mossanimal
Community Member
Hi,
I'm a middle school science teacher at a private school in Northern Wisconsin Lake Superior. I'm setting up a 90 gallon tank with sump and eventually a display sump with mangroves and deep refugium mud and sand. We did not have a budget for this but have been lucky with some generous donations! I'm just getting through the cycle after seeding my base rock with Gulf cultured live rock from Tampa Bay Saltwater (they were generous in donating a Buy One Get One Free). The tank is finishing up the cycle and I'm ready to start stocking. My plan is to go light on fish (I do want algae eaters and a goby/pistol shrimp pair for lessons on symbiosis) and start with mostly soft corals but work up to reef building corals as my tank matures. I'm excited about this project and there will be so many opportunities for lessons. I'm especially interested in doing miniature coral restoration experiments with hard corals when we get to that point.
One quick question while I'm introducing myself! I have two Phlizon 'black box' lights. I'm wondering how to best set these up with their limited control knobs. Right now I have the blues set at max and whites/reds/uv down to minimum. If you have any advice on how to make the best use of these given that I will be starting with soft corals before moving to hard.
Thanks!
I'm a middle school science teacher at a private school in Northern Wisconsin Lake Superior. I'm setting up a 90 gallon tank with sump and eventually a display sump with mangroves and deep refugium mud and sand. We did not have a budget for this but have been lucky with some generous donations! I'm just getting through the cycle after seeding my base rock with Gulf cultured live rock from Tampa Bay Saltwater (they were generous in donating a Buy One Get One Free). The tank is finishing up the cycle and I'm ready to start stocking. My plan is to go light on fish (I do want algae eaters and a goby/pistol shrimp pair for lessons on symbiosis) and start with mostly soft corals but work up to reef building corals as my tank matures. I'm excited about this project and there will be so many opportunities for lessons. I'm especially interested in doing miniature coral restoration experiments with hard corals when we get to that point.
One quick question while I'm introducing myself! I have two Phlizon 'black box' lights. I'm wondering how to best set these up with their limited control knobs. Right now I have the blues set at max and whites/reds/uv down to minimum. If you have any advice on how to make the best use of these given that I will be starting with soft corals before moving to hard.
Thanks!
