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Aquarium? #36

Open nelsonic opened 1 year ago

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

We have discussed aquariums in the past 💬 ⌛ They are popular way for children to learn about animals in Montessori Schools: https://youtu.be/OsxEBcCe8Y0 🐠

When we visited the Porto Montessori School last August our son was transfixed by their tank in the entrance:

It's the first thing everyone sees when they enter; just below their main notice board.

Todo

[x] Research aquariums that can fit in the entrance of @home (~1100mm)

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

The most reasonably priced high quality aquarium I could find online is this one: https://www.olx.pt/d/anuncio/kit-aqurio-1-metro-loja-especializada-IDHvqQe.html

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

To be clear: I'm definitely conflicted on "confining" fish in an aquarium their whole lives ... 🙄 I'd much rather just live in nature and have lots of wild animals to observe ... But in leu of that, an aquarium with fish our children can "look after" is a good start.

Once we've built the stand for the aquarium we can fill it with water and head to Nova Arcada to buy the fish. ⏳

Apparently:

"It's okay to eat fish 'cause they don't have any feelings" ~ Kurt Cobain - Something in the Way

nelsonic commented 1 year ago

Champs collected the Aquarium and brought it up to Braga yesterday: 🎉

As carefully measured before buying it, fits snugly in the back of the IQ. ✅

Need to build a stand for it before we can set it up. 🚧

nelsonic commented 5 months ago

Our aquarium is finally up and running and ready to receive fish! 🐠 🎉

Heading to the pet+fish store now. 👌

nelsonic commented 5 months ago

We visited the pet/fish shop today and the owner advised that we have to wait 2 weeks for the filter to clean the water we put in today… ⏳ So we will revisit this in 2 weeks and collect our fish. 🐟🤞🏼

iteles commented 5 months ago

We also need to decide whether we want to have real plants in the tank and if so, change the lighting to all white LEDs!

nelsonic commented 5 months ago

@iteles with all respect to the pet shop owner, white light is not necessary for plant growth/health. In fact the spot where the aquarium is gets more than enough natural light so no light is needed. I'm keen on having real plants even if just as a learning experience.

iteles commented 5 months ago

Me too 👍 Keeping it simple at first.