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• Aquarium Photography - delayed until Fall
  An excellent introduction to photography as it regards the aquarium. Covering the basics of shooting and editing, this course is not to be missed. Inspiring and educational - if you ever wanted to know more about taking photographs of your tanks, this is the way to get there!
  • Course Description
    Aquarium Photography Techniques
  • Course Syllabus
    Aquarium Photography Techniques
  • Instructor Bio
    Aquarium Photography Techniques
  • Prerequisites and Equipment
    Aquarium Photography Techniques
  • Registration Details
    New dates for the Aquarium Photography Techniques course will be announced soon.
• Archived Courses
  This folder contains all of the information and files from courses that have completed in 2008.
  • Completed 2008 courses
    Find the materials for your 2008 course here.
    • Aquarium Photography - closed (fall 08)
      This course will teach the basics of photographing aquariums and their inhabitants. It will cover lighting, editing, and all of what you need to make spectacular images of your favorite fish or corals. <center><img src="http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/files/copy_of_080601-1432_resize_611.jpg"></center>
    • Fish Husbandry - closed (April 08)
      This class will introduce you into the world of marine fish husbandry, from basic biology and taxonomy, to principles and procedures used to insure that these animals live out long and healthy lives under your care. You’ll learn how to select the proper equipment, and be guided on how to set up your system in a way that suits the fish that you’ve chosen and the environment that you would like to emulate. Most importantly, you’ll learn to avoid all the mistakes that are so easily made when learning to keep these amazing animals. The class will cover the tendencies and idiosyncrasies of various families of marine fish, how they interact with each other, and how to keep them together without experiencing the problems that plague so many aquarists. You’ll learn how to manage and avoid diseases that commonly infect and often kill so many captive marine fish. You’ll learn what you must do, and as importantly, what you must not do in order to excel as a marine fish keeper.
    • Reef Chemistry Review - closed (Jan08)
      A review of the basic chemistry of a reef aquarium. This course starts with the basics of matter interaction and winds up with the more difficult concept of the buffering system responsible for a stable tank.
    • Reef Microbiology - closed (Jan08)
      This course details the current scientific knowledge behind the microbial ecology of the reef, especially as it regards the maintenance of a marine aquarium.
• Fish Husbandry - Delayed until Fall 2010
  This class will introduce you into the world of marine fish husbandry, from basic biology and taxonomy, to principles and procedures used to insure that these animals live out long and healthy lives under your care. You’ll learn how to select the proper equipment, and be guided on how to set up your system in a way that suits the fish that you’ve chosen and the environment that you would like to emulate. Most importantly, you’ll learn to avoid all the mistakes that are so easily made when learning to keep these amazing animals. The class will cover the tendencies and idiosyncrasies of various families of marine fish, how they interact with each other, and how to keep them together without experiencing the problems that plague so many aquarists. You’ll learn how to manage and avoid diseases that commonly infect and often kill so many captive marine fish. You’ll learn what you must do, and as importantly, what you must not do in order to excel as a marine fish keeper.
  • Course Registration
    This course is due to start Fall 2010. Specific time will be established shortly, but it will occur on Sundays for 6 weeks. The cost for the course is $100 for lifetime access to the website and all of the contents generated during the course itself. Click this link for more details.
  • Fish Husbandry Syllabus
    This is a 6 week course designed to introduce you to marine fish husbandry.
  • Instructor Bio
    Jim McDavid is an avid reefkeeper and marine aquarist with over 24 year of experience at all levels of the hobby. He currently has several articles published in RDO's Advanced Aquarist Online Magazine directly relating to marine fish husbandry.
• Frequently Asked Questions
  Contains information on how MACO works, how to register, and more.
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    This document contains information on registration, how the courses operate, what you need for access, and everything else related to MACO courses. Find the answers to your questions here!
  • Sample Course
    This is to give you an example of what a course run through aquaristcourses will entail. Paid registration for a course gives you unlimited access to the course for which you are registered. On the website you will find: a chat for weekly interactive sessions with the instructor and other course members, direct link to your class's forum, all instructor provided materials, and much more.