5th June 1999 - 2nd July 1999
 
5th June:
� Tadpoles were put in the containers with solutions or pondwater (5 per container)
� Measured the lengths of tadpoles
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum ammonium hydroxide solution (pH 10.0) -- 5 deaths
 
6th June: NIL
 
7th June:
� Changed pondwater/solutions
� Deaths:
- pondwater (pH 7.0) -- 1 death
- pondwater cum hydrochloric acid solution (pH 4.0) -- 1 death
- pondwater cum hydrochloric acid solution (pH 5.5) -- 3 deaths
- pondwater cum nitric acid solution (pH 4.0) -- 1 death
- pondwater cum sulphuric acid solution (pH 4.0) -- 2 deaths
- pondwater cum calcium hydroxide solution (pH 8.5) -- 2 deaths
 
8th June:
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum sodium hydroxide solution (pH 10.0) -- 1 death
 
9th June:
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum nitric acid solution (pH 5.5) -- 1 deaths
 
10th June:
� Changed pondwater/solutions
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum sodium hydroxide solution (pH 8.5) -- 1 death
 
11th June: NIL
 
12th June: NIL
 
13th June:
� Changed pondwater/solutions
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum sulphuric acid solution (pH 5.5) -- 2 deaths
- pondwater cum sodium hydroxide solution (pH 10.0) -- 1 death
 
14th June: NIL
 
15th June:
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum sulphuric acid solution (pH 5.5) -- 3 deaths
- pondwater cum nitric acid solution (pH 5.5) -- 1 death
- pondwater (pH 7.0) -- 1 death
- pondwater cum ammonium hydroxide solution (pH 8.5) -- 1 death
- pondwater cum calcium hydroxide solution (pH 8.5) -- 2 deaths
- pondwater cum sodium hydroxide solution (pH 8.5) -- 1 death
 
16th June:
� Changed pondwater/solutions
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum nitric acid solution (pH 4.0) -- 1 death
- pondwater cum sodium hydroxide solution (pH 8.5) -- 1 death
- pondwater cum sodium hydroxide solution (pH 10.0) -- 1 death
 
17th June: NIL
 
18th June:
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum calcium hydroxide solution (pH 10.0) -- 1 death
 
19th June:
� Changed pondwater/solutions
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum sodium hydroxide solution (pH 8.5) -- 2 deaths
- pondwater cum calcium hydroxide solution (pH 10.0) -- 2 deaths
- pondwater cum ammonium hydroxide solution (pH 8.5) -- 1 death
 
20th June: NIL
 
21st June:
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum sodium hydroxide solution (pH 10.0) -- 1 death
 
22nd June:
� Changed pondwater/solutions
 
23rd June:
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum hydrochloric acid solution (pH 4.0) -- 2 deaths
 
24th June:
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum ammonium hydroxide solution (pH 8.5) -- 2 deaths
 
25th June:
� Changed pondwater/solutions
 
26th June: NIL
 
27th June: NIL
 
28th June:
� Changed pondwater/solutions
� Deaths:
- pondwater cum nitric acid solution (pH 5.5) -- 1 death
 
29th June: NIL
 
30th June: NIL
 
1st July:
� Changed pondwater/solutions
 
2nd July:
� Measured the lengths of tadpoles
� End of experiment
 
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