paraletho
Supporting Member
I was pleasantly surprised when I visited the MARSH site today. I had quit checking because of low activity.
Some of you probably remember me from years past. I am retired now and have more time to tinker with tanks and experiment. I am the community volunteer for the local Sabine Pass ISD saltwater aquarium. We had a 300 gallon 8 ft tank that was 13 years old and it was time for something new. When I was offered the concession stand in the foyer between the auditorium and the gymnasium as a location for the new tank I jumped on it. Talk about a fish room 30 dedicated circuits, water supply, sinks for cleaning, tile floors with built in drains, cabinetry for storage, and a roll up window for serving that with some modifications was a perfect in wall display. Our 1 year old 460 gallon custom Crystal Dynamics with lots of bells and whistles is coming into it’s own. Which leads me to this.
I have been involving the staff and some of the science classes mainly Junior Biology and the Aquatics class in tank tutorials on Tuesday - Thursday. There is some method to my madness as I have been training them to help me with some of the more mundane tasks. Glass cleaning, filter sock changes and cleaning, feeding which frees up more of my time for more technical aspects such as testing, dosing, fragging, and problem diagnosis. This is a low nutrient high flow system that hopefully will be a good producer of quality SPS colonies.
The school has a 501 C 3 set up for donation to the scholarship fund. Last year through sales of corals from the old tank and the sale of the tank and equipment we funded a 2500$ scholarship to a deserving young lady. The only requirement for this was a declared major in something connected to life sciences. As we progress we will be offering coral sales (ahem) donations/gifts and these will be fully tax deductible as will be any donations of broodstock to the resupply side. I would be amenable to delivery to Houston at 1 specific pickup point or to a holding faclity for distribution. Does this interest any of you?
Some of you probably remember me from years past. I am retired now and have more time to tinker with tanks and experiment. I am the community volunteer for the local Sabine Pass ISD saltwater aquarium. We had a 300 gallon 8 ft tank that was 13 years old and it was time for something new. When I was offered the concession stand in the foyer between the auditorium and the gymnasium as a location for the new tank I jumped on it. Talk about a fish room 30 dedicated circuits, water supply, sinks for cleaning, tile floors with built in drains, cabinetry for storage, and a roll up window for serving that with some modifications was a perfect in wall display. Our 1 year old 460 gallon custom Crystal Dynamics with lots of bells and whistles is coming into it’s own. Which leads me to this.
I have been involving the staff and some of the science classes mainly Junior Biology and the Aquatics class in tank tutorials on Tuesday - Thursday. There is some method to my madness as I have been training them to help me with some of the more mundane tasks. Glass cleaning, filter sock changes and cleaning, feeding which frees up more of my time for more technical aspects such as testing, dosing, fragging, and problem diagnosis. This is a low nutrient high flow system that hopefully will be a good producer of quality SPS colonies.
The school has a 501 C 3 set up for donation to the scholarship fund. Last year through sales of corals from the old tank and the sale of the tank and equipment we funded a 2500$ scholarship to a deserving young lady. The only requirement for this was a declared major in something connected to life sciences. As we progress we will be offering coral sales (ahem) donations/gifts and these will be fully tax deductible as will be any donations of broodstock to the resupply side. I would be amenable to delivery to Houston at 1 specific pickup point or to a holding faclity for distribution. Does this interest any of you?
