That FW title  9/30/05
Will do, as soon as I get home.
I've also added some proposed changes/edits to the
intro which I'll include.  I've also been working on
the plants section....  I keep falling into a problem
of wondering when too much info is just too much for a beginner....
<Not to worry... we can always edit later... and you can help yourself and
us by selling such larger pieces to the for-purchase markets as serials...
really helps sell authors, books later...>
and thus fear perhaps I'm making it too
over-simplified, or lacking important info (especially
in lighting, under plants)....  so I'll send that
along, as well.  I guess I'm just not sure how to go
about any of this, yet....  we shall see.
<Real good>
It will be after 10pm PST that I get home, but will
send as soon as I can.
-Sabrina
<Take your time dear... by the time you get here is soon enough. Cheers,
BobF>
> Sabrina, please do bring or send an e- vers. of that
> go at the intro. to our
> book. I brought a print-out of your proposed
> contents (oh, do send, or bring
> this along as well electronically please)... so's we
> can have some time to
> work on this as well. Cheers, BobF

Hi Bob...Its Sam from Aquatic Warehouse!  9/29/05
Hey Bob, get in touch with me about artwork.  I really want to do some
artwork for you and for TFH publications.  I am also interested in
writing articles for wet web media and TFH...how can I go about this?
Thanks,
Sam "Scalz" Garcia
thecreativenature@yahoo.com
<Hey Sam! Am out in HI till early Nov., but we can start easily from here... Do you have topics in mind for the hobby 'zines?  Perhaps building around some of your existing artwork? Will send along some ideas in a short while... Sabrina Fullhart is hauling out and we are working on a FW tome that needs graphics... Cheers, Bob Fenner>

Re: Ray on the dailies - Dasyatis sabina?  8/26/05
Is it possible that this is Dasyatis sabina, the
"Atlantic stingray"?
<No hon... Look at the rostral area... this is a
rajid, a skate>
To be quite honest, I have absolutely no clue what, of
the rostral area, can be seen to differentiate a skate
from a ray....
<Ahh, sorry re... the "nose" or region just ahead of the eyes let's say...
is elongated, flattened... like a... skate! in Skates, family Rajidae...
Also the thorny dorsal spines are indicative of the family... distinguish it
from the many Ray families of Batoids>
  My apologies, in any case.  This whole
mess (and so very many others that we see every day in
WWM questions) certainly drives home the need for
emphasizing one's responsibility to research PRIOR to
purchase - I'd like to put something about this in the
book, perhaps as a section of its own, under
Introducing Fish....  or in the section on
compatibility....  or maybe preceding the fish
profiles.  What do you think?
<An excellent (consistent) idea, plan>
In any case, I think
I'll type something up tonight, if not for the book,
then for posting on WWM, perhaps.  Shall I send it
your way for editing/adding-on, if you wish?
Thanks,
-Sabrina
<If you'd like... I am accumulating our notes, articles... on folders on my
active desktops... BobF>