St. Croix #4

Today was my fourth day in the lab and I did some more water testing like yesterday. I studied the PH levels, Ammonia levels, nitrate, and nitrite levels in the water. The coral is growing and we started fragging more coral again today in preparation for the in-water team to take some of the coral out of the tanks and move it into the ocean. Once they find a healthy coral in the ocean of the same specie they glue the fragged coral to the substrate which is now its new home and they will bond together over time. The system in the lab actually uses a water pump from the ocean to make sure the fragged coral in the tanks has fresh water and nutrients. The water is pumped and stored into 1000-gallon containers which look like the pictures below. 


















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  1. Kelly Griffin-BrownMay 13, 2022 at 10:26 AM

    So proud of how hard you are working on this!

    DON'T FORGET TO ADD DAILY HOURS AND PROJECT TOTAL HOURS TO EACH BLOG POST!

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