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LOL... Keith - now you are really starting to sound like a true American!(laugh)

Here's some good culturing info: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/sept2002/breeder.htm The setup shown in this link is very similar to the one that I have used. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/aug2002/breeder.htm

Joel I have a copy of all 5 episodes on a VHS cassette. I can drop it by your store sometime. John

Thanks Mike! Here's the Discovery Channel lineup for Comcast Cable in Washington County 7:00PM Blue Planet: Seas of Life : Coasts 8:00PM Blue Planet: Seas of Life : Coral Seas 9:00PM Blue Planet: Seas of Life : Tidal Seas 10:00PM Blue Planet: Seas of Life : Open Ocean 11:00PM Blue Planet: Seas of Life : Seasonal Seas Midnight Blue Planet: Seas of Life : Coral Seas 1:00AM Blue Planet: Seas of Life : Tidal Seas 2:00AM Blue Planet: Seas of Life : Open Ocean

All the pages are there. Click on the page numbers or arrow and you will see them. (...and if elected, I promise to outlaw mornings and Mondays...)

Everyone should have a quarantine tank ready to set up, especially for holding new fish for the main tank.

This one was good too. http://www.davideodesign.co.uk/pepsigirl.htm

The SOLV Beach Cleanup is still a few months away (September 16th), but here are some SOLV events going on in the meantime. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOLV e-Update July 2006 Thank you for signing up to receive information and for your support of SOLV. This SOLV e-Update features projects and events taking place all around Oregon. We encourage you to browse below for volunteer opportunities and SOLV events near you. To see a listing of SOLV projects throughout the year, visit our events calendar at www.solv.org/volunteers/volunteer_calendar.asp -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statewide Opportunities Now you can help SOLV help Oregon with just a signature. Download a petition form and sign it to support SOLV as a beneficiary of the Oregon Charitable Check-off. This program allows Oregonians to direct their state tax refund to SOLV. You can collect signatures from other Oregonians to help too. Download the form at: http://egov.oregon.gov/DOR/docs/800-910.pdf. Once you’ve signed the form and asked your friends and neighbors to sign as well, send the completed original form to SOLV, Attn: Gerik Kransky, 5193 NE Elam Young Parkway, Suite B, Hillsboro, OR 97124. 7/15/2006 and 7/16/2006 – VOLUNTEER AT THE OREGON INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW, 9:00AM to 10:00PM, at the Hillsboro Airport. Contact Joni Wolf at jawolf@comcast.net or at 971-506-9751 for details or to volunteer. Benefits include free admission to the airshow. Greater Portland Metro Area Opportunities 7/04/2006 – HILLSBORO FOURTH OF JULY PARADE, 8:00AM to 1:00PM. Volunteers will assist in setting up garbage boxes before the parade, handing out garbage bags to parade attendees and collecting full garbage bags after the parade. Volunteers are also needed to landscape islands along the Westside Light Rail. For more information, or to volunteer, contact Bob Grover or Jerry Willey, Hillsboro Rotary Club at 503-793-6104. 7/04/2006 - Kick off July fourth in Estacada with a community celebration and the largest fireworks display in Clackamas County. Volunteers armed with SOLV litter bags will help clean up trash during and after the event. For more information, contact Cheryl Armstrong, Estacada Area Community Events at (503) 630-3909 or at cheryl_armstrong@mac.com 1:00PM to 11:30PM. 7/08/2006 – Join neighbors in N.E. Portland for the "Retilling the Soil" project - a community effort to clean up three neighborhoods and bring residents together through work, music, food and fellowship. For more information or to volunteer, contact Larry Collins, or Paul Staat at (503) 236-8909 or at metrodumc@msn.com. 8:00AM to 7:00PM. 7/08/2006 - TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEER LEADERS, 9:00AM to 2:00PM, Portland. Join SOLV in a hands-on workshop and learn how to envision and lead successful community projects. 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More information on the concert is available at: http://kijz.com/pages/concert/index.php. 7/29/2006 - Tree For All – BANKS Creek PROJECT WITH Tualatin River Watershed Council, 9:00AM to 12:00PM. Help provide maintenance to local watershed restoration sites. Volunteers will mulch around plants and weed. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Marion Warfield, Tualatin River Watershed Council at (503) 846-4891 trwc2@easystreet.com. 7/17/2006 – YOU CAN NOMINATE A PROJECT FOR THE INTEL-SOLV WASHINGTON COUNTY CLEAN & GREEN PROJECT. This annual event involves Intel employees and other community volunteers. We are looking for great project ideas from people in Washington County. Projects take place on Saturday, October 21st and school service-learning projects will happen on Friday, October 20th. To nominate a project, contact Nancy Spieler at 503-844-9571 or at nancy@solv.org. Online and hard copy site nomination forms will be available beginning 7/17. 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To sign up for this training or receive more information, contact Gerik Kransky at (406) 546-4233 or at (503) 844-9571 x331, or email gerik@solv.org. Northern Cascades Opportunities 7/22/2006 - Friends of the Forest Day with the National Forest Foundation. 9:30AM to 1:30PM. Volunteers are invited to join the National Forest Foundation, SOLV and the US Forest Service for a volunteer day repairing the historic Cascade Lake Ranger Station near Timothy Lake on Mt. Hood. All ages are welcome. A free night of camping at the site will be offered to volunteers who make a reservation through SOLV. http://www.solv.org/programs/forms/form_nff_registration.asp. For more information, or to volunteer, contact Monica Kearsley at monica@solv.org or at 503-844-9571 ext. 317 Coast Opportunities 7/04/2006 - Enjoy Seaside 's FOURTH of July Parade and then clean up the beach on July 5th. 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Some of those less fortunate seem happy enough though...

Great article. Nice to see there are more temperate corals here than we previously thought. I was only familiar with the solitary Orange Cup Coral (Balanophyllia elegans) http://www.divebums.com/FishID/Pages/cupcoral.html which ranges from SE Alaska to Baja California. I collected some a few years ago in the Monterey Bay area, but they were short lived. Hopefully we may see some of these newly discovered ones at the Oregon Coast Aquarium one of these days!

just in case you weren't blessed with those "special" teeth - you can buy a set here... http://www.billybobteeth.biz/products/index.htm

Fish Weight Calculator I have a worksheet with diagrams to calculate the weight of a fish, but do not have a working scanner. Instead, I will give descriptions. Laterally-compressed Fish: Butterfly; Trigger Torpedo-shaped Fish: Fire Goby; Eel --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TO CALCULATE FISH BODY WEIGHT, follow these steps. For laterally-compressed fishes; 1. Draw a circle that fits roughly within the side body dimensions of the fish. 2. Measure the diameter of the fish in centimeters. 3. Divide the result by 2 to get the radius.4. Multiply the radius by itself to get the radius squared. 5. Multiply the radius squared by 3.14 6. Multiply the result by the thickness of the fish. The result of your calculations is the weight of the fish in grams. For torpedo (cylindrically) shaped fishes; 1. Draw a circle that fits the widest part of the fish's body. 2. Do the calculations outlined in steps 2 through 5 for the laterally-compressed fish. 3. Measure the fish's length and multiply it by 0.75 4. Multiply the results of steps two and three. The result is the fish's weight in grams. To convert to ounces, divide the weight in grams by 28.35 Copyright© 1988 by Richard M. Segedi

According to the seminar I took a few years ago, one should not place more than one pound of living organisms (the emphasis was mainly on fish... also use of denitrification filtration, such as using liverock, was not included in this calculation.) per 100 gallons... or 1.6 ounces per 10 gallons. That's why you must figure tank loading capacity by weight to system volume. This calculation applies to the ability of a system's biological filtration to process waste. Other factors that affect what can be in the tank include water volume turnover rate, the amount of surface area of biological filtration media, compatibility of tank occupants, and territorial requirements for a particular animal. The old rule of thumb about about so many inches of fish per so many gallons of water can only be applied to very small adult fish. A 2 inch damsel, for example, may weigh 6 to 8 times as much as a one inch damsel. That means that 2 inch fish is 6 to 8 times the bioload than the 1 inch fish.

Actually, our unit now is only 6000 BTU, but our apt. is partly below ground-level and surrounded by trees. Our previous A/C unit which finally needed to be replaced a couple of years ago, was 12,500 BTU. We needed that size as the 2 Bdrm. House we lived in 11 years earlier was in full sun. We returned two previous units (800 and 10,000 BTU)at first, and bought the largest one we could buy at the time that was still 120V. It kept our house in the low 70's even on the hottest days. Be sure to circulate air thoughout the house with some good sized box fans to keep the other rooms cooled.

Go with a unit closer to 12,000 to 12,500 BTU. Our 2 Bdrm Apt. stays nice & cool even when it get over 100F outside.

I see you have had the Copperband about 2 months. Did he look malnourished when you got him, or has he progressively been losing weight?

Yeah. That is awesome! Your tank has really filled out in the last 7 months!

DOH! I suppose the only close to accurate comparison would be to use the same camera on the same tank with the same setting using different T5 bulbs. A topic/workshop on aquarium photography was suggested a while back. Anyone got some background in this willing to give a talk at a meeting sometime?

(worthless) Anyone have pics of their tanks with these different T5 bulb combos?

Anyone is welcome to bring snacks to share. Sodas, Chips, Cookies, KFC, Sides of BBQ Ribs, etc.

I have said this before, and it looks like I have to say it again - Woody has done probably more for keeping the club going than any other one person outside of myself and Ryan Jensen. When family illness a few years ago made it impossible for me to remain as Chairman of the Marine Study Group. I was unable to find anyone else to keep the local Marine Aquarium club going, , Woody took over the monthly meetings. Along with the help of Alice Hart and others, the group continued and eventually PNWMAS was formed. People tend to take for granted that there has always been a reef club here. It is only because of hard work and dedication of people like Woody at Seahorse Aquarium, and Bob Rosenthal at Gateway Tropicals, that helped make it possible to have a meeting almost every month for the last ten years. A few of us that have been around awhile are able to see the big picture and can see what petty sniveling can do to tic someone off or try to damage their reputation in spite of all the hard work they have done. In my opinion, Woody has done more than his share to support the club. It is my hope that he will again be one of our Sponsors.

I have read many articles read many articles about how GW was ignoring similar conservation issues, such as global warming and it's effect on world reefs. Perhaps due to pressure from scientists, environmental groups, and the general public, he now has made a major contribution for protecting our environment. I commend him on this. http://www.oceanfutures.org/

I tried it Nyles. No difference.