aquarium donations for nyc public schools

[Aquadicted]

I have made this forum before when I was younger and inexperienced. I'm older wiser and more experienced now and would still like to do this. I realize there must be transparency with the whole process so
-I'm thinking about creating a website page to list all the donators and their donations.
-I'm all over New York every day and can pick up most of the donations almost any time.
-I can store equipment but not large aquariums
-I can install and service it for free on weekends (Will only do queens schools)


Anything I'm missing? I already know people will donate and honestly if they don't I'm sure I have at least 1 aquariums worth of extra stuff I can put together.

Now.... how do i go about doing this... I'm thinking I should call the school now.

 

[tunicata]

pm sent!

 

[skunkcleaner]

pm sent

 

[Jimmy37]

Hi Aquadicted - --This idea is great and I hope it has taken root. I teach in an NYC public HS and have a marine biology class. I have at least one student in one of my marine biology elective who is quite adept with corals and has tanks at home. I hope to establish a useful learning tank , perhaps frags, for the classes in my room. FOWLR would be nice, but I think there's more to learn about/from in a coral tank. Any ideas/tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[vio]

I got. lot of donation 4 u, some DYS Leds, Clown fish, some frags etc.

 

[Jimmy37]

VIO - Hi. Neat. I'll get in touch later today.

 

[brooklynfc]

I have 2 250w mh if you want. Also have an aquapod 24 no stand and a 20g with metal stand if you want.

 

[nanoreefer22]

I can donate some clownfish as well.

 

[delv]

I've SPS frags for donation.

 

[tacson]

i have 180 gallon tank rr ..

 

[Jimmy37]

VIO, the day caught
up with me and I didn't get a chance to communicate well. I'll be in touch. Next week looks good for this.

 

[Jimmy37]

This sounds great - I'll be in touch Friday .

 

[Jimmy37]

Will drop a line tomorrow.

 

[Jimmy37]

That's massive - I'll check my room for space!

 

[Reef Trends]

I am sure we can come up with some stuff.

 

[Walter]

Oneilwiz from reef2reef is looking to donate a whole 75 gallon setup to a public school.

 

[Jimmy37]

Howdy Walter/Oneilwiz. Can I call you this morning? I am proctoring exams but have a break after 10 am. I am not sure how reefs.com deals with phone number exchanges. I'll check.

 

[BYU]

i have a few easy sps to donate as well as zoas if you want

 

[evoIX_Reefer]

Please feel free to PM me if this is still on track. I have my old tank still not sold and not really in the mood to keep bumping it to wait for anyone to finally get it.

I would be willing to donate it instead for good cause. I also have a few dry rocks and old rock i shouls be able to locate to go with it.

It would be tank, stand with overflow setup. As mentioned in thread would need to be quick work of a side door install or build a control panel box like i intended to originally.

Lmk.

 

[Jimmy37]

Howdy. What gph for a 60 gallon frag tank with a 36 gallon sump? I'm putting a system together for my classroom and the E160713 Model 7 utility pump that came with it is shot/cracked.