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Egg Window |
At certain times of the year, we place trout eggs in the gravel here to allow people to watch them develop and hatch into fry (baby fish). You can find the eggs by looking in the small spaces in the gravel. They look like little "pink peas". Clean gravel and oxygen-rich flowing water are critical for egg development and hatching. The water must flow over the eggs to bring in oxygen and remove waste. Silt (fine soil particles) that clogs spaces between the gravel will suffocate the eggs. Over time, siltation may reduce or eliminate fish populations.
All of the small rainbow trout you see at the Nature Center were born here - some from eggs we "planted" and some from eggs adult rainbows planted themselves. Rainbow trout eggs hatch in 2 to 3 weeks at the Nature Center.
