ATOLL PRO: Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Zebrafish, and more

How many fish are left in the ocean today? Although a little outdated (2010), this lecture will help you understand the critical value of growing our aquaculture industries by examining the status of U.S. fisheries.

Water is the key to aquaculture. This lecture gives you a broad understanding of the importance of your water source and how it moves through an aquaculture system.

Learn more about various types of Aquaculture. Choose your interest and get excited.

Dr. Benny Ron will help you understand the history of fish farming, and many of the terms you will encounter in the industry. Farming seafood is a great way to help the world eat nutritious proteins.

This section begins a discussion of basic animal husbandry and how humans have an increasing need to farm seafood.

In part 4, Dr. Benny Ron will introduce you to some new terms and principles for becoming an expert fish farmer.

In this lecture, Dr. Ron first begins with a review of the main concepts from previous lectures before introducing you to some of the challenges facing aquaculture.

Dr. Benny Ron helps you understand some of the challenges of aquaculture today in this lecture.

Dr. Benny Ron examines the business side of aquaculture and encourages you to think about many questions that farmers must answer.

Dr. Tim Miller-Morgan, Aquatic Veterinarian with SeaGrant Oregon, helps you understand the huge market for pet fish aquaculture.

This lecture, from Dr. Miller-Morgan shows you where profits originate in the pet fish industry and also introduces you to the lucrative, competitive koi market.

This lecture is an amazing overview of what has happened to our ocean reefs and why farming corals is so important.

Learn about the species that live within our important coral reefs.

Dr. Shafir takes you on an underwater journey with more amazing information about our living coral reefs.

Learn a little bit about the anatomy of corals in this interesting video lecture.

This lecture continues the exploration of coral anatomy and physiology.

Learn the basics of coral farming and see examples of great on shore and off shore coral farms.

Get started on a healthy environment for your fish with this great introduction to water chemistry.

Water chemistry is critical to your fish. This lecture describes additional concepts that you need to understand in order to keep your fish healthy.

Understanding oxygen, pH and the nitrogen cycle will help your fish stay healthy.

Understanding some very basic fish anatomy will be helpful to feeding and caring for many different species of fish.

Continuation. Understanding some very basic fish anatomy will be helpful to feeding and caring for many different species of fish.

Continuation. Understanding some very basic fish anatomy will be helpful to feeding and caring for many different species of fish.

Understanding how fish process oxygen, salt and water is essential to a fish farmer.

What stresses your fish? Find out in this interesting lecture from Dr. Tim Miller-Morgan. Also see the nice public resource video he has on an external site to show you how to handle your fish to minimize stress.

Every fish farmer needs to understand how diseases enter their farm to protect their fish and their profits.

Continuation. Every fish farmer needs to understand how diseases enter their farm to protect their fish and their profits. Also check out the resources for this lecture to help you know how to sedate a fish, should that be necessary.

Olomana Gardens, a permaculture farm in Waimanalo, Hawaii, serves as a living laboratory for this informative lecture on aquaponics from Glenn Martinez.

Continuation. Olomana Gardens, a permaculture farm in Waimanalo, Hawaii, serves as a living laboratory for this informative lecture on aquaponics from Glenn Martinez.

Continuation. Olomana Gardens, a permaculture farm in Waimanalo, Hawaii, serves as a living laboratory for this informative lecture on aquaponics from Glenn Martinez.

Water chemistry and careful monitoring can be critical to your aquaponic garden.

Explore aquaponics using a rubber tray.

Continued. Explore aquaponics using a rubber tray.

Learn how to use "floating beds" to grow leafy vegetables in aquaponic gardens.

Check out this great design for a small/medium sized aquaponic system in a backyard area.

This is a look at a unique, patented, semi-portable aquaponic system (thus "Aquaport")-- that fits in small spaces. Contact Glenn Martinez for more information and check out the free pdf assembly manual in the Resources for this lecture.

Using commercial aquariums is another easy option for aquaponics.

Continued. Using commercial aquariums is another easy option for aquaponics.

Larger aquaponic systems can be built using commercial barrels.

Continued. Larger aquaponic systems can be built using commercial barrels.

Continued. Larger aquaponic systems can be built using commercial barrels.

Continued. Larger aquaponic systems can be built using commercial barrels.

Continued. Larger aquaponic systems can be built using commercial barrels.

Growing root vegetables (potatoes, carrots, taro) requires a deep trough aquaponic system.

Learn how worms and worm tea-- help keep your aquaponic system healthy and speed up vegetable growth.

This video highlights a large-scale (55 gallon) worm tea maker to fertilize large gardens and aquaponic systems.

Aquaponics is a popular topic and there are some quality resources on the internet available free to the public. This brief lecture will introduce you to a few of these resources we think will be valuable to your course experience, and tell you why we are including them.