 5)

• Nitrate: 10 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 20 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Bottom

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 12, 10, 5, 11, 13

• Average Plant Height (cm): 10.2

3/27/15

Week Casualties: 0

Tank 1- Galactic Branch (Fish population - 4)

• Nitrate: 5 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 20 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Middle

• Raw Plant Heights (cm):* 11, 13, 7, 17, 12, 8
• Average Plant Height (cm): 11.3

Tank 2- Terrestrial Branch (Fish population - 5)

• Nitrate: 15 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 30 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Bottom

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 6, 5, 5, 3, 2, 5

• Average Plant Height (cm): 4.3

*After exhausting all our L. sativa plants in the energy dynamics lab, we are now measuring growth of N. officinale

3/23/15

Weekend Casualties: 1

Tank 1- Galactic Branch (Fish population - 4)

• Nitrate: 5 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 20 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Bottom

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 22, 18, 16, 7, 8
• Average Plant Height (cm): 14.2
• Wet Biomass: 1.0 g
• Dry Biomass: 0.3 g

Tank 2- Terrestrial Branch (Fish population - 2)

• Nitrate: 10 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 30 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Bottom

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 13, 9, 8.5, 10, 9

• Average Plant Height (cm): 9.9
• Wet Biomass: 0.4 g
• Dry Biomass: 0.1 g

3/20/15

Week Casualties: 3

Tank 1- Galactic Branch (Fish population - 4)

• Nitrate: 5 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 40 ppm

• pH: 7.0

• Vertical Behavior: Middle/Top

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 18.5, 12, 16.5, 14, 13.5
• Average Plant Height (cm): 14.9

Tank 2- Terrestrial Branch (Fish population - 3)

• Nitrate: 5 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 40 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Bottom

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 12.5, 7, 5, 6.5, 7

• Average Plant Height (cm): 7.6

3/16/15

Weekend Casualties: 1

Tank 1- Galactic Branch (Fish population - 5)

• Nitrate: 5 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 20 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Top

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 20, 15, 14, 16, 16
• Average Plant Height (cm): 16.2
• L. sativa Biomass
• Wet: 0.6 g
• Dry: 0.1 g

Tank 2- Terrestrial Branch (Fish population - 4)

• Nitrate: 5 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 20 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Middle/Bottom

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 11, 11, 8, 7, 10
• Average Plant Height (cm): 9.4

• L. sativa Biomass
• Wet: 0.3 g
• Dry: 0.07 g

3/9-13 Weekly Observations/Updates

Updates:
Feeding will be increased to 3 times per week to speed up results and avoid starvation of the corps into corpses. 

Observations: 
The Galactic Branch (1) has experienced rampant algae growth in contrast to the clear water of the Terrestrial Branch (2). The filter will be changed sometime next week in attempt to avoid algae growth as a factor contributing to the experimental results. It was also discovered that one lamp had a grow light in it while the other didn't further skewing data in the Galactic Tank. The lamps will be switched for the duration of next week before we can get matching bulbs.

3/13/15

Week Casualties: 1

Tank 1- Galactic Branch (Fish population - 5)

• Nitrate: 10 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 20 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Middle/Top

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 12, 11.5, 9.5, 10, 8.5*
• Average Plant Height (cm): 10.3

Tank 2- Terrestrial Branch (Fish population - 5)

• Nitrate: 15 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 20 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Middle/Bottom

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 8, 3.5, 4, 5, 3.5

• Average Plant Height (cm): 4.8

*Due to plateauing growth of G. max, plant measurements will now be taken from the L. sativa growth

3/9/15

Weekend Casualties: 1

Tank 1- Galactic Branch (Fish population - 5)

• Nitrate: 10 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 0 ppm

• pH: 6.2

• Vertical Behavior: Middle/Bottom

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 52, 51, 60, 46, 73
• Average Plant Height (cm): 56.4
• L. sativa Biomass
• Wet: 0.5 g
• Dry: 0.1 g

Tank 2- Terrestrial Branch (Fish population - 4)

• Nitrate: 10 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 0 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Bottom

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 48, 101, 62, 49, 94

• Average Plant Height (cm): 70.8
• L. sativa Biomass
• Wet: 0.3 g
• Dry: 0.05 g

3/6/15

Week Casualties: 0

Tank 1- Galactic Branch (Fish population - 5)

• Nitrate: 10 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 30 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Middle/Top

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 52, 44, 55, 70, 63
• Average Plant Height (cm): 56.8

Tank 2- Terrestrial Branch (Fish population - 5)

• Nitrate: 10 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 30 ppm

• pH: 6.2

• Vertical Behavior: Middle/Bottom

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 63, 61, 53, 99, 76

• Average Plant Height (cm): 70.4

3/2/15

Weekend Casualties: 1

Tank 1- Galactic Branch (Fish population - 4)

• Nitrate: 10 ppm

• Nitrite: 5 ppm

• Total Hardness: 50 ppm

• Alkalinity: 10 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Middle/Top

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 46, 61, 47, 62, 44
• Average Plant Height (cm): 52

Tank 2- Terrestrial Branch (Fish population - 2)

• Nitrate: 10 ppm

• Nitrite: 0 ppm

• Total Hardness: 75 ppm

• Alkalinity: 10 ppm

• pH: 6.8

• Vertical Behavior: Middle/Top

• Raw Plant Heights (cm): 61, 64, 62, 93, 74

• Average Plant Height (cm): 70.8