Has this ever happend to you?

I stopped by my classroom this evening for just a couple of minutes to check
on my aquariums. Thursday I added to my 55 gallon tank an "algae pack" from
That Fish Place. I wanted to make sure those critters were doing okay and
to test the water. Everything was going fine. I then pulled up a chair to
check on the individual snails, hermits, and emerald crabs. Well, I'm sure
you can tell where this is headed. Instead of "just a couple of minutes", I
sat and watched the tank for three hours! I'm not complaining (or
exagerating) at all, but I had no idea that time was flying by so quickly!
It was truly facinating watching a turbo snail clear a path through the
algae on my rock. Uh oh, I just thought of something. . . .I'll be teaching
when at the begining of class I say "Okay class, if you look here at the
reef aquarium you'll notice a member of the mollusk family, and here this is
a . . . oh cool look at that, and that, and that. . ." Then I hear a
student say, "Mr. McCarty, I think class is over, there are kids at the
door." . . . oh yes I can see it now (LOL).

Yes, I bet you will. Because of your school hours, you might consider your
lights coming on at 6am and off at 5pm. That way at 8am your class will be able
to observe your tank when it is awake and perked up.

Marc

Brian McCarty wrote:

I stopped by my classroom this evening for just a couple of minutes to check
on my aquariums. Thursday I added to my 55 gallon tank an "algae pack" from
That Fish Place. I wanted to make sure those critters were doing okay and
to test the water. Everything was going fine. I then pulled up a chair to
check on the individual snails, hermits, and emerald crabs. Well, I'm sure
you can tell where this is headed. Instead of "just a couple of minutes", I
sat and watched the tank for three hours! I'm not complaining (or
exagerating) at all, but I had no idea that time was flying by so quickly!
It was truly facinating watching a turbo snail clear a path through the
algae on my rock. Uh oh, I just thought of something. . . .I'll be teaching
when at the begining of class I say "Okay class, if you look here at the
reef aquarium you'll notice a member of the mollusk family, and here this is
a . . . oh cool look at that, and that, and that. . ." Then I hear a
student say, "Mr. McCarty, I think class is over, there are kids at the
door." . . . oh yes I can see it now (LOL).

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being a newbie to this hobby I would still like to offer these two tidbits.

You know you are addicted when you would rather watch the "goings-on" in
your tank rather then the TV.

You know you are addicted if when asked when you will be done
(re)positioning the rocks in your tank, you answer "it is never finished."



"Marc Levenson" wrote in message
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Yes, I bet you will. Because of your school hours, you might consider
your
lights coming on at 6am and off at 5pm. That way at 8am your class will
be able
to observe your tank when it is awake and perked up.

Marc

Brian McCarty wrote:

I stopped by my classroom this evening for just a couple of minutes to
check
on my aquariums. Thursday I added to my 55 gallon tank an "algae pack"
from
That Fish Place. I wanted to make sure those critters were doing okay
and
to test the water. Everything was going fine. I then pulled up a chair
to
check on the individual snails, hermits, and emerald crabs. Well, I'm
sure
you can tell where this is headed. Instead of "just a couple of
minutes", I
sat and watched the tank for three hours! I'm not complaining (or
exagerating) at all, but I had no idea that time was flying by so
quickly!
It was truly facinating watching a turbo snail clear a path through the
algae on my rock. Uh oh, I just thought of something. . . .I'll be
teaching
when at the begining of class I say "Okay class, if you look here at
the
reef aquarium you'll notice a member of the mollusk family, and here
this is
a . . . oh cool look at that, and that, and that. . ." Then I hear a
student say, "Mr. McCarty, I think class is over, there are kids at the
door." . . . oh yes I can see it now (LOL).

--
Personal Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/oanda/index.html
Business Page: http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com
Marine Hobbyist: http://www.melevsreef.com

"plaguebeast" wrote in message
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You know you are addicted when you would rather watch the "goings-on" in
your tank rather then the TV.

How true that is. A friend on mine usually stops by on
Saturday afternoons and he always has to check out our
tanks for 5-30 minutes to see what's on the "cichlid channel"
or on the "marine channels".

Cheers,
Dave Johnson