February 20th, 2014
Today I cleaned up a lot of the salt that has collected on most of the equipment in the tank. Previously we had tried to prevent the further growth of an algae by using a chemical that was designed not to harm other organisms in the tank. Today the algae looked as if it had bloomed even more, and any temporary effects of the chemicals were lost. This algae could prevent us from being able to properly support starfish in the tank. Starfish specimens for dissection have been made
available, and these could be extremely useful for understanding the generation properties of starfish, one of the main goals of this project. Today was also a progress check on our Thesis papers with Mr. Shackett. My thesis is that starfish have stood the tests of millions of years, but even being able to
regenerate can't help them survive the negative impact of humans on the earth. This progress check is important because the due date is approaching and the thesis is a big part of our grade.
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