On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, Shango Los wrote:
Ok. Even though I don't see myself as an expert by ANY means because I don't know aquarium chemistry stuff at all, I do know know the stuff below. The knowledge that Paul has ascribed to me below are totally things I do know and I do have things to mention like contrasting the substrate color to the shrimp so you can see them, the kinds of hiding places they prefer and kinds of plants they most enjoy, activity that shows health and lack of health. etc. I could do this well if they Board chooses to proceed in this direction. I could take pics of my mosses and plants as examples too because I already have the tanks.
You'll find that a lot of the so-called "experts" in this hobby are just people who know a little stuff but can talk about it. Karen Randall, "hobby expert", told that to me like 10 years ago. Except that it's even easier now because you don't have to be able to take slides.
OK, addressing Paul's e-mail. Cool. I will bring three channels that can be either handheld or lav, plus a couple of desktop mic stands. Perhaps the mod can also act as audience mike chaperone? I will call out a request for a 2nd camera op for this meeting.
- Erik
On Oct 28, 2009, at 1:13 PM, Paul M. Wallace wrote: Dear Board, I have a windfall of a couple of minutes here and would like to put my ideas of for comments. Please feel free to disagree or comment; · I see 4 speakers (KEN, Shango, Jimmy, and ?) · Each speaker has a 5-10 slide talk to introduce a topic o Intro to shrimp (Ken?) § Requirements (temp, pH, hardness, min tank size…) § Feeding § Breeding o Setting up a shrimp tank (Shango of ?) § Picture of a shrimp tank that shows relevant parts like substrate, role of cover, airstone? o Personal observations (Shango of ?) § Someone that likes to take pictures and can share a few “special moments” o Common Shrimp types (Jimmy) § Ie these are the shrimp Jimmy brought. · 3 mics in total with one for the Mod, One for the speakers, and one for Q’s. In thinking how I can contribute, I have a pair of 5.5 gal tanks taking up space for a project I will likely never do. I could bring a tank, light, plants, and substrate to the meeting and set them up with aged water. The tanks could sit on the speaker table and serve as a reference. I would also like to have live shrimp in them to give an example. Afterwards the tank and all could go into a door prize or auction or the shrimp could be sold out separately.. I would like to restart the “fish of the month” program with $30-50 in shrimp to Jimmy but I also appreciate Shango’s comments on common vs. odd shrimp and the price gap of commercial vs. hobby. I can pull (and attribute) shrimp pictures to project behind Jimmy if he would like. I am but one vote on the board though. So what do you think? -Paul From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Shango Los Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:51 AM To: GSAS board members and alumni Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] shrimp $ I dont really have anything to say unfortunately. I don't pay much attention to my tank chemistry. I just get really lucky because shrimp love all the moss I have and go nuts. That and I discovered cuttlefish bone. That is the extent of what I have to share. If I had any expertise, I'd be glad to share but alas I just ignore them and they populate. On Oct 27, 2009, at 10:40 PM, Christine Ranegger wrote: Buying shrimp sounds good. Do we have member for the shrimp panel yet other than Jimmy?? Susan? Shango? Cliff?? Anyone else who has successfully kept and bred shrimp?? Christine ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ From: bluedooratwork@hotmail.com To: gsas-board@thekrib.com Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:53:30 -0700 Subject: [GSAS-board] shrimp $ I second the notion to buy some shrimp if Jimmy can do it that's great otherwise Kevin? $20-50 I assume Susan and Cliff etc will be selling theirs too and any ideas for dinner? m ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: I wanted more reliable, now it's more reliable. Wow! _______________________________________________ GSAS-board mailing list GSAS-board@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-board _______________________________________________ GSAS-board mailing list GSAS-board@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-board
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