Steinhart Aquarium presentation Oct 13th

[bookfish]

BAR will host a presentation by the Steinhart Aquarium on Saturday, October 13th.
The meeting will be at ASAP (http://www.bareefers.org/ASAP%20Directions.aspx) and will begin at 1pm.
Hope to see you all there!-Jim

 

[sfsuphysics]

Any word on overall topic(s) of discussion?

 

[bookfish]

A major component of the Steinhart Aquarium's $450 million renovation in Golden Gate Park is a 200,000 gallon living coral reef tank and shark lagoon. This represents the largest living coral reef undertaken in this hempisphere, and the deepest in the world. Steinhart biologist Matt Wandell will give us a behind the scenes look at the design and construction of this unique exhibit due to open in late 2008

 

[Thales]

Some new from the aquarium:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=assignment_7&id=5689657

If you look carefully, you can see Matt a bunch of times!

 

[LeviT]

Any idea how long the meeting's usually are? I may have to leave by 2:30.

 

[Apon]

They usually end after the raffle at around 3pm, but you can leave at any time.

 

[LeviT]

I just wanted to say thanks to all the BOD (and the sponsors). This was my first meeting and my son and I had a great time!

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Thank you to all that attended the Steinhart presentation. That was a very nice turnout!

Thanks to Matt for taking the time to give us the virtual tour and answer all our questions on the new aquarium facilities.

Much appreciation to the BOD for making this meeting happen. And special thanks to our sponsors* for supporting our club with the awesome raffle items.


*
Amazon Aquarium/Justin(viper930)
Aquatic Gallery/Dr. Le
Dolphin Pet Village/Tyler
Lucky Ocean/Steve
New Alameda/Steve
Ocean Treasures/Justin
Spectrapure
Aquatic Specialties and Pets/Bob and Robert

Also, thanks to BAR member - Wayland, for the frag pack donation to the raffle! Thoughtful *and* generous

 

[zepplock]

[quote author=Thales link=topic=2393.msg25528#msg25528 date=1191804859]
Some new from the aquarium:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=assignment_7&id=5689657

If you look carefully, you can see Matt a bunch of times!
[/quote]

Did they actually had to move sharks using BARE hands? It's bad for fish.
What about gloves? Nets? Brrrr.

 

[Thales]

[quote author=Zepplock link=topic=2393.msg25775#msg25775 date=1192479174]
[quote author=Thales link=topic=2393.msg25528#msg25528 date=1191804859]
Some new from the aquarium:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=assignment_7&id=5689657

If you look carefully, you can see Matt a bunch of times!
[/quote]

Did they actually had to move sharks using BARE hands? It's bad for fish.
What about gloves? Nets? Brrrr.
[/quote]

Actually, bare hands (well rinsed) are better for fish than nets. Nets are abrasive and fish can get spines stuck in them.

 

[zepplock]

No matter how you wash your hands there are lot's of microbes/bacteria etc, isn't it?

 

[Thales]

Sure, but they are also on the nets - and everything else. The biggest problem with nets, IMO, is they can strip the slime coat off fish which makes them more prone to disease. Hands don't do that.

 

[Vincerama2]

I use a fork or chopsticks to move fish. But I dip them in a mix of wasabi and soy sauce, just to make sure.



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