Helping out a Teacher

[Prowland]

Hello,

This is my first post on RC and I am looking for some local help!

I am helping a teacher out with a SW tank for her classroom. She is a teacher at the Southport 6th Grade academy. She has a 29gal tank that she is wanting to set up for the kids as a marine tank.

All she has is the tank and a heater. I am trying to help her get this tank up and running.

I was wondering if there were any people local to the Indianapolis area that would have any extra stuff around that was not in use and could be donated to the teacher.

I am a broke college kid and all I can help with is time to set the stuff up and help with taking care of it.

So if anyone is tearing down a tank or has any extra stuff they would like to donate to the Southport 6th Grade Academy just let me know and I would be glad to pick-up/meet at the school/pay shipping or whatever else you would need to get this thing going.

The only way I know of to prove that this is real and I am not trying to get free stuff is to bring the donations to the school.

Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Thank you
Patrick

 

[Prowland]

Is there anyone out there???

 

[furforfour]

Hey - good to hear you're helping a teacher. My mom is a 6th grade teacher in Mooresville and I set up a 10 gallon saltwater tank for her classroom. About the only stuff I have to donate would be a Cap 600 power head and a prizm skimmer that half works, but could work with a little effort. I live downtown near IUPUI, which is not too far away from Beech Grove. Send me a PM or email and we can make arrangements. cmland@iupui.edu

 

[Prowland]

Thank you furforfour! I sent you a e-mail.

So far we have:

1x 29gal tank
1x heater
1x powerhead (furforfour)
1x skimmer possibly (furforfour)
1x thermometer
1x tesk kits

Anyone else would like to donate to help the teacher get her tank going in the Southport 6th grade academy??

Thanks in advance!!!

 

[Prowland]

Is anyone taking down a tank that would have anything to donate.

I only have a 5.5gal tank so I could not donate much.

Let me know!!

They will be able to give you something that would give you a tax break for the donation.

If you have any questions just shoot me a pm or email to prowland@indiana.edu

Thanks again!
Patrick

 

[Glove]

Hey Patrick
What is the length of that tank? 30? 36?

Get some water, salt, and sand in that tank and remind me when your ready for a few easy care corals. I can donate some GSP, a piece of finger leather and some cool powder blue palys.

Nobody has a PC light for a 29 gal tank laying around?
You could possibly get a $100 tax break/credit/write-off for donating it (not a tax person), probably more than you would get selling it though

Picture Perfect Pets in Marion had a small fixture (used) for $50 bucks- Ill ask em if they might be interested in the donation.
(I just sold a 36" fixture w/ tank for $20 )

It would be nice to get a single halide over that tank!- the hours of class would be about all the time the light would need to be on. Is the room air conditioned?
That gets me thinking about top off water and containers- your gonna need those, and salinity tests (I have a plastic floater we could 'calibrate' to a known salinity reading- ill donate it.
Are the kiddies getting a buis. 101 course too? If things are stable they could be getting frags off the corals in a couple months.

 

[Prowland]

I have the red sea marine test kit that I will be using to test the water with.

I also have a deep six hydrometer... I know they are off most of the time but thats what I have.

I am going to get her top off water from Wal-mart as they have RO for $0.37/gal refill. Picking her up a 5gal jug for it.

Does anyone use Uncle Bills prepared salt water?? It is $5/5gal and I thought that I would use that to do water changes.

I will go see how long the tank is and post the dimensions.

I have some candycane that is splitting so I plan to give some of that to her if we get her a decent light.

She currently has a bearded dragon, 55gal ciclid tank, and hopefuly soon a 29gal SW tank in her classroom!

Thanks again for the reply!!!

 

[Prowland]

yes the room is air conditioned but not during the summer break... she will have to take the tank home for that.

 

[Prowland]

Sorry I got very busy over the holiday...

The tank is back in action! I purchased a bunch of stuff on my own. Got a great deal on a few things at the beech grove pet corral! ie 250W Halmiton metal halide fixture, ballist, and bulb.

Anyway here is what I have for the tank:

29gal tank 24" wide
250W 10,000K Metal Halide
40 lbs Agra alive substrate
IO salt mix
30lbs dead rock
floating hydrometer

What I am getting tomorrow

2x 290gph JBJ dual output PH's
150 Ebo-jager heater

When premiumaquatics has the livestock running again

10lbs of rock rubble to help seed the dead rock


I will take some pics when I get the light mounted and rock cleaned up and in the tank. As of now there is only water in the tank.

Any suggestions on how high I should place this light over the tank. I know its overkill a bit on the lighting but you can barely get a PC fixture for that price.