nothing fishy about betta aggression

Project title:
nothing fishy about betta aggression
Middle school
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Hypothesis:

We think that the red cutout betta will cause the bettas to react the most. We also think that the personality of the bettas will afect their aggression.

Materials:

4 bettas
6 cutouts of bettas (red, black, blue, white, green, brown)
tank

The Procedure:

place cutout into water w/ betta.
watch how betta reacts until it stops reacting. If it doesn't react, wait 5 minuets than stop.
rate betta -, + or ++ (++ being highest, - being lowest
reapeat each color to each betta.

Results:

red had highest reaction. conclusion is that fish can see red best.
maybe should have used more fish.


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Comment #957: This is an interesting projec

Submitted by The ScienceHound on March 2, 2006 - 10:06am
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This is an interesting project.

However, I'm not exactly clear on what your hypothesis is. Are you hypothesizing that red color is the most effective in sparking betta aggression, or are you narrowing it to red cutout bettas - there is a difference. Also, your conclusion may support your hypothesis, but you need to express your conclusion a little more clearly - ie: Of all primary colors, Bettas react most aggressively when they see the color red.

This is an excellent project. You just need to do describe it a little more clearly. Good luck!

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