DIY delight... courses online

[wade]

I hope this posting doesn't offend anyone... I thought this was worth sharing with everyone no matter where though...

MACO (Marine Aquarist Courses Online) is proud to present:
http://aquaristcourses.org
Acrylic Fabrication (Kalkwasser Reactor) Course
(Online registration opens Jan 16th | First online chat: February 20th)
This course is designed for the aquarist who wishes to learn the basics of acrylic fabrication. The principles and details taught in this course will allow you to create anything from a sump, to a reactor, to a display tank. The course covers basic safety, equipment, handling, and fabricating with acrylic as a medium. The course project is a kalkwasser (calcium hydroxide or limewater) reactor. For more information, click on the link for schedules and payments on the website.
Reef Lighting Course
(Online registration opens January 30th)
This course is taught by Sanjay Joshi, a professor of engineering and one of the leading hobbyists regarding the intricacies of lighting in a reef setting. This is a repetition of the course he offered in 2003 which was a resounding success and covered the fundamentals of metal halide lighting. Sanjay has recently put up a new website detailing his findings from the metal halide studies at: http://lighting.reefs.org. Stay tuned and check out the site for more details.
Woodworking for Beginners (Canopy) Course
(Online registration will open in March)
This is a basic fabrication course that takes the participant through the basics of woodworking, including safety, equipment, cutting and joining, and basic design. If you are new to woodworking, but always had an interest, this is the course for you! The class culminates in the creation of a canopy/hood for an aquarium or a project of your choosing.
Coral Reef Conservation and Restoration Course
This course will be taught by the staff of the ReefBall foundation. An organization dedicated to restoring the world’s reefs (with tons of practical field experience) by the use of artificial structures and strong science. The course will offer ReefBall certification at its conclusion to participants and will teach on the topics of restoration and conservation. Stay tuned to the website for more details.
What is MACO?
MACO is a system by which interested people can become students and learn everything from introductory fabrication or science to the most advanced techniques in aquarium husbandry. We draw upon university professors, professionals, and hobbyists of all levels to instruct courses designed around providing you the most current knowledge in a given topic. Courses in the past have covered the basics of fabrication, lighting measurements and regimes, biology of reef organisms, and much more. The 2005 series opens in February and we have a whole host of courses available. For more information see our website at:
http://aquaristcourses.org.

[Doug1]

Glad to see they have expanded their courses to include usable DIY projects
Several of us including myself took Erics Coral Biology class a few years ago, I still have brain fry issues from it