Brian & his Dream Tank

[Pete Johnson <petej@tlg.net>]

{catching up on some correspondence that wasn't directed to the list but 
seems sort of relevant}

On 8/16, Richard Sexton wrote:

RS> I saw you mentioned you knew Brian Wolinski. If I recall
RS> he's a friend of Ron Harlan's -- he mentioned him several
RS> times to me although I've never actually met him

Brian Wolinski does know Ron Harlan -- Brian went to Peru with Ron a few 
years ago when they discovered A. norberti. Brian was a major force in 
the Apisto world until he moved to Florida because of a job change. Now 
he works all the time and hasn't yet set up any tanks. Hopefully he'll 
return to the fold soon -- he's mentioned to me that he's designing a 
dream tank. He is an encyclopedia of Apisto lore.

Ron is another encyclopedia of Apistos. I hope he'll set up a South 
American collecting trip during the next year -- I'm ready to go again.

On 8/16, Richard Sexton wrote in reply:

RS> Cool, what's his dream tank about?

The last time I talked to Brian, he was thinking about a show tank for 
his living room. He liked the look of the Eheim tanks, but since I know 
he wants to grow plants I told him that I think the built-in lighting is 
inadequate for anything other than low-light plants such as anubias, Java 
fern and Java moss. I admire the look of the tanks, stands and integrated 
equipment, though, and I particularly like the lid that stays up at any 
angle when you open it.

He's amassing catalogs and brochures now -- lighting options such as high 
output fluorescents, metal halide and even mercury vapor, substrate 
heating, CO2 injection, filtration. We'll see what happens...


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     If wishes were fishes we'd all have ponds.

Pete Johnson        San Jose, CA       petej@tlg.net
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