Water Resources Aquarium

Well, the Water Resources aquarium is now up and running. Fish became availabile sooner than expected, so we had to scramble a bit to get the tank and water prepared to receive them.

The fish (brook trout) were also larger than we expected and the tank is a bit crowded but, through careful management, we hope to be able to handle the extra biomass.

Today was the first feeding. We are using 3mm floating aquaculture pellets. They are a bit reluctant to take it, but should come around. There is one "runt" who seems to be a bit of a loner that stands off from the rest. It will need to be watched to ensure it is receiving food.

Today (Friday, Jan.25) the tank was cleaned, some water exchanged, and ammonia reducer added, so the trout should be happy for the weekend.

This photo shows the water chiller which keeps the water around 12 C and the water filter.

This photo shows the 20 brook trout fingerlings minutes after being introduced to the tank.

Fieldtrip 1, January 16, 2008

These are the UTM coordinates for the 3 stops we made on our fieldtrip today.

Stop 1:

monitoring station 1 - Fox Brook: 0445731N, 4948266E

monitoring station 2 - Kearney Lake Park wharf: 0445804N, 4948454E

Stop 2:

monitoring station 3 - culverts under Kearney Lake Rd: 0463440N, 4949780E

Stop 3:

monitoring station 5: Paper Mill Lake dam: 0445834N, 4951474E

As mentioned today, the following link contains additional data for some of the lakes in this watershed. If you use this data please give the source proper credit in your report. (www.halifax.ca/environment/lakesandrivers.html)