RESULTS

1. The P.H in Rhapsodies water - It is less than a neutral state of balance.
2. K.H- IS 0 Degrees meaning the fish water is healthy.
3. G.H-The general hardness of the water was < 3 degrees hence the water was very soft.
4. N.O 2 - Mg 11
5. N.O 3 MG 0

BUNGU ODWA 3165478

SIMCELILE MAKAULE 3155248





We have view , researched and all we found was our results were not bad instead were a lil bit elementary.

On the 8th,9th and 10th of MAY 2011

We have noticed that keeping and domesticating the fish needs someone who has patience and at all times can manage his or her time.The fish has been a beneficial experience to us because it has made us learn that it must not be overfed when feeding it.Everyday a person must at least give it light for 12 hours a day and mostly monitoring is important when nurturing a fish.Overall our adaptive management was passively adaptive management because we were looking at a particular goal of keeping a fish and on a basis of a ongoing healthy lifestyle because our fish was living in a uncycled environment and there was no biological infiltration hence it needed a lot of water changes

BUNGU ODWA 3165478
SIMCELILE MAKAULE 3155248

RHAPSODY

5th,6th, and 7nth of MAY 2011

On the 5th ,6th and 7nth of may 2011 We noticed a change or shift of the water temperature.We tried to avoid and prevented the circumstances from moving further to a bad condition.We changed the position of the water to a warmer place.After 2 hours the Fish was not coping well in the water . Due to the research we had made we found out that the fish must not be too much or directly exposed to the sun rays.Thus we later removed it to another warm position.At night the fish gained its conscious and was back to its good heath conditions.

BUNGU ODWA 3165478

SIMCELILE MAKAULE 3155248

DAY 6 ON THE 01 OF MAY 2011

On day 6 2011 we noticed a shocking and weird aspect on the fish. We noticed that Rhapsody had developed more appetite for food.She was also massively growing bigger and richer in color .Due to our research we had found out that the changes in a Betta spendens fish were determined on the kind of diet it got or it was structured to have. Rhapsody no longer fed on tubifex only instead it now fed on insects like mosquitoes,baby flies and locusts.which I now catch at the backyard of my room.After changing her diet we are now sure that she will have a longer lifespan and it will be a rare case that she will ever be sick or die of natural causes.

Bungu Odwa 3165478
Simcelile makaule 3155248

DAY 5 30TH OF APRIL 2011

When I woke up to check on Rhapsody I found out that she caught a baby flie and was eating it.That made me a bit worried because I knew nothing about a fish eating a fly and for the fact that she had a tiny stomach which is measured at a size of her eye ball thus I asked my partner to make a research.He gave me a feedback which stated out that a fish could eat certain small insects like mosquitos and other small insects but it should not be overfed because that will result to its death.At midnight She was sleeping under the leaf so I assumed that she was dying because of eating beyond the limit instead she was not dying but was irritated by the light, so I quickly switched it off.

BUNGU ODWA 3165478 and simcelile makaule 3155248

DAY 4 29TH OF APRIL

On the 29nth of April 2011, Rhapsody was just moving from the bottom to the top of the water and when she reached the top surface of the water she just blew air with her mouth out of the water.We thought she was hungry and we gave her food but she just ate the food and spitted some of it out and would later chase the food to eat it.After eating her meal she was blowimg bubbles all day long untill midnight.This time she slept on the middle position of the water.

BUNGU ODWA 3165478 and simcelile makaule 3155248

DAY 3 28TH OF APRIL 2011

On the 28th when we were checking out on Rhapsody we noticed that the water had turned a bit green and brownish.Rhapsody was not even moving,when we gave her food she could not even see her meal but could sense it .Out of our anxiety we quickly rushed out to change the water.That day we made a research about the quality of water she deserved and we found out that the water was healthy for Rhapsody because she also came from a green water area.At midnight we realised something different,she no longer slept at the bottom of the watertank instead she was floating on top.

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Day 2 the 27th of april

The fish was slowly moving around the tank showing no energetic forces of movements. We then gave it food and placed it on a spot where it had access to sunlight. The solar energy and the food that we gave to the fish boosted its energy levels hence it was moving fast in the water waggling its tail. Out of our curiosity and concerns we watched the fish untill midnight and it was shocking to see it sleeping at the bottom of the water.

Bungu odwa 3165478 and simcelile makaule 3155248