seabisquit2
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WOW!!! This is very exciting to watch this unfold. I know that you all are equally excited to be a part of this. Keep the shots coming and good luck with it all.
WDE,
Rick
WDE,
Rick
Auburn University Anemone Study!!
- Thread starter Whitten
- Start date
November,
new tank construction begins. And Counter tops are introduced to the mix.
The Lab really starts to become several things....
A mess
a whole lot of work
and a whole lot of fun.
You would never believe how much though went into even little things like these counter tops. I drew the idea up in october, but things didn't get OK'd until we had mulled over the drawings and measured it out to the inch. By the way this isn't me in the picture this is one of the facilites guys here.
Here you can see the areas where our 5'x 3' custom tank built by Precision Clarity as well as our custom corner tank is going to go.
Which then brings us to our current phase of disaster that is slowly turning into more of a controlled explosion rather than absolute havoc.
I look forward to getting these individual tanks put together and having them up and going so that I can get to work on the custom tanks when they come in.
new tank construction begins. And Counter tops are introduced to the mix.
The Lab really starts to become several things....
A mess
a whole lot of work
and a whole lot of fun.
You would never believe how much though went into even little things like these counter tops. I drew the idea up in october, but things didn't get OK'd until we had mulled over the drawings and measured it out to the inch. By the way this isn't me in the picture this is one of the facilites guys here.
Here you can see the areas where our 5'x 3' custom tank built by Precision Clarity as well as our custom corner tank is going to go.
Which then brings us to our current phase of disaster that is slowly turning into more of a controlled explosion rather than absolute havoc.
I look forward to getting these individual tanks put together and having them up and going so that I can get to work on the custom tanks when they come in.
PacificBlueReef
New member
You lucky dog for the oppurtunity of this magnitude! Any updates to share with the Reef Central community
True Percula
New member
very nice i wish my school had that...Do you get any anemones to keep?
Poorcollegereef
Future Doc
wow, I wish my school had something like that... about two months ago I was thinking about applying to Auburn for grad school (Urban and Regional Planning...aka reefkeeping for humans) and now I wish I did. Very cool study, and your lab looks like the living room in my apt... hahaha. Goodluck with your study
As of right now there really isn't a whole lot. We are currently getting 5 more tanks up and going and that is all kinda boring as far as putting them together goes...then again I have setup about 8 so far so I guess I am just getting bored of the individual systems.
I hope to have a couple more going by this week and maybe even have the lab cleaned up enough to be able to make sense of where things are and what is going on.
vi3tb0i: No we don't really get to take anything home. And honestly that is ok by me since we are going to have such a nice system after we are all done with it. My goal is to make the best Anemone Specific tank that there has ever been....kind of a tall order but who knows. We are going to try some different filtering methods and see if we can't develop something alittle original and maybe in the process pioneer something...or just rediscover something that someone has already done.
Poorcollegereef: I belive that the Community Planning College is also under the same umbrella as the College that I am in.
I am a Building Science Major so I full under the College of Architecture Design and Construction.
travisurfer
New member
are you running undergravel filters?
Updates for the first week of Febuary.
Stuart our Lab Manager worked his butt off this week and cleaned up my mess. We had been trying to set up so many tanks at once that the lab became a battle field and things were getting lost.
So here are some updates as of last week.
And now for some of the kids...err fish.
The next tank is our originall 20 gallon long that I started and is now housing our 11 BTA's straight from Charles Delbeek at the Waikiki Aquarium. These were some very interestingly marked animals that I will get closer pics of later. All were clones of an orginal wild caught specimin that was pulled from palau in 1985.
Another tank
Well that is it for now, but I should have more to show you soon when our big systems come in.
Stuart our Lab Manager worked his butt off this week and cleaned up my mess. We had been trying to set up so many tanks at once that the lab became a battle field and things were getting lost.
So here are some updates as of last week.
And now for some of the kids...err fish.
The next tank is our originall 20 gallon long that I started and is now housing our 11 BTA's straight from Charles Delbeek at the Waikiki Aquarium. These were some very interestingly marked animals that I will get closer pics of later. All were clones of an orginal wild caught specimin that was pulled from palau in 1985.
Another tank
Well that is it for now, but I should have more to show you soon when our big systems come in.
donfishy76
In Memoriam
how big are your "big systems"?
seabisquit2
New member
Just a giggle jiggle here, but isn't this AUBURN UNIVERSITY and not a house trailer set up to look like a fish storeÃ"šÃ‚¿Ã"šÃ‚¿Ã"šÃ‚¿Ã"šÃ‚¿Ã"šÃ‚¿Ã"šÃ‚¿ There needs to be some organization amongst this group. Don't get me wrong!!! I love you guy's, but there has to be some sort of rythum to the madness, so to speak. This is a very important role you all take in the study of this relationship that will carry into the next generation. It should not be taken lightly. I'm sure that this is exciting for everyone involved, don't lose sight of the fact that this could turn into an international event ( should anything evolve here thru your findings). Keep up the good work and make those who have dedicated their time and equipment, proud of the fact that they have donated to a worthy cause.
WDE!!!!
Rick
WDE!!!!
Rick
Oh I agree whole heartedly, unfortunately there just isn't much to report at this time. Setting up these aquariums is happening at a steady rate and things are starting to fall into place, but the actual reseach will not begin until the lab is complete that is why there hasn't been much to report with reguards to our findings.
Things are rough and edgy and will be until we get all the systems setup properly and to Dr. Chadwick's needs, and until they get cycled and running with perfect water quality.
As for the people involved we have been dealing with some very wonderful and helpful companies as well as indiviuals. I will doing a list of everyone who we worked with and who supplied us even for small things after the full completion of the project and when the research starts to take off.
As for the question of the large tank, I calculated it out to be around 120 or so gallons. It is to be 5' long 3' deep and 12" high. This will serve as our anemone prop table and will have several deviders that will removable to make for some options as to how the tank can be sectioned off. The next big tank will be a corner tank of which I can't directly recall all the dimensions. It should be in the neighborhood of 75 -100 gallons and will be used for coral propogation and research.
Both of these tanks are being built by a stellar guy named Mike Coutts and his company Precision Clarity. They have been really working with us through all of our ups and downs and we look forward to taking delivery of some of their fine work.
Hang with us as we grow and I promise that some of the guys that frequent the lab as well as I will keep up updated as much as possible.
These two large systems will be linked together via large sump system that I am to date still a little unsure as to how it will be setup. I will know
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