Tropical Home Aquarium - Low Hassle Approach Pt.2

Professor Haney is a history professor in Austin, Texas. He has an eclectic enthusiasm for an array of interests, one of those being the practice of harboring and sustaining underwater life in his home aquarium. He is a pragmatic hobbyist with little time and has discovered a way to continue with his passion while not interrupting his busy schedule.

This lesson is one in a series of wonderful and informative introductions into some thoughts and considerations one might address when beginning a home aquarium. In this lesson, Prof. Haney discusses concerns one might wish to address when setting up their first aquarium.

This Lesson includes the following Topics:

1) Tanks Sizes and Varieties

2) Aeration and Filtration Fundamentals

3) Achieving Proper Water Temperature

4) The Basics of Water Chemistry

Tropical Home Aquarium Pt.2

06/09/2007

~ kentcummins

This is the first MindBites lesson that I watched (other than my own!), and I found it thoroughly interesting and understandable. The professor seemed sincere and knowledgeable, and it was just as though I were visiting his home and we were talking about his hobby...sort of my vision for the MindBites concept.

His explanation for the need for a larger tank was completely convincing, and new information for me.

I liked the "In This Lesson" graphic at the front, as well as the subtitles throughout...although I would have liked to see captions for unfamiliar words such as "cyclids" and "chlorimines" (which I may well have misspelled). Also, the description on the home page doesn't exactly match the titles on the video itself.

I do like it better when he is looking at the camera than when we get the side view...another thing I noticed on my own Magic 101 lesson.

And I think it would benefit from a final closing statement. But even though I have not seen "Pt.1," I found "Pt.2" completely useful on its own. (Although you might consider spelling out "Part...)

Really great!

05/07/2007

~ matt

This picks up where the first lesson left off and has a lot of practical tips for picking a tank and preparing the environment appropriately for fish. This includes information about water pH and various kinds of equipment, enough that I feel like I could go into a pet store and make some quasi-educated decisions.

Prof. Haney keeps up the focus on keeping things simple and easy to maintain and does a great job explaining how the choices he has made make keeping fish easy for him (and hopefully us too).

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