Before Winter Break:
- We set up our aquaponics system (sans plants and fish)
- Some kids threw balled up paper and a pencil into our tank before the break, so we had to do a deep clean when we got back
Week of 1/7:
- We added four fish to our tank and aquaponics has officially begun!
Week of 1/14:
- One of our fish died, so now we only have three fish in the tank.
Week of 1/21:
- We added seeds to our system via grow cubes.
- Since the basil seeds were bigger, we added 2 to each grow cube and 5 peppermint seeds to each grow cube (five grow cubes per species of plant).
Week of 1/28:
- Our seeds haven't shown any growth since they were planted, so we covered them with plastic wrap to create a sort of greenhouse where water and nutrients can accumulate.
- We got our first basil sprout!
Week of 2/4:
- We got out first peppermint sprout!
- The basil is growing nicely
Week of 2/11:
- We had a sudden burst of algae growth over the weekend, so we had to scrape that off of the sides of the tank.
- In order to ensure that algae growth doesn't harm the fish, we bought five snails to help eat the algae.
Week of 2/18:
- Our plants haven't been showing any rapid growth, so we removed the plastic wrap "green house" in an attempt to help them grow.
- We set up our aquaponics system (sans plants and fish)
- Some kids threw balled up paper and a pencil into our tank before the break, so we had to do a deep clean when we got back
Week of 1/7:
- We added four fish to our tank and aquaponics has officially begun!
Week of 1/14:
- One of our fish died, so now we only have three fish in the tank.
Week of 1/21:
- We added seeds to our system via grow cubes.
- Since the basil seeds were bigger, we added 2 to each grow cube and 5 peppermint seeds to each grow cube (five grow cubes per species of plant).
Week of 1/28:
- Our seeds haven't shown any growth since they were planted, so we covered them with plastic wrap to create a sort of greenhouse where water and nutrients can accumulate.
- We got our first basil sprout!
Week of 2/4:
- We got out first peppermint sprout!
- The basil is growing nicely
Week of 2/11:
- We had a sudden burst of algae growth over the weekend, so we had to scrape that off of the sides of the tank.
- In order to ensure that algae growth doesn't harm the fish, we bought five snails to help eat the algae.
Week of 2/18:
- Our plants haven't been showing any rapid growth, so we removed the plastic wrap "green house" in an attempt to help them grow.