[GSAS-board] NEC Weekend

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

So I'm back from the Northeast Council Workshop.  Good convention.  12 
talks (taped 11 of them for their library -- planning on doing my usual 
post-production treatment, though not as intensely as GSAS or AGA talks).

A couple may make good "can't find a speaker this month" video fill-ins.

1) Ole Pedersen from the University of Copenhagen goes and determines by 
precise experiment exactly HOW effective various algae eaters are at doing 
their job -- comes to the conclusion that 1 Amano shrimp per gallon is 
required to keep a tank clear.

2) A fellow from the New England Aquarium does a great thumbnail overview 
of various fish conservation efforts, from Reef repopulation, Lake 
Victoria stuff (that Lawrence touched on a little at our meeting) to 
Project Piaba.  Much is of course very sad and depressing, but it does end 
with dancing Brazilians dressed as stylized discus and cardinal tetras.

Second thing; An e-tailer was selling bags, so I bought 300 plant 
specimen-sized bags (3" and 4" x 18"), figuring the club could probably 
use them in future auctions.  They were just so darned convenient-looking 
for stem plants and small fish, and cheap, $5/100.  I will bring them to 
the auction.

   - Erik

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Erik Olson
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