As regular Saltwater Smarts visitors are aware, The Toledo Zoo’s Aquarium closed October 1, 2012 for a $25.5 million renovation and the new Aquarium is scheduled to open in 2015. Since the renovation began, one of the common questions visitors ask is, “What exhibits and animals will the new Aquarium have?”
为了帮助回答这个问题，我正在通过一系列帖子来检查新展览。我的最后一部分涵盖了设计和牲畜太平洋彩虹礁展览。This time around, I’d like to shine the spotlight on the Pacific Reef Crest and Lagoon exhibits.
请记住,规划过程是fluid; things can and will change before the Aquarium’s grand opening. Additionally, the names for the exhibits are only placeholders—the final names may reflect helpful donors or be more descriptive of the exhibit itself.
As marine aquarists know, live corals require different life-support equipment and a narrower range of water-quality parameters than do fish and even some other invertebrates. Even then, not all corals are created equal, and one important consideration is that of the potential for “allelopathy,” or chemical warfare, between species. Direct attacks between corals using sweeper tentacles is one way corals fight each other for space, but they can also inhibit the growth of other corals by releasing toxins into the water.
在我们以前在托莱多动物园的珊瑚礁展览中，我们发现某些软珊瑚会导致短体石（SPS）珊瑚的生长问题。此外，与许多软珊瑚相比，SPS珊瑚的水质需求往往更严格。我们的解决方案是开发两个现场珊瑚展览：一个由SPS Corals主导的礁石和一个用于容纳软珊瑚和我们的巨人的泻湖展览tridacnaclam.
Exhibit：热带太平洋礁石冠
水类型：热带海洋
坦克体积: 2,000 gallons
照明将来自六个400瓦，10,000k金属卤化物吊坠灯具以及一个Solatube轻型管。水运动将来自各种泵，包括一些新的较小尺寸氢化化。The exhibit will have a remote sump with two large skimmers and a calcium reactor. Water temperature will be maintained by a heat exchanger connected to the building’s new geothermal system.
Exhibit：热带太平洋泻湖
水类型：热带海洋
坦克体积: 2,000 gallons
生命支持系统将与热带太平洋礁峰的相同，除了金属卤化物灯泡可能是较低的色彩温度，仅使用一个蛋白质撇油器。
两种展品中的鱼将是活珊瑚的继发的。选择鱼将取决于它们与珊瑚和平同居的能力。还将选择一些鱼类为活礁服务的能力。Supperonfish会吃不需要的藻类，而我们使用铜带蝴蝶鱼减少害虫的数量必威官网登录随行版Aiptasia。
Photo Credit:托莱多动物园
