Progress made over the last month: We have done research through databases, online journals, and books presented in class on our topic. We started our research on the organisms that were already living in the invert tank. Then we went on to research more about the three experiments that we will be conducting in the invert tank. The first experiment will be to observe the behaviors of three different species of shrimp living together, in the same tank. The second experiment will be to test and observe the mutual relationships of pistol shrimp (Alpheus spp.) and the Yellow Prawn Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus) and the relationship between sexy shrimp (Thor amboinensis) and corals and anemones in the tank. The final study will be to tie in all of the species and organisms into one ecosystem where they will be living and thriving together, while intriguing and grabbing people's attention. We have had to do more research than a lot of groups because we have more organisms and more experiments in our project. We have also had to do lots of extra in depth research because we have to make sure everything is compatible in the tank. Since we have not gotten our organisms we have not been able to start a lot of the analysis process, so we keep doing research on what might happen in our tanks. Our research has helped us to prepare for when we have all of our organisms living together.
Tank Conditions: Since we have just been working on the proposal and ordering our animals for the tank, the intern students have been checking the water levels of our tank. From their recordings, the tank levels seem to stay constant. These levels might start changing as we add the organisms that we ordered. When we start observing and recording the tank conditions, we will use the alkalinity and PH kits, the lifeguard, a refractometer, and a hydrometer to record the different water levels of our tank. If anything changes or seems off, we need to figure out what changes to make for the tank to stabilize the levels.
New Research: Spring, Julian. A Quick Reference Guide. Miami: Ricordea, n.d. Print. Oceanographic Series. "Symbiotic Shrimp." Blue Zoo Aquatics. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2014. <__https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/resources.asp?show=4__>.
This is our most recent new sources in our research for our project. We learned that sexy shrimp will form symbiotic relationships with many different organisms in a tank. They will mainly form relationships with anemones or large polyped corals and stay within in their protective reach. The anemones and corals provide easy hiding places and shelter for the shrimp during the light cycle, when during the night cycle they are able to go out a little further and forage for food.
Questions: Since we don't have all of our organisms in the tank to start our project, we haven't come up with any questions to ask ourselves. These are the questions from the project proposal to ask throughout the entire experiment.
Can multiple types of shrimp live together, will they fight, or will they become territorial?
Pistol shrimp and gobies have mutualistic relationships, will the other species of shrimp attack these gobies? Will the shrimp take the gobies? What will the gobies do?
Will we need to add more hiding places for the shrimp?
If the shrimp become aggressive, how can we prevent it and how can we find a solution that will help them to coexist?
Wow is a mutualistic relationship between two organisms of different species, in this case shrimp and goby, “working together” to benefit from the relationship?
Once we record more information and observe the different species in the tank, we face more questions and hopefully we’ll be able to answer them eventually.
Future plans: Our plans for research next month will coincide with our analysis of the organisms when they come. We will have to see how all the organisms get situated with each other, see if they are fighting, if they are forming symbiotic relationships, and if they are being territorial. We will then base our research off of the results we see, is there a way to make the organisms get along better, can we prevent them from fighting, and also if there are different ways to feed them. We will have to see how our original experiments go when the organisms get settled in, then we will make more experiments if the others fail. It will be a learning process so we will have to conform as it goes. There are more future plans that have been stated in previous sections relating to the topics information.
We have done research through databases, online journals, and books presented in class on our topic. We started our research on the organisms that were already living in the invert tank. Then we went on to research more about the three experiments that we will be conducting in the invert tank. The first experiment will be to observe the behaviors of three different species of shrimp living together, in the same tank. The second experiment will be to test and observe the mutual relationships of pistol shrimp (Alpheus spp.) and the Yellow Prawn Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus) and the relationship between sexy shrimp (Thor amboinensis) and corals and anemones in the tank. The final study will be to tie in all of the species and organisms into one ecosystem where they will be living and thriving together, while intriguing and grabbing people's attention. We have had to do more research than a lot of groups because we have more organisms and more experiments in our project. We have also had to do lots of extra in depth research because we have to make sure everything is compatible in the tank. Since we have not gotten our organisms we have not been able to start a lot of the analysis process, so we keep doing research on what might happen in our tanks. Our research has helped us to prepare for when we have all of our organisms living together.
Tank Conditions:
Since we have just been working on the proposal and ordering our animals for the tank, the intern students have been checking the water levels of our tank. From their recordings, the tank levels seem to stay constant. These levels might start changing as we add the organisms that we ordered. When we start observing and recording the tank conditions, we will use the alkalinity and PH kits, the lifeguard, a refractometer, and a hydrometer to record the different water levels of our tank. If anything changes or seems off, we need to figure out what changes to make for the tank to stabilize the levels.
New Research:
Spring, Julian. A Quick Reference Guide. Miami: Ricordea, n.d. Print. Oceanographic Series.
"Symbiotic Shrimp." Blue Zoo Aquatics. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2014. <__https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/resources.asp?show=4__>.
This is our most recent new sources in our research for our project. We learned that sexy shrimp will form symbiotic relationships with many different organisms in a tank. They will mainly form relationships with anemones or large polyped corals and stay within in their protective reach. The anemones and corals provide easy hiding places and shelter for the shrimp during the light cycle, when during the night cycle they are able to go out a little further and forage for food.
Questions:
Since we don't have all of our organisms in the tank to start our project, we haven't come up with any questions to ask ourselves. These are the questions from the project proposal to ask throughout the entire experiment.
- Can multiple types of shrimp live together, will they fight, or will they become territorial?
- Pistol shrimp and gobies have mutualistic relationships, will the other species of shrimp attack these gobies? Will the shrimp take the gobies? What will the gobies do?
- Will we need to add more hiding places for the shrimp?
- If the shrimp become aggressive, how can we prevent it and how can we find a solution that will help them to coexist?
- Wow is a mutualistic relationship between two organisms of different species, in this case shrimp and goby, “working together” to benefit from the relationship?
Once we record more information and observe the different species in the tank, we face more questions and hopefully we’ll be able to answer them eventually.Future plans:
Our plans for research next month will coincide with our analysis of the organisms when they come. We will have to see how all the organisms get situated with each other, see if they are fighting, if they are forming symbiotic relationships, and if they are being territorial. We will then base our research off of the results we see, is there a way to make the organisms get along better, can we prevent them from fighting, and also if there are different ways to feed them. We will have to see how our original experiments go when the organisms get settled in, then we will make more experiments if the others fail. It will be a learning process so we will have to conform as it goes. There are more future plans that have been stated in previous sections relating to the topics information.