More Fish per Mile than the San Juan

It has been 30 days since we receive our eggs and what has transpired is just amazing. We have an aquarium that is loaded with trout. I would estimate that the number is over 200. This is scary because I know that this is going to tax the water quality to the max. Another thing to worry about is feeding. I don't want to over feed due to the increase in ammonia but at the same time, there are many mouths to feed. Let's hope we can find a balance.

Earlier I posted some Trout Life Cycle posters created by the students. A group of three students decided to do a rap song on the life cycle. Check the lyrics below and then click on the link to watch the performance.

Trout, Trout Baby!
by Mallory, Lexy, and Rachael

Yo, Fishes, let's kick it!

Trout, trout baby
Trout, trout baby

All right stop
In science class just listen
The trout life cycle is our
intention
Eggs gathered up so tightly
Shipped to our class over
nightly
Will it ever stop?
Yo, I don't know
Well the answer is no
In the wild, the redd gets built
Then the eggs get deposits of
milt

Alevins
Is what they'll be
Feeding off yolk sacs is the key
Fry's, is what they will be next
These weird creatures leave
me perplexed
Fry's mature at age 3
Trout rarely live past 5
Trout live in lakes
But return to streams
To spawn like a dream
Back to the gravel these fish
retreat
After they spawn the cycle repeats

Trout, trout baby
Trout, trout baby
Trout, trout baby

Word to your mother!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og45V7HKcMw