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| Our class is lucky to be part of the Kokanee Karnival program, sponsored by the Central Oregon Flyfishers, Sunriver Anglers, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and many other sponsors. Part of our studies include raising fish in the classroom. We are raising 400 rainbow trout for eventual release into our local Fireman's Pond. Each day we check the water temperature and weekly we check the water's pH. We remove the dead eggs and fry needed. Below is a summary of our fish incubation project. See our projects from the past. |
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Water Temp. (degrees F) |
Running Total T.U.'s |
Mortality of Eggs or Fry |
Comments |
Photos (Click the camera) |
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| Thurs | 10/28 | 48 | 16 | 325 | 400 Rainbow Trout eggs were delivered today. The eggs have eyes. The eggs look healthy. They came from Oak Springs Hatchery. |
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| Fri | 10/29 | 48 | 16 | 341 | 8 Eggs | 8 eggs died. They looked milky-white when they died. 392 are still alive. |
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| Sat | 10/30 | 48 | 16 | 357 | |||
| Sun | 10/31 | 48 | 16 | 373 | |||
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Water Temp. (degrees F) |
Running Total T.U.'s |
Mortality of Eggs (E) or Fry (F) |
Comments |
Photos (Click the camera) |
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| Mon | 11/1 | 48 | 16 | 389 | |||
| Tues | 11/2 | 48 | 16 | 405 | 3 Eggs | 389 are still alive. | |
| Wed | 11/3 | 48 | 16 | 421 | |||
| Thurs | 11/4 | 48 | 16 | 437 | |||
| Fri | 11/5 | 48 | 16 | 453 | 1 Egg | 388 are still alive. We think we see movement in the eggs today. | |
| Sat | 11/6 | 48 | 16 | 469 | |||
| Sun | 11/7 | 48 | 16 | 485 | |||
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Water Temp. (degrees F) |
Running Total T.U.'s |
Mortality of Eggs (E) or Fry (F) |
Comments |
Photos (Click the camera) |
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| Mon | 11/8 | 48 | 16 | 501 | |||
| Tues | 11/9 | 48 | 16 | 517 | 1 E | 1 egg hatched today! |
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| Wed | 11/10 | 48 | 16 | 533 | |||
| Thurs | 11/11 | 48 | 16 | 549 | |||
| Fri | 11/12 | 48 | 16 | 565 | |||
| Sat | 11/13 | 48 | 16 | 581 | |||
| Sun | 11/14 | 48 | 16 | 597 | |||
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Water Temp. (degrees F) |
Running Total T.U.'s |
Mortality of Eggs (E) or Fry (F) |
Comments |
Photos (Click the camera) |
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| Mon | 11/15 | 48 | 16 | 613 | 2 E | The eggs are mostly all hatched today! The water was really foamy this morning. |
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| Tues | 11/16 | 48 | 16 | 629 | |||
| Wed | 11/17 | 48 | 16 | 645 | 7 E | ||
| Thurs | 11/18 | 48 | 16 | 661 | |||
| Fri | 11/19 | 46 | 14 | 675 | Our chiller got turned down (not on purpose). | ||
| Sat | 11/20 | 46 | 14 | 689 | |||
| Sun | 11/21 | 46 | 14 | 703 | |||
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Water Temp. (degrees F) |
Running Total T.U.'s |
Mortality of Eggs (E) or Fry (F) |
Comments |
Photos (Click the camera) |
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| Mon | 11/22 | 46 | 14 | 717 | We were gone from school all week on Thanksgiving break | ||
| Tues | 11/23 | 46 | 14 | 731 | Thanksgiving break | ||
| Wed | 11/24 | 46 | 14 | 745 | Thanksgiving break | ||
| Thurs | 11/25 | 46 | 14 | 759 | Thanksgiving break | ||
| Fri | 11/26 | 46 | 14 | 773 | Thanksgiving break | ||
| Sat | 11/27 | 46 | 14 | 787 | Thanksgiving break | ||
| Sun | 11/28 | 46 | 14 | 801 | Thanksgiving break | ||
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Water Temp. (degrees F) |
Running Total T.U.'s |
Mortality of Eggs (E) or Fry (F) |
Comments |
Photos (Click the camera) |
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| Mon | 11/29 | 46 | 14 | 815 | Wow! The fish are looking like fish now! They have some yolk sac left but we need to think about releasing them next week. | ||
| Tues | 11/30 | 46 | 14 | 829 |
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| Wed | 12/1 | 46 | 14 | 843 | |||
| Thurs | 12/2 | 46 | 14 | 857 | |||
| Fri | 12/3 | 46 | 14 | 871 | |||
| Sat | 12/4 | 46 | 14 | 885 | |||
| Sun | 12/5 | 46 | 14 | 899 | |||
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Water Temp. (degrees F) |
Running Total T.U.'s |
Mortality of Eggs (E) or Fry (F) |
Comments |
Photos (Click the camera) |
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| Mon | 12/6 | 46 | 14 | 913 |
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| Tues | 12/7 | 46 | 14 | 927 | |||
| Wed | 12/8 | 46 | 14 | 941 | |||
| Thurs | 12/9 | 46 | 14 | 955 |
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Fish Release Day! The fish were put into Firemans' Pond. A total of 35 died (22 Eggs and 13 Fry). That means 365 trout survived. That's a survival rate of 365/400 = 91% |
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The water pH is 7.6 A reading of pH 7.0 is alkaline (base) so our water is slightly on the acidic side.
Note: pH = percent Hydrogen |
This is the chart we will use to predict the release date for our trout.
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STEP Program poster |
This is our pH scale |
The Salmon Life Cycle poster |
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The eggs are delivered in a paper towel and kept cold in a cooler during transport. |
Our rainbow trout eggs are delivered. |
Can you see the dead egg?
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Question: What is a "Temperature Unit"? One Temperature Unit (or T.U. as we refer to it) is one degree on the Fahrenheit temperature scale. The eggs earn one T.U. for every degree above freezing (32F) our water is. For example, if the water is 40 degrees, that is 8 degrees above freezing, so the eggs have accumulated 8 T.U.s or 40 - 32 = 8.
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