If Wayne comes to Portland, *please* let me know. It would be great if he came to Seattle. If putting him up in a place becomes an issue, I'm sure we can host him for a day or two > Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 22:33:57 -0700 > From: kathy@thekrib.com > To: gsas-member@thekrib.com > Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Cichlid strain IDs > > Or we could always invite Wayne Leibel to give the Speciation, line bred > and hybrid talk he gave at the ACA to our club. I know Portland is asking > him to come out. > > Kathy > > > On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, Erik Olson wrote: > > > On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, matt kaufman wrote: > > > >> The American Cichlid Association, one of the worst run national > >> associations in the country in my opinion (pathetic web presence...no > >> reliable magazine...big time tie-ins to manufacturers and fish mass > >> producers), *does* have reputable members who regularly import and breed > >> wild fish. They're probably your best choice. And lots of their members > >> have web sites and sell fish. > > > > Just returned from said "worst run national association"'s big convention > > this weekend... the theme was "Fish Wars - the Hybrid Menace". Beyond the > > one-line flowerhorn jokes, several speakers brought up the same issue > > repeatedly, over and over again, that cichlid hobbyists, breeders, > > importers, etc, need to start identifying the fish with collecting > > location. Species maintenance programs are useless without proper > > attention to this detail. I may try to edit together a small video for > > a club meeting this fall summarizing the good points. > > > > - Erik > > > > > > -- > > Erik Olson Sent from my crusty old Linux box > > erik at thekrib dot com > > _______________________________________________ > > GSAS-Member mailing list > > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _________________________________________________________________ Get your vacation photos on your phone! http://windowsliveformobile.com/en-us/photos/default.aspx?&OCID=0809TL-HM _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member