Our homeschool co-op has started a reef tank for the kids to study. What an awesome science class this has been. The tank has been up and running for about 2 months. We only recently started adding coral and fish. The terrible ich struck immediately and wiped out our fish population so we are opting for a fallow tank until this nasty parasite dies completely rather than treat with copper and kill our beautiful inverts. Check out what we have rolling so far. Any advice is much appreciated. We are running the 29 gallon biocube with Ecoxotic retro LED kit, marineland moonlight, and feeding supplements from Seachem and also feeding ReefRoids from Polyp lab. Corals and inverts are thriving. I suspect when we are ready to add fish again in 8 more weeks they shall thrive also. Levels are stable and once these new corals from Spikes Corals settle in hopefully the class will be able to witness some growth. Spike's customer service is outstanding and the frags were generous. We look forward to seeing these animals grow!
