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    Lesson 10: Virtual Lab Data: Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems

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    1. The student recorded data from their virtual reef tank over 12 weeks, including measurements of ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, salinity, and temperature. 2. They initially added live rock only, and later introduced fish and invertebrates as the nitrogen cycle was established. By week 12, the tank contained anemones, hermit crabs, cleaner shrimp, and 16 fish. 3. All fish and invertebrates survived due to the student carefully monitoring water parameters and making adjustments when needed to maintain stability in the ecosystem.

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    1. The student recorded data from their virtual reef tank over 12 weeks, including measurements of ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, salinity, and temperature. 2. They initially added live rock only, and later introduced fish and invertebrates as the nitrogen cycle was established. By week 12, the tank contained anemones, hermit crabs, cleaner shrimp, and 16 fish. 3. All fish and invertebrates survived due to the student carefully monitoring water parameters and making adjustments when needed to maintain stability in the ecosystem.

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    1. The student recorded data from their virtual reef tank over 12 weeks, including measurements of ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, salinity, and temperature. 2. They initially added live rock only, and later introduced fish and invertebrates as the nitrogen cycle was established. By week 12, the tank contained anemones, hermit crabs, cleaner shrimp, and 16 fish. 3. All fish and invertebrates survived due to the student carefully monitoring water parameters and making adjustments when needed to maintain stability in the ecosystem.

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    Lesson 10: Virtual Lab Data: Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems

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    1. The student recorded data from their virtual reef tank over 12 weeks, including measurements of ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, salinity, and temperature. 2. They initially added live rock only, and later introduced fish and invertebrates as the nitrogen cycle was established. By week 12, the tank contained anemones, hermit crabs, cleaner shrimp, and 16 fish. 3. All fish and invertebrates survived due to the student carefully monitoring water parameters and making adjustments when needed to maintain stability in the ecosystem.

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    Lesson 10: Virtual Lab


    Communities, Biomes, and Ecosystems
    Data
    Complete the table with your lab data. Record the values for each measurement week-by-
    week. All weeks may not be neede (6 points)

    Reef Tank Water Quality

    Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

    Number of
    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 16 16
    fish

    Number of
    invertebrat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5
    es

    Ammonia 0 0 0.02 0.02 0.02 0 0 0 0.1 0.01 0.01 0.01

    Nitrite 0 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.03 0 0 0.01 0.01 0.01

    Nitrate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.1

    pH 8.1 8.1 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.2

    S.G. 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02
    2 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 2

    Temperatur
    78 78 79 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78
    e

    Journal Questions
    Answer the following seven journal questions after completing your lab.  (2 points each)

    1. List the fish and invertebrates you selected after the nitrogen cycling process.
       

    Fish: 6 Yellow Tang in week 8 and another 10 Seargent Major in week 10

    Invertebrates: 2 Rose Anemone, 1 Scarlet Hermit Crab, and 2 Cleaner shrimp.

    2. What changes did you make to your reef tank during the twelve weeks and why did
    you make them?

    At week 1, I put nothing but Tonga Live Rock and Marshal Island Live Rock

    From week 1 to week 7, I constantly poor in water and testing ammonia, nitrate,
    nitrite and pH level, and when the pH level got high, I poor the buffer solution to
    balance it out.

    In week 8, I put 2 Rose Anemones, 1 Scarlet Hermit Crabs, 2 Cleaner shrimps, and 6
    Yellow Tangs.

    In week 11, I put another 10 Sergeant Major fishes.

    All of them stay alive.

    3. What problems, if any, did you have with any of the fish or invertebrates in the reef
    tank?

    I don’t have with any problems with the fish or invertebrates in the reef tank. All of
    the stats (temperature, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite and pH level) have been tracked and
    the fishes is selected carefully so they can survive.

    4. Describe the final population of the reef tank.

    At the end, there are Tonga Live Rock, Marshal Island Live Rock, 2 Rose Anemones, 1
    Scarlet Hermit Crabs, 2 Cleaner shrimps, 6 Yellow Tangs, and 10 Sergeant Major fishes.

    5. Compare the initial and final populations. What changes did you make to make to
    keep the fish and invertebrates alive?

    At first, there was nothing. I put only Tonga Live Rock and Marshal Island Live Rock
    in week 1. From week 1 to week 7, I put water and buffer solution in to make sure the
    stats (temperature, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite and pH level) are good enough for the
    fishes to live.

    6. Study the data you collected. Describe the occurrences of ammonia, nitrite, and
    nitrate in your tank.
       

    Ammonia: The first 2 week, it remained at 0.00, however, it slightly increased to


    0.02 from week 3 to 5. From then, it remained at 0.00 and increased again to 0.01
    from week 9 to 12

    Nitrite: week 1 > 3 : 0.00 week 4 > 5 : 0.01 week 6 > 7: 0.03 week 8 > 9: 0.00 week
    10 > 12 : 0.01

    Nitrate: week 1 > 9 : 0.00 week 10 > 12 : 0.1

    7. Study the data you collected. Why is the population in the reef tank stable?

    The population is stable because of the buffer solution, and constantly adding water
    make the environment livable by controlling certain aspect (temperature, ammonia,
    nitrate, nitrite and pH level) The Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp help control the algae.

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