Big days for the Science Room

Yesterday and today were big days for the Science Room.

On Friday we added two (the only two) of Mrs. Sanui's surviving crayfish to the turtle tank. Now, there are 2 crayfish, 1 red-eared slider (aquatic turtle), and about 3 fish. I took a smaller guppy-like fish out. It is fat and looks like it might be pregnant. I don't know how that's possible because I don't think there are any other fish of its species in the tank... We'll see what happens. It could be that the fish is just bloated or has some sort of fishy cancer.

Today I put a little hideout in the turtle tank. It seems like one of the crayfish has taken the spot near the filter and bubbler underneath Betsy's basking spot. The other one was hiding underneath the brick that keeps the other filter in place. We'll see if either prefer the little ceramic hideout log I put in there. The water's a lot clearer today - thanks to Anthony! Great work on Friday Anthony! He helped do a lot of dirty work!

Oh! The fish tank.... that's new. I put the fish, scuds and aquatic snails from Mrs. Villo's class' aquariums and Mrs. Woodhead's class' aquariums into one 10-gallon tank. :) That's the fish tank I'm talking about.

Now the science room has:
- One 55-gallon tank with 1 red-eared slider, 2 crayfish and about 4 small goldfish/guppy-type fish.
- One 10-gallon tank with many small comet goldfish, a few scuds (gammarus) and many aquatic snails.
- One 10-gallon tank with 2 (maybe 3, but probably not) hermit crabs.
- One 10-gallon tank with a giant millipede in it.
- Five containers of silkworms that are starting to spin their cocoons and pupate.
- Three containers of darkling beetles in various stages of their life cycle: larvae, pupa and adult.
- Let's not forget the glass case of dead moths and butterflies that kids like to look at.

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