Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Trout Egg Countdown

The Brook Trout eggs will arrive at 7:30 am on Thursday, October 8. That's just in time for our first Nature Club meeting on Friday. The Nature Club kids will be on WTER to tell everyone what's going on with the eggs, and they'll work on making some posters to display, too.

The eggs will have traveled from a hatchery in Verona, VA. They'll spend Wednesday night in a cooler on ice - brrrrr! When they arrive at Terraset, we'll slowly acclimate them to our tank temperature by floating them in a container while adding a bit of tank water every few minutes. The process should take about 30 minutes to complete.

After the eggs are in, the tank will need to be kept dark for about a week (or until they hatch.) We'll make sure there's a small viewing window so you can peek in and see what's going on.

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