fishyfish22
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hello everybody. in my school, i have already set up a freshwater aquarium (90 gallons) but that story is on another forum. what i hope to do is set up a large saltwater aquarium(125 gallons plus) for everyone to see, because when i think about it i realize that there are hundreds of students who, if they tried it, would really enjoy keeping an aquarium, only they haven't been exposed to it strongly enough. here's what i hope to get done by the end of this school year, (not in this exact order)
1. start a fish club-many students, if they were exposed, would learn their true talent in keeping aquarium fish. this would expand not only the hobby, but it would teach many skills we know and use on a daily basis such as chemistry( additives), biology( learning how fish's bodies work), ecology (compatibility of organisms) and much more. it may even spark some people's interests in areas such as marine biology and engineering . most people who i know like fish, but don't have an aquarium say that they don't have space or money. but if it's in a school, they can be a part of something that they've always wanted to be a part of.
2. get a saltwater aquarium- i don't know if this is for everyone, but when we have guests over the first thing they notice is the fish tank. the 90 gallon freshwater alone captured enough attention, but a larger tank like i hope to achieve would lead to incredible ends. what we would need to do is find a large aquarium(it would both attract attention and all of the best fish for saltwater such as many tangs are saltwater). we need either a good deal on a large setup or many deals on smaller items to make a full setup. preferably reef ready, but that will come later on.
3. find a source of budget- do any of you know of ways we could get money to fund this? i know of grants but not of companies or groups that would be willing to donate to a school to have fish tanks, but then again maybe there are.
4. find a list of activities to be done for when this does become a club. we could meet once a week, but if this does become a popular club there can't be 20 people working on a single 90 gallon.there should be a list of activities to do. maybe a semester field trip, but we'd need money for that too. before things get done, there needs to be proper planing. since it will be displayed to the entire school, it must be perfect, or if not perfect then similar to perfect. any questions please ask, and any opinions or info please let me know. i'm just a kid with a dream/vision, but with support of an entire community of people, this may come to life.
if this does work, it could eventually become a reef tank (corals will come out of my aquarium or any donations if anyone would like to make any) but that's way down the road.
-i already have the principal's permission to have this happen, but we would need our own source of money.
1. start a fish club-many students, if they were exposed, would learn their true talent in keeping aquarium fish. this would expand not only the hobby, but it would teach many skills we know and use on a daily basis such as chemistry( additives), biology( learning how fish's bodies work), ecology (compatibility of organisms) and much more. it may even spark some people's interests in areas such as marine biology and engineering . most people who i know like fish, but don't have an aquarium say that they don't have space or money. but if it's in a school, they can be a part of something that they've always wanted to be a part of.
2. get a saltwater aquarium- i don't know if this is for everyone, but when we have guests over the first thing they notice is the fish tank. the 90 gallon freshwater alone captured enough attention, but a larger tank like i hope to achieve would lead to incredible ends. what we would need to do is find a large aquarium(it would both attract attention and all of the best fish for saltwater such as many tangs are saltwater). we need either a good deal on a large setup or many deals on smaller items to make a full setup. preferably reef ready, but that will come later on.
3. find a source of budget- do any of you know of ways we could get money to fund this? i know of grants but not of companies or groups that would be willing to donate to a school to have fish tanks, but then again maybe there are.
4. find a list of activities to be done for when this does become a club. we could meet once a week, but if this does become a popular club there can't be 20 people working on a single 90 gallon.there should be a list of activities to do. maybe a semester field trip, but we'd need money for that too. before things get done, there needs to be proper planing. since it will be displayed to the entire school, it must be perfect, or if not perfect then similar to perfect. any questions please ask, and any opinions or info please let me know. i'm just a kid with a dream/vision, but with support of an entire community of people, this may come to life.
if this does work, it could eventually become a reef tank (corals will come out of my aquarium or any donations if anyone would like to make any) but that's way down the road.
-i already have the principal's permission to have this happen, but we would need our own source of money.
