Minutes

Regular meeting
March 18, 2000

Meeting held at Gourmet Burritos
Concord, CA



 
 

Minutes of the Meeting
2:00pm - 2:15pm
  • General conversations. 
   
2:15pm - 2:45pm Meeting Called to order for Topic "Buying and Selling Fish on the Web "
 
  • Distribution of "Better Betta Shopping Online" by Wendy McKenna 
  • Brief talk by Larissa, summarizing some of the points from the notes and fielding questions. 
  • Lee & Walt Johnson showed a shipping box and explained proper packing methods.
   
2:45pm - 3:30pm Meeting migrated to unscheduled topics of much interest: "Setting up the tank for breeding" and "Live foods for baby bettas"
 
  • Larissa, Lee&Walt, and Jim Clark answered questions about breeding and live foods. Important points were:
- The new tank must have an adequate bacterial level to start with. Using a mixture of water from another fish tank and new conditioned water is preferable, as well as the use of an established sponge filter.

- A constant water temperature and air temperature are important for the development of the young fish. The baby fish are breathing the air at the top of the water from a very young age, and they need warm, moist air so not to shock their systems and die. (i.e. the importance of a lid covering the tank)

- The use of live food is the best first start for the brood. The use of "liquafry" was not in favor by those members present. Recommended were baby brine shrimp and microworms (with vinager eels also getting a plug).

-Mircoworms culturing and maintenance: Passed out new cultures and recommended following Rhonni's Microworm Culture instructions. 

   
3:30pm Meeting adjourned

There was much milling about and betta chatting after the meeting.

   
People Present: Larissa Williams, President
  Jan Carpenter, Treasurer
  Keith Bassert
  Jim Clark
  Lee & Walt Johnson
  Schelly Numrych
  Christine Tanner
  Marcel & Cathy van de Bruinhorst
   
Fish Present: Blues from June
  Cambodians from Marcel & Cathy
   
Also Present: MicroWorm cultures from Larissa
   

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