Hello all.
I was just wondering if anyone might be willing to share how many fish they have left as of Feb 15, 2007. I am down to about 18, but they seem healthy and 2/3 are really growing.
Thanks to anyone who will reply.
L. Diglio
Pequannock Valley Middle School
Pompton Plains, NJ
Jennifer Hutchinson said:
February 21st, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Hi! We currently have about 60 fish left. So far so good. Only the water quality has been a problem.
Jen
Fords Middle School
Mark Ludwig said:
February 22nd, 2007 at 7:41 am
Mark Ludwig from LV Moore in Roselle.
My first year and we’ve been doing extremely well.
We have approximately 50-60 still growing strong. Several of them are about two inches long. In the last coupleof weeks we have an increase in mortality.
Taryn Romanczak said:
February 22nd, 2007 at 7:46 am
Hi Everyone!!! We still have over 100 fish and they are really growing. I think a few of the larger ones are eating all the small ones.
Brian Cowden said:
February 22nd, 2007 at 9:01 am
Here are additional responses from some of our schools related to this topic:
Sparta M.S. reports they have approx. 80 fish remaining in their 125 gallon tank with sizes up to about 3″.
Cinamminson H.S. reports somewhere between 60 and 80 surviving fish and all are doing well.
Middletown M.S. has 25 fish remaining after “loaning” about a dozen fish a couple of weeks ago to another tank that was in need of fish.
Seems like I’m hearing that water quality issues have leveled off and we’ve gotten through a steep learning curve in that area. Much work will be done this summer to streamline the site to add resources for help with ammonia levels and bacteria colonies so future schools have an easier time with the program. Keep up the great work, all! I’d love to see some of the work that the students are doing in the classroom, email me or feel free to post content at any time.
Brian
Brian Cowden said:
February 22nd, 2007 at 11:35 am
St. Joseph’s Regional in Somers Point reports over 100 remaining fish which is one of our more successful tanks that started out with eggs. Who ever said trout don’t thrive in south Jersey?
One concern some of our teachers with large populations of fish have is a catastrophic loss in the future due to the large biomass in those tanks. I believe that a combination of factors will prevent total loss, although that always remains a possibility in any tank. Cannibalism right now will continue and will lower populations just as it does in nature. Water chemistry issues, seemingly under control in our tanks at the moment, might also cause problems - again due to a large biomass. Teachers and students will find a need to do more frequent water changes as the fish grow in size unless they have a small population already.
Brian Cowden said:
February 23rd, 2007 at 9:44 am
The Sussex County Charter School weighs in with 45 fish remaining and all are doing well. Keep up the good work!
Rhonda DeChirico said:
February 25th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Gill St Bernard’s School has an easy (estimated) 200 survivors at this time! We also posted an update that gives some details about our tank, water, and filtering.
Irene Foret said:
February 27th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
St. Stan’s is down to about 20 fish but they seem happy and healthy.
Jason Hoch said:
March 1st, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Southern Regional has about 125 brooke trout in our 50 degree tank.