What I'm going to do first is put the
filter plates in, these get installed
literally across the bottom of the tank.
This has a filter tube, a riser tube that
will come detached and this is inserted
into a keyway and just twisted 90 degrees,
it locks right into place. So that tube
goes on the back right hand corner.
Left, your left. My right, OK? And then the
power head has a really simple mounting deal
with the couple of suction cups on it.
I'll slide that in first because
that'll help you gauge where to put it.
OK? And what you want to do is
you want to install that,
right into this tube.
OK, so I'll line it up.
And you can slide the tube down it's height
adjustable and that just clips into the back.
So the power tube and the air tube are
going to be exiting the back of the tank,
as such. The next thing we're
going to do is add our gravel.
OK, the gravel is not pre-clean.
There's instructions on how to do that.
You'll add the gravel onto the filter
plates. Once the gravel is added,
we've got some fist sized rocks here.
If you don't have these in your kit,
you can get these at any
landscape supply place.
They'll give them to you, if you tell them
you're doing it for a school program.
And then those add structure and some
hiding places for the fry.
So place those into the tank,
make it look natural. And it creates a
great environment for the fish and
it's a great way for the kids to play hide
and seek and see where the fish are.
It's awesome!
Your thermometer is included.
I'll usually
put that in before I add the water.
Ideally you want the temperature
around 55 degrees Fahrenheit,
which is about 13 degrees C,
plus or minus is OK, minus is better.
The lower your temperature,
the longer the eggs will take to hatch.
But you want to keep it right in that 55,
you know, plus or minus a few degrees range.
You're fine.
Once that's added,
you're going to add your water, OK?
And this is, you know,
preferably bottled bottled or
non-chlorinated water. I'll get,
you need at least 10 gallons.
Get 10 or 12 gallons and you'll
have some extra.
We want to make sure that the tank is
full before you plug everything in as well.
Then, what I'll do.
This is your chiller assembly.
This goes right in the middle of this thing.
OK?
And I'm going to just set it in there.
This is located relative to the lid,
which has a cut out already on it.
So, if it's not exactly where it needs to go,
it'll kind of self-align.
You'll place that on and that's a full
insulating cover and you're going
to keep that on the majority of the time.
You'll be able to raise it up,
feed the fish,
do any maintenance
you might need.
And then we also include a turkey baster,
which in the likely event that
you have a dead egg or a dead fry.
You can go ahead and suck those
out of the tank.
And dispose of into a compost heap
or however you want to dispose it.
And then the net is your final day.
That's when you go ahead and harvest
your fish, so you can net those out.
And the final plug-in is your power
head, or excuse me. The...
It's a keyed plug,
can only go in one way and this is
the transformer that powers the chiller.
OK, so you're going to have these
two plugs coming out and those
will go into a power strip, OK?
And then everything will be
controlled via one outlet.
Make sure that doesn't get turned off
because you want it temperature stable.
Then you want to close the lid when
it's all said and done and leave it open
when when you want to view the fish.
So have a great time and enjoy the program!
Bye bye.