Title says it all.
Back story: End of January my very first semester elective class of marine science (middle school) will end and I will get a new crop of students. I convinced the admin to let one marine biology-crazed student stay on to work on projects I help him set up. Although I don't really have any plans for this, it seemed like a cool opportunity for said student and figured we would come up with something.
I know he loves anemones so thought he could do some research and be responsible for our BTA and rock flower nem to start. Then I remembered a big bio supply house sells aiptasia and I wondered who would buy it and why. Really, it is a super cool anemone and it is so hardy. A 5 min internet search revealed that some people study aiptasia and their concentration of symbiotic algae as a model of coral bleaching. Interesting. Probably too advanced for us, but since there is a tank full of healthy aiptasia at my mother-in-law's house I think we should set up an aiptasia tank for him.
What would YOU do with a tank of aiptasia if given time dedicated to it?
(Objective is FUN, interesting, and some science/measurement/investigation skills - nothing too serious.)
Back story: End of January my very first semester elective class of marine science (middle school) will end and I will get a new crop of students. I convinced the admin to let one marine biology-crazed student stay on to work on projects I help him set up. Although I don't really have any plans for this, it seemed like a cool opportunity for said student and figured we would come up with something.
I know he loves anemones so thought he could do some research and be responsible for our BTA and rock flower nem to start. Then I remembered a big bio supply house sells aiptasia and I wondered who would buy it and why. Really, it is a super cool anemone and it is so hardy. A 5 min internet search revealed that some people study aiptasia and their concentration of symbiotic algae as a model of coral bleaching. Interesting. Probably too advanced for us, but since there is a tank full of healthy aiptasia at my mother-in-law's house I think we should set up an aiptasia tank for him.
What would YOU do with a tank of aiptasia if given time dedicated to it?
(Objective is FUN, interesting, and some science/measurement/investigation skills - nothing too serious.)