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From: kevin@ttidca.TTI.COM (Kevin Carothers)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: ****   Call for Discussion  --  Creation of Sci.Aquaria   ****
Message-ID: <6798@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 11 Oct 89 23:30:15 GMT
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Reply-To: kevin@ttidcb.tti.com (Kevin Carothers)
Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica
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In article <6482@ficc.uu.net> jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes:
>In article <165@pallas.UUCP>, wally@pallas.UUCP (Wally Hartshorn) writes:
>>  
>> If you are looking for info about keeping aquariums, you would look in the 
>> bookstores in the "pets" or "hobbies" section, not under "science".  You 
>> would go to a "pet store" (assuming your town wasn't large enough to have a 
>> specialist dealer).
>
>Excellent!  Excellent!  The most convincing argument yet!  Now can we
>get on with creating the newsgroup?
>
NO!!
Most books in bookstores are 50% worthless. Old information printed which 
usually results in poorly maintained marine aquaria.

About the ONLY place I can get good, factual scientific information on 
marine biological matters is in Science, and Science News magazine -

    Crown-of-Thorns Starfish colonies on the Great Barrier Reef
	Science, 25 Aug, 1989

    Cyanidocyte Mechanoreceptors (purple thingy's on anemones) and movements
	of swimming prey.
	Science: 24 March, 1989

    Savannah River Ecology
	Science: 21 Oct. 1988

    Oceanic Primary Production
	Science: 23 Sept. 1988

    Aquatic virus production and transmission
	Science News: Aug 12 1989

And these are just a few copies out of around a dozen in my file
cabinet.  Granted, this isn't light stuff, but a lot of us *LIKE* to read 
and converse on aquaria issues other than what brand of airstones and power
heads are best.

YOU go to the pet shop. I would prefer to discuss real issues and 
problems in a scientific forum.

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    Kevin Carothers           {philabs,csun,psivax}!ttidca!kevin