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| View Poll Results: Which option would be most suitable for a high school science classroom? | |||
| 4ft reef |
   
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25 | 23.58% |
| 4ft fowlr |
  
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14 | 13.21% |
| 4ft community |
  
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12 | 11.32% |
| 6ft reef |
  
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20 | 18.87% |
| 6ft fowlr |
  
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7 | 6.60% |
| 6ft community |
  
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2 | 1.89% |
| 4ft community and smaller special interest tank (nano) |
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8 | 7.55% |
| 6ft community and smaller special interest tank (nano) |
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2 | 1.89% |
| one saltwater, one freshwater (please specify below) |
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8 | 7.55% |
| other (please specify below) |
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8 | 7.55% |
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#1
11-10-2010, 02:49 AM
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I've had a 20g reef for two years. I just kept live rock,softies, lps and a couple of clowns and a goby in it. It had a HOB skimmer, Aquaclear filter, heater, 4-bulb T5 lights with a bare bottom and glass top to slow evaporation. The only thing I ever tested for was salinity and did weekly 2.5g water changes. Everything grew like weeds, the fish are all still alive and fat and I only put in less than 1/2 a week of maintenance. It was easy enough to keep care of that when I took 2 week vacations all I had to do was get a friend to top off the water and feed pre-measured portions of food and all was well when I got home. I honestly don't understand the mind set that small tanks are harder to keep, make it simple with easy to keep livestock and there will be no problem.
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11-10-2010, 03:16 AM
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Please don't take my comments the wrong way. I don't believe they are harder to keep. I do however, believe that if something goes wrong, that having a larger tank with more water will allow it to spread out the emergency over more time instead of killing the tank very quickly.
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