This course will introduce the main concepts associated with tropical ornamental mariculture, including: (1) the principles of water quality specific to marine ornamentals from a variety of taxa including corals, various other inverts, and finfish, (2) a review of tropical marine ornamentals systems, including state- of-the-art designs, (3) a review of specific diet and nutritional formulations for a variety of tropical marine ornamentals species, (4) a detailed overview of a variety of husbandry techniques for most of the known marine species currently being cultured, including specific temperature and photoperiod manipulations for spawning, species specific life styles, (5) selective breeding techniques for enhanced phenotypic traits such as colors, size and shape, etc.