Aquarium At School - What To Do Over Summer Break?

hello everyone! So I’m a special education aide out at a school and I’m going to bring a fish tank out to the school for the kids. Talked with the teacher and she likes the idea. My only worry is during the summer. I’ll be taking to Fish to live with my Fish till school starts back up. But my question is do I have to empty the tank before I leave for summer or can I leave it running without worrying about the water getting low? I’ll clean the water before I leave. Just don’t want to take a 5 gallon and have to bring it back home every summer

 

You’d have to empty it out, unless someone is going to be topping it off for you while your gone. The cycle also wouldn’t stay lest you have snails or shrimp in it as well. What I’d suggest doing is emptying it and taking the filter and heater with you. That way you can keep the filter cycled for whenever you have to set it back up.

 

I thought so but was hoping for someone to say otherwise. Thank you for your help

 

A five gallon isn't hard to move. Beats moving a 30 gallon every summer. 5 gallon is easy, catch and bag the fish and any other inhabitants, bag the filter media in some water as well, dump the rest of the water, placed bagged fish in tank along with other supplies and carry to car. Don't even need someone else to help you carry the tank.

 

I agree as easy as it is to move I would just take it home over break.

 

The problem is room in my house I have a twenty gallon and a 55 gallon as my big ones and then 2 three gallons and one 2.5 gallon I love Fish and when I brought my betta up in a vase for a week for our Fish lesson I decided to get the tank so I could leave it out there cause they loved the fish. They named him Superman cause he is blue with a little red. I call him Clark. But will have to see how it goes thank you all for the advice!

 

I run tanks in schools. If it is as small as a 5, take it home. I know...
I am walking distance from the school, and in the summer, I walk the dog over and check every week or so. A couple of times, if I hadn't, the tank would have been toast. And it is a big tank (2 actually - 65 and 75 gallons). That's the only reason I can leave them there.

 

I would put a couple pretty nice but low maintenance fish in the 5G and try to find a student to take it home for the summer. Provide the food and make it easy for the parents. Wouldn't be such a big tragedy if that doesn't go quite perfectly.