1. My Journal to tell Mom, If I ever get home! The unfortunate egg

3. I must be fed protozoa for at least the first 7 days and newly hatched brine shrimp for the next 2 weeks

4. Fish food I need fish food actually chopped up white worms for 3 weeks

5. But DON’T over feed me

6. I will then mature in 2-6 months

8. Day 2: stage 26 It felt like I was trapped and all I could see was straight up this big eye looking at me! - I do have 106 heart beats per min If you click on the video you can watch my hear beat!

9. Day 5: stage 31 As you can see I am getting more developed I have no idea who my owners are but I think they are taking good care of me. - Phillips eyes have grown and become very pronounced You can see faint traces of blood. His heart beat is now 150 beats per min

10. Day 6: stage 33 I can see people but they cant quite see me yet, they look like nice people. This is what I look like! - Some internal organs have developed and his fin has widened and heart beat has increased to 170 beats per minute

11. Day 7: stage 34 I feel like I am almost ready to hatch! My owners are very nice and they take good care of me. - Phillip has some slight jaw movement and some yellow coloration His heartbeat has increased to about 195 per minute

12. Day 8: stage 35 My eyes are very big, and that is how I see my wonderful owners. If only I could talk to tell them to take me back to my mom! - His embryo twitches a lot and the spleen is very visible

13. Day 9: stage 35 Today I am feeling good, and I think I’m going to hatch then I can swim! - Phillip is twitching and shaking a lot almost ready to hatch

14. Day 10: I hatched! I can swim I can see I can do everything like my dad!

15. My owner’s Taylor and Alicia have told me that I am a biology lab. Me and all my brothers and sister, everyone has seemed to enjoy watching us grow and I do not mind leaving my parents as long as I put pleasure in other peoples lives. They have told me that everyone has really found it interesting how we grew and they described the smiles on all the faces when students came in and saw there own fish hatched. Now I am In a tank back with my brothers and sisters just like we were in the beginning.

16. Recources: The Japanese Medaka (white book used in class) Gottalovebio.wikispaces.com By: Taylor Newcome