Ramil Bentillo

Animal husbandry, Interact to the client, Aquarium maintenance, Life support system, water chemistry, micro biology.

 Provides highest possible quality of care to the animal in the exhibit.
 Maintain proper water quality (temp. salinity, pH, nutrients level, ammonia, carbonate hardness, general hardness, specific gravity, etc.). To ensure health of organisms and high water clarity.
 Prepares food and feed organisms based on knowledge and natural diets.
 MARINE CHEMISTRY:
Collect water sample in different site, water testing in ammonia nitrate, nitrite, ph, specific gravity, general hardness, chlorine, turbidity, and sediment sampling.
 MICROBIOLOGY:
Collect sample from different sites, prepared media for coliform test, maintain laboratory facilities and clean.
Fish disease identification and treatment.
Dissect the specimen and preserves.
Assist the doctor for necropsy of the dead animal.
 Conduct outdoor water monitoring activities and coliform test in different site such as Whale Pen, Sea Lion Pen, Ilanin Bay, Camayan Beach Resort, Holding Pen, and Sewage Treatment Plant.
 Conduct marine ecology assessment survey for abundance and distribution of flora and fauna present in area.
 Sea turtle conservation such as: monitoring of breeding season, nesting area, hatchling distribution and number of species laid eggs and identification.
 Conduct Plankton assessment survey around the vicinity for red tide monitoring.
 Tide level monitoring.
 Rescue stranded animal like sea turtle, marine mammal and assist the doctor for medication and prepare food according to diet.
 Feeding shark and dive inside the lagoon to check up and repair the scratch cages.
 Maintain Life Support System (LSS) and engineering works.
 Dive inside the aquarium and clean.
 Records all gather data, animal inventory and aquarium facility.
 Prepare monthly report.
 Interact to the guest about animal husbandry, aquarium environment and conservation.