Cedarlane

I added my little avatar picture today. I just wanted you to know that there is a significance. The lion is our school mascot, so I figured that the Lion Fish could represent our school on the forum. A big THANK YOU to Doug for taking time off work to give an awesome presentation to the entire 5th grade! Rebecca

The new additions to our tank today were a HUGE hit. Doug added 3 Chromis and a Skunk Cleaner Shrimp. I quickly found out that whatever I was teaching was much less interesting than the shrimp. It is a very social creature, and the kids loved keeping me updated on its activities. The Chromis are much shier, but the kids loved the bright colors and the fact that they traveled in a school. The Clownfish seemed very entertained by the extra company and was even more active than usual (if that's possible). I tried to add some pictures, but apparently don't know what I am doing. Can anyone give me directions? Rebecca

Hello. My name is Rebecca and I am lucky enough to be the recipient of this wonderful saltwater aquarium. I want to say thank you to everyone at WAMAS, and a BIG, special thank you to Doug for setting everything up and answering all of my questions. The 5th grade team at Cedar Lane departmentalizes, which means that we each specialize in a subject and the students rotate to each class (like middle school). I teach science to all of the 5th graders, which means 104 students split between 6 classes. The aquarium has already fascinated and inspired the students in the short time that it has been in the classroom. They are eager to go over to it each day to find every one of the fish that they know are in there, and are extremely concerned if they cannot find one. The watchman goby likes to hide, and has given the students quite a few scares. They also love to point out all of the new things that they see. We have a few bristle worms that have stowed themselves away in our tank, which everyone agrees are about the most disgusting things any of us have ever seen. The students were amazed when they heard that a clown fish can change from a male to a female and that a male cardinal fish will carry the eggs in its mouth until they hatch. The most recent surprise came when I tried to remove one of the Aiptasias in order have the students look at it under a microscope, and discovered that they actually retreat from your hands. Even with all of the students