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      How   Does   Light Affect the Way Clavularia Viridis Grows? Devon Archambault, Jon David, Emerson Parsell, Matt Shea The green star polypls can grow in almost any kind of light. But in brighter light it will grow in brighter colors. What we will need: Natural light coral Day 1 (after being in water for a week) 10-20-08 Top Rounded Corner Plug: Has some green on the edge Perfect Square Coral: Little green on the edge Bottom(under coral) Dimond Coral: There is a little white on the polyps Oval Plug: Turning Green Florencent Light Coral White w/glue: Little bit of light purple around the edges All glue: Almost all green and white Perfect Square Plug: All Dark purple Moldy Plug: Little green Day 2 10-28-08 Natural light Top Rounded Corner Plug: Has white with a little green only one poylp alive Perfect Square Coral: Is Healthy with 26 poylps Bottom Dimond Coral: A little green with white around the edges about 5 poylps Oval Plug: Green on the edges and 1 poylp showing Florencent Light Coral White w/glue:Half dark purple 7 poylps but are really low compared to the others All glue: Decinagrating white and little specs of green Perfect Square Plug: 12 poylps perfectly healthy maybe growing Moldy Plug: Almost gone Decinagratedvary thin Day 3 11-3-08 Natural light Top Rounded Corner Plug:Decinagrated Perfect Square Coral:15 poylps vary healthy Bottom DimondCoral:Decinagrated Oval Plug: Mold on the coral light purple white not growning Florencent light Coral White w/glue: 1/2 light purlpe + white 1/2 Dark purple All glue:Little green little white Perfect Square Plug: 13 poylps growning poylps came out Moldy Plug: Nothing was there coral died Day 4 11-13-08 Natural light Top Rounded Corner Plug: No poylps, little green, and orange. Decinagrating
 * 8 pieces of Clavularia Viridis
 * 8 square pugs
 * 1 razor blade
 * Reef glue
 * A small water bowl fillled with salty water
 * A tank with natural light and another tank with florencent lighting [[image:http://www.aquarium-innovations.com/gallery2/d/104-2/DSC01564-Edit.jpg width="517" height="343" align="right" caption="A Mix of Corals"]]

Perfect Square Coral: 24 poylps, dark purple and healthy Bottom Dimond Coral:Died Oval Plug: Green and white, no poylps Floresent light Coral White w/glue: Dark and light purple, no poylps All glue: Died Perfect Square Plug: 13 poylps 5 growths Moldy Plug: Died Day 5 11-18-08 Natural light Top Rounded Corner Plug: Decinagrating, green and purple Perfect Square Coral: 5 groths, 13 mouths, polyps moving. Bottom Dimond Coral:Died Oval Plug: Decinagrating, white and green Floresent light White w/glue: green with light purple poylps All glue: Died Perfect Square Plug: 2 poylps 5 growths Moldy Plug: Died Natural Light Day 6 11-24-08 Top Rounded Corner-Died Perfect Square Coral-5 growths, 15 mouths, poylps out Bottom Dimond Coral-Died Oval Coral-Died Floresent Lighting Corals White w/glue- purple w/5 poylps All glue-Died Perfect Square Plug-13 poylps and the coral is growing Moldy Plug-Died Natural Light Day 7 12-1-08 Top Rounded Corner-Died Perfect Square Coral-4 groths 19 polyps Bottom Dimond Coral-Died Oval Coral-Died Floresent Lighting Corals White w/glue 4 polyps little moldy All Glue-Died Perfect Square Plug-growing 15 poylps Moldy Plug-Died

ALL UPDATES DONE BY DEVON, JON, AND EMERSON!

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