*UPDATE*
Well, I'm happy to say that the gold fish is doing well. After almost two weeks of regular maintenance (daily for the first week, and every other day since), the fish is looking healthy. The teacher is no longer allowed to touch the fish tank (if you could call it a tank... hardly big enough) at my orders. I built one of the 5-minute sponge filters, and it seems to be doing a good job on filtering the water, even if it is no where near powerful enough.
The fish is much more active, much brighter in colour, and looking much healthier.
After seeing the change in the fish's behaviour and tank conditions, the teacher asked me if I would adopt Mr. Squiggles at the end of the term (about one month from today). Unfortunately, I do not have the tank space available to accommodate Mr. Squiggles. Fortunately, a friend of mine has an empty cold-water tank (with just a Pleco) and a small pond which will be Mr. Squiggles' new home at the end of June. With my care, he should live to see the days of freedom and swimming space.
I did one of my tank-maintenance routines during class time and showed the students how to properly care for the fish and explained what all the bottles on the counter were for. The teacher encouraged this, and the students were much happier knowing that Mr. Squiggles was being cared for properly. It also helped to answer their questions about the sponge filter and what the various things I was putting in the tank did (Nutrafin Cycle, AquaPlus, Melafix, Pimafix).
While Mr. Squiggles is not in ideal living conditions, he's in good living conditions that receive a lot of care and maintenance. I've found him a good home for when the school year is over, and have redirected the teacher to the $20.00 5 Gallon tanks and Betta fish for next year. He should be fine.
Thanks to everyone for their help. Without your advice, I'm not sure that Mr. Squiggles would have lived.
Well, I'm happy to say that the gold fish is doing well. After almost two weeks of regular maintenance (daily for the first week, and every other day since), the fish is looking healthy. The teacher is no longer allowed to touch the fish tank (if you could call it a tank... hardly big enough) at my orders. I built one of the 5-minute sponge filters, and it seems to be doing a good job on filtering the water, even if it is no where near powerful enough.
The fish is much more active, much brighter in colour, and looking much healthier.
After seeing the change in the fish's behaviour and tank conditions, the teacher asked me if I would adopt Mr. Squiggles at the end of the term (about one month from today). Unfortunately, I do not have the tank space available to accommodate Mr. Squiggles. Fortunately, a friend of mine has an empty cold-water tank (with just a Pleco) and a small pond which will be Mr. Squiggles' new home at the end of June. With my care, he should live to see the days of freedom and swimming space.
I did one of my tank-maintenance routines during class time and showed the students how to properly care for the fish and explained what all the bottles on the counter were for. The teacher encouraged this, and the students were much happier knowing that Mr. Squiggles was being cared for properly. It also helped to answer their questions about the sponge filter and what the various things I was putting in the tank did (Nutrafin Cycle, AquaPlus, Melafix, Pimafix).
While Mr. Squiggles is not in ideal living conditions, he's in good living conditions that receive a lot of care and maintenance. I've found him a good home for when the school year is over, and have redirected the teacher to the $20.00 5 Gallon tanks and Betta fish for next year. He should be fine.
Thanks to everyone for their help. Without your advice, I'm not sure that Mr. Squiggles would have lived.
its your hard work thats saved mr squiggles
