Good Classroom Fish?????

[FreddytheFish]

RC said it: Everone needs to chill.

Firemouths are fairly easy to breed.

 

[misopeenut]

rams? or dwarf cichlids?
its pretty neat how the parents protect the frys and watch them grow.
ya i must say there is some stupid kids in high school that will put things in the tank. something like
"hey i dare you to put your soda in the tank"

 

[jm1212]

not so much about breeding, but my 7th grade science teacher had a school of red belly piranah in tank in his room

 

[gst4life]

I'm not sure what kind of guppies we are talking about here, but male fancy gups tend to run about 3.50 each around here with the females not too far behind. Platies would probably be cheapest because you would be able to get a variety of colors ("breeds") for anywhere from .99 to a few dollars depending on what you want to spend.

I guess the real question is do you want a pair of cool fish (i.e. the convicts) or a swarm of little guys (i.e. some type of liverbearer)? You could make an argument either way about what students would find more interesting to look at. Conicts would be more illustrative of breeding since you'd see the eggs while the livebearers just get fat and then one day there are little guys swimming around.

The comment about kids being stupid was over the line. I'm not in high school anymore, but when I was I certainly would have taken offense to a comment like that. What do you think they're going to do, stick their hands in the tank and yank something out? Give me a break.

What he means is they know nothing about FISH.They are not stupid in general. Like they might overfeed them, dont cycle the tank, put fish that are too big in the tank, etc. Ive seen plenty of 15 year olds and up buy or do stupid things at my LFS.

 

[meyerhaus]

Good gravy. I'll second the convicts. He could also seperate 1/4 of the tank and add some guppies.

 

[FreddytheFish]

What he means is they know nothing about FISH.They are not stupid in general. Like they might overfeed them, dont cycle the tank, put fish that are too big in the tank, etc. Ive seen plenty of 15 year olds and up buy or do stupid things at my LFS.

I'd just like to point out that many adults don't know much about aquariums either.

 

[gst4life]

I'd just like to point out that many adults don't know much about aquariums either.

I forgot to say that. Anyway, lets get back on topic....

 

[fishcatch22]

hmmmmmm....... you could even try breeding small plecos, like bristlenoses and clowns, in there.

 

[misopeenut]

he wants the fish to be very colorful and big enough for the kids to see the eggs/frys. he wants to set up a 55g probably, any suggestions? thanks!

cichlids are colorful and big enough to see the eggs :clap: :clap:

 

[gagaliya]

not so much about breeding, but my 7th grade science teacher had a school of red belly piranah in tank in his room

that's pretty funny, is he trying out darwin's theory and see which kid would put their hands in the tank first?

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