University of Miami Aquarium Club (UMAC)

04/21/2019

This past weekend, some of our members spent some time at the Florida Aquarium! We had a great time going behind the scenes with a UMAC alumni and taking in all the neat tanks.

03/20/2019

Hope to see you at our meeting tomorrow, March 21st @7:30 in Cox 184! We’ll be having a short presentation introducing Sanjay Joshi, the presenter for this week’s FMAS meeting!

Speaking of... UMAC will be hosting the Florida Marine Aquarium Society this Saturday March 23rd in Cox 145 at 11 am! Come out to hear a wonderful talk about the aquarium hobby!

Lastly, our spring trip is here! We’re headed to Tampa April 20-21st. If you’re interested, send us an email or contact an officer.

01/22/2019

Check out these great opportunities to get involved with MASNA as well as the 2019 MACNA conference! These positions would be a great way to connect and network in the marine aquarium world!

10/16/2018

Let’s give a warm welcome to the new additions from our recent collecting trip and aquarium crawl! No meeting this week, but don’t forget to sign up for the fall trip(11/30-12/2). We will be announcing the attendees soon so keep posted

10/01/2018

Hope everyone had fun this weekend on our seining trip! We caught some baby barracuda, a bunch of crabs, parrot fish, and a smooth butterfly ray, along with many other species.
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Come out to our meeting this week to learn about coral fragging! We will also be announcing our trip this semester and having signups. (Swipe right for a sneak peek into one of the tanks we’ll be seeing...)
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Hope to see you in Cox 184 @ 7:30 on Thursday!

09/18/2018

Come out to our meeting this Thursday at 7:30 in Cox 184! This week’s topic is collecting. We will go over some techniques and some of the critters you might come across. We will also be discussing when our field trip to go collecting will be along with sign-ups, so you won’t want to miss it.
Here are a few pictures from our collecting trip to RSMAS last semester. (📸: our lovely president Nash Soderberg)
Hope to see you there!

09/13/2018

Hope to see everyone at our meeting tonight at 7:30 in Cox 184! This meeting focuses on tank setup and everything that goes into the process, from cycling to aquascaping.

09/11/2018

Such a fun weekend with some members in Las Vegas attending the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America! We did some great networking, and hope to have exciting things coming soon!

Take a look at some of the cool tanks we saw, and don’t forget about our meeting this Thursday at 7:30 in Cox 184! The topic this week is tank setup.

Hope to see you there!

08/30/2018

Are you excited for the meeting tonight? Our cardinal fish sure is! See everyone @ 7:30 in cox 184.

08/27/2018

Welcome back UMACians, make sure to come to our first meeting 184, 7:30 this Thursday! We will be introducing our eboard members and plans for the year, as well as holding a limited edition T-shirt raffle. We will also be renting tanks for those who are glass-cube challenged. See ya there!

05/02/2018

Hello all UMACians! Check out our new blogpost about our spring trip to the Cancun Interactive Aquarium.

After walking 3 miles from the hotel, it is easy to imagine how happy we were to finally arrive at the (air conditioned) Cancun Aquarium. From the outside it is a very unassuming location,...