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This year I'll be assigned either all 10th graders or 11th graders. The grades I teach as well as the content changes from year-to-year based on what the school needs. I'm that jack-of-all-sciences who picks up the overflow. Just happens that the district is making half the high school...

I have an API Master freshwater kit as well as an API Master reef kit. I use the test strips during the cycle phase for general quick checks. Use the indicator + tube kits (and an electronic pH probe) once I'm ready for more than plants. Melosu58: I understand your concern and this is one of...

I read that Chocolate chips and live rock/reefs don't mix. Is that true or false? BTW - this little tank wasn't supposed to be interesting. It's behind my desk on a middle shelf. It was set up just to breed brine shrimp for future study. I wasn't intending to get Mr. Starfish... LOL Maybe I...

KeKe - My room is in the wing right NEXT to the main unit. Can we say brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! (66-68F) Perfect for my planned Native fish tank - but not for anything else. And since this is the Summer School campus, the Summer Football camp...

Test strips - gotta love them! Yes, water was ready for Brine Shrimp on Friday. When I say 'cycled' I automatically assume that testing during the duration is such a common practice that it doesn't need mentioning. Heating was also assumed to be an understood requirement. I apologize for...

It stays there. That's why I have everything on timers and automatic feeders. The 5G is my tiny tank compared to the others in the room. Right now I just go there twice a week to check on them. The janitors are the ones enjoying them. Nice being at a school that's only 11 miles away from home...

It's been cycling/running since last week in preparation for the brine shrimp. From what I've been reading and was informed by the store who gave it to me - if the tank is safe for Brine, it's safe for the Starfish. I generally allow my classroom tanks to cycle for over a week before I put...

Yeah, I'm a science teacher at the high school level. Longtime Barb/tetra/goldish/guppy keeper. I've been getting advice from various hobbiest groups in my quest to set up two ecosystem models in my classroom to use in environmental chemical study/comparison. So now I have a 55G 'Malawi Lake'...

They reproduced like nuts in the 1L control tank last year. Students thoroughly enjoyed seeing them mating. It was a good healthy colony throughout the six weeks of research. Then I gave it to my department head to feed to her reef to dispose of it. Why keep it when that particular school was a...

Ok, I'm a science teacher that uses live aquatic models in class for student research projects. Since I changed districts this year I've gone from being 5 minutes from the best Aquatic store in Nashville - to an hour away.. One of the main projects I do every year involves brine shrimp...