Re: [Killietalk] classroom advice

["wm crash" <wm_crash at hotmail_com>]

Howdy,

I suggest Simp perpendicularis. The hatches are very reliable, the fish are 
very hardy, and with large enough tanks (5G or so), they will sex out and 
start laying eggs in less than two months. If the eggs are kept at around 
80F (or above), they will be ready to hatch in 3 weeks.

Not to mention, a fish that teaches geometry should be welcome in any 
school; next semester we should aim for Simp parallelus.

take care,
wm_crash, the friendly hooligan
AKA #08840, SAA #162, SVAS #120, HOOLIGAN #1
Wilmington, DE

> Hi,
> I was approached by a science teacher in the high school where I teach,
> about the question of finding "an aquatic organism that can be hatched in a
> classroom that will impress the kids". His classroom experiment would begin
> in March and continue through April and May - a very short period for my
> Aphyosemions to be of much use. While I have bred a few annuals to see what
> it's like, they frankly don't interest me much and I don't have any in my
> fishroom.
> Does anyone on the list have suggestions about a hardy fast-growing
> (essential with the tight timeline) annual for such an experiment/learning
> process?
> Gary Elson
>
>
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