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#1 Carie

Carie
  • NANFA Guest
  • Tolono, IL

Posted 31 December 2017 - 12:58 PM

My name is Carie Nixon. My husband, Phil Nixon, and I joined NANFA a long time ago, at least 30 years. Hey, they used to include my name on the membership, too, but about 20 years ago, decided they only wanted one name on the membership. They assured me that I am still a member. I worked with the Illinois Natural History Survey for 25 years, doing aquatic ecology research for 10 years, then outreach for 15 years. I did a lot of collecting of fish and invertebrates around Illinois, especially in Champaign and Vermilion Counties. I also helped develop the Illinois RiverWatch program.

 

Unfortunately, collection of most fish for hobby purposes is now illegal in Illinois. Phil does most of the collecting now, and in other states. I help care for the fish at home, especially when they are outside in large breeding tanks (most are 350 gallon stock tanks). My favorites are the topminnows and sunfish, although we don't keep any sunfish anymore. 



#2 gerald

gerald
  • Global Moderator
  • Wake Forest, North Carolina

Posted 31 December 2017 - 01:55 PM

Hi Carie -- Glad to have you on board in the Forum, at long-last!  I see by your response to Leo's "Paludarium" post that you've also dabbled in designing and building aquatic exhibits.


Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
"Taxonomy is the diaper used to organize the mess of evolution into discrete packages" - M.Sandel


#3 Michael Wolfe

Michael Wolfe
  • Board of Directors
  • North Georgia, Oconee River Drainage

Posted 31 December 2017 - 04:16 PM

Welcome Carie!  I have some of your artwork framed over the computer desk upstairs (a sunfish in fact).  Glad to have you here.


Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin

#4 Carie

Carie
  • NANFA Guest
  • Tolono, IL

Posted 31 December 2017 - 05:19 PM

gerald, yes, I was lucky enough to get to do many exhibits for nature centers and such around Illinois. It was great to be able to combine my biological and art backgrounds in my job. I especially loved getting the chance to do the paludarium, and also use my knowledge of aquariums. I had never heard of a paludarium, though, so I called it an aquaterrarium. It has fish, frogs, and toads living in it. Most of the plants that I put in in are gone, however.

 

Michael Wolfe, I donated a print of a sunfish picture I did to the NANFA auction several years ago. I never knew who got it. I hope you enjoy it! 



#5 gerald

gerald
  • Global Moderator
  • Wake Forest, North Carolina

Posted 01 January 2018 - 01:38 PM

Yup, aqua-terrarium was the standard term we knew in the 1970's when I created mine, which was just a triangular shelf 6" high covering half of a 29-gal Metaframe tank.  I think "Paludarium" came along later as a new and trendy marketing term, along with "biotope" aquariums and all-in-one systems with fancy designer names.

 

 I had never heard of a paludarium, though, so I called it an aquaterrarium.


Gerald Pottern
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Hangin' on the Neuse
"Taxonomy is the diaper used to organize the mess of evolution into discrete packages" - M.Sandel




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