RE: [GSAS-Member] Fwd: Re: New member, senior project

["Hess, Clay A" <clay.a.hess@boeing.com>]

Bob,

If Thai needs another tank I can donate another ten gallon tank.  Just
let me know.

Clay

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob and Judy Holmes [mailto:jbholmes@nwlink.com] 
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 1:33 PM
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: [GSAS-Member] Fwd: Re: New member, senior project


One of our new members, Thai Huynh, is a senior at Bellevue
International 
High School. He is doing a senior project that, among other things, 
includes setting up a tank in an elementary school classroom and
teaching 
the class about the fundamental science and art behind fishkeeping.

Back in October Thai contacted me about the possibility of GSAS helping
him 
to complete his project by providing guidance and direction and donating

material. I was impressed with his initial email and  thought this would
be 
a worthwhile philanthropic project for us to become involved with, and
at 
little or no expense if we count strictly on member donations.

Thai has since joined GSAS. He needs a few things (see email below). I'm

going to donate the gravel and a 10 gal. tank. If anyone would like to 
contribute items please let me know. You can bring them to the auction 
tomorrow night if you plan on attending (except livestock). We'll figure

out a way to get it to Thai.

I posted Thai's original email on Oct.29 2004 if you would like to take
a 
look at it. I can post it again if necessary.

Bob

>>At 02:14 PM 1/23/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>>>Dear Bob and Judy
>>>
>>>I am so sorry that I did not get back to you until now. I was so 
>>>caught
>>>up with my senior paper along with college aps and other school work 
>>>that I have not been checking my email until today and therefore, did

>>>not see your reply.
>>>To answer your questions, I've been keeping fish for about seven
years 
>>>now and the fish that I have or have had includes oscars, parrots, 
>>>gouramies, killies, guppies, bettas, neons, cardinals, plecos, corys,

>>>goldfish, barbs, pristella tetras, swordtails, platies, pretty much 
>>>everything and currently, I'm keeping a 100 gal discus tank, and a 45

>>>gal oscar tank.
>>>Since I enjoy having a community tank, I decided that it would be
best 
>>>to get the fifth grade kids that I will teach (at Ardmore Elementary
in 
>>>Bellevue at the end of Feb.) a community tank in their own classroom,

>>>both for recreational and educational purposes. It would be boring
just 
>>>to learn about fish keeping and not have a hands on learning
experience.
>>>I've talked to my old fifth grade teacher and we already have a 45
gal 
>>>tank available, and the rest of the setup will require:
>>>Gravel
>>>Air pump
>>>Heater 150-200 watts
>>>Plants
>>>Filter
>>>fish
>>>and any other decorations like bog wood or rocks, etc.
>>>
>>>For my other part of the project in which I will be breeding fish for
>>>pesonal learning, I will be breeding bettas, guppies, purple
cichlids, 
>>>and some type of killifish probably gardneries. So what I also need
are:
>>>2 small five or ten gallon tanks
>>>sponge filters for the fry stage
>>>and heaters preferably submersible since the water level will be low
>>>and any floating plants.
>>>
>>>Again I thank you for your help, and I'm really sorry that I did not 
>>>get
>>>back to you on time. Anything you can give me will help go towards
the 
>>>two hundred dollars on fish and equipments I estimate the project
will cost.
>>>
>>>PS. My phone number is 425 861-7902 if you want to contact me for 
>>>more
>>>questions or I can call you if you give me your number. And thanks
for 
>>>the website.
>>>
>>>Thanks a lot
>>>Thai
>>>Bob and Judy Holmes <jbholmes@nwlink.com> wrote:
>>>Hello Thai.
>>>Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.
>>>At our last board meeting we talked about your project. We would like

>>>to get a few more details from you if we could. What equipment and 
>>>materials would you need to set the tank up (size of tank, need for a

>>>stand, etc.). Have you arranged for a grade school class to work 
>>>with? It sounds like you have some fishkeeping experience. How long 
>>>have you been keeping fish, and what kind? Here's another idea. You 
>>>could join the Greater Seattle Aquarium Society, which would give you

>>>access to our member chat email list, where you could explain what 
>>>you're doing and ask for guidance and advice from other members. You 
>>>would also have access to our club library (we hope to have an 
>>>on-line list of our library books soon). Just go to our website
>>>(www.gsas.org) and print out the application. Mail it to me (5420 
>>>49th AVE SW Seattle WA 98136). I'll kick in the $10 dues.
>>>
>>>Hope to hear from you soon
>>>
>>>Bob
>>>
>>>
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