Come on In! The Water's Fine!
New Crew Member?? 2/26/15
Hi Bob,
I know this gal that's into to salt water pretty good. She claims to
know enough about the hobby to answer queries. I have attached her photo
for you. Can you use her?
--
James
<Can I?! May I?!
Heeeeee! Thanks James. B> |
Good algae scrubbing technique. |
Darrel Barton joins the
Crew 5/15/07 <Thank you for this
input... Please do consider joining us if you have time,
interest... if for nothing else to help with such captive Chelonian
questions> Dear Bob, I'd be happy to help in any way I can,
but please first let me explain a few
things. I'm not a biologist, just an advanced
hobbyist, so my experience and advice is purely from trial &
error (and huge vet bills). I currently hold water
turtles and Box turtles of various kinds, Green Iguanas, Cyclura
Iguanas, Sulcata tortoises and a Galapagos tortoise and in the past
I've held and raised crocodilians as well. (Animals
with flicky tongues or no eyelids are off my list - {snakes and
monitors} as a result of being bitten by a water moccasin as a kid)
<I see, and understand> While I'm comfortable speaking
with authority of the captive husbandry of all these animals, but I
won't speak with authority on the treatment of diseases.
<Suggestions are fine... even purposeful referrals> I have
the pleasure of having Dr Doug Mader DVM as a personal friend and
therefore I've learned a great deal about reptile medicine, but
the sad fact is that by the time most people even notice their herp
is sick, they're usually too sick to save... so with the
exception of a simple abrasion/sore or early stages of a runny
nose, all I'd ever be willing to say is to get them to a
competent vet. With that said .... just tell me how I can help!
Darrel <I am introducing you here to our association, the WWM
Crew. Our log-in is here: "Email Address": Password: I
would/do ask that you log in periodically, peruse your
("Darrel") in-folder, and the general Freshwater
in-folder for queries on Herps... That you read here re some useful
formatting information re how we generally respond: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWM AdminSubWebIndex/crewsupwebmail.htm That
you consider (please) writing (for pay) some simple articles re the
organisms (reptiles, amphibians...) and aspects of their care
(systems, feeding...) for posting on WWM and our on-line
magazine... and Thank You for your offer of sharing. Bob
Fenner> |
Chelonian questions three... on WWM
2/9/14
Darrel, do you have the time... to listen to me whine... about nothing
and everything all at once? Oh, this is a bit of a Green Day song.
Cheers, B
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Robert (Bob) Fenner has "lived" the science,
hobby and business of aquatics in the Philippines, Japan and
United States. All phases; collector, wholesale, jobber, retail,
design, construction and maintenance. All levels; manager, owner,
hatchery worker, retail clerk, technician. Except for a stint
teaching high school sciences for four years, he has worked all
his life in the field of ornamental aquatics. Academic experience
includes eleven years of college, a couple of life science
degrees and a teaching credential for chemistry, physics and
biology. Published works include several studies on aquatic
biological and chemical questions, and an extensive publishing
and photographic background in the industry and hobby of
aquatics. Have taught High School sciences and Marine Sciences
and Aquariology courses at the State University, University of
California levels. Bob has been an avid aquatic hobbyist since
day one and is active in hobbyist and scientific organizations.
He has served on numerous Boards, judged shows and given many
programs. Helped form and run (President) of the employee-owned
corporation, Nature Etc., Inc. in San Diego, started in 1973; a
turn-key operation in the field of ornamental aquatics, designing
and building ponds, lakes, fountains and waterfalls (Aquatic
Environments), designing, installing custom aquarium systems and
maintenance (Aquatic Life Services), and operating retail outlets
(Wet Pets).... currently does consulting, content provision to
the trade, sciences and hobby of aquaristics. Wot a spiel!
RMF birthday 8/23/11
To Bob & all crew members,
Thank you for allowing me to follow your journey of
knowledge.
Whoever gets stuck with the boss, buy him a cold one, he looks
parched!
Tom
<Thanks Tom... I am a bit thirsty, hmmm. BobF>
LA Fishguys, Episode 129, Reminiscing with Bob Fenner
2/1/14
YouTube video w/ friend and fellow petfish industry sufferer Jim Stime:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isN0jy-tt7w&feature=youtu.be
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Here I am mit frauleins at
InterZoo!
Now, that's
better!
We come, we go, we see the show
5/1/10
Hi Crew,
What did u mean in that note ? The one that said Bob is going
away on a trip and might not be back ?
thanks. Blesson
Zackly that Blesson. We come and we go... a person's
life/path can/may be measured by what they became by it. B
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Re: A bio., pic for WWM Crew Member listing
2/6/19
Hi Bob,
An apology for not sending my bio until now, but I was out for the weekend, hope
you can add it along with my photo to the "About the WWM Crew Members" section.
I´ve been in the fish hobby since 1989; in 1991 I started a wholesale marine
fish business, by 1994 I opened a retail aquarium fish store that not only sold
marine fish, corals, invertebrates, freshwater fish and dry goods but also
glass/acrylic tanks and filters, as well as offering aquarium maintenance
service. Nowadays I still sell marine fish, corals, invertebrates, artificial
corals inserts and still have the aquarium maintenance service business; for
some time I am collaborating with pleasure in WetWebMedia .
Greetings. Wilberth
<No worries Wil. Am enjoying your responses BTW.
Will post! BobF>
<<Ahh..glad to know that!...thanks, Bob. Wil. >>
Crew Help offering 4/17/18
Hi Bob,
<Wilberth>
I hope you are fine
<Thank you; mostly yes>
The log in to our Mail is....
I'd ask you to read this bit re conventions we use in responding:
http://wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/crewsupwebmail.htm
Should you have questions, concerns, please do write me here or at WWM. Bob
Fenner>
Re Crew Help offering
4/17/18
Good morning Bob,
<Wil>
I just answered a question on WWM, can you tell me if I did things right?
<The formatting is off a bit... responses should be on new lines... and I'd ask
that you copy, paste all in a spell/grammar checker ahead of sending, but your
answer is very good itself>
Have a nice day
Wilberth
<And you, BobF>
Re: Crew Help offering
Good morning Bob,
<Wil>
I just answered a question on WWM, can you tell me if I did things right?
<The formatting is off a bit... responses should be on new lines... and I'd ask
that you copy, paste all in a spell/grammar checker ahead of sending, but your
answer is very good itself>
Have a nice day
Wilberth
<And you, BobF>
I don´t know if you remember me, I wrote several times in the past asking
Re: Crew Help offering
4/17/18
Ok will do that from now on
<Ah, good. And the writer responded. Have placed the resp. in your in-box. B>
Wilberth
Re: Crew Help offering
4/17/18
Bob,
This guy says he has a video, it may be helpful but what format/size can we
receive?
<A good idea for video to be placed in the cloud, others servers, like YouTube,
and for the querior to send us the link to see, share. BobF>
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A bio., pic for WWM Crew Member listing?
2/3/19
Hey Wil!
Wondering if you'd like to send the above along for posting on the site.
AND to know a bit more about you (folks are interested at times).
Do you use Facebook? I'd like to friend you there.
BobF
Re: A bio., pic for WWM Crew Member listing? 2/3/19
Hi Bob! sure, I send you here some photos, one with my wife. I don’t use
Facebook, just twitter (@wilberthgamboa) and Instagram (wilberth.gamboa)
Kind regards
Wilberth
<Ahh; thank you Wil. BobF>
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Marco Lichtenberger Thanks;
answering questions; articles; article update
confusion 2/16/07 Dear Robert, first of all
let me thank you for the generous payment for the freshwater moray
article. It will all go to the hobby. I am sorry to bother you
again with three small suggestions. <Never a bother Marco> 1.
I see you and your crew are doing a great job with answering
questions. Just in case you need another helping hand, there are
some topics I think I could contribute to: puffers (marine,
brackish, fresh): ID and care (not much knowledge of diseases,
though... knocking on wood); freshwater moray eels: ID and care;
taxonomy in general (work(ed) as paleontologist). <Yes... I/we
would be very grateful for your help... Please see below> 2.
Just in case you want more articles, I could offer you the
following unpublished pieces I have composed and which I could
translate for WWM or CA given some time. <We will gladly
consider any/all such submissions> a. The red-tailed puffer
Carinotetraodon irrubesco b. Husbandry of the spiny eel
Macrognathus pancalus c. Keeping mangroves in a tank d. Puffer
confusion: targets, dwarves and Africans (would need some pictures,
but could ask at the pufferforum) e. South American Puffers of the
genus Colomesus <All topics I would like to see much more on...
along with a few tens of thousands of others!> 3. Just a short
note to avoid confusion: I recognize the article of freshwater
moray eels was updated at: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex
/fwmorayeels.htm
but is mirrored in the old version at http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fwmorayeels.htm
<I don't recall why this piece occurs on both the root and
FW subwebs... but will correct. Thank you for this notice> Kind
regards, Marco. <And thank you for coming forward to aid
others... I do hope you have time to take a look to see
if queries are of interest on our webmail server. The log on is:
"email address": password: And we'll make an
"in-folder" for you (should people write you back): Marco
Please peruse the general and specialized "in-folders"
for incoming queries and review here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/WWM
AdminSubWebIndex/crewsupwebmail.htm
for some general input re our conventions. Again, thank you for
sharing, Bob Fenner> |
Hey,
where's your picture under the Crew Bio section? I've
seen Jeni on her Harley and Bob in his leopard print wrestling
tights (eeeee hehehehe), Anthony with his beanie and goatee (you
ROCK, Dude); plus pictures of other crew members. But no
Marco.....! What gives? I'm just sayin', is all.
<I'm very shy and reclusive.. just kidding. Will send a
picture to Bob if needed. Until then you can find a picture on my
homepage
http://www.geo-lichtenberger.
de.vu/ , click at Zur Person.> Got it. RMF
Marco's
moray eels 1/6/2008
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~mlichten/Geo/morays.htm
That's a link to pictures of some of my morays for
http://www.wetwebmedia.com
/WWMAdminSubWebIndex
/wwmcrew.htm. Enjoy and take care. Marco Lichtenberger. <Thank
you Marco. May I ask, in some of your earliest correspondence,
you mentioned selling us/WWM some to-be-transliterated written
works... Did you ever get around to these? Bob
Fenner>
Re:
Marco's moray eels, writings 1/6/2008 Oh yes, the spiny
eel piece was in CA, the mangroves I found already covered well
by Anthony, for the irrubesco piece I'm still searching for
sometimes seen females with a red caudal, and I hope mine start
breeding... Barry White does not always work. <Well... he is
dead> For the South American puffers piece I wish I had some
pictures of the specimens from the 80s C. psittacus, nowadays all
turn out to be C. asellus. There are several other pieces in the
making, proper pictures are often a problem for me, since I do
not have pictures of fish I have kept 5-20 years ago and started
writing about fishes not so long ago. <Ahh. If I have any that
are of use, you have to but ask> The article on moray eel
toxins was - thanks to your help my friend - in TFH 09/2007.
<I must have missed it... or perhaps the current
"cold" is malaffecting my memory> The one on moray
eel sexing needs some more pictures. E.g. I found a male
snowflake about 50 km away, but it's hard to get the serrated
front teeth into a decent photo, although they are well visible
with the eel in front of you. Some other pieces (puffers, morays)
have been offered to print magazines first and are waiting to be
published within the next months. <Good> I also had a lot
to do with marine fishes from tropical Brazil. Besides that, is
there any specific topic (puffers, morays, predators in general)
we'd need an article on? Marco. <Oh yes. Many for sure.
Danke, BobF>
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Neale Monks Neale Monks began keeping fish in the early
80s, and since that time has tried out most of its
specialisations, but his favourite bit of the hobby is brackish
water fishkeeping. He is fascinated by those fishes able to adapt
to environments with varying salinity, and quickly learned that
the boundary the hobby places between "saltwater fish"
and "freshwater fish" is an arbitrary one that
doesn't mean much in the real world. After ignoring the
aquarium books of the time and going by the scientific
literature, he learned that many aquarium fish supposedly
strictly freshwater or saltwater fish are also brackish water
fish in the wild, and put this to the test in two 200 gallon
tanks at the university he was studying at. Communication with
fish collectors, ichthyologists, and experienced aquarists has
reinforced his view that much of what is published in the
aquarium literature about brackish water fish is
hopelessly inaccurate and out of date. Neale began keeping
an online compilation of his observations in 1995 as the Brackish
Water Aquarium FAQ, and in 2006 TFH published Brackish Water
Fishes, a book edited and partly authored by Neale describing the
variety of brackish water fishes in more depth and
more authoritatively than ever before. Besides brackish
water fish, Neale enjoys keeping coldwater marines, catfish,
dwarf cichlids, pufferfish, and oddball livebearers, particularly
halfbeaks.
Neale currently writes for a number of
tropical fish magazines including Tropical Fish Hobbyist
and Practical Fishkeeping, and holds a BSc in zoology
and a PhD in palaeontology. As well as fishkeeping, he has
published numerous scientific papers on fossil cephalopods and
other invertebrates, as well as books on ammonites, cladistics,
and amateur astronomy. After living in Nebraska for some years,
he has moved back home to England, to the Hertfordshire market
town of Berkhamsted. He divides his time between professional
writing, web site development, and teaching. Neale has two
fossils named after him, including a fish, the Eocene
porgy Ellaserrata monksi.
Congratulations Uncle Neale!
3/18/09
<Thank you Sandy. Miss Olivia Jane finally arrived today
after 48 hours of labour. I shall pass on your suggestions in
due course, and appreciate you taking the time to share them.
Cheers, Neale.>
A big Congratulations to Neale!
9/4/12
Our own Dr. Monks is... engaged! Yes, to be married. Well-done Neale.
Cheers, BobF
Congrats Neale.
James
Congratulations, Neale!
-Lynn
Woot! Neale!
--
Rick Novy
Re: A big Congratulations to Neale! 9/5/12
<Thank you all! Cheers, Neale.>
Congratulations, Neale. 9/7/12
Personally, I think it would be easier just to find a woman who already
hates you and then buy her a house and giver her half your stuff ... but
that's just my experience. If you want to do it the longer
way ...
Seriously, Neale ... congrats!!
Re: A big Congratulations to Neale! 9/7/12
Wow that's exactly what I was going to say haha. But
grats! ;)
MikeM
Re: A big Congratulations to Neale! 9/7/12
Congrats Neale! Darrel, in my experience, there's a sweet spot of
financial stress that favors marriage -- it's when you're too broke to
get divorced but not so broke that there's nothing to fight over.
;-)
SaraM/L
Re: A big Congratulations to Neale!
9/7/12
Many/ much congrats Neale! Marriage is the best thing I ever did, I hope
you have the same experience, its great!
Simon
Interview for school project
11/28/13
Hello, Mr. Monks!
I am a big admirer of your work, and I really appreciate the help you
have given me here on WWM. You are the one who inspired me to want to
study marine biology after I finish high school.
I have to write a biography and description of the work of a scientist
for school, and I would be honored if you would allow me to interview
you for this project! Thank you in advance!
Sincerely,
Gabby.
<Wow, thanks for these very kind words! I'd be happy to help. Cheers,
Neale.>
Re: Interview for school project 11/29/13
Thank you sooooo much, Mr. Monks!
Could you please let me know when you're available? I have Facebook,
Skype, Google Chat, you name it--whatever you prefer :D
<Ah, plain e-mails would suit me best. Via this address; just put "For
Neale Monks" in the subject line. I check these messages daily. Write
whatever you want to ask, and I'll do my best to reply quickly.>
Thank you again! Hope to talk to you soon!
Gabby.
<Looking forward to it. Cheers, Neale.>
For Mr. Neale Monks 11/29/13
Thank you so much again, Mr. Monks!
<It's actually Dr Monks! I got my PhD in palaeontology while working at
the Natural History Museum in London.>
I really appreciate your doing this :D My teacher will be happy as well!
Here are my questions! I know your time is valuable, so I tried to keep
them short and to the point.
<Sounds great.>
What was your first aquarium like?
<Apart from the usual goldfish my family kept, my first real aquarium of
my own was a community tank. About 24 gallons in size and stocked with
things like Serpae Tetras and Blue Gouramis. As it happened, those two
particular species caused problems, the Serpae Tetras being nippy and
the (male) Blue Gourami being aggressive. I suppose that was the point
at which I became skeptical about some of the stuff retailers told
shoppers, and in time that skepticism turned into a desire to try out
different sorts of community tanks and to write down my observations.>
Why did you choose to study zoology and paleontology?
<Marine biology was always an interest, and I didn't get the grades I'd
have needed for law school! Looking back, it's hard to say if I'd have
enjoyed being a lawyer anyway, and doing zoology opened a few doors that
led to all sorts of interesting experiences. Palaeontology was as much
an accident as anything else. I wasn't trained as a geologist at all,
but saw an advertisement for PhD studentships at the Natural History
Museum and just applied. Sometimes you get lucky like that! I guess I
interviewed well and being a zoologist gave me a different perspective
on the subject from some of the other applicants.>
What do you enjoy most about teaching?
<It's very difficult to pin down any one thing. In the last couple years
I've done a high school teacher training course, so aged 42 I'm setting
out on a whole new career pathway. Most days I enjoy working with the
students because they're lively, inquisitive, and open minded. With
certain kids I definitely get the sense that they're smarter than me,
which keeps me on my toes, the challenge being explaining deeper
knowledge of science in a way that won't be patronising. But there can
be days when teaching is hard work, difficult even, and my enjoyment
level definitely drops on those days!>
Do you speak any languages besides English?
<Not really. I love the history of languages and how they work, and have
picked up a few snippets from quite a few. But I don't have a good "ear"
for languages at all, and find it very difficult to learn them in a
systematic way. This is one of my real regrets.>
What is a typical day at work like for you?
<Assuming it's a school day, I'm up at 6 AM, out the door by 7, in
school by 8, and pretty much teaching or otherwise working solidly
through to 4 or 5. Once I get home I'm much more relaxed but I do try to
spend 20-30 minutes going through any "fish questions" as my wife calls
them, mostly on WetWebMedia. Sometimes I'll spend an hour or two doing
writing for one or other magazine I work for, including Practical
Fishkeeping, and in many ways my soul is still in writing rather than
teaching. It's just a very difficult career to rely on for a steady
income, especially now that people prefer to read webpages for free
rather than buy magazines for $5 or whatever. In any case, I try to keep
my school life and home life as separate as possible, not least of all
so that I can keep free time at home for writing and other creative
pursuits.>
Do you do a lot of research still?
<Not really, no. Once in a while I'll get e-mails from palaeontologists
who want my comments on a particular issue or to review a scientific
paper, but that's about it.>
What is your favorite species of aquatic animal, and why?
<This is a really difficult one because so many marine animals
especially are incredibly cool. I've been lucky enough to keep Mantis
Shrimps for example, and they're amazingly fun beasts that defy all
expectations for a mere shrimp. All of the whales and dolphins are
remarkable too, and I have a particular soft spot for the Bottlenose
Whales, which include some of the biggest animals most people have never
heard of! At the other end of the charisma scale are the Brachiopods (or
"lamp shells") that were very diverse millions of years ago but are now
limited to a few hundred species.
I worked with one species at university, and while not very active
(they're filter feeders a bit like clams) the fact you're interacting
with something that's hardly changed in something like 100 million years
is extremely cool. Obviously as someone who worked on ammonites, seeing
living ammonites would be a tremendous gift, but failing that, the
living Nautilus is definitely a wonderful alternative, offering up clues
to how the long-dead ammonites might have worked. But if pushed, I think
the one marine beast I'd really like to keep would be Bathynomus
giganteus, the giant deep sea Isopod. Partly it's because it so bizarre
in appearance -- a giant woodlouse that weighs over 3 pounds/1.5 kg --
that it must surely make anyone's list of oddball aquarium additions.
But it's also cool because it's a reminder that the deep sea is home to
beasts literally beyond imagination, and each time oceanographers go
down there they make fantastic discoveries.>
I look forward to hearing from you, sir! Thank you once again!
<You are most welcome.>
Gabby.
<Neale.>
P.S. I have been asking this question of all the adults I meet. It's
just some silly curiosity of mine... Would you rather be a blue
hippo or a purple chinchilla? ;)
<Male hippos have rather a difficult life that seems to be very violent
and painful. At least, it is if they want to spend any time with the
female hippos. So on that basis alone, I'm not sure I'd want to be one,
blue or otherwise! On the other hand Chinchillas are rodents, and that
pretty much always means they live short, frantic lives before being
horribly killed by a cat, snake or some other stealthy predator.
Definitely a difficult choice!>
Re: For Mr. Neale Monks 12/9/13
Thank you, Dr. Monks! I wish you all the best!
<Ah, very kind.>
It's awesome that you have that attitude toward teaching, and science
especially. I wish my teachers were as enthusiastic as you. Sometimes it
has seemed to me that I'm more into biology than my biology teacher! :P
<A good attitude... stick with it, keep asking questions, make your
teacher work for you!>
I totally loved your answer to the hippo question. You are the first
person who's given me an intelligent answer to a silly question! :D
<Was fun to think about.>
Thank you again, so much! You have made me very happy :)
All the best to you and your work!
Gabby.
<Your kind words are appreciated. Have a good life, Neale.>
Neale Monks... Eight year anniversary on WWM!
12/29/14
Where does the time go? Just realised I've been working with Bob Fenner,
James Gasta and the rest of the crew at WetWebMedia.com for exactly
eight years now!
Started with a few comments on Glassfish, to the effect that they're not
really brackish water denizens... now widely understood and stated.
Since that time must have penned dozens of articles and God knows how
many Daily FAQ replies. Occasionally these are depressing (why oh why
are feeder fish still sold in the US?) but most of the time I'm
heartened by how many hobbyists really want their pet fish to do well.
Thankfully, the essential equipment gets better and cheaper every year,
so maybe it won't be too long before goldfish bowls and unfiltered,
unheated tanks are historical curiosities.
Retailers (in the UK at least) seem to be more actively sharing
knowledge alongside sales too. Check out 'The WaterZoo' in Peterborough
for example: the walls there are covered in informative posters, and
there are free information leaflets all around the shop.
(Bizarrely, my career in fishkeeping writing spun out of my hobby at
university, helping maintain the display tanks at Aberdeen University
zoology department. What I actually studied at Aberdeen turned out to be
almost completely irrelevant to the rest of my life -- palaeontology,
museums, writing and now teaching. Just goes to show, sometimes a Plan B
is necessary!)
In any case, thank you WetWebMedia for managing to make feel part of a
team, and a team of friends at that, united in trying to help hobbyists
succeed with their livestock. Here's to hoping the next eight years will
be as rewarding and intellectually challenging!
<James Gasta And the best of luck to you Neale.>
<Bob Fenner Ahh; the great pleasure and learning that has been our
friendship. Am so grateful for the tool/vehicle which is the Internet;
good fellowships making for sharing... the real good we have done in
this human and wider/natural world in helping others understand and
improve their efforts in captive husbandry... and more: the awakenings
of people to the real world. Cheers>
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Offer of WWM help? - 03/10/07 > Please do let Jeni (or whoever)
know that I'd me more than happy to help out
with any brackish/oddball Qs that come up. Obviously gratis.
> <Oh! Neale... is this an offer of help in responding to
such queries on WWM? We would definitely be interested in
your help here... and I do think you will be greatly
motivated to "fill in" the enormous gaps/missing
articles et al. as you see/come to find them... Please do
make it known if this is your intention.> Robert, Precisely
so. Happy to help answer the "post bag" as and when
things come in. I just did a couple today for PFK, and
they're fun. I can't pretend to be as expert on
pufferfish as Jeni, but I flatter myself that my general
knowledge of things brackish is adequate for most tasks. I shall
endeavour to uncover such gaps in the WWM web site
article roster that I can! Feel free to point me in the
direction of bits you'd like me to focus on. I'm
very much at your disposal. Neale
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Lynn Zurik 4/2/07 Hi Bob! We met
when you were up here in Seattle last year giving a seminar for
the local club. I really enjoyed meeting you and getting a chance
to chat for a bit. Regarding my joining the crew, yep, I'd
love to give y'all a hand however I can. My main
strength is ID'ing critters but I'm sure I could help in
the other areas as well. LOL As long as it's not FW, it's
been way too long since I've done that! I started off with SW
in '73 when I was in HS and never went back ;-) <Ahh!>
As for the article(s), we've been trying to
come up with things to do to help newbie members at WWF so
we've decided to write some short articles to post there.
<Wiki fashion? Or individual effort, or?> We're hoping
to get a lot of member participation in writing these articles,
but in the meantime, I'm working on some critter ones. The
first will be "Things that go 'click' in the
night". Part one will be on Pistol shrimp, part 2 will be on
mantis. <Sounds good> Right now I'm doing the research
and hoping to get it posted later this week. While it's not
going to be something that will be long enough (or probably
technical enough) for WWM/CFA, it should be helpful for a newbie
who's been wondering what those sounds were! <Mmm,
actually... will make the offer to conspire with you, give you
use of my image work if it will help... Edit, lengthen and help
you market such pieces to the pulp and e'zines> I would,
though, like to write something in the future for possible
submission. <Please do> I love taking photographs, so
perhaps I could submit something there as well(?). Here's my
profile page - if you have a chance you can check out some of the
photos I've taken. LOL But they're nowhere as good as
yours or Zo's! <Mmm, a matter of practice, gear and
opportunities taken...> http://wetwebfotos.com/Home?action
Request=userview&userID=2470
<Very nice... really like the close-ups of the polychaetes>
Thanks and have a great week!
-Lynn <And you as well... And thank you for
coming forward. Our webmail log-in: XXXX And a link to
familiarize yourself with a few of the conventions we use:
http://wetwebmedia.com/WWM
AdminSubWebIndex/crewsupwebmail.htm
Welcome to our association. Bob Fenner>
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Lynn, do you mind if I post this? B
Re: Your pic Sure thing Bob,
that's fine.
<Ah good>
As a matter of fact, I guess I should get up off it and
write an actual bio!
<Yeah!>
All I've had since the beginning is the original letter
- oops!
Take care,
-Lynn
<And you, B>
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Crew Inquiry
8/23/16
Hello WetWeb!!!
I am inquiring about joining the crew! I was wondering if you could give me any
information on how to do so?
Thanks-
Gabe Walsh
<Thank you for coming forward Gabe. We are always looking for help. Please send
along a brief bio., and list of fields you feel comfortable responding to. Bob
Fenner>
Re: Crew Inquiry
8/23/16
Bob-
<Gabe>
Thanks for the timely response.
<Welcome>
My name is Gabe Walsh. I am 15 years old, and I am an experienced aquarist in
Marine, Reef, and some Freshwater areas. PLEASE don't be discouraged by my age.
<Oh, we've had folks your age on the WWM Crew; and I started working in the
trade years ahead of this.>
I have been keeping aquariums for as long as I can remember, and I truly feel I
can contribute to the team. I would really appreciate if you at least gave me a
chance. I am a Sophomore in high school and spend 99% of my time maintaining my
aquariums. The other 1% is spent working in order to find my hobby! I would be
willing to respond to all Marine and Reef fields, and the occasional Freshwater
ones. I used to be a freshwater person, but I am now all saltwater. Let me know
how I can help.
Thanks-
Gabe Walsh
<DO keep up w/ your studies...
Site:
Our log in:
PW:
Some input re conventions we use can be read here:
http://wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/crewsupwebmail.htm
Answer what you can, feel up to... I'll make a folder for you as well.
I welcome you, BobF>
Emails for articles. Carole and Earl join the WWM Crew!
9/24/15
Hi Bob!!
<Carole>
Earl's email is XXXX@gmail.com and mine is XXXX@gmail.com.
<Ah, good>
Cheers!
Carole
<Welcome to our association! Please do send along a likeness and short bio. to
post on WWM.
The log in for the WWM Webmail program:
Some bits/input re responding can be found here:
http://wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/crewsupwebmail.htm
Have made folders for both of you.... log in when you can; respond to what you
feel comfortable with.
Thank you, Bob Fenner>
Heads Up 2/10/17
Hi Bob-
Wanted to let you know that I probably won't be able to answer any queries until
March or so. I'm in the school musical so we have rehearsal every day until late
at night, and my free time is spent studying.
Cheers-
Gabe Walsh, WWM Crew
<No worries Gabe: Gots to keep your priorities straight! Cheers mate. BobF>
curious, WWM Crew, recruitment
2/18/14
How is it going, Bob? I have always been amazed at the vast and varied
knowledge not only you have, but also the people on WWB who answer
questions as well. Just curious, what does one have to do, or have, in
order to answer questions on your site? Is it a reference system, people
who you have met over the years? Or is it knowledge based with
credentials someone acquires?
Thank you
<A good question. The WWM Crew are made up of folks who have come
forward, volunteered, who have discernible useful knowledge, plus a
capacity with written English, AND an earnest desire to share, help
others. Some I've never met in person; but many are folks that I've come
across at petfish, industry and scientific get togethers. One today, is
a gentleman who has sent in responses for others re pond issues. I sent
him a request to see if he would like to log on directly to our WWM
mail-server. Bob Fenner>
RE: curious... Now petfish industry career prep.
2/19/14
Ahh, understood. I am currently 28, and one day would love to possess
the experience and knowledge to help others. I received my masters
degree in education, however if I had to do it again, would have chosen
a biological science background.
<Oh!? We've had at least three folks join us in their teens. I have a
teaching credential... for H.S. chem., bio. and physics>
I currently work in insurance, but my ultimate dream one day is to own
an exotic pet store. Not in the sense of pure exotics, (primates, large
cats, etc) but rather saltwater fish, reptiles, as well as birds.
<Neat!>
I currently have an African Grey, but over the years have had various
snakes, lizards and tortoises. In my own perfect world, I wouldn't sell
your everyday, run of the mill, iguanas, ball pythons, etc, that is
often wild caught and end up being sold and given away.
What would you suggest as a good starting point for someone who
aspire this in the future?
<Working in the field for sure... Read:
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/AqBizSubWebIndex/fivecritelementsbiz.htm
and the linked files above>
I feel a lot of the dot coms and mass merchandisers, have made it really
tough for mom and pop places, as well as the few specialists who do not
have the capacity to order crates of products, to be stored in a
warehouse.
There are 3 lfs's in my general vicinity, say a 20 mile radius or so. To
me, none of them have the "entire" package. One guy in particular, has
great knowledge, but in a 1,500 sq. foot store, has limited space for
supplies. He also has zero personality, and to me, makes it harder for
people to buy from. To me, you should feel good about acquiring fish,
not like you just purchased them from a vending machine.
Another store by me is gigantic, 10k sq. feet or so, but there isn't
a soul that works there that has any experience or know how. Heck one
woman who worked there, told me it is ideal to have some nitrites (yes,
nitrites, not nitrates) in a FO saltwater tank.
I would like to be that guy, who is charismatic, makes you feel welcome
and shows positivity when someone buys a new set up. One who also has a
lot of "good" suggestions, but realizes he does not know everything, and
is not afraid to raise his hand when he is not sure of something, to any
confident degree. Perhaps that came with my education, that when
teaching a class room, you need to show energy and excitement.
Any tips or advice you have I will surely absorb. I know a lot of it
comes with time and hands on experience, but the aforementioned steps,
such as location, realistic size, foot traffic, etc, I would be at a
loss at.
<Academics isn't necessary to work in the industry (in the business);
but useful knowledge, marketing, financial know how, good communication
skills are... Charisma too (which you seem to have) is requisite. B>
Thank you, Bob
New Crew Member? 9/1/11
Hi Bob,
<James>
The chap (Kevin Little) I told you about recently has asked me if you
had said anything to me about him becoming a crew member. I told him
you would have contacted him. He stated he sent you an email about 10
days ago but you haven't responded to it.
<Thank goodness for your mentioning, following up. I have not seen
any email from Kevin. I may well have inadvertently deleted such as
spam as I get a bunch of this at my personal email addy. Please have
him contact me here/WWM>
That doesn't sound like something you would do.
<Ah no>
James
re: New Crew Member? 9/1/11
Have forwarded your email and the crews addy to Kevin.
James
<Thank you James. B>
I would like to be on the crew 3/2/10
Hello,
I have a lot of experience with sw and fw fish. I myself have a 200
gallon fowlr and a 75 gallon reef setup and a 40 gallon fw setup. I am
just starting to put together a 600 gallon shark tank. I have a
graduate degree in marine biology and started my PhD in bio chem. I
have 20 years of experience with fish and also have been diving a few
times along the coral reef off of Key West.
Thank you
Erica Signore
<Ahh! It appears you have plenty of academic and practical/hands-on
experience Erica... and from your coming forward, obviously a desire to
aid others as well as capacity w/ written English. Have you
participated in hobby bulletin boards, have pet-fish writing posted on
the Net that we might see some of your work? Bob Fenner>
Re: I would like to be on the crew
Hello,
I have not really participated much on online forums. I have
participated helping on yahoo answers . I have helped a number of
friends and family start there sw tanks but that's about it. I
honestly came to you asking to help because of how Impressed I am with
your site and the knowledge of everyone on your crew I have yet to find
a site like yours. I would really like an opportunity to be part of
your crew I do have quite a bit of knowledge that am sure could be
helpful. Let me know what you think.
Thank you,
Erica
Re: I would like to be on the crew
Neale, Lynn... your input please. Shall we have Erica join us directly,
or have her "try out" for a bit on the bb? BobF
Re: I would like to be on the crew
Hi Bob,
<Neale>
For my part, I'd recommend letting her start on the forum. I think
if we're consistent, and ask everyone to start out on the forum, we
don't end up looking as if we treat some volunteers one way, and
others in another way.
It's altogether fairer.
<Good points>
With that said, Erica's qualifications look good to me, and I'm
certainly keen to have her become part of the team. Especially if
she's prepared to answer stupid questions about Flowerhorn
cichlids. <<Heeee!>>
Cheers, Neale
<And you, three left feets Bob>
Subject: Re: I would like to be on the crew
Hello Bob and Neale,
<Lynn>
I haven't seen anything regarding Erica. Was there a previous email
containing her original request (to join) that I missed?
<Sorry re. Pasted below>
I'm in agreement with Neale though, regarding potential crew
members in general starting out at the forums/BB. It's a terrific
opportunity for us to not only see just how much the person knows but
for everyone involved to be able determine whether he/she really has
the time required to volunteer on a steady basis.
<Understood, and agreed>
Again, I don't know Erica but if Neale's impressed, I am as
well. I look forward to working with her and getting to know her a bit
better over at the forums, or here, should you decide to add her to the
crew.
Take care,
-Lynn
<Thank you Lynn. BobF>
Erica, I have sent your note on to Lynn Zurik, and am asking for you to
join her in helping on our bb for a while to ascertain our
"matching" on WWM. I do hope to have you join us soon.
Cheers, Bob Fenner
Re: I would like to be on the crew 3/3/10
Sounds great, Bob! Erica, I look forward to seeing you over at the
forums.
My member name is Lynn in bright green letters so it should be easy to
spot. Do check in with me after registration is complete if you choose
a member name that doesn't include your first name. Also, feel free
to post in the Introductions section so everyone can get to know you a
bit better.
Thank you so much for offering to help, you have some impressive
credentials indeed. We appreciate any and all help we can get!
If you have any questions or problems, please don't hesitate to
contact me, either through this email address, or through the
forum's private message (PM) system. Here's a link to our
site:
http://bb.wetwebmedia.com/board.php
Thanks again, and welcome to WWM!
-Lynn
<Thank you Lynn. BobF>
It was a pleasure, Bob.
Take care, Lynn
Re: More: re: 3-spot Gouramis dying suddenly, tiny pinholes
in their heads and losing weight. Offer of help on WWM
9/7/09
Neale and Bob,
<Grace,>
Thanks again for you advice and help. If I can ever be of assistance in
answering any of the myriad "newbie" emails I'm sure you
get every day, I'd be more than happy to help.
Thank you.
Grayce
<If you really would like to help, we do kinda sorta have a system
now.
What I'd suggest is you spend a little time over at the WWM forum,
here:
http://bb.wetwebmedia.com/
If, after a month or two, you feel you're happy committing some
time to WWM on a regular basis, you might either decide to approach
Andrew and Lynn at the forum about a more "formal" position
there, or else join the Daily FAQ crew itself. Bob handles those
applications rather than me, but I for one would always welcome another
freshwater-oriented member of the Daily FAQ crew. As it is, I spend
around 20-60 minutes a day answering queries, most days of the week. So
there's always something to do! A lot of the questions are
"same old, same old" -- Bettas in dorm rooms, constipated
goldfish and the like, but you do get enough novel stuff (like your own
query!) to keep things interesting. Anyway, thanks for offering, and I
hope to see you around the forum or WWM before too long! Cheers,
Neale.>
Thank you for coming forward Grayce. Please do "try out" on
the bb for a while as Neale mentions... and do join us if you find
this agreeable. I will wait on your further contact. BobF
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