Create and light a saltwater reef aquarium that is healthy and looks great too.
Investigate a variety of plants, fish and coral that can live in saltwater aquaria. Choose a few to live in your tank then decide how to light the tank so all of its inhabitants thrive.Inhabitants Under Your Lights
Investigate. Imagine adding the fish, coral, and plants to your tank and describe the color of each inhabitant under your lighting scheme.
Simulation. If you need additional guidance, use the Stage Lighting simulator to help envision how different colored objects appear under different colored lights.
Stage Lighting Simulator at The Physics Classroom
Tips:
- Choose the white light from the list of color options on the bottom.
- Click on the character on the stage to change to a character with a different color.
Spectrum Notebook.
- Identify the color of each inhabitant in your tank as it would appear under your lighting scheme.
- Color in your chosen fish in the notebook with the colors they would appear under your lighting scheme or complete the table.