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Jason Mamoa and I are excited to begin this semester with you. We will be co-teaching this course. Jason will teach for the first half of the semester and then I'll cover the rest of the course.

This course introduces you to the science of Aquariumology and provides experience working in a small public aquarium (more information on this soon since we're in the midst of a pandemic), under the supervision of the instructors and designated student aquarium managers.

We'll cover the basics of:

-animal husbandry
-disease control
-aquarium water chemistry
-methods of filtration
-feeding and cleaning

Looking forward to working with everyone soon!

Office Hours

Liesl Madrona

lmadrona@awesomecollege .edu

Conversations (Inbox) is the best way to contact me.
Virtual Office Hours on Canvas: Tuesdays 10-11 am, Thursdays 9-10 am

Jason Mamoa

jmamoa@awesomecollege.edu

Conversations (Inbox) is the best way to contact me.

Virtual Office Hours on Canvas: Mondays 4-5 pm, Fridays 4-5 pm

Zoom Room Link

Please use our Zoom Room http://www.zoom.com/fakecourseurl123 for office hours.

Ready to begin?

If you'd like a quick introduction and overview of the class, please feel free to watch the welcome video. You can obtain the same information from the Syllabus (also located in the orientation module).

Duration
1:00

When you have finished the brief video, please select the "Start" button to begin in the orientation module...

Please select the Start button below to begin!

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...Or feel free to preview our first topic, parameters for reef water - exciting! For more information on this table, continue to the second module after the orientation module.

Non-Critical Parameters for Reef Aquarium Water

Table of Values
Parameter	Reef Aquaria Recommended Value	Typical Ocean Value
Silica	<2 ppm, much lower if diatoms are a problem	<0.06 - 2.7 ppm
Iodine	Control not recommended	0.06 ppm total of all forms
Nitrate	<0.2 ppm	Variable (typically below 0.1 ppm)
Nitrite	<0.2 ppm typically	Variable (typically below 0.0001 ppm)
Strontium	5 - 15 ppm	8 ppm
ORP	Control not recommended	Variable
Boron	<10 ppm	4.4 ppm
Iron	Below detection limit	0.0000006 ppm

"Aquarium Water Testing" by Randy Holmes-Farley / A derivative from the original work