Show to offer ‘Behind The Tanks’ and ‘101 Ways To Display Shells’
By SHELL CLUB - | Feb 12, 2021
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The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club’s 2021 Virtual Sanibel Shell Show will premiere on March 5-6 from noon to 3 p.m. on the club’s YouTube channel. The free show will feature more than 35 original video vignettes, a photo contest and door prizes and offer something to entertain and educate every interest.
One video will guide viewers “Behind the Tanks” at the Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum’s aquarium gallery. Aquarists Rebecca Mensch and Carly Hulse will host a special tour on how they keep the animals healthy and happy. Watch a menu prepared to match the diet of the mollusks, fish and coral. Explore the equipment and testing necessary to ensure that the water temperature and chemical balance is right. See the veterinarian do a monthly check on the animals, and learn which ones seldom reproduce and which ones reproduce repeatedly and rapidly in capt