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RE: 16-v-08

Ron Shimek — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:27:59 GMT

Hi Steve,

Well, it will get better for a while after the IMAC.

Lying in bed last night before counting Artemia nauplii jumping over the Diodogorgia in lieu of sheep, I realized that before I could write/publish the peer-reviewed article, I need to do about 40 more hours of filming. That will take several months of real time, so... "the best is yet to come."

RE: 16-v-08

CTReefer — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:27:35 GMT

R A T S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well, I am certain that I will catch it at some point, at least I hope so.

RE: 16-v-08

Ron Shimek — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:43:27 GMT

Hi Steve,

I will not be at MACNA this year.

The talk I am now preparing will be given at the IMAC in Chicago at the end of this month.

RE: 16-v-08

CTReefer — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:15:12 GMT

Hi Ron: Well, I for one will be there at MACNAXX and am really looking forward to hearing your presentation & learning yet another tidbit of information about these fascinating animals. I am also curious as to whether or not you have any comparisons demonstrating the differences between how "regular" zoox harboring corals feed vs. Diodogorgia sp.? My hunch is that it will be near impossible to keep these corals alive in a closed system for long term. Good luck with your continued research!

Steve

16-v-08

Ron Shimek — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:01:03 GMT

Hi Folks,

Well, this is supposed to be a beautiful day here. And I don't doubt it!

So... I will spend the day indoors making my presentation about the feeding of Diodogorgia. The feeding method I have recorded certainly is different than any other method of feeding described in the scientific literature for the cnidaria. It can be fast - from initial capture to ingestion of food - I have one set of images that gives a time of 0.3 sec! Very cool. And I have indirect evidence of food preferences. Also very cool.

Now all I have to do is to pull this together into a new talk.

And hope somebody comes to see it.