We are starting a marine aquarium as a science and marine life experiment for our home school co-op. Hopefully the establishing of this tank will bring some interest to the hobby. We should be setting up this crusty old tank next week. After a little TLC and some donated items we should be able to polish this tank up and support the marine life we desire while nurturing a learning environment for the children. I'll keep you posted!! As we learn about keeping these beautiful animals, we will definitely rely upon the experience of you other reefers so feedback will be much appreciated.
School project
- Thread starter Duddy
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kylemack87
[Cube]
:wave: Take wait to see what takes fold.
salt_for_brains
Alabama Reefer
Awesome!
chichimom79
reef junkie
We will help any way we can to make this a rewarding experience for you and the children :)
Pilotkev55
Reefing newb
Sounds like a good project for school . I'm sure you will find lots of good information here.
AnthonyTheNewbie
Reef enthusiast
Welcome aboard, what size tank are you setting up?
little_fish
Moderator
Hello and Welcome!
FishyReef
Broke Reefer!
Welcome! You should pm Angela Jean (another member here) who also home schools her son and has used their aquarium for various home schooling lessons!
RockStacker
Reefing newb
Sounds exciting.
Donated parts = household vinegar is your friend.
Don't waste money on "aquarium grade" cleaning solutions. (Just keep vinegar away from the rubber parts)
Vineger + calcium/lime based deposits - cool chemistry experiment for the students.
Donated parts = household vinegar is your friend.
Don't waste money on "aquarium grade" cleaning solutions. (Just keep vinegar away from the rubber parts)
Vineger + calcium/lime based deposits - cool chemistry experiment for the students.
AnthonyTheNewbie
Reef enthusiast
Is that the 14g or 29g Bio? And, holy damn. That looks like a lot of rock packed in there haha :p
LOL.... It's the 29 gallon - it was packed with over 50 lbs of rock and crusted over with calcium deposits and coralline algae. Needless to say I had to remove a few pieces... I think less is more with live rock and gives the animals a bit of freedom to move. The tank is now cleaned up and cycling. Retro-kit from Ecoxotic has been installed. The shimmer is awesome... Pics coming soon!
AnthonyTheNewbie
Reef enthusiast
Well, actually, less is less when it comes to live rock. That's your natural filtration. So, technically, more rock is better. But, if your looking for room for fish, make the rockwork have tons of swim-throughs, caves, and shelves (Shelves are for coral purposes). But yeah, it's recommended to have 1-2 Lbs of LR per 1 gallon. So, you were pretty well off :)
RockStacker
Reefing newb
That looks fancy!
Jut make sure to clean the underside of the canopy regularly to ensure no salt creep builds up.
With an enclosed canopy, there is no such thing as cleaning too often.
Jut make sure to clean the underside of the canopy regularly to ensure no salt creep builds up.
With an enclosed canopy, there is no such thing as cleaning too often.
AnthonyTheNewbie
Reef enthusiast
Put the plastic cover that came with it back on (if you still have it). Will help with salt creep.
