Orange Coast College Aquarium

Our white sea bass were large and healthy enough to be tagged and now our new students can say they have been a part of an official stock restoration program. #wsb #whiteseabass #bass #stockrestoration #marinebiology #marinescience #aquarium #fish #fishing #fishandgame #oceanography #occaquarium #occ #orangecoastcollege

Our Pet Expo touch tank was a great success! It is always so rewarding being able to share our passion others. Thank you so much to everyone who came out and a special thanks to @familypetexpo for hosting such a great event! #marinescience #petexpo #familypetexpoorangecounty #ocean #shark #stingray #sealife #marinebiology #oceanography #familyfun #occ #orangecoastcollege

Debarbing our sting rays in preparation for Pet Expo this weekend! We are running a touch tank full of cool ocean critters. Please come by and say hi! @familypetexpo #familypetexpoorangecounty #petexpo #marinescience #marinebiology #animals #stingray #oceanography #ocpetexpo

Congratulations to our very own Bethany Yates and Rowan Cirivello for completing the AALSO Level 1 certification (Aquatic Animal Life Support Operator) #aalso #marinebiology #marinescience #oceanography #aquarium

New corals? Thriving. Calcium reactor? Installed. System cycling? In progress. We are in the final stages of finishing our new coral reef system. As soon as the cycling finishes we will be moving the corals from our temporary holding tank to the new show tank. ... #coral #coralreef #reeftank #reef #corals #marinescience #marinebiology #oceanography #aquariums #aquariumdesign #college #occ #orangecoastcollege #occaquarium

Hard at work on our tropical macro algae refugium. #marinescience #marinebiology #oceanography #occ #orangecoastcollege #aquariums #aquariumdesign #college #students @lsa.photo

Never a dull moment at the OCC Aquarium! #marinescience #marinebiology #oceanography #aquarium #occ #college #science

Reef tank update: We've put in the rock work that will be the base of our new coral reef. A very special thank you to Janet, Kurt, Paul, and Leyda from CerMedia for donating some Marine Pure biomedia filter blocks. We've already incorporated them into our system to assist with biological filtration. @marinepure #marinescience #aquarium #reeftank #reefbuilders #aquariumdesign #coral #coralreef #occ #marinebiology #oceanography #orangecoastcollege #occpirates #biology #biomedia

Bethany is working on our plankton cultivation program to help improve the dietary health of our organisms. It's also essential for clown fish breeding... @bethanygoesoutside PC: @lsa.photo #marinescience #marinebiology #oceanography #aquarium #aquariumdesign #science #occ #plankton #blackandwhitephotography #aquariums

Did you know that the California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) lacks claws? Unlike his Atlantic cousins, this guy relies on his enlarged antenna, spiky exoskeleton, and powerful tail for protection. #aquarium #aquariumdesign #marinebiology #marinescience #ocean #california #lobster #pacific #occpirates #occ #orangecoastcollege #oceanography

Our new tropical reef system is coming along nicely! The internal components are all but finished and we are in the process of designing the rock work. More updates to come! #tropicalreef #coral #marinebiology #occ #occaquarium #coralreef #aquarium #aquariumdesign #marinescience #fish #occpirates