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Sheepshead Minnows Salinity Changes

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Salinity Changes With Sheepshead Minnows
Sheepshead minnows are one of the few fish that can survive in a big change in salinity and temperature. I would like to observe how long they can survive in a certain amount of salinity with small changes in salinity over time. I will slowly over five day period, take away salt from the sheepshead minnows tank. I will have twenty sheepshead minnows in all, ten in the tank having the salt removed and another ten in a tank with the same salinity as the water I found them in. This is important because we can learn how some animals adapt over time to live in different environments.

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