Coral Specialist

Pets Warehouse is looking for an experienced Coral Specialist to join our aquarium department. We are seeking someone with a strong knowledge of reef aquariums, coral care, and marine aquarium husbandry who can confidently care for our coral systems and help customers build and maintain successful reef tanks.

This is a hands-on position for someone who genuinely enjoys the reef hobby and has experience working with a variety of corals and saltwater systems.

• Maintain and care for coral and reef aquarium systems.
• Monitor and maintain proper water parameters
  , including salinity, pH, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, nitrate, and phosphate.
• Understand the specific care requirements of different coral species.
• Identify signs of stress, disease, pests, or poor water quality in corals.
• Properly acclimate, place, feed, and maintain corals.
• Assist with coral fragging and propagation when needed.
• Maintain clean, healthy, and visually appealing coral displays.
• Perform regular water testing and aquarium maintenance.
• Help maintain appropriate lighting, flow, filtration, and dosing for reef systems.
• Educate customers on coral compatibility, placement, lighting, flow, feeding, and general reef care.
• Recommend appropriate livestock, equipment, additives, and maintenance products based on customers' individual systems.
• Assist with receiving, acclimating, and caring for new saltwater shipments.
• Provide knowledgeable and friendly customer service.
• Help maintain the overall aquarium department and livestock as needed.

• Strong knowledge of reef aquariums and coral husbandry is required.
• Hands-on experience maintaining a saltwater/reef aquarium.
• Familiarity with testing and maintaining reef aquarium parameters.
• Knowledge of a variety of LPS, SPS, soft corals, and zoanthids.
• Understanding of coral lighting and flow requirements.
• Ability to recognize common coral health issues and troubleshoot aquarium problems.
• Comfortable performing aquarium maintenance and working with live animals.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Reliable, responsible, and able to work independently.
• Previous aquarium store, reef shop, or professional aquatics experience is a plus.

We're looking for someone who can talk about reef tanks because they actually keep them
, not someone who has only general knowledge of aquariums.