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This program is amazing and it was the best two years of my life!

Chris became director half way thru my degree and he had done so many amazing things in that short period of time.

Are you looking to get a degree or the certificate?

Nye Beach is a nice area if you're looking to buy as well as the bay front.

If you get your application all filled out right and if they're still doing phone interviews just do your best.

Also keep in mind where you want to take your career after the program that will help you when you decide where to do your internship. 

Also these members are amazing! My tank at school was the "coral" tank which didn't have much besides some things I brought from home. But these guys hooked us up with lots of corals and clams for the tank as well as HMSC. They invited us to come to their meeting which was very cool to meet everyone and see which corals came from which members. Thanks guys!

Good Luck!

- Michaela

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Congrats!!

I have been doing the live food culture room at my college. We have Nannochloropsis, Artemia, and Rotifers. The brine shrimp we have is the San Francisco Bay brand Hatch Mix. I have done 3 different culture starts and it still has about ten bbs hatching each time. Has anyone worked with this brand or with hatching bbs? Also if you have what did you enrich them with? I have been feeding them the Nannochloropsis I have been culturing, have you used Selco, or anything else? If any one has any advice that would be great!

Is that job usually saved for 2 year or cetificate students?

Either. Usually one of each but they just hired a senior aquarist for visitors center so it could be just one in West Wing. My friend is the west wing aquarist now and she will be leaving in april.

Is that job usually saved for 2 year or cetificate students?

Either. Usually one of each but they just hired a senior aquarist for visitors center so it could be just one in West Wing. My friend is the west wing aquarist now and she will be leaving in april.

My wife and I will be moving to the Newport area for the next school year, and I need a little help from anyone in that area. First, what is the job situation there right now? My wife will need a full time job and I will need at least a part time. Second, where are the cheap places to rent? I've been looking in Newport and Toledo and everything seems to be $700 and up.

 

Any help/info is greatly appreciated.

Hatfield Marine Science Center usually hires an AQS student each year for either the visitors center aquarist or west wing (hospital) aquarist.

We would love to do this at some point in the future.

Sounds like a plan.

Im at student at Oregon Coast Community College in Newport, and in the Aquarium Science Program. I could talk to the director if any one would want to come see the Aquarium Science Building in April. I wont be there in April because I will hopefully be doing my internship I would love for you guys to go visit the college!

 

Thanks,

Michaela

Well... just realized this is an old post. Oops. Anyway if there are any meetings in Newport or just anyone that would like to come see the AQS Building let me know.

We are looking for YOU to host a meeting! If you are interested please contact any of the officers or board members.

Also want to get a head count of who would like a behind the scenes tour of the Oregon Coast Aquarium, and Hatfield Marine Science Center. (poll question)

 

Feb.- OPEN (would like to see it in Corvallis/Eugene)

March- OPEN (Corvallis/Eugene if Feb. isn't)

April- Behind the scenes at Oregon Coast Aquarium and a Hatfield Marine Science Center (need head count so we can contact them and get this going)

May- Shane

June- Smann (possibly)

July- OPEN (would like to see another Albany/Corvallis/Eugene meeting around here) At least 2x's a year.

August- BBQ?

Sept.- Clownhouse?

Oct.- Roy

Nov.- OPEN

Dec.- Christmas Party

Im at student at Oregon Coast Community College in Newport, and in the Aquarium Science Program. I could talk to the director if any one would want to come see the Aquarium Science Building in April. I wont be there in April because I will hopefully be doing my internship I would love for you guys to go visit the college!

Thanks,

Michaela

What kind of lighting do you use?

Okay I will see what I can do and get back to you!

 

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Thank you!

I can hold stuff for you until Sunday. I'm sure I could make it worth your while!

 

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Okay thats really nice of you!! Let me know for sure if there will be some frags and I will definitely come up there.

I am sure I can come up with something also

Please let me know. Anything would be really cool for my class aquarium.

I work at 3pm so i would have to leave Portland at like 12pm. I dont work Sunday though and could make it up then.

I have only worked with softies so I am looking to work with both LPS and SPS. I really like acros and would like to have some of those. Really anything I could get would be amazing.

If they were donations to the program I would definitely go up there. Im in Newport so not too far away. Im going to be doing a coral frag tank soon, but sadly we dont really have any corals.

Hi all,

I am new to this and would like to introduce myself.

I am going to college for a degree in Aquarium Science and will be soon graduating in March. I am from the Midwest and new to the Northwest. I had a marine biology/ aquarium science program in high school and that sparked my interest in tropical marine fish and invertebrates. Moving to Oregon for school was much different because we set up all the aquariums. I am very interested in corals and marine fish, but we are very limited at the college. I want to make our "coral tank" that has a few frags of Kenya tree corals and some Anthelia, into a tank with some hard corals because we have really nice lights on there that we could get the corals to grow in.

With that being said if anyone would be willing to donate any corals to our classroom for future education that would be very appreciated.

Thanks,

Michaela