Classroom fish tank

Research shows the benefits that come from students with autism interacting with classroom pets, and stories shared by teachers truly warm one’s heart:

How to make a self cleaning aquarium. How a self cleaning fish tank works and why you want to have a self cleaning aquarium. What equipment you need, how to maintain it and the drawbacks of a self cleaning fish tank.

See the best and worst class pets plus find out how to get teacher grants to pay for a free pet for your classroom!

Writing about our Class Pets the fish

A few years ago, I received a small fish tank through the Pets in the Classroom grant program. (More on that a little later) It was a small 1.5 gallon tank with a pump, filter, and light, and three little glofish. Set up was super easy and in a day or so, my classroom had a gurgling fish tank and a few little fishies swimming around. The kids loved it - we named the fish, fed them each morning, watched them swim, and had fishy funeral services when necessary. A really nice addition to the…

Create a fun miniature under-the-sea world to put on your bedroom shelf, display in the bathroom, or use as a night light!

Looking for an easy beginners pet for your kids? Why not try setting up a freshwater aquarium? I have fond memories as a kid keeping fish in my room. The whole experience was memorable, setting up the tank with my mom, naming the fish, watching it swim around as I went to sleep. Recently I had the opportunity to attend a webinar with Mars Fishcare all about caring for freshwater fish in an aquarium. I’m so excited to share with you all I learned and a few clips from the webinar in this post…