Dr. Shimek posted these comments about his upcoming MACO3 course:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>I think there are a couple reasons somebody might want to take the course.
Many people will get by in reef aquarium keeping by following rote directions. These folks are basically satisified with the statement that "x is a coral," and if they follow a cook book they may be able to keep it alive. This course is not for such folks.
What you can get out of the course, with some hard work, is an understanding of WHY.
Why certain critters are [fill in the blank with an animal name], and what that implies about how they live and - more importantly from the aspect of a reef keeper - how we can keep them in good health and condition.
Basically, the course will give a lot of details about the animals - many of which may seem irrelevent - but, as the saying goes, the Devil is in the details, and those detials may make the difference in how aquarists care for their animals.
In a real sense, I hope that folks will get enough out of the course to become proactive instead of reactive reefkeepers; I hope they get enough out of the course to be able to anticipate the needs of their charges and to know why they must do things.
In this forum, folks get simple answers to questions that are, in general, pretty simple. I would hope that the course will give somebody the background to deal with the simple questions by themselves and to know why what they are doing is correct. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
For details about MACO and to enroll, see:
www.reefs.org/maco
Cheers
Jamse Wiseman
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>I think there are a couple reasons somebody might want to take the course.
Many people will get by in reef aquarium keeping by following rote directions. These folks are basically satisified with the statement that "x is a coral," and if they follow a cook book they may be able to keep it alive. This course is not for such folks.
What you can get out of the course, with some hard work, is an understanding of WHY.
Why certain critters are [fill in the blank with an animal name], and what that implies about how they live and - more importantly from the aspect of a reef keeper - how we can keep them in good health and condition.
Basically, the course will give a lot of details about the animals - many of which may seem irrelevent - but, as the saying goes, the Devil is in the details, and those detials may make the difference in how aquarists care for their animals.
In a real sense, I hope that folks will get enough out of the course to become proactive instead of reactive reefkeepers; I hope they get enough out of the course to be able to anticipate the needs of their charges and to know why they must do things.
In this forum, folks get simple answers to questions that are, in general, pretty simple. I would hope that the course will give somebody the background to deal with the simple questions by themselves and to know why what they are doing is correct. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
For details about MACO and to enroll, see:
www.reefs.org/maco
Cheers
Jamse Wiseman
