Freshwater
Marine
Florida Fishies
Aquariums 101
UMAC Lore
100

The other common name for the Siamese fighting fish

What is a betta?
100

These damselfish relatives are known to host and live in anemones

What is a clownfish?
100

The partially-saline water in Miami's canals that connect the Everglades and Biscayne Bay

What is brackish water?

100

The Georgia Aquarium is the only US aquarium to house this large filter-feeder

What is a whale shark?

100

The species of Cardboard the turtle

What is a Florida box turtle?

200

These common, usually orange fish in pet stores are closelt related to carp

What are goldfish?

200
The group of corals containing xenia, star polyps, and leather corals

What are soft corals?

200

The three main coastal habitats in South Florida

What are coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forests?

200

The maximum tank size allowed in on-campus housing

What is 10 gallons?

200

The name of Ryan's pet axolotl

Who is Beef?

300

The brightly-colored schooling fish species currently living in our 40-gallon planted tank

What are neon tetras?

300

This genus encompasses species like the critically endangered staghorn coral and the green branching coral in our reef tank

What is Acropora?

300

These large, invasive algae-eaters have taken over Florida waterways through being released by dumb aquarists

What are plecostomus/plecos?

300

The filtration system underneath saltwater tanks that often contain a protein skimmer, auto top-off, live rock, and macroalgae

What is a refugium or sump?

300

The name of last year's Aquarium Club president

Who is Alexis Carraquillo?

400

Popular aquarium fish, such as tetras, corydoras catfish, angelfish, and discus, all come from this body of water

What is the Amazon River?

400

This pest anemone is the bane of any reef tank's existence

What is Aiptasia?
400

The state freshwater fish of Florida

What is a Florida bass?

400

They act as biological filtration through the consumption of ammonia and nitrates, and dwell in filter media

What is beneficial bacteria?

400

The unintentional founder of Aquarium Club, Colin Foord, also founded this coral-focused project

What is Coral Morphologic or Coral City Camera?

500

The genus Neocaridina refers to this colorful species of decapod

What are cherry shrimp?

500

The species of Gill, the hot fish with the scar in the dentist office, in Finding Nemo

What is a Moorish idol?

500

The largest bony fish documented in Florida

What is a blue marlin?

500

The 3rd largest aquarium in the US

What is the Shedd Aquarium?

500

The secret purpose of Aquarium Club meetings during the pandemic, apparently

What is drinking?