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At 9:00 am we received a call from the manager of the hatchery at SUNY Morrisville.  He had Tilapia but none of them were at a stage where they were big enough to breed.  He did indicate that Tilapia might … Continue reading →

We reconvened and decided together that changing the type of egg from Minnow to Tilapia provided the best opportunity for our experiment to proceed.  We still didn’t have any eggs for the fluids and compatibility test but we had leads.   … Continue reading →

If we couldn’t find eggs by December 27th, our experiment wouldn’t be able to fly.  The idea of breeding minnows looked like it wasn’t going to work out.  It takes about 8 weeks from the time you set up a … Continue reading →

With all of the hatcheries in NYS as well as colleges that support agriculture, we thought someone might be able to help us find minnow eggs.  We are now finding out that most people let minnows breed naturally and this … Continue reading →

SSEP let us know that we had until 10:00 am on December 2nd to submit any changes to our list of materials.  ITA had come back to SSEP needing more detailed information about our water which provided the opportunity to … Continue reading →

By 10:00 am this morning we were beginning to think we might not be able to find Minnow eggs by December 27th.  We made a call to SSEP to see if there was any possibility that we might be able … Continue reading →

Eddie’s Aquarium World was able to give lots of advice as well as all the materials needed to attempt the idea of breeding minnows, except minnows.  The discouraging part was that they only had two minnows left in the tank … Continue reading →

When the 5th grade team from MTS was designing their experiment, they thought briefly about where they might get minnow eggs.  Since many of the biological supply companies sell Minnows, we thought they would be able to help us out.  Calls to the … Continue reading →

The team of 5th grade students from Milton Terrace South were thrilled to learn that their proposal had been selected as the proposal to fly on the shuttle from our community.  Dana and Kate both asked if they could scream … Continue reading →

The final proposal selected by the national SSEP panel was from a team of three 5th graders from Milton Terrace South Elementary School who designed an experiment proposal entitled “Development of Tilapia Fish Eggs in Space”. The team includes Dana Betti, … Continue reading →