Yet Another Goldfish In Small Tank Story -_-

[spectrum]

One of the teachers at my school has decided to get goldfish for her classroom, which is fine, whats not fine is that she's put 3 of them in a like a 10l plastic thing that looks like its been designed to hold things like hamsters, with no filtration whatsoever. There were originally so far 3 have died but instead of trying to find the cause she went out and bought replace ments, she didn't replace the most recent death so there are only two there now. The worst part is there is nothing I can do

 

[Biddles95]

just tell her off... and say that she is doing everything wrong ! stupid woman

 

[Katty]

Have you talked to her about it? The general public doesn't really realize that you're not supposed to keep fish like that, and tend to think you're supposed to keep fish in little containers. She might not have a clue that what she's doing is totally not the right method.

 

[Curiosity101]

I really hope she doesn't teach biology! lol.

Serious note... you could perhaps print out the threads from our beginners resource centre?
See the links in my sig.

You could drop them by and just be like... just incase you were wondering why the fish died, I thought you'd appreciate this.

And maybe write the address of the fish forum on it somewhere. Just with a note saying, if you ever want any help with the fish there are alot of people on here who know there stuff and can help you out.

 

[spectrum]

I had actually though about printing a load of info off and leaving it by the tank.
The water now looks like milk

 

[Channti]

I actually experienced something similar to this first hand, witnessing an elementary school teacher cramming common goldfish into a 1 gallon unfiltered tank. I explained to the teacher about my tanks at home and asked her permission to take over care of the fish. Until the end of the year, I did daily 50% water changes on the tank, took responsibility for feeding the fish, and built a small DIY filter for the tank. I made suggestions for her for better fish for the tank (a solitary male betta in the future), and at the end of the year (which was 2 months later), I rehomed the goldfish to a 30 gallon tank (this was 2 years ago), and then the goldfish later progressed to a pond a few months ago.

Here are the links to the threads. For Reference: Mr.Squiggles is also known as Ripley. Depending on which class you were talking to.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=288399&view=&hl=Channti&fromsearch=1
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/331060-a-goldfish-survival-story/page__view__findpost__p__2749015

If you talk to the teacher, explain the need for a filter, and offer to take over care of the tank, its quite possible that the fish culd survive, and ensure that you point them in a better direction for the future if they decide to have fish in their classroom again.

 

[spectrum]

I might try to talk to the teacher, although I'm not 100% sure the tank is her responsiblity, it could be one of the sixth formers. I don't think me taking over responsibilty for the tank would be very easy though if I was in the tutor group that inhabits that classroom then I would almost certainly do it but i'm on the opposite side of school . I think i'll try printed info and if that doesn't work then i'll talk to someone myself.

 

[Channti]

I might try to talk to the teacher, although I'm not 100% sure the tank is her responsiblity, it could be one of the sixth formers. I don't think me taking over responsibilty for the tank would be very easy though if I was in the tutor group that inhabits that classroom then I would almost certainly do it but i'm on the opposite side of school . I think i'll try printed info and if that doesn't work then i'll talk to someone myself.

If you really want to see the conditions of the "tank" improve, I'd volunteeer to do maintenance during lunch, before or after school. Just talking to the teacher is unlikely to change things as teachers are already doing much beyond their job descriptions, and while it's unfortunate, it is unlikely that they'll take on the extra work of maintenance on the "tank".

This is why I suggest that you take up responsibility for the fish. In that size of a container, maintenance takes minutes, and you know what they say... "If you want something done right, do it yourself".

The teacher is likely to ignore printed information (I take it you're just a student at the school). They'll see it as you telling them how to do their job, whereas if you volunteer your own time, they're more likely to listen and help where they can.