Edward Venn,
SMG Holdings Co., Ltd.,
Deux Chateaux Blanc 2-303,
1356 Kobuchi, Kasukabe,
Saitama, Japan
>From: "William Allen jr." <billandbonnie_at_peoplepc.com>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Hooray!
>Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:28:25 -0600
>
>Quite a pity that the public doesn't respond to the same things we do.
>There's a cool Anableps display at the Aquarium of the Americas in New
>Orleans. The Anableps were cool enough, but in the same tanks were the
>first
>goodeids I had ever seen alive. I knew just enough to know that they were
>goodeids, but that's all, and they didn't have the other fish labeled.
>Needless to say, the exhibit of sharks 50 feet away was crowded, and no one
>except myself was looking at the livebearers.
>
>Bill Allen
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bruce Stallsmith <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 1:41 PM
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Hooray!
>
>
> > >This is bad news for the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, as a big
> > >portion
> > >of their attendance comes from Atlanta and surrounding areas.
> > >
> > >Chris Scharpf
> > >Baltimore
> > Yeah, it begins to raise the question of how many large, public
>aquariums
> > can be supported by the (fickle) paying public? The same question is
>true
> > for casinos. Chattanooga is unusual in that it _really does_ highlight
> > native fishes of North America, something that most touristers with
>small
> > kids don't necessarily seek out as a priority. For instance, Chatt has a
> > tank full of the Barrens Topminnow, Fundulus julisia, and also a tank
>full
> > of a bewildering array of darters. I doubt Atlanta will do that,
>although
> > hope springs eternal. Personally, I hope that Atlanta doesn't go the
>path
>of
> > setting up large shark and dolphin/whale tanks although that is of
>course
> > exactly the kind of bread & circus that attracts crowds. Maybe I'm just
>a
> > grim sucker (white? blue?).
> >
> > --Bruce Stallsmith
> > Huntsville, AL, US of A
> >
> >
> >
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