Recent content by MolaMola

Oh! I thought it was a spiny fish or invert living in your peaceful tank. I actually have one from Florida but thought for sure I was seeing rigid spikes. Thanks for the fun fossil fact. I may try to add a fossil activity to my aqua class next year.

Wow! I need a "find the _____ in the photo" guide - so much life in your tanks! What am I looking at here (circled)?

RSVPd Yes but not sure if I can make it in time - last day of school functions

I am not ready for this myself yet but am planning to totally rearrange equipment and set my Apex up this summer. Following your posts for sure.

YIKES!! Could you please explain the "extension cord that made the side cabinet live" situation you mentioned that caused your scary jolt? I would like to learn from your experience. SO GLAD you are okay! Also, your tank is amazing and what a joy that must be to look at in your own home. When...

Another idea that is more like community outreach is setting up and maintaining a tank somewhere that is not a school. - Long-term care, skilled nursing, or assisted living facility. I have seen tanks at these locations and residents interacted with fish, plant motion, etc. Very stimulating and...

As a teacher, I think this is a huge and meaningful goal. :D People here with kids give them broad, enriching experiences. You would be shocked at how many kids are not exposed to much at all, engage in no extracurricular activities, and are living a frighteningly large part of their lives...

Epic AI fail re: % of women in reef club. :p

This type of brush does not work?

Looks great! Those fish look bigger than I thought they would be and well fed. Nice! Will be interesting to follow their behavior among the other fish.

Here is a tasty photo:

I have like 50 zip ties holding netting on our big DT overflow to keep animals out :p, but this other tank's weir has no top edge. But...you gave me an idea for a use of mesh and zip ties elsewhere on this tank-in-progress...

Right, but I also need it to go under top screens to keep in future fish. At the moment, I do have clamps like you say, though holding in a huge puff of floss so snails do not go into empty box. I don’t think my smallest clamps will fit diagonally under a screen, but that’s a good idea to try. I...

In case I find out I hate it and need to try something else. : ) Making screens for a lowboy tank and also trying out covering weirs of internal overflow box to keep water out of there and to see if I like raising the water level a bit.

Say you wanted to temporarily cover the weirs (from the sides) of an overflow box (so it does not operate) with thin polycarbonate. And you wanted to temporarily attach a 1/2" square acrylic bar across the top black trim of one side of a tank (width a bit less than 1/2"). What adhesive(s) would...