Please help me on this Research paper on the Math in Aquariums.........

[seth16]

I chose this topic because they said to pic a topc (relating to the mathe of ...) that has to do with your hobby, well, im a aquarist........so, what math goes into aquariums or coral reefs that could fill up a 7 page paper? Sources, info, anything can help.....

 

[waterfaller1]

There is an online magazine here at RC, there are tons of articles that have math related subjects...lighting{par}, parameters of a tanks chemistry, dimensions of a tank. There are also calculators on the first page, they help you calculate things like how many Lbs of sand you need to have X amount of inches of sandbed, etc. Use the search button as well on that magazine, there should be lots of great stuff. let me know if you can't find anything, I may have some saved...but I have to get to work right now and stop playing...

 

[seth16]

OK, more specifically, i am doing my paper on MAINTAINING a Salt Water Aquarium, as is the sality of the water, PH, Nitrates, nitrites, Alakalinity, Calcium levels, ect.... and how they all ahve to just right or the entire system could colapse. ANY websites or good information is ESSENTIAL...

I do not have anythign to test calcium in my water, and to do this project, i need to test water several times, does anyone have a calium tester andor reactor they could sell, trade, or lend to me for this?

The same goes for a Refractometer

 

[cschweitzer]

You can bring samples of your H2O to SITC and she can help you with some of the necessary tests. The project you decided on seems a little more like chemistry than mathematics, but then again, all science is based on the structure of mathematics.

What level of mathematics is this paper at? This will help determine the best functions to use for your paper. I think there would be more wiggle room with a paper on the initial setup of a tank. You could talk about the math going into starting up, the calculations for sand and rock determined by tank size and shape. You could even go into bacterial blooms, their effects on parameters, and their usefulness in depleting water of undesired particulates. You can talk about a skimmer's funcionality determined by the pressure, amount of air injected, size of bubbles, etc. which will also lead you into the undesired params of the tank in which the desired params naturally follow. Might make your paper easier to write 7 pages on.

If you wanted to get really technical and if you want to REALLY impress your teacher, you chould always do your paper on the flow and dynamic changes in the currents of the water...just remember 2nd order differential equations and application of complex variables. Sorry, I'm such a geek...this kind of stuff interests me...


To answer your question, www.wetwebmedia.com and www.garf.org are two of my favorite sites for informative collaboration of great minds. Also go to the reef chemistry forum on RC if you have specific technical questions. Randy Holmes-Farley is an incredible source of unending information. He's better than a book.

 

[seth16]

Wow, that helps out ALOT ..... cschweitzer, it has to be like, well, a simple paper, for my teacher to understand, i will like talk about one thing each paragragh, like in one paragragh i would talk about Rock and sand displacement, and the next talk about the salinity of the water, and so on and so forth, i sadly live too far away form SITC to go there daily, even weekly... and in my tank, i have not had the need to focus on "flow" really, so i dont know all abotu that suff, but apparelty YOU do, could you tell me some basics, and i can expound on them to create a paragragh about it. Thanks for all the help so far guys, i appreciate it

 

[seth16]

Wow, that helps out ALOT ..... cschweitzer, it has to be like, well, a simple paper, for my teacher to understand, i will like talk about one thing each paragragh, like in one paragragh i would talk about Rock and sand displacement, and the next talk about the salinity of the water, and so on and so forth, i sadly live too far away form SITC to go there daily, even weekly... and in my tank, i have not had the need to focus on "flow" really, so i dont know all abotu that suff, but apparelty YOU do, could you tell me some basics, and i can expound on them to create a paragragh about it. Thanks for all the help so far guys, i appreciate it

 

[flfirefighter13]

Seth,
First check this thread for some good info on fluid movement and stuff, seems there was some serious math thown around in the beggining http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1012210

Also I have a calcium test kit you could borrow no problem If you can find a way to come up and snag it. You could return it at the meeting or whenever. plus you could get your xenia and stuff earlier to! Let me know, If it helps I will be at aquatic ecosystems tommorw around noon and could meet you or your mom there with it all.

 

[seth16]

Well, i just talked to the teacher and she said that i do not need to buy anything for testing...that i just need to know what the changes DO, i dont have to actually do the experiment...hahaha, end everyone else does ( i love being the teachers little pet...lol) SO i dont need a calcuim tester any longer, but if you have an extra refractometer i could use, i could probably use that ......??? and THAT is something that i am lookignf ro someone to sell becasue i needone anyways, maybe my paretns will buy it for me if it is for a school thing (they dont have ot know that i no longer HAVE to do all these tests....hehehehe)

 

[rdmpe]

How about a differential equation describing the flow rate through your drains as a function of the water level in the overflow during a power outage, with some verification measurements to try to correlate the assumed pipe friction coefficient with actual? Don't forget to account for the difference in density and viscosity of the saltwater, no idealized "pure" water behaviour here... (just shoot me now please)

 

[seth16]

i just use 100 galons worth of hangon filters on y tank,iwith ihad an overflowand sump and all....but i dont.....that would be a great idea though if i knew about it, had the overflow, and couldwriteabout it, but sadly,im too cheap...lol

 

[flfirefighter13]

Randy, you just made my head hurt

 

[cschweitzer]

Here's to us humans, walking on water in the Dead Sea(well, not excatly walking, but floating)!!

Oh, how salinty/SG can change our perception and allow us to understand that there are deceiving factors that just won't follow rules.

 

[seth16]

Wow, that is a great topic, i asked if that was ok, but she said that that was more of an english paper than math (but why are we doign "research papers" im MATH anyways...lol)

 

[seth16]

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