Students will learn: establishing and maintaining beneficial bacterial colonies in the aquarium, chemical, biological and mechanical filtration, temperature and pH regulation, how to test your water, how to select fish appropriate for your aquarium.

I am the Vice President of the Aquarium Society and have kept fish my entire life.  I maintain between 24 and 36 aquariums and aquaponics systems throughout the year with a variety of tropical, saltwater, freshwater and brackish fish.  I am a certified aquatic science instructor and have taught that subject in both Texas and North Carolina.  I am also the sponsor for the Aquarium club at the high school where I teach.  I love to use my aquariums to teach biology, chemistry and even physics and math!