Post by Admin on Sept 24, 2017 8:07:38 GMT -8
San Diego Marine Aquarists Meeting October 27th 2017 7:00 pm
Sizzler – 3755 Murphy Canyon Rd, San Diego, CA 92123
Our guest speaker for the evening will be:
Topic: “Reducing Negative Cnidarian Interaction” – Part One – By Bob Fenner
Too many people envision the reefs of the world to be some aquatic equivalent of "Bambi crossing a meadow" with some sort of miraculous "balance" amongst the life that occurs there. This is a dangerous precept for aquarists, as these areas are veritable battle zones with the life competing for space, food, mates... at a "tooth and claw" level. Most all benthic life we keep continues with this behavior in captivity. Overgrowing, shading, poisoning, stinging, eating its neighbors... Sometimes at great distances. Herein will be my statements re approaches to alleviate the major thrusts of this issue with stinging-celled life... All out competition is an omnipresent situation in captive reefs. Proper set-up... Starting with smaller specimens, rinsing them, quarantine, placing the less noxious to more in order, careful maintenance... and observation are all useful tools here.
Sizzler – 3755 Murphy Canyon Rd, San Diego, CA 92123
Our guest speaker for the evening will be:
Topic: “Reducing Negative Cnidarian Interaction” – Part One – By Bob Fenner
Too many people envision the reefs of the world to be some aquatic equivalent of "Bambi crossing a meadow" with some sort of miraculous "balance" amongst the life that occurs there. This is a dangerous precept for aquarists, as these areas are veritable battle zones with the life competing for space, food, mates... at a "tooth and claw" level. Most all benthic life we keep continues with this behavior in captivity. Overgrowing, shading, poisoning, stinging, eating its neighbors... Sometimes at great distances. Herein will be my statements re approaches to alleviate the major thrusts of this issue with stinging-celled life... All out competition is an omnipresent situation in captive reefs. Proper set-up... Starting with smaller specimens, rinsing them, quarantine, placing the less noxious to more in order, careful maintenance... and observation are all useful tools here.
