Jeez....I DO know how to spell picnic (blush). And I was also supposed to remind someone that I needed a permanent membership card (name slipped through the fenestrations in my brain). You know who you are (weak grin). Also, if any of you have known aged fish, I'd be curious to look at their otoliths. I need the whole fish (frozen), unless you can remove the otos yourself AND their assumed age. I'm curious about how a tropical-tank temperature regime might affect the periodicity of annulus formation on the otoliths. I'm used to working on cold-water (i.e. Alaskan) fish. Betty Goetz _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member