I kept a reef tank throughout undergrad. This year I've set one up in my classroom as a group project for my middle school students with disabilities. So far, so good (we cycled successfully and are maintaining inverts with 0 ammonia/nitrate/nitrite spikes). We did try to add a molly, but it disappeared over a weekend, which seemed very X-Files. I assume it died and then met our very efficient CUC. We are pondering our next addition -- needs to be hardy and not break the bank, which is to say my bank, because I'm paying for all creatures out of pocket.



