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Editor's Message
In the very same area of Borrego Springs where many of us went to view flowers and desert pupfish last year there are prehistoric creatures appearing in the landscape. They are large metal statues of Mammoths and other creatures. I read about them in the San Diego Union, and had to see them, so a friend and I went out there a few weeks ago. I made a short video, which you can see on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kfmEzndQZ0 or you can go to Youtube and search for Borrego Desert Mammoths. As I mentioned here last month, the three Southern California Guppy Associations Pan Pacific, San Diego, and San Fernando Valley are cooperating on an IFGA Guppy show to be held April 25th & 26th, 2009
at Quality Inn & Suites, 1170 Fairway Drive Charles Pratt |
Upcoming Events at SDTFS
February 8, 2009: February membership meeting, Room
101, Floral Building, Balboa Park. This month's presentation is on "Water
Quality - How to make it work for you" and we are delighted to have as our
speaker the President of DrTim's Aquatics, Dr. Timothy A. Hovanec who started
DrTim's Aquatics, a new aquarium products manufacturing company, after 17 years
as the Chief Science Officer of Aquaria Inc., the parent company of Marineland
Aquarium Products, Aquarium Systems (Instant Ocean) and Perfecto Manufacturing.
Dr. Hovanec studied limnology at Uppsala University in Sweden, then graduated from
San Diego State University with a B.S. in Biology and a M.S. in Biology.
Dr. Hovanec earned his Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, where he investigated the phylogenetics of
nitrifying bacteria in aquaria and Mono Lake, California. Dr. Hovanec was the first
to demonstrate that bacteria of the phylum Nitrospira were the active
nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in aquatic systems such as aquaria. His work on
nitrifying bacteria has lead to the discovery of many new species of nitrifying
bacteria in freshwater and saltwater systems and the granting of several U.S. and
foreign patents, with additional patents pending. He has also conducted much
research on topics such as ammonia excretion and toxicity in aquatic organisms,
bio-filtration systems design, and fish feed formulations.
At Marineland, Dr. Hovanec was in charge of the biology, chemistry and microbial
ecology laboratories that comprise Marineland Labs. He was also responsible for overseeing the quality control of such products as Instant Ocean® sea salt and
BioSpira® nitrifying bacteria.
Dr. Hovanec is one of the most knowledgable people in the world on Aquarium water
quality and this may be one of our best programs of 2009!
March 8, 2009- Spring Auction - Note: This is a change from April for
2009 only. This day is also the beginning of Daylight Savings time.
Registration for sellers will begin at 5:00 p.m., The Auction will start at
6:00 p.m. You can
click here to get the Auction Form for Sellers
May 16 & 17, 2009 (Sat & Sun) *SDTFS San Francisco Adventure* This information is very preliminary but people have been requesting to set
the date so travel plans can be made. GENERAL INFORMATION Steinhart Aquarium (now part of and referred to as California Academy of
Sciences which also includes the Planaterium and the Natural History Museum),
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA Group pricing rate DOES NOT include a formal tour- people will explore the
Academy at their own pace. Multi-media headsets are highly recommended and can
be pre-reserved for $7/person or $12/person . “DEEP DIVE” Tour Included is general admission and 1-hour docent led tour giving an in-depth
insight into one of the key areas of the Academy. Retail $75/person. Discounted
group price for 15+ persons $63.75/person (limited to 24 persons/tour, must be
12 yrs +). “PLATINUM” Tour Included is general admission and 2-1/2 hour privately
escorted behind the scenes tour. Retail rate $200/person . Discounted group
price 15+ persons $170/person (limited to 15 people, must be 12 yrs +) SDTFS PRELIMINARY PLAN Saturday afternoon. Tour the Steinhart Aquarium (time to be determined, but
allow enough time for people to fly Sat a.m. if desired). SDTFS will arrange for
the Group Admission of $19.96 if 15+ people sign up. The Deep Dive and Platinum
tours will be up to each individual unless 15 people want the more expensive
tour. Saturday Dinner. All eat together – place to be determined. Sunday: Visit fish stores in San Francisco or other sightseeing. Everyone is responsible for their own travel and lodging arrangements.
However, we are researching lodging suggestions and will pass that information
along. More information and signup sheet will be available at the next meeting. Contact Charles or Dee Pratt (prattc@adminoff.com) if you have questions or
suggestions.
Koi Club of San Diego
The 2009 AKCA Seminar, 22nd Annual KCSD Koi Show, and 3rd Annual American Koi
Breeder Show will be Feb 12-15, 2009 at the Marriott
Mission Valley. More info at http://koiclubsandiego.org/shoz/2009/
New SDTFS Officers
The SDTFS Officers for 2009 have been installed. They are: President: KirK
Bean was elected to a second term Vice President: Victor Tongco Secretary:
Karen Kees was elected for a second term Treasurer: Jim Cobleigh continues to
serve New Board Members elected were Mariam Scadeng and Timo Wolf. Continuing
on the board are: Norman Brown, Debbie Lara, Bill Cline, Mark Ferguson, John
Flanagan, Ben Ivy, and John Pitcairn. Charles Pratt continues as past president,
and David Huie as defacto board member. **************************
A 20% discount is available for groups 15+ (must prepay)
General Admin Groups 15+
Adults 18-64 $24.95 $19.96
Youth 12-17 $19.95 $15.96
Child 7-11 $14.95 $11.96
Child 0-6 FREE FREE
Seniors 65 + $19.95 $15.96
