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​7 /8 Neatness/Organization-Typos 6/8 Introduction-No refs for info? 6/8 Procedure-Needs to be more specific! 4/8 Data- No table? 0/8 Conclusions-Missing? 23/40 Total

Matt Slowik James Berriault Chelsea Fontaine

Green Star Polyps
//Clavularia viridis//
 * Scientific name ** -

Soft Coral
 * Classification- **

Green Star polyps prefer moderate water motion in there habitat. They will tolerate little light, but tend to develop brighter colors with more lighting.
 * About- **

Does well within a range of at least 74º to 84º F.
 * Temperature ** -

Can survive in a depth of up to 9,800 ft.
 * Depth- **

Green Star polyps are photosynthetic. It is unknown if they will accept any prepared foods
 * Feeding- **

Reproduce sexually an Asexually Test- ** We are testing to see whether light will effect the Green Star Polyps in anyway by putting two in each tank and checking them periodically to see if there are any strange abnormalities or growth patterns because of the change in light and dark.
 * Reproduction- **

If we put two Green Star Polyps in two different tanks, one being lighted and the other dark, then the polyps will grow at different speeds. Materials- ** Green Star Polyps, gloves, razor blade, coral glue, cement placement cubes, one lighted tank, and one dark tank.
 * Hypothesis-

1. Take a reef plug, and a piece of green star polyp. Use the reef glue to glue the piece of coral to the reef plug. Do not glue the corals polyps, it will glue up there mouths, and they wont be able to feed. 2. Repeat the step above for the other reef plugs and corals 3. Take two of the reef plugs, and place them in the lighted reef tank. 4. Take the remaining two reef plugs, and place them in the unlit reef tank. 5. Observe the corals and keep track of the amount of polyps they grows.
 * Procedures- **

Both corals in the dark proceeded to die three days after starting our experiment. One coral in the lighted tank survived, starting out with 15 polyps, growing to 22 polyps, then 24 polyps, falling to 23 polyps, and ended with 29 polyps. The other polyp in the lit tank died four days into our experiment.
 * Results- **