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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Big Dog on May 19, 2015, 08:41:42 PM

Title: Planted aquarium contest with High School Seniors
Post by: Big Dog on May 19, 2015, 08:41:42 PM

I helped a teacher in Ohio with several of her students.  I helped the students with there aquariums and setups.
Please remember this is the students first time ever working with live plants in a aquarium. They did learn this year on how to take care of freshwater, Saltwater, and planted aquariums. I am very proud of my students. They all worked very hard and had a great time working on these aquariums.

Please let me know what all of you think of there setups.

First picture is First Place and so on.

Title: Re: Planted aquarium contest with High School Seniors
Post by: kodyboy on May 19, 2015, 09:06:46 PM

Very nice!  That is a very cool project! !!

Title: Re: Planted aquarium contest with High School Seniors
Post by: Ron on May 19, 2015, 10:17:00 PM

Those look great! Thanks for sharing.  :)

Title: Re: Planted aquarium contest with High School Seniors
Post by: Big Dog on May 20, 2015, 12:13:45 AM

Thanks.  I hope to do more of these next school year.  I had several people help me out with donating plants and supplies such as tanks, rocks, gift certificate.  These are the people who helped make this all possible.


The following people helped make this all possible for me to do.

Sarah Hale, Christopher K. Brown, Paul Van Hout, Brian Dahlberg,
 Douglas L. Clark, and Kevin Kroll. From Face Book. Donated a large amount of plants for all the students. Class room teacher Penny Miller helped make this all happen.

Paul Van Hout, Christopher K. Brown from Greenleafaquariums.com/Forums. Donated gift cards to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

Greenleafaquariums.com company donated a lot of items to the students for there aquarium setups

Title: Re: Planted aquarium contest with High School Seniors
Post by: Big Dog on May 20, 2015, 12:19:11 AM

Thanks Regalblue for letting me post this on the forum. :)

Title: Re: Planted aquarium contest with High School Seniors
Post by: cranialdisturbance on May 20, 2015, 11:09:40 AM

Quote from: Big Dog on May 20, 2015, 12:19:11 AM

Thanks Regalblue for letting me post this on the forum. :)

Regalblue has a soft spot for education. 


What a great program for promoting the hobby.

Title: Re: Planted aquarium contest with High School Seniors
Post by: Regalblue on May 20, 2015, 03:44:26 PM

Quote from: Big Dog on May 20, 2015, 12:19:11 AM

Thanks Regalblue for letting me post this on the forum. :)

No thanks needed. It's great seeing kids getting into the hobby.

Title: Re: Planted aquarium contest with High School Seniors
Post by: Big Dog on May 20, 2015, 03:53:29 PM

Thanks for all the nice comments.  I will let the students know.  The students are all very excited on how there planted aquariums turned out. The cool thing about this contest is.  The students got to learn how to setup a aquarium, Take care of a aquarium, and how to landscape a aquarium / Planted aquarium.  The students get to take home there planted aquariums if they want to. 

Title: Re: Planted aquarium contest with High School Seniors
Post by: lohachata on May 24, 2015, 12:45:55 PM

I think this was a fantastic project..i would love to see this type of thing offered in more schools....not only is it a great way to spread the hobby ; but also a great way to teach young people how to appreciate this aspect of doing something that they possibly didn't think they could do.......