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#1 johnnie7au

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Posted 01 June 2006 - 08:09 PM

Hi folks ..

Several wonderful people here have been so kind. Unbelievable!

I get frustrated now and again ... cos keeping fish healthy in a school is much more complicated than doing it at home!

So if I whinge .. I appologize ..



I am a teacher at a government high school, and am involved in agriculture and science departments.

I am relatively new to keeping any sort of fish personally, but have learned so much in the last three months or so.

I have been amazed at the kindness of people who have donated some fish and equipment.

I have raised some fry and recently set up two breeding tanks and two growing tanks for cichlids, at school. The tanks are not pretty , but some 30 fish are now happy, (and so are my year 8's).

I am asking that if you have any fish or equipment that you need a home for, please let me know, (I can't pay anything), but if you are going to dump, Please don't! Somehow we will try our best to learn and look after anything you have to offer as it is an opportunity for us to help our students learn and enjoy!

Thanks so much.

Johnnie 8) 8)

#2 keleherr

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Posted 01 June 2006 - 08:31 PM

hey i got about 5(around 6cm) a.latifasciata you can have if you want. nice victorian,easy to breed and hardy as.let me kno if you want them.
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#3 johnnie7au

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Posted 01 June 2006 - 11:42 PM

Thanks I will PMy a!

8)

#4 johnnie7au

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 12:31 AM

People on this site are so generous ...

Today I put some of Merjo's fish in their tanks at school.

(I lost a few chromides, because I was very very stupid... :oops: :oops: :oops: but I am still keeping the surviving chromides in an effort to breed them!) 8) 8)

Two groups of students have special responibility for getting these fish to breed! 6 fish per tank at present.

Another 20 fish are being grown in two wheelie bins to max size asap as another "special responsibility".

Another little group of boys have to look after some baby koi! (1 cm)

We have had some pumps and tanks kindly donated from members here .. and are looking forward to putting the big flat tanks that were donated into action next year in a new building as a a demo item.

In the mean time I am persuing ways to expand the idea of getting kids to look after fish as a special responsibility(ownership) rather than terrorize them in class by feeding them, chewing gum etc. etc.

If I can promote responsibility , and a little passion , then maybe some students will get enthused? ... Perhaps even take this on as a hobby?

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#5 johnnie7au

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 12:41 AM

Anyone PM me for my ph no ...

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 08:15 AM

Hi Johnnie

Glad everything is going well smile.gif

Any chance of some pics we can add to the site to showcase what you are doing smile.gif

Cheers

Dave

#7 johnnie7au

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 03:32 PM

Yep, I will get onto it as soon as we get back to school!

8)

#8 Brett

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 08:36 PM

If Johnny is teaching Year 8's then he needs all the help he can get :wink:

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#9 johnnie7au

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Posted 02 June 2006 - 09:54 PM

I have a really fantastic year 8 class doing Specialist Agriculture. I teach them the Ag. Science bit. The school is hoping to expand in this area and will be adding an accelerated year 8 Ag. and Ag. Sci program next year. Hopefully I will have learned a little more about aquaculture, aquaponics and raising various types of interesting fish and other aquatic organisms by then. smile.gif

#10 johnnie7au

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Posted 14 June 2006 - 08:12 PM

Once again thank you to the kind people who have provided some tanks, air pumps and various fish for our school. 8)

I will take just about anything I can get my hands on.

I notice also that a primary school has put their hand up too! 8) 8) 8)

So if you have anything to spare, schools such as the primary school mentioned in the post above and the high school where I teach can certainly use anything "fishy" to enrich our childrens places of learning.

I can say that the students really do get a lot of learning and enrichment out of having fish in the classrooms. 8) 8)

Better to throw unwanted disease free fish, or unwanted equipment our way than use them to feed bigger fish or send to the tip! 8)

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Posted 21 June 2006 - 10:43 PM

I just learned that our school managed to get a grant for some solar power .... 8) 8) 8)

I see in the future that a couple of medium sized ponds will be waiting for a solar powered pump ...

The vision is progressing .. Not pretty .. but getting there!


8O

Open to ANY donations regards fish and equuipment!

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#12 johnnie7au

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Posted 01 July 2006 - 02:34 AM

I just thought I would bump this ...

If you got anything (plants or equipment or fish ) anything ....

Lemme know!

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#13 Noddy65

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Posted 01 July 2006 - 09:40 AM

Ill have some nice hardy plants available on Monday in Jandakot....give me a call on Monday at home 9417 4142.

Mike

#14 johnnie7au

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Posted 03 July 2006 - 04:06 PM

Mike

I missed you ...

Will pm ya! smile.gif

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Posted 04 July 2006 - 07:54 AM

hey mate,

Hope everything will go and is going well with this, it's a fantastic idea!
No idea what sort of fish you are after but I have a small bunch of maingano fry left if they are any good to you. Probably 5 or 6 that I know of could be more....
pm me if you can use them i'd be more then happy to donate them to a good cause.

Matty

#16 johnnie7au

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Posted 04 July 2006 - 08:24 PM

Yes please Matty.

I guess I will need to grow them up a bit at home as the kids tend to be a little heavy handed regards looking after fry.

But it sure would be great and much appreciated.

Can I give you a ring or something at the weekend?

Thanks mate.

8)

#17 Matthew

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Posted 05 July 2006 - 07:38 AM

sure thing mate,
i'll pm my number through,friday and sat night are out but satur-day and sunday are good smile.gif
They are up to 3cm so they are well established, and seeing as i have a female to catch i'll strip down the rocks and grab a couple more out of the main tank as well. I haven't counted but like I said, minimum 5-6

Matt

#18 johnnie7au

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Posted 05 July 2006 - 05:22 PM

8)

Thank you!

The kids will be rapt!

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#19 johnnie7au

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Posted 13 July 2006 - 11:40 PM

Thanks guys ad girls...

All recently donated fish and plants are happy and thriving for a week or so ... at my home ... for the time being ... 8) 8)

I am hoping that the ones at school ar cared for as much as my ones at home (breed stock) over the holiday!

So difficult catering for the well beig of fish over the holiday period! (I have no idea what the outcome will be!)

Thank you to all ... in any case!

I have learned so much for being a visitor to this site ... met many kind people ...

8)

Some of the fish I stocked at home are getting so BIG .. I had to move them! (I feed them twice a day!) 8) 8)

I can't afford glass tanks at home .. :cry: ... so I am thnking of setting up some species specific breeding colonies ... in cheap plastic tanks ... 200 W heater in each tank ... outside ... under the eaves .....

a plant pot filter ... aerator ... etc. etc .. fry savers if I catch tem breeding ...


I got some nice blue fish ... would love a stock of breedin yellows ... 8) 8) 8)

(I am a cheeky bugger!)

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#20 johnnie7au

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Posted 24 July 2006 - 10:59 PM

Hi folks,

I was worried about the mossambiques at school over the holiday ...

Would they survive ? Some are housed in wheelies bins at school!

Well they did!

The rabbits - loose litter culture rather than intensive culture - managed to gnaw their way though the air lines to two of the wheelie bin tanks ... DOH! However - I went in during the holiday and caught them just before they went belly up!

Evaporation was incredible .. and steps are being taken tomorrow to do some water changes in daily steps to dilute and exchange the water.

The classroom fish - mossambiques also (smaller tanks) have also survived, but will need a little TLC.

The fish I have held at home temorarily in wheelie bins on behalf of the kids are very healthy .. eating me out of house and home ...

This is what we hope to put in the display tanks ...

Several mossmbiques raised from fry and mouthspit which are in both wheelie bins and hopefully a small display tank . ( fish courtesy of Andrea)

4 green chromides ( fish courtesy of Terry)
1 acei "msuli" and also several a.latifasciata (fish courtesy of James)
several - Lab freibergi juvis (fish courtesy of David)
Several - Maingano (fish courtesy of Matt)

Some vallis (doing really well!) and some other plants that are struggling to survive.. ( courtesy of mike)

Tony helped us to get hold of some nets, tanks and air pumps from a kind man, that will go into the new building.

At the moment it is not much to look at , but If we get one tank that looks a bit speccie, and switches on a few students .. then we would have done good! First step! Photos later!

Thanks again.

If there is any way I can repay the generosity, please don't hesitate to ask!

The stock of beautufully ugly Mossambiques (They are so cute!) I have been growing at home ... from babies that Andea got from mummys mouth ... (BIG learning curve for me!).

Well these fish are unbelieveable! ... from about 1 mm to 12 cm... in only a few months.

Andrea ... thank you so much for getting us started! 8)

These fish are incredibly strong and eat just about anything! (Pig food, chook food, the odd compost worm, crushed azzolla, duckweed, zuchinni, mashed potato, cockroaches ) 8O 8O 8O

Thank goodness they don't bite! 8)

Prior to the holidays the school was given some nice bright coloured fish from kind people here .. so I am hoping to delagate some of the classroom mossambiques in the larger of the tanks to the bins to make way for these beauties.

This will leave a small mossambiqe tank in the classroom.

Bear with me .. I think it will take a few weeks to get this together, and I think there is little chance of breeding from the pretty fish in a classroom situation ... simply because they don't get the care I would like oor that I could give with keeping a stock at home. At school the sharp observation needed to be sucessful regards breeding them would be lacking.. (I rarely get to see them as it is not my normal classroom and not on the main school site!) but If I can get the students to put together a simple but pretty tank ... would be nice.

If I get them to lodge over the Christmas holidays, maybe I will get lucky and be able to catch some babies.

If we get some babys then it would be a bonus.

I would love to get some varieties of breeding colonies of species together at home so that I can breed several varieties for my next year 8 class, ready for Next year so if anyone has fish they want to dispose of ... I will be happy to take them... as breeder fish for the school.

I will post some pics in a few weeks timeof whwre we are at..

New farm buildings are due to be started in the next few weeks, so I am looking forward to getting a super duper display tank in there next year ,,,

Also I may need some advice and help getting a very large goldfish pond (or two) up and running next year (if I get my way!) - Aquaponic filtration too I hope!

Oh .. I got my year 8 class a few yabbys to play with in separate tanks too!

Once again , many thanks to you all!

The students really do appreciate your kindness.

And I will take anything you got that you don't want!




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