(wasn't sure where to put this so I played is safe and put it in the lounge)
Hey there MASC, been a while since I posted anything, but since the last post I finally got my tank chemistry figured out thanks to some help from you guys and the people down at Aqua Imports. Thanks a bunch for all the feed back, turned out i just needed to do a a %80 water change slowly over the period of a few days,and add more blue light to make things happy. The only issue is right now that I finally got it all settled down and ready to begin to adding live stock I ran into a few issues unrelated to the aquarium. I am going to go work in California this summer as a forest aid and I had planned to just rely on my aquarium computer and parents to keep things up and running, but as the date gets closer more and more things poke holes in that idea, and I am not so sure I am comfortable doing that unless other people have suggestions. Second of all when I get back for next school year I am going to almost entirely AP classes, and SRS (science research seminar). Considering I already average 3 hours a of home work a night with half AP classes, not sure what time next year I will have to take care of a tank the size of the one I have. I did not intend to take so many difficult classes at the time I upgraded to a 90 gallon, but the colleges I am looking at all raised their prices, so I need to look for as many ways to save money as I can (My sister got half a semester credit for 3 APs). So now I am at the point between deciding to down grade to lower my work load a bit while still staying in the trade, how ever I am a little mad I finally got the chemistry fixed and I still want the large tank. How ever it wouldn't cost me any money to downgrade and beef up a Nano Cube or something since I have a hang on refugium, chiller, phosphate reactor, and protein skimmer in storage as well as an LED system I could put in the cheaper cube and still be able to keep sps. So I am not sure which way to go, less work and no worrying about it over the summer, or keeping the big tank and have more live stock. So I was going to get other opinions on the two choices before making a move. Sorry for this GIGANTIC paragraph btw, the next question is shorter XP.
This question is allot shorter, it's about SRS and I am not even sure if any one would know about it. SO basically it is a program where I leave school early to go to a local lab and do research as an intern to get science credits, rather than taking a science class at school. One problem is you have to find the lab you work in during the summer. So far I have found one, but it will be physics based, and I would rather do something along the lines of biology. I was thinking looking around CU since it is not far way from where i live and NOAA is near there to, but I wanted to see if any one knew of other labs in the Boulder-Denver area that would relate to forestry or fisheries.
Thanks every one for any assistance you can give! have a good evening and week.
Hey there MASC, been a while since I posted anything, but since the last post I finally got my tank chemistry figured out thanks to some help from you guys and the people down at Aqua Imports. Thanks a bunch for all the feed back, turned out i just needed to do a a %80 water change slowly over the period of a few days,and add more blue light to make things happy. The only issue is right now that I finally got it all settled down and ready to begin to adding live stock I ran into a few issues unrelated to the aquarium. I am going to go work in California this summer as a forest aid and I had planned to just rely on my aquarium computer and parents to keep things up and running, but as the date gets closer more and more things poke holes in that idea, and I am not so sure I am comfortable doing that unless other people have suggestions. Second of all when I get back for next school year I am going to almost entirely AP classes, and SRS (science research seminar). Considering I already average 3 hours a of home work a night with half AP classes, not sure what time next year I will have to take care of a tank the size of the one I have. I did not intend to take so many difficult classes at the time I upgraded to a 90 gallon, but the colleges I am looking at all raised their prices, so I need to look for as many ways to save money as I can (My sister got half a semester credit for 3 APs). So now I am at the point between deciding to down grade to lower my work load a bit while still staying in the trade, how ever I am a little mad I finally got the chemistry fixed and I still want the large tank. How ever it wouldn't cost me any money to downgrade and beef up a Nano Cube or something since I have a hang on refugium, chiller, phosphate reactor, and protein skimmer in storage as well as an LED system I could put in the cheaper cube and still be able to keep sps. So I am not sure which way to go, less work and no worrying about it over the summer, or keeping the big tank and have more live stock. So I was going to get other opinions on the two choices before making a move. Sorry for this GIGANTIC paragraph btw, the next question is shorter XP.
This question is allot shorter, it's about SRS and I am not even sure if any one would know about it. SO basically it is a program where I leave school early to go to a local lab and do research as an intern to get science credits, rather than taking a science class at school. One problem is you have to find the lab you work in during the summer. So far I have found one, but it will be physics based, and I would rather do something along the lines of biology. I was thinking looking around CU since it is not far way from where i live and NOAA is near there to, but I wanted to see if any one knew of other labs in the Boulder-Denver area that would relate to forestry or fisheries.
Thanks every one for any assistance you can give! have a good evening and week.
