Our Brown Trout

We have had a very busy week since our fish eggs were delivered. We have been taking care of them since last Tuesday and we only have one egg left to hatch. We have learned lots of facts about brown trout too.

We don’t need to feed the trout as they have a yolk sack. Cate

Only the male trout have a hook jaw. Dil

We need to keep the temperature down around 10 degrees. We keep the temperature down by adding ice bottles every day. Katie

There are 6 stages in a brown trout’s life. Lewis

They fish need oxygen to breath. Rachael

We need to de-chlorinate the water, we do this by pumping air through the water. Gregor

If the fish die we need to remove them. Brooke

We remove the dead eggs using a turkey baster. Dil

When the eggs die they turn white. Rudi
We only change 1 ice bottle at a time. Gregor