This document is a work log for Emilie Kundycki detailing her experience working at Creation Reef Aquatics from September 2011 to April 2012. Over this time period, she gained experience caring for saltwater aquariums, testing water parameters, learning about different fish, corals, and equipment. The log records what she learned each day and suggestions for improving her knowledge.

1. Product Work Log
Name : Emilie Kundycki Date : 04/19/12
Product : Guide to Saltwater Aquariums
Date/Time Activity/Commentary Comments/Suggestions
24/09/2011 Work I should take shorter shifts,
9:30-8:30 My first day of work at for one.
Creation Reef Aquatics. Need to get faster at water
Learned about sumps, using tests, particularly calcium
the refractometer, and some and magnesium.
basics about saltwater, Learn fish names.
among other things
01/10/2011 Work Maybe check out a book for
9:30- 8:30 First day without a trainer! outside research.
I’m asking a lot of Ask more questions when
questions, especially where the store isn’t packed with
saltwater is concerned. people.
Learned about clownfish
today during lunch.
08/10/2011 Work Be sure to listen to other
9:30-5:30 Had a smaller shift today. employees’ suggestions for
Spent more time working customers after seeing their
with freshwater than water results.
saltwater, but I did learn
about buffers, which are
important in both types of
systems.
29/10/2011 Work Earn more confidence in
9:30-5:30 Back after two weeks- I what I’m learning.
missed the store! I was put
in charge of the phone for a
while- daunting, but a sign
that I’m learning more and
more.
05/11/2011 Work Learn the behaviors of fish.
9:30-5:30 Nothing interesting, but I’m
starting to have memorized
all of the saltwater fish
names.
Also got bitten by a maroon
clownfish, which is known
to be aggressive.
12/11/2011 Work
9:30-5:30 Learned about filter types.

2. 19/11/2011 Work Ask more questions about
9:30-5:30 Spent lunch reading on corals and plants.
plant care.
26/11/2011 Work Get more sleep.
9:30-5:30 I was sick today, so I don’t Do a water change on
remember much of what I personal aquariums.
learned.
01/12/2011 Water Change
5:30-6:30 Helped Mike do a 50%
water change after finding a
sick fish. Managed to know
what was wrong.
3/12/2011 Work Learn about the Pinnate
9:30-5:30 Took care of fish for most Batfish.
of the day; not many
customers in.
10/12/2011 Work
9:30-5:30 Lots of customers today; I
got overwhelmed. Met my
new coworker, who is a
marine biology major. He
was willing to answer some
questions about fish
diseases.
17/12/2011 Work
Mainly worked in the back
today- had to do a 50%
water change on the feeder
tanks due to mass death. It
was rather disgusting.
24/12/2011 Work Learn to differentiate
9:30-5:00 Empty store today. Mainly between soft corals and hard
helped clean tanks and had corals.
Justin point out different
types of corals.
31/12/2011 Work Get more confident in my
9:30-5:30 We were supposed to leave knowledge of fish.
early, but people kept
coming in. Ended up
helping quite a few people.
7/01/2012 Work
9:30-6:00 Longer shift for some
reason. Got a lot done;
learned how to replace filter
socks.
14/01/2012 Work Study aquarium lighting.

3. 9:30-6:30 Had the phone the entire
day. Had to ask Justin a lot.
29/01/2012 Work Avoid anemones.
9:30-5:30 Starting looking up fish Take a notebook to work in
during my lunch break. order to take notes.
Also got stung by an
anemone and had an
allergic reaction.
11/02/2012 Work Get better at lifting jugs of
9:30-6:00 Long day, mainly filled water.
with scrubbing algae. Also
got to do many water tests.
Getting faster at it.
18/02/2012 Work Research value of brine
9:30-5:30 Got to help make the food shrimp- start a hatchery,
mix for the saltwater fish. maybe?
28/02/2012 Brainstorming Obviously, my new topic
12:30-1:00 Learned that my past senior ended up involving fish
project had crumbled due to care.
disinterest from the public.
Had to come up with a new
topic.
03/03/2012 Work Get my pictures for this
9:30-5:30 Asked Amanda (my boss) work log done.
to be my facilitator. She
said yes. Also got some
pictures of me working.
10/03/2012 Work
9:30-5:30 Definitely have the hang of
things around here,
although I was bitten by a
fish again.
17/03/2012 Work Learn more about the
9:30-5:30 Mainly did water tests; different water minerals.
learned how to do a test for
copper.
24/03/2012 Work Learn how reverse osmosis
9:30AM-5:30PM Ran out of water to sell occurs.
today. Things were hectic
as we tried to mix more.
31/03/2012 Work Check out more books.
9:30AM-5:30PM My last day. Finally got a
picture with Amanda and
got her to sign the facilitator
form. I wish I didn’t have to
quit, but I have no time!

4. 02/04/2012 Research Read these this week!
12:30-1:00PM Checked out some books on
saltwater aquariums.
02/04/2012 Writing Draw the fish – maybe
2:00-5:00PM Created my spreadsheet on watercolor?
fish with the aid of my
books. Ended up with a list
of 104 species. Geez!
03/04/2012 Drawing Use pictures online for the
3:00-6:00PM Tried drawing the fish I list of fish in order to save
listed. Got quite a few done, time.
but after coloring them
realized that I had used the
wrong type of pencil.
04/04/2012 Reading/Research Get back to work on
11:00AM-1:00PM Not sure if the time is right Sunday!
due to time zones. Spent
some time on the plane
reading my books some
more.
08/04/2012 Writing Work on this whenever
3:00-7:00PM Wrote the section on water possible.
parameters; outlined the
part on equipment and
maintenance.
10/04/2012 Writing Find inspiration to finish
2:00-3:00PM Home sick; barely had the this somehow.
energy to write part of the
equipment section.
14/04/2012 Writing Finish this tomorrow!
1:00-2:00PM Finished the sections on
3:00-5:00PM equipment and the initial
10:00-10:30PM tank setup. Just have to do a
short part on keeping
everything alive now!
15/04/2012 Writing Maybe make it look better,
5:00PM-10:10 PM Made the section on tank although it is already
maintenance and inserted formatted.
all the images. Honestly,
most of the time was spent
adding pictures. It was
tedious.