Water Testing

Room 12 have been busy testing pH Nitrates and nitrites. The children have been testing both tank water and the stream water. They also tested the water out of the tap to use as a control. 

Plenty of fish spotted

Last Thursday Room 12 went for our weekly walk to check our local waterway. We were surprised to see over 8 large breeding trout. The children spotted most of them and got very good at identifying habitats that the fish would be in. Under tussocks and cover was very popular for the fish. 

The stream was in good condition and was flowing well. 

Keeping things clean

We have been cleaning our biofilter and tank. 

We noticed that as the fish are growing we need to keep the water and tank as clean and healthy as possible. 

When we took our filter apart we saw all the different types of filtered that help keep the tank and water healthy. There was wool, gauze, rocks and plastic balls. 

The filter had stopped lots of excess food and fish poo from going back into the tank. 

Our fish are growing!😋

The playful salmon have eaten their egg sacks.it seams that the salmon liked their egg sacks on their bellies more than the fish food we feed them. They are now faster and sleeker.🐟

The salmon are looking more silver and shiny now since they have eaten their egg sack .You can still see their bump from where the sack was. The salmon always wiggle their tails when they are awake😯. 

The fish don't need the cardboard cover anymore as they can now stand the light unlike they use to.👀.                              We now have to feed the salmon and we grind up the food because their mouths are so small. Wonder if they like it.  🍰🍟🍕  They sure are growing fast.💨                     

Tank Team

This morning we gave our tank some attention. This included a chemical ammonia test conducted by Waimarie and Chrystal. 

Next job was to siphon out of 50% of the water and replace with fresh cold tap water.  

We noticed that some of the more mature looking fish are swimming up to the top of the tank. 

Stream Clean!

Today Room 11 and 12 went over to our local stream and had a environmental cleanup. We found tyres, lunch wrappers, cans, glass, a ball and lots of other rubbish. Although we did find three healthy brown trout. It was a real treat for us and particularly motivating to see a wild animal in it's natural environment. We were all impressed with the way the trout was camouflaged in the stream. 

We managed to collect about six bags of rubbish out of the stream. 

Well done crew!

North Canterbury Fish and Game Website

Check out some more information about the FIS programme.

http://www.fishandgame.org.nz/fish-in-schools

Check out when the Take A Kid Fishing Day is.