Re: NANFA-- Live Food Culture

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Sun, 23 Jun 2002 09:13:37 -0400

Would this be the basis for a "NANFA store" or are you talking about selling
it at the convention?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: "NANFA" <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 2:14 AM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- Live Food Culture

> Jan told us about this book:
>
> >Lawrence, S.G. 1981. Manual for the culture of selected freshwater
> >invertebrates. Can. Spec. Publ. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54: 169 pp.
> >
> >This book describes culture and mass culture techniques for ramshorn
> snails,
> >Daphnia (D. magna, D. pulex), brine shrimp, scuds (separate sections for
> >Hyalella and Gammarus lacustris), bloodworms (Chironomus), and burrowing
> >mayflies (Hexagenia). Chapters are written in a standard format:
detailed
> >text on life history and ecology and toxicology, and cookbook style
> outlines
> >on collection, isolation, cultivation, and maintenance.
>
> I bought this book from an Internet bookseller. I think it was the only
> copy available from online used booksellers. The seller said he had 4
other
> orders for it that same day, after having it sit on his shelf for the past
2
> years. I imagine those 4 people are reading this now, probably more :-)
>
> Well, I just received it. It's just like Jan described, plus there's a
> section on Orconectes crayfish. It's spiral bound and has lots of
> references.
>
> Is this something people would want? If I could get permission from the
> publisher, would you want to buy a good spiral bound photocopy at cost
plus
> a small amount for the NANFA general fund? You'd probably be looking at
> about $25 including shipping.
>
> Unlike t-shirts, one size fits all and you don't have to wash it.
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA

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