still water runs deep:*//

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Okays even more shocking news :O

A fish was found dead behind the air pump...
and the body was sort of rotting in water...

And the lobster that died yesterday...
after digging out the dead fish, that perculiar lobster's shell was found...

Okay a lot bad news lately...
Woah...

Aquaponics Posted;A self-sustaining system.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

One lobster was found dead today...
It was said to be trapped somewhere and its body was cut into "half"
This is how the lobster looked like:

Respects to the lobster

Anyway the fish were fed with not too much or too little food in the similar two-hour interval basis. Feeding began at about 8am. The fish were growing well and handsomely. The tank was properly monitered as always.

In order to cut cost, we sort-of recycled the colourful gravels that were used by another EE group from our class to make our tank more beautiful and welcoming(which would be exhibited!) so that we need not buy another packet of gravels to decorate the tank

Not to forget about the plants that we were supposed to grow. It's growing steadily!!
<--Proof

Aquaponics Posted;A self-sustaining system.
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Duty rooster

MON:Derrick,Lavan,Zhen wei, kokyi
Tue:Yuan Xing, Lucas Hector,Huien
WED:Jia shen, Tze yuan , Jia boon,kokyi
Thur:Jian Hui,Kokyi,Zhi ye,Jing qiau
Fri: Gim bin,Kokyi,Karthik,Zhi qiang

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Friday, May 22, 2009

My reflection

Overall, I am quite satisfied with the results. Our hard work has finally paid off. At first we had not planned well, so we faced so many difficulties but we perserved till the very end. Once we had almost broke the tank. I could still clearly remember the moment when we carry the tank from the side of the classroom to the back of the classroom. It requires both team work and strategy. Nevertheless, we did it. Sad to say i almost broke my fingers when putting down ther tank. When others let go my hands were trapped under the tank and it was painful.

3 HURRAYS FOR GROUP 4. HURRAY! HURRAY! HURRAY !

Aquaponics Posted;A self-sustaining system.
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

yay! skin is finally done! :D
spent 1.5hrs searching & editing -.-
do half-way, some codings went wrong
had to redownload the skin
and redo the codings -.-
haha, ok, glad the skin is done
i can have a peaceful weekend ;)
ok, byes

-Huien :D

Aquaponics Posted;A self-sustaining system.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

So going post about yesteday and today

Yesterday-May 19 2009

Fed first time at 8am. Then a second time at about 10.30am. Then a third time at about 11.30am (or 12.30am...?) Fed fourth time after school.

So here are some random pictures:

-One of the lobsters rushing out of its hiding place so cute:

A picture of the fish when fed:

All rushing for the food o.O

And below is a blurrish zoom-in of a Tiger Barb done by Kok Yi:

Circled out the fish in case you can't find it :/

Today-May 20 2009

Today fed about 3 times? Usually is 3-4 times.

Put a plant on the gravel storage holder. Looks nice:

Discovered a shocking thing: one of thie fish's head was being eaten away by a lobster!!!

Haha the scene when the lobster ate the fish was too blurrish so there was no pictures of that scene...however we managed to get:

The picture of the half-body fish (gross or cute looking? You decide)

And the picture of the lobster which had a "sastifying meal" of fish head O.o Can you see the lobster??

Ok not funny. It's a life lost after all.
So erm...? Respect for the dead? :X

And that was about all.

~Lucas

Aquaponics Posted;A self-sustaining system.
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Monday, May 18, 2009

Ok so today fed about 4 times every one hour (or two hours...?) interval

Gim Bin bought the new food:

A lots of ants were found gathering around the food O.O

And finally how the tank looked like after its last feeding:

Quite blurrish though

~Lucas

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Group2
Group3

The Journey:
• April 2009
• May 2009

credits
chocbanana[trixieandtheresa]
Tagboard will be replaced with our reflections:

Before leaving the classroom to home,(tank was placed in classroom before exhabition) on seeing the wonderful decorated tank that effort was put in by many, we felt a great sense of achievement.
When we found the problem to the tank in the beginning and solved it, we really felt happy because we were able to identify the problem and overcome it, the feeling cannot be described by words. We felt that through this project, many had benifited alot from it. We worked hard on our team spirit and teamwork ; we were more understanding and willing to help. We think that other groups had also enjoyed the process of the whole project. Though other groups were not chosen for the exhibition, we believe that they were still proud of their works, because alot of effort were put in too. We must say that alot of us grew alot through this project. :D

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Aquatic animal effluent (for example fish waste) accumulates in water as a by-product of keeping them in a closed system or tank (for example a recirculating aquaculture system). The effluent-rich water becomes high in plant nutrients but this is correspondingly toxic to the aquatic animal. Plants are grown in a way (for example a hydroponic system) that enables them to utilize the nutrient-rich water. The plants uptake the nutrients, reducing or eliminating the water's toxicity for the aquatic animal. The water, now clean, is returned to the aquatic animal environment and the cycle continues. Aquaponic systems do not discharge or exchange water. The systems rely on the natural relationship between the aquatic animals and the plants to maintain the environment. Water is only added to replace water loss from absorption by the plants or evaporation into the air. Aquaponic systems vary in size from small indoor units to large commercial units. They can use fresh or salt water depending on the type of aquatic animal and vegetation.