Planted Tank at School

That's cool that you set up a tank with the class. How are you using it to teach them/incorporating it into their studies? I wish we would have done that in school

Very nice...

Specs on lighting and substrate please?

Each year I setup a new tank and have my chem students track the nitrogen cycle and maintain water parameters using a master test kit.

20g
(2) 24"x65W PC's
eco substrate
CO2 injected
Zoo-Med Power Sweep Head for diffusion
Fluval 204
Dose on demand fert schedule
(2) 25% WC weekly

Low bioload

jrs said:

Each year I setup a new tank and have my chem students track the nitrogen cycle and maintain water parameters using a master test kit.

20g
(2) 24"x65W PC's
eco substrate
CO2 injected
Zoo-Med Power Sweep Head for diffusion
Fluval 204
Dose on demand fert schedule
(2) 25% WC weekly

Low bioload

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That's awesome! I wish my chem teacher was that involved...

I'm going to set one up at my school too.

I actually teach information technology. One of the chem/bio teachers and I actually already run a convict breeder setup (3 tanks).

We're going to do 1 planted tank with some rasboras and maybe an angel (hmm.. looks like yours).

Your tank looks great!

oh and computer side... we're going to setup a webcam for it...and if I can afford it in my budget.. We're going to track the PH and temperature over time electronics.

I have set up a few planted tanks before. The big difference with this one is the moss wall. I am just hoping we can find the right balance to keep it algae free. So far so good; no signs of algae but there is a little bit of U. gama that must have hitch-hiked but I am not terribly concerned about that.

BTW you probably know this but you can get pH and temp probes for the TI calculators and then start doing some graphical analysis with the data.

You teachers rock. I remember my science teacher's tanks in high school. Only one of them had a clue about properly fish husbandry. She was also one of the only science teachers I *didn't* get to have, and one of the best too!

The rest of them had nasty tanks. 4'' of black muck on the bottom, half the glass was covered in algae to the point that you couldn't see through half the tank, and 2 goldfish with one crystal eyed catfish. One day I remember walking into class and seeing glow-in-the-dark condoms flooring at the surface of the water. The class had a good chuckle but the teacher didn't even notice.

jrs said:

I have set up a few planted tanks before. The big difference with this one is the moss wall. I am just hoping we can find the right balance to keep it algae free. So far so good; no signs of algae but there is a little bit of U. gama that must have hitch-hiked but I am not terribly concerned about that.

BTW you probably know this but you can get pH and temp probes for the TI calculators and then start doing some graphical analysis with the data.

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Moss walls are pretty fun to watch progress. Hope it works out for you.

I had no idea you could do that with those calculators. That will provide for some interesting analyses. You should post some of the findings from this project on this site