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Experiment 2 underway after the rain delay. Thanks for all the help from Jessica, Ema, LeeAnn and, the one taking the picture, Caleigh "The Cobra." |
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| The sampling went smoothly. I don't even have to watch! |
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| This is adding the lake water back to the containers with the sediment at the bottom. Ema was amazing! She came up with a great idea to get the water in without disturbing the sediment based on a watering can model - Making Rain! It should be marketed! |
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| The concept: lots of little holes to let the water distribute evenly over the sediment and come down slowly. So I pour water onto this lid that has been poked with holes and then pull up on the push pin to create a little air hole that lets the water fall as rain! The sediment is barely disturbed! It's amazing! |
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| Ema had to go to a polar bear safety meeting so I had to do this process alone. I used a siphoning tube to add water to the top of the lid while pulling up the pin to make it rain. I don't know if I could stress how fantastic this process was! |
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| Next was setting up the pool. And while we were water brigading, I discovered a hole in the bottom of the pool. Just a small one where it got scrapped up a bit, so I was able to duct tape it up. I think all is good. I have a spare pool just in case, but this seems to work! |
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| With the polar bears around now, we decided to set the pool up on the roof of the old building. It meant climbing a lot of stairs with a lot of buckets of water, but I think it will be a lot safer. |
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Plus, I get to be on the roof! On the wall next to the little hatch that opens to the roof, there is a scribbled message: "No one is allowed on roof under any circumstances, that means you!" Hehe, except me! |
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| It is set up and ready. It will now incubate for two nights to let the algae re-establish itself in the containers and I will spike them on Tuesday! What a long day Tuesday will be. |
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| From left to right starting at the back: "Spare me," "Hand me the ballz," "Knock 'em down," "Snake byte," "Puddle" and "Gutter Ball" |
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