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| SEC 321 | Aquarium Fishes and Their Culture | 2+0+0 | ECTS:3 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Rafet Çağrı ÖZTÜRK | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To give information about an aquarium and its components to enable students manage recirculation systems. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Equipments of aquarium, closed circulation systems, water quality and its maintenance, filtration techniques (biological, mekanical and chemical), design of an aquarium, common aquarium fishes, feeding, reproduction, diseases and their management are given.
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Aquarium equipments and construction materials | | | Week 2 | Aquarium design and its prenciples | | | Week 4 | Aquarium water quality parameters and their management | | | Week 5 | pH in aquarium and its management | | | Week 6 | Nitrificaiton and its management | | | Week 7 | Pellet feed preparation | | | Week 8 | Midterm | | | Week 9 | Live feed production | | | Week 10 | Live feed production-II | | | Week 11 | Aquarium fish diseases, prevention and their treatment | | | Week 12 | Aquarium fishes and their culture -I (Homeworks and presentations) | | | Week 13 | Aquarium fishes and their culture -II (Homeworks and presentations) | | | Week 14 | Public Aquariums and their designs | | | Week 15 | Aquarium types | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Bailey, M. and Sandford, G. 1998. The Ultimate Aquarium. Annes Publishing Limited, Hong Kong. | | | |
| 1 | Adey, W.H. and lovelan, K. 1998. Dynamic Aquaria. Building Living Ecosystems. Academic Pres, New York | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 8 | 20.11.2012 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06.01.2013 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | | | | |
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