The OFFICIAL Classroom Reef Build Thread!

[Conesus_Kid]

Some growth shots

Some growth shots

Not a lot of new info to post, ergo, I haven't updated the blog since the beginning of January. I thought I'd put up a few growth shots here along with some miscellaneous pics.

I will start putting fish back into the display next week. It's hard to believe that they've been out for seven weeks, but so far so good. They underwent four weeks of copper treatment and a week of Prazipro.

Anywho, on to the good stuff:

Frag from Henry December 18th:

Same frag (out of focus) today:

Another from Henry December 18th:

Same frag today:

Frag from Henry Dec. 18th:

Same frag today (it's had a couple of unintentional fraggings while cleaning the front pane):

 

[Conesus_Kid]

"URS Red Planet" from Henry 12/18:

Today:

Green slimer end of Nov.

Today:

Monti caps from Joe (nirvanafan) December:

Today:

I love this one of the acro and monti from Henry Dec.:

Today:

 

[Conesus_Kid]

Misc. shots of corals from Henry, gary greguire, psychofishy (Ruud), Joe(nirvanafan) and my old 75 gallon:

 

[Henry Colf]

lookin good Scott !!!!!!!!

 

[Conesus_Kid]

More good news!

More good news!

In addition to having all of the fish healthy and back in the display tank for the past week or so, I just got some more awesome news today:

You're only eligible to win the large ($10,000) Toyota TAPESTRY grant once every five years, so I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring for a mini grant ($2,500) from the folks at Toyota.

I just received notification today that I won!!! :thumbsup:

This mini-grant is an extension of the current project where I'll incorporate web cams and have the kids create virtual field trips to our aquarium for students in other schools.

Although not as exciting as the initial rush of the first one, I'm still pretty jazzed about this!

I'm hoping to find some time tomorrow to put up some new pics of the display and fish.

Also, stay tuned for information on the open house, Friday March 27th!

 

[KPearce]

thats so awesome news you got... cant wait to see the web cams all up and running in the future...

 

[Henry Colf]

Very Cool Scott, Congrats !!!!!!!!

 

[NirvanaFan]

Congratulations. I remember you were talking about this when I dropped off the corals. I'm psyched to see everything in March.

 

[SkiFletch]

Very cool Scott. Can't wait to see those frags hit the "critical mass" point and just explode with exponential growth

 

[tmz]

Great work Scott. Congratulations on the grant.

 

[Conesus_Kid]

New update!

New update!

Click the little red house for the latest blog update!

I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at the Open House/Swap!

 

[Conesus_Kid]

March Madness update

March Madness update

We now have broodstock in the broodstock tanks!

If you weren't able to come to the Open House on Friday, I've posted some video to the blog.

Click on the red house!!

 

[Henry Colf]

Cool video Scott, have to hook up sometime to see the tank in person.

 

[scuba namena]

lookin great. great build.

 

[Conesus_Kid]

Year in Review

Year in Review

Click on the red house for the "Year in Review" Classroom Coral Reef blog entry. Here are a couple of before/after shots of things:

Before:

Today:

Before:

After:

Before:

Today:

 

[Conesus_Kid]

More Before/After Shots

More Before/After Shots

Before:

Today:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

Before (URS Red Planet):

Today:

I'm thinking it's time to get the calcium reactor online!!

Thanks for looking!

 

[Capt_Cully]

Get a BIG one!!!! The growth you show ate up quite a bit of Ca I'd bet. Those zoos are very impressive as well!

 

[dreaminmel]

Sweet progress Scott! :bum:

 

[tmz]

Nice growth.

 

[Henry Colf]

Sweet !!!!!!! Things are looking good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!