RE: newbie needs help -Reply -Reply

["Clayton, Erica" <EClayton@sheddaquarium.org>]

You are right that there is not much in the way of apistos at the Shedd
right now, only one A agazazi.  That will change in the future.  We are
opening a large amazon exhibit in 2000.  At that time I hope that many
of our smaller tanks will contain apistos as well as other dwarf
cichlids.  My interest in apistos is professional and personal.  I
quarantine all the new fish so like to know as much as I can for that
reason, and hope to work in the new amazon exhibit.  I am also one of
those obsessed people that takes there work home with them.  There I
keep A gephyra, D filamentosus, and what is supposed to be A hoignei
(pretty sure it isn't though). 

I just wanted to take the time to say that although I appreciate that
some people think it is cool to have a 'professional' among them, I am
here to learn from hobbyists.  Hard core hobbyists usually know as much
as or more than professionals, and most professionals started like all
of you and decided making a decent living wasn't that important :).  I
would really like to see more contact between professional organizations
and hobbyists.


Enough ranting,

Erica


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	William Vannerson [SMTP:William_Vannerson@ama-assn.org]
> Sent:	Friday, October 16, 1998 8:22 AM
> To:	apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject:	Re: newbie needs help -Reply -Reply
> 
> >>Erica's header reads:
> 
> >  From:	EClayton@sheddaquarium.org (Clayton, Erica)
> 
> >>Hey!! Check out the email address.  Another professional among us. 
> Wai Kewl !!<<
> 
> I've had the pleasure of meeting Erika and some of the other wonderful
> folk at the Shedd this spring when Roger Klosec, Director of
> Conservation, gave a few of us ChiKA folks a tour.  They also came to
> our annual show. (I think they were particularly interested in the 
> Tanganyikan Pearl Killifish, Lamprichthys tanganicanus, that were
> there
> but didn't bid most likely because the fish were to young for their
> tanks)
> 
> They keep several species of fish that we would consider "hobbyists"
> types, including Rainbowfish and cichlids.  In fact, the Shedd is part
> of
> the group that's breeding endangered/extinct in the wild Lake
> Victorian
> cichlids.
> 
> I don't recall seeing any apistos during the tour.  Erika, are you
> interested
> in them for the Shedd or for your home (or both)?
> 
> Bill Vannerson
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/william_vannerson
> 
> 
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