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Chaos, Sweet Chaos
Yes, I know I haven’t updated this page or my company site in over a month. Blame the short winter. Koi in outdoor ponds are starting to wake up early since the weather has been so nice and warm in our...
View ArticleNO! It’s NOT done yet!
With all that is going on these days, I’ve been having a hard time trying to find things to write about. After a long day of seeing fish patients, paddling and fixing up the new house, my extra time is...
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Normal is a Myth
Normal is a myth. Normal is the fictional common denominator that comes from averaging a collective of individuals. If someone says they’re “normal,” they just want to fit in. It is a completely normal...
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In the Beginning
Hello all! I’m excited to share with you a little bit more about how I got started with my career in fish medicine. I will try to give you some more fishy fun about once a week. If you have any...
View ArticleStarting My Business
Throughout veterinary school, my direction wavered. Sure, I had gone to veterinary school because I wanted to be an aquatic veterinarian, but I ended up at a school where this career path was highly...
View ArticleAquarium Misadventures: Beware the Overflow
If you have ever working in the aquarium industry, you have, at some point, overfilled a tank. You turn on the water and start to work on something else, even for a moment, and suddenly, water is...
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Learning to Catch Fish
My time spent volunteering at Mystic Aquarium were some of the best times in the beginning of my career. I annoyed the staff endlessly with my requests for more work and projects. To start out, I would...
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What I’ve Learned in 5 Years
Last week, my company passed it’s 5 year anniversary. We’ve grown considerably within these first five years, and are now on to new challenges. The hardest thing about this job is that there is no...
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My First Fish Vet Client
The first client I saw as a fully-fledged fish veterinarian was on May 7th, 2013. Our business had be officially “open” for two months and I was mostly busy with behind-the-scenes work: getting bank...
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How to Give a Shark a Physical
One of my favorite days when I was an aquarist volunteer was Shark Physicals Day. It was only offered to select individuals and I had finally made the cut. You got to the aquarium in the pre-dawn...
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