Bunch of updated and then yous (sorry for the delay and super long post (super busy with work and life and I have been neglecting this thread)
World Wide Corals
Thank you so much 6o Chris and the whole team at World Wide Corals. Now that our tank is up and running we on always looking for frags to add to our system. WWC not only donated 10 frags to the tank but also a number of inverts, including a fighting cinch which was a huge hit with the students. The students loved getting the cooler in the mail and thought it was fascinating how the coral could be shipped worldwide. A few of my most interested students came after learn to dip and acclimate the corals. We researched each species to determine the ideal placement of each frag. Thanks so much WWC for your support and commitment to inspiring the generation of reefers.
Hanna Instruments
One issue that comes with having so many different people working on the tank is inconsistent test results based on who is performing the test. One of the biggest (and scariest) of these was testing the salinity of the water, especially when students were performing water changes. I had been eying digital salinity checkers for awhule but it just wasn’t in the budget right now. I then learned that Hanna is actually based out of RI (awesome!) and I figured it was worth a shot. I spoke to a number of employees who were responsive, caring and truly seemed to want to help. Hanna generously donated one of their Marine Salinity Testers. We have been using it for a couple of weeks and I have to say it is easily one of my favorite pieces of equipment we have. Test results have been extremely accurate and reliable. I want to thank everyone over at Hanna for not only making an amazing product but also generously supporting our project, couldn’t recommend this company enough and I know I will be a customer in the future.
Keep on Reefing 2019
I would like to thank each of the following vendors/attendees from KOR 2019 who donated frags to our tank. Without the support and generosity of this industry/community this project would never have begun and without the continued support it would not be able to grow. We truly appreciated every single donation! Anyone in the market for frags, consider checking out these vendors, they have great coral and are even better people.
Frags
Son & Sand Reef:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1398841580366298&ref=br_rs
Frag Creations
Rick’s Coral and Aquatics:
https://www.facebook.com/rickscoral/
Reef Junkeez:
https://www.facebook.com/reefjunkeez/
Sick Twisted Corals:
https://www.facebook.com/SickTwistedCorals/
New York Reef Aquatics:
https://www.facebook.com/nyreefaquatic/
Koral Craze:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=2067831426872370&ref=br_rs
Adam Kowal (attendee
Agcore Fish Food:
https://www.agcorefishfood.com/index.html/
Another RI based company I just discovered.The Agcore Farm Team grows a “Superfood” called Spirulina, a blue-green algae. Agcore Spirulina has over 60% protein, is highly digestible, nutrient dense, has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties. The Agcore team was eager to donate at KOR and even expressed interest in working with us as our project grows. Amazing people and were clearly passionate about their products, highly recommend this company.
Koral Kreatiions Art:
https://www.facebook.com/koralkreationsart/
Koral Kreations is a company specializing in binging the natural beauty back to coral skeletons after they moved on from their waterworld and finding them new homes looking over their descendants. This artwork is beautiful in pictures but is a whole different experience in person. Thanks so much Chris for donating a piece to our tank (. I will update on Monday with some pics of it above the tank!
Reefbreeders: https://www.reefbreeders.com
As previously mentioned Logan from Reefbreeders had donated not only a Coral Box Moon LED Plus and RN-1 Wavemaker. We recently discovered an issue with the LED where a channel was failing to turn off. I reached to Logan and he got back to me almost immediately and set up a time for me to bring the light in. He went ahead and resolved the issue that day and we were back up and running (now algae free). Not only has Reefbreeders been a huge supporter of the project but I love my Photon 2 and RP-M Wavemaker, couldn't recommend this company more.
Tank Updates
Say hello to our second clownfish, she is a black domino we purchased from OSA. She and her "man" are getting along great!
Heres a few more tank shots:
I'll more pics after we add the frags from LKOR!