GMaquarium
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Scott you are doing a phenomenal job there in the classroom. It's a great tank. I hope your students know and appreciate all that you do.
The OFFICIAL Classroom Reef Build Thread!
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backdraft79
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My god the kids are so lucky!
Conesus_Kid
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There's an out-of-focus FTS in the latest blog post (click on the red house). It's tough to get a good picture of the 8 foot wide tank that shows any detail. I really need to take the time to learn how to stitch pictures together.
FWIW, there are additional pics up on the blog, including a recent shot of the breeding rack and plankton culturing setup. I just put together the growth sequence for the folks on this forum since I knew it would be most appreciated here.
Thanks for the kind words everyone.
Nice growth Scott. You're gonna need a big Ca reactor 
Conesus_Kid
Premium Member
New update
New update
After a good cleaning yesterday and some experimentation with flow, I decided to bust out the camera and get some more recent pics of the aquarium. There's 31 photos in the album, so I thought I post a teaser pic with a link to the photobucket album.
Here's the link to the Photobucket slideshow
And lastly, here's some video of the tank. (You can't see the RBTA since it's ticked about the new flow arrangement. I'm hoping it'll walk out for a front and center appearance soon!)
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New update
After a good cleaning yesterday and some experimentation with flow, I decided to bust out the camera and get some more recent pics of the aquarium. There's 31 photos in the album, so I thought I post a teaser pic with a link to the photobucket album.
Here's the link to the Photobucket slideshow
And lastly, here's some video of the tank. (You can't see the RBTA since it's ticked about the new flow arrangement. I'm hoping it'll walk out for a front and center appearance soon!)
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chrisqueenz
New member
Wow tank looks amazing! Great progress!
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
nice :bounce1:
Capt_Cully
Active member
Looks like things are on the launching pad. Seems like stuff grows so slowly, "watched pot" type of thing. I'd bet this time next year you have insane growth and big colonies.
What type of lessons do you teach with the tank?
Do the kids share your passion?
Anyway the school will let them share your other passion? Field trip for duck hunting???
What type of lessons do you teach with the tank?
Do the kids share your passion?
Anyway the school will let them share your other passion? Field trip for duck hunting???
Conesus_Kid
Premium Member
I use the aquarium a lot as a teaching tool during our ecology unit. It's great to be able to point to the back of the room and give a living example of something we're discussing. A quick example: Those little blackbar chromis each have a distinct territory. In fact, each of the four of them occupies two feet of real estate across the the eight foot tank. When we talk about competition for living space, they illustrate it perfectly. The list goes on, really. I have them make observations of the critters, recording specific adaptations that some of the organisms have.
I've got kids who show up early and/or linger after class each day to check things out. They're always full of questions, so there's countless "teachable moments" with this.
I've got a small group of about 10 middle schoolers who are going to help me with the mini-grant projects: creating virtual field trips for kids in other schools, along with species profiles. I also hope to put some more energy into the breeding project, which has been in a holding pattern for many months at this point.
I'm not sure about working duck hunting into the curriculum, but I am going to start hunting for a grant/opportunity to go to the Galapagos Islands someday. I got bit by the nature/wilderness travel bug in Kenya, and after seeing some video, Galapagos has made it onto the bucket list!
I've got kids who show up early and/or linger after class each day to check things out. They're always full of questions, so there's countless "teachable moments" with this.
I've got a small group of about 10 middle schoolers who are going to help me with the mini-grant projects: creating virtual field trips for kids in other schools, along with species profiles. I also hope to put some more energy into the breeding project, which has been in a holding pattern for many months at this point.
I'm not sure about working duck hunting into the curriculum, but I am going to start hunting for a grant/opportunity to go to the Galapagos Islands someday. I got bit by the nature/wilderness travel bug in Kenya, and after seeing some video, Galapagos has made it onto the bucket list!
Conesus_Kid
Premium Member
New digs!
New digs!
After QT in copper, these clarkiis were introduced into the display aquarium today.
It took them about 30 seconds to find the RBTA. The rest, as they say is history.
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New digs!
After QT in copper, these clarkiis were introduced into the display aquarium today.
It took them about 30 seconds to find the RBTA. The rest, as they say is history.
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Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
nice!
It shouldn't take much to get them to do the wiggle.
It shouldn't take much to get them to do the wiggle.
superkat
Premium Member
love that wiggle!
Conesus_Kid
Premium Member
New goodies from the swap!
New goodies from the swap!
Again, thanks to everyone who came on Saturday. IMO, it was a grand success. I'm hoping that next year's will be even bigger and better!:bounce3:
A special thank you again to those who so generously donated frags, supplies, and $$$ towards the cause. In all of the hobbies I have been involved with, reefkeepers are the friendliest, most gregarious bunch, (even more so than ice fishermen, a tough feat!)
Here are some pics of some of the fabulous frags (and colonies!) that folks brought on Saturday. (I'm still tinkering with the camera settings...):
New goodies from the swap!
Again, thanks to everyone who came on Saturday. IMO, it was a grand success. I'm hoping that next year's will be even bigger and better!:bounce3:
A special thank you again to those who so generously donated frags, supplies, and $$$ towards the cause. In all of the hobbies I have been involved with, reefkeepers are the friendliest, most gregarious bunch, (even more so than ice fishermen, a tough feat!)
Here are some pics of some of the fabulous frags (and colonies!) that folks brought on Saturday. (I'm still tinkering with the camera settings...):
Conesus_Kid
Premium Member
more...
more...
more...
Conesus_Kid
Premium Member
and more...
and more...
and more...
Conesus_Kid
Premium Member
And big news!!!
And big news!!!
There was certainly love in the air on Saturday (I know I felt it!).
Apparently, so did the Clarkii's! :love1:
Looky what I found this AM:
And big news!!!
There was certainly love in the air on Saturday (I know I felt it!).
Apparently, so did the Clarkii's! :love1:
Looky what I found this AM:
