lewisweil Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I've been here on-and-off for awhile but I've never introduced myself. I'm Lewis. I've been in Austin since 2006. I am originally from El Paso and went to school at A&M. I am a biologist in the biotech industry by day and active in fish and other stuff at night. I am buddies with the crew at Fish Gallery and I am helping them with community outreach while they get their new Austin location up and running. I run Austin Sea Veggies,a small culinary seaweed farm located at Agua Dulce farms. I also run Nerd Nite- Austin a speaker series, where I sneak in marine biology talks as often as I can. Currently I actually don't have any tanks running other than my seaweed farm. I work on other peoples tanks and think and plan about aquariums and don't really have the energy to do them at home. Though that will probably change once the Austin Fish Gallery opens and I won't be able to help myself. When I was a student at A&M i worked in bioaquatics taking care of their aquaria including their reef tanks and saltwater lab tanks. I have worked with sharks. My smallest tank was a 2liter reef in a bottle. My biggest was the sharks. I've also kept and bred freshwater fish and plants. I worked in a fish store as kid in high school. My earliest memories include aquariums. So long and short, I am a fish nerd. Come say in person sometime. I'll be the next Fish Gallery social or at a Nerd Nite event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gott Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Hi Lewis! I'm really excited to hear about your seaweed farm--I had thought about doing something similar back when I was farming coral, but the area I lived in at the time just didn't have enough interest. And you've got your fingers in all sorts of interesting social events, too! Thi is good for me, since my primary goal for being on this site is to meet new people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Welcome, I'd love to get some seaweed from you sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisweil Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 Thanks y'all. Right now we are building out the greenhouses and I am building my seed stock. Eventually I'll sell my seaweed for people and fishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Welcome to the club! It's been interesting reading your posts so far. I saw the story about you on slashdot a while back and had no idea you were that guy, pretty cool!! I'm originally from Las Cruces (up the road from El Paso) and also went to A&M, class of '03. Nice to have another aggie in the group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Hi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisweil Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Welcome to the club! It's been interesting reading your posts so far. I saw the story about you on slashdot a while back and had no idea you were that guy, pretty cool!! I'm originally from Las Cruces (up the road from El Paso) and also went to A&M, class of '03. Nice to have another aggie in the group That guy and this guy are the same guy! I had a lot of friends in Las Cruces. New Mexico has a special place in my heart. edit: thanks and gig'em. FTAC of '05 Hi. oh hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerzs Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Howdy and welcome. Cheers, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+olaggie01 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Hi Lewis, Good to get some background info on you. Like I said in your BSBE thread, let me know the next time you go to A&M. I'll definitely help out. In the meantime, if you want to stop by and see my tank, let me know. I'll try and make it to the social tomorrow night as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisweil Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 By any chance has anyone here ever been to nerd nite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 By any chance has anyone here ever been to nerd nite? I haven't, but welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisweil Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 add me on facebook if you to make sure you see the invites and random weird stuff. https://www.facebook.com/bowtieshark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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