TIMOTHY ACKER AND DRAKE BRANNON PERFORM WATER QUALITY TESTS.
Students in James Galvin’s Agriculture classes are getting hands
on education in Fresh Water Shrimp production. Yes, that’s right
fresh water shrimp. The students are involved with the
production with five hundred fresh water shrimp. The shrimp that
the students are working with are close relatives of the shrimp
that swim in the ocean, but these shrimp live in a fresh water
environment. ACHS students are raising their shrimp in a closed
recycling tank system. When working with this type of system
students are taught that water quality is critical. Each day
students must test the water for oxygen content, pH, ammonia,
nitrate and nitrite levels. The students have discovered that
the temperature of the water must be maintained at 80 degrees.
Students learned that when the water temperature falls below 75
degrees that the shrimp will live, but will not consume feed and
grow. Students working with the shrimp can clearly see and
understand how chemistry,