kingfisherflesh
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First, if this is the wrong place to post this, I trust that the mods will lend me a hand and move it to an appropriate location. Thanks.
Some of you may or may not already know this, but one of my jobs is managing the live fish collection for a local university. (UWSP - University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point).
I oversee about 10-15 employee/volunteers, aquire fish, oversee 50+ (and growing) tanks, oversee research, provide a collection for students to learn fish biology and taxonomy from, and make sure all the fish are eating appropriately, healthy, and happy.
We get $500 a year to run this program.
I was recently notified that our saltwater systems nitrates are running exceedingly high. I need to do something about this, but have no budget to do so.
Because it is a fish only system, if I could get a large skimmer, and a dosing pump to run vodka, I would be able to keep it in a healthy range for our fish for a minimal cost indefinitely.
Long story short, I am looking for someone who is willing to donate said equipment, or a sponsor who is willing to. If it happened we would be more than happy to display advertising, and because we are a public university you could get a tax write off for a donation.
Advertising would be more sucessful than you think, our fish biology sector is growing (despite losing lots of funding in our recent political debacle in the state), and our whole community is starting to appreciate my little facility. We are doing more and more in the way of educational shows for kids from preschool through college, campus tours, open houses etc. We have several aquariums that are viewable at any time the university is open to the general public.
I really didnt want to beg, but we are coming to the point now where we might end up losing all of our funding. I need to be best prepared for that situation as possible. Many people put in a lot of hardwork as volunteers, and I put in 20+ weekly and see $30 out of it.
Any sort of help would be appreciated. Thanks again, and sorry if this is in the wrong area.
Some of you may or may not already know this, but one of my jobs is managing the live fish collection for a local university. (UWSP - University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point).
I oversee about 10-15 employee/volunteers, aquire fish, oversee 50+ (and growing) tanks, oversee research, provide a collection for students to learn fish biology and taxonomy from, and make sure all the fish are eating appropriately, healthy, and happy.
We get $500 a year to run this program.
I was recently notified that our saltwater systems nitrates are running exceedingly high. I need to do something about this, but have no budget to do so.
Because it is a fish only system, if I could get a large skimmer, and a dosing pump to run vodka, I would be able to keep it in a healthy range for our fish for a minimal cost indefinitely.
Long story short, I am looking for someone who is willing to donate said equipment, or a sponsor who is willing to. If it happened we would be more than happy to display advertising, and because we are a public university you could get a tax write off for a donation.
Advertising would be more sucessful than you think, our fish biology sector is growing (despite losing lots of funding in our recent political debacle in the state), and our whole community is starting to appreciate my little facility. We are doing more and more in the way of educational shows for kids from preschool through college, campus tours, open houses etc. We have several aquariums that are viewable at any time the university is open to the general public.
I really didnt want to beg, but we are coming to the point now where we might end up losing all of our funding. I need to be best prepared for that situation as possible. Many people put in a lot of hardwork as volunteers, and I put in 20+ weekly and see $30 out of it.
Any sort of help would be appreciated. Thanks again, and sorry if this is in the wrong area.
