Let's make a difference for our schools

**paulrw** · 10-29-2009, 04:25 PM

hoppy those pics are really great! and in those last ones you posted the link for is that a sort of riparium or palardium? very cool.

**Hoppy** · 10-30-2009, 02:49 AM

I hadn't noticed, but that does look like a palaudarium doesn't it? Half full of water, emergent plants, but no planters mounted on the glass, so not a riparium.

**Twimbo** · 10-30-2009, 03:12 AM

Hoppy, I'm new here and have gotten so much help from others, I'd love to participate in a project like this. Just let me know what happens next.

**Hoppy** · 10-30-2009, 04:27 PM

Here is an interesting project for a Texas school: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/p...html?id=312994 Let's help them get a "river tank" set up. Just click the link and donate whatever you can afford.

**Twimbo** · 10-31-2009, 04:55 AM

I just donated myself. Only $274.00 to go, to help this class with their river tank set-up and get those fish out of "random beakers"! :-)

**Hoppy** · 10-31-2009, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twimbo

I just donated myself. Only $274.00 to go, to help this class with their river tank set-up and get those fish out of "random beakers"! :-)

Thank you Twimbo, you were very generous! Now, who is next? Remember, even $10 is a big help here. And, multiple donations from TPT members is great PR for our group.

**Twimbo** · 11-02-2009, 04:41 AM

Looks like they still need some donations for this project!

"Because of this, one of the big projects my class was going to do was creating a river tank, but, over the summer, someone stole our huge, never been taken out of the box, aquarium out of my classroom. My students were devastated.

Currently, my students collect samples from the drainage ditch in front of our school, and because of this we have lots of random beakers with fish in them, waiting for their permanent home.

Luckily, a sweet biology teacher gave us her 30 gallon aquarium, so all we need now is the river tank mold, animal set, and plant set to get our tank running. Once we have the river tank completed, our fish will be placed in their permanent residence"

http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/p...html?id=312994

**Hoppy** · 11-03-2009, 02:05 AM

None of us should feel obligated to donate at all, but certainly not to donate the majority of the requested funds. If just a small fraction of the people who read this forum were to kick in $10 this teacher's aquarium would be back in business.

**Hoppy** · 11-04-2009, 03:07 PM

http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/p...Project#letter
Read that, then feel inspired to donate to our current project. Our little donations really do help a lot.

**paulrw** · 11-04-2009, 05:38 PM

alright hoppy you got me again! lol. i just received a 10 dollar tip at work (I'm a chef so this is odd) so i passed it on to yet another great cause the river system is a great way to teach children about ecology kudos to everyone on this thread for keeping a vigilant eye out for great projects hopefully this one will get funded as quickly as the last

**Twimbo** · 11-06-2009, 05:00 AM

Hey Hoppy & Paulrw, wouldn't it be nice if we could get one more person to donate $10 to this project?

**paulrw** · 11-06-2009, 12:48 PM

absolutely twimbo!

**Hoppy** · 11-07-2009, 04:24 AM

461 people visiting here right now, so you would bet that among those must be at least 10 who would donate $10 each. Maybe they just can't see this, hidden among so many subjects. If I had the programming skills, and was daring enough I would make this thread flash sparkling lights so it would stand out. Or, perhaps just a loud "Hey YOU" when people enter the lounge?

**Twimbo** · 11-08-2009, 11:33 PM

Wouldn't you know, its the project that I decide to give to, that stalls. Its been over a week and we only have three donors.

http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/p...html?id=312994

One more donation of $10, would give this project some momentum.

**paulrw** · 11-08-2009, 11:48 PM

I'm stealing a great idea from sewingalot! it's not much but the next person that donates at least 10$ I'll send them a good size bush of Hygrophila corymbosa 'angustifolia' 1 mid sized blyxa auberti bush a bunch of dwarf hairgrass and a bunch of dwarf sag just pm me first one gets it

10-29-2009, 04:25 PM	#76 (permalink)
paulrw Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: myrtle beach,sc Posts: 261	hoppy those pics are really great! and in those last ones you posted the link for is that a sort of riparium or palardium? very cool. __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ert-swamp.html

10-30-2009, 02:49 AM	#77 (permalink)
Hoppy Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (23/100%) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 6,927	I hadn't noticed, but that does look like a palaudarium doesn't it? Half full of water, emergent plants, but no planters mounted on the glass, so not a riparium. __________________ Hoppy

10-30-2009, 03:12 AM	#78 (permalink)
Twimbo Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: St. Paul, MN - USA Posts: 210	Hoppy, I'm new here and have gotten so much help from others, I'd love to participate in a project like this. Just let me know what happens next. __________________ 38 Gallon Tank * 10g Shrimp Tank * 20g Potting Mix Substrate

10-30-2009, 04:27 PM	#79 (permalink)
Hoppy Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (23/100%) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 6,927	Here is an interesting project for a Texas school: http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/p...html?id=312994 Let's help them get a "river tank" set up. Just click the link and donate whatever you can afford. __________________ Hoppy

10-31-2009, 04:55 AM	#80 (permalink)
Twimbo Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: St. Paul, MN - USA Posts: 210	I just donated myself. Only $274.00 to go, to help this class with their river tank set-up and get those fish out of "random beakers"! :-) __________________ 38 Gallon Tank * 10g Shrimp Tank * 20g Potting Mix Substrate

11-02-2009, 04:41 AM	#82 (permalink)
Twimbo Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: St. Paul, MN - USA Posts: 210	Looks like they still need some donations for this project! "Because of this, one of the big projects my class was going to do was creating a river tank, but, over the summer, someone stole our huge, never been taken out of the box, aquarium out of my classroom. My students were devastated. Currently, my students collect samples from the drainage ditch in front of our school, and because of this we have lots of random beakers with fish in them, waiting for their permanent home. Luckily, a sweet biology teacher gave us her 30 gallon aquarium, so all we need now is the river tank mold, animal set, and plant set to get our tank running. Once we have the river tank completed, our fish will be placed in their permanent residence" http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/p...html?id=312994 __________________ 38 Gallon Tank * 10g Shrimp Tank * 20g Potting Mix Substrate

11-03-2009, 02:05 AM	#83 (permalink)
Hoppy Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (23/100%) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 6,927	None of us should feel obligated to donate at all, but certainly not to donate the majority of the requested funds. If just a small fraction of the people who read this forum were to kick in $10 this teacher's aquarium would be back in business. __________________ Hoppy

11-04-2009, 03:07 PM	#84 (permalink)
Hoppy Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (23/100%) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 6,927	http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/p...Project#letter Read that, then feel inspired to donate to our current project. Our little donations really do help a lot. __________________ Hoppy

11-04-2009, 05:38 PM	#85 (permalink)
paulrw Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: myrtle beach,sc Posts: 261	alright hoppy you got me again! lol. i just received a 10 dollar tip at work (I'm a chef so this is odd) so i passed it on to yet another great cause the river system is a great way to teach children about ecology kudos to everyone on this thread for keeping a vigilant eye out for great projects hopefully this one will get funded as quickly as the last __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ert-swamp.html

11-06-2009, 05:00 AM	#86 (permalink)
Twimbo Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: St. Paul, MN - USA Posts: 210	Hey Hoppy & Paulrw, wouldn't it be nice if we could get one more person to donate $10 to this project? __________________ 38 Gallon Tank * 10g Shrimp Tank * 20g Potting Mix Substrate

11-06-2009, 12:48 PM	#87 (permalink)
paulrw Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: myrtle beach,sc Posts: 261	absolutely twimbo! __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ert-swamp.html

11-07-2009, 04:24 AM	#88 (permalink)
Hoppy Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (23/100%) Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 6,927	461 people visiting here right now, so you would bet that among those must be at least 10 who would donate $10 each. Maybe they just can't see this, hidden among so many subjects. If I had the programming skills, and was daring enough I would make this thread flash sparkling lights so it would stand out. Or, perhaps just a loud "Hey YOU" when people enter the lounge? __________________ Hoppy

11-08-2009, 11:33 PM	#89 (permalink)
Twimbo Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: St. Paul, MN - USA Posts: 210	Wouldn't you know, its the project that I decide to give to, that stalls. Its been over a week and we only have three donors. http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/p...html?id=312994 One more donation of $10, would give this project some momentum. __________________ 38 Gallon Tank * 10g Shrimp Tank * 20g Potting Mix Substrate

11-08-2009, 11:48 PM	#90 (permalink)
paulrw Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: myrtle beach,sc Posts: 261	I'm stealing a great idea from sewingalot! it's not much but the next person that donates at least 10$ I'll send them a good size bush of Hygrophila corymbosa 'angustifolia' 1 mid sized blyxa auberti bush a bunch of dwarf hairgrass and a bunch of dwarf sag just pm me first one gets it __________________ http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...ert-swamp.html

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