COMPANIONS OF GRIMWULFF, INC.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS AND AQUARIUM
SMALL EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE AND MARINE AQUATIC RESEARCH
IT IS OUR MISSION TO FOSTER APPRECIATION AND CONCERN FOR ALL LIVING THINGS.
WE ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING:
THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF CARE FOR OUR FLORA AND FAUNA COLLECTION, DIVERSE AND
HIGH QUALITY EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ALL PEOPLE, AND ALL RESOURCES AT OUR
DISPOSAL FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE EARTH'S FLORA AND FAUNA.
PRIMARY PURPOSES
PROPAGATION OF OTHER MARINE AQUATIC SPECIMENS TO HELP WITH THE CONSERVATION OF
OUR MARINE RESOURCES.
DEDICATED TO THE DISPLAY, BREEDING, REARING, HOLDING, AND PROPAGATION OF
ORNAMENTAL MARINE ORGANISMS.
MARINE BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION OF OUR OCEAN RESOURCES
COMMITTING OUR EFFORTS TO CONSERVING AND MANAGING SYNGNATHIDS, BLENNIES,
AND GOBIES AND THEIR ECOSYSTEMS - SEAGRASS BEDS, MANGROVES, REEFS, AND OTHERS -
WHILE SUPPLYING THE MARINE AQUARIUM TRADE.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS EXPLORING THE DIMENSIONS OF USE OF AN ECOSYSTEM FOR GRADIENT FILTRATION.
USE OF TURTLE GRASSES/LIVE ROCKS AND SAND/MANGROVES MICROCOSM ( CLOSED SYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS) AS A GRADIENT FILTER SYSTEM FOR ACHIEVING BIOLOGICAL STABILITY, MAINTAINING WATER QUALITY, REDUCING NITRATES, GROW OUT, NATURAL PLANKTON REPRODUCTION.
SUPPORTED IN PART BY DONATIONS, AQUARIUM INSTALLATION AND
MAINTENANCE, AND RETAIL AND WHOLESALE SALES.
ALL INCOME IS DIRECTED BACK INTO THE FACILITY TO SUPPORT IT'S ONGOING
MARICULTURE PROJECTS.
SECONDARY PURPOSES
SMALL EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE AND EDUCATION.
MARICULTURE TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED TO SIMULATE ECOSYSTEMS, WHICH ENHANCES EFFECTS OF PROPAGATION. CREATING NEW OR ADAPTING MARICULTURE AND AQUARIUM HARDWARE AND TECHNIQUES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF MARINE LIFE.
MARINE AQUACULTURE (MARICULTURE) IS THE SUSTAINABLE USE OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES ENABLES THE MARKET TO BE SUPPLIED WITH, WITHOUT INCREASING THE DEMANDS ON WILD STOCK. MARAQULTURE IS A TERM STARTING TO REFER TO THE MARINE AQUARIUM AQUACULTURE.
NON-PROFIT AND INCORPORATION STATUS PENDING.
EQUIPMENT AND MONETARY DONATIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
DONATIONS WILL BE LISTED ON DONATIONS LIST.
TAX DEDUCTIONS FOR DONATIONS WILL BE PENDING IRS NON-PROFIT
STATUS.
COMPANIONS OF GRIMWULFF
"RUFUS" GARY TODD BARR
744 CR315
ROCKDALE, TX; 76567-5034
PHONE/FAX: 512-446-7931
EMAIL: grimwulff@grimwulff.com
24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE FOR LEE, MILAM, NORTHERN TRAVIS, AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES 512-760-0118.
EXOTIC ANIMAL RESCUE PICKUP 512-760-0118
EQUIPMENT AND MONETARY DONATIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED
CARIBBEAN MARINE LIFE AQUATICS RESEARCH AND PROPAGATION
BREEDING OF MARINE SPECIES
(SPECIFICALLY SYNGNATHIDS, BLENNIES, AND GOBIES).
THE CONSUMPTION OF SYNGNATHIDS (PIPEFISH AND SEAHORSES) FOR
CULTURAL AND MEDICINAL USAGE, AND IN SOME SMALL PART THE AQUARIUM TRADE HAS LED
TO ALL SPECIES OF THE GENUS HIPPOCAMPUS BECOMING AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
IN MAY 2004, ALL MEMBERS OF THE GENUS HIPPOCAMPUS WERE PLACED ON APPENDIX II OF
CITES (CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND
FLORA.
WILD CAUGHT SEAHORSES ARE NOW REQUIRED TO HAVE AN EXPORT PERMIT FROM COUNTRY OF
ORIGIN, IMPORTATION PERMIT INTO THE USA. THESE PERMITS WILL BE EXPENSIVE,
TIME CONSUMING, AND HARD TO ACQUIRE. IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE
AQUARIUM TRADE THERE IS A NEED TO AQUACULTURE THESE SPECIES AND TO EDUCATE THE
TRADE ON THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS.
THE CONSUMPTION OF IMPORTED AND CULTURED MARINE ORGANISMS FOR THE AQUARIUM TRADE IS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR BUSINESS. MOST OF THIS IS IMPORTED, WILD CAUGHT SPECIMENS THAT EFFECTS OUR ENVIRONMENT. IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE AQUARIUM TRADE THERE IS A NEED TO AQUACULTURE THESE SPECIES AND TO EDUCATE THE TRADE ON THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS. SPECIFICALLY CORALS AND LIVE ROCK ARE AT THE FOREMOST. ALL WILD CORALS AND LIVE ROCK FROM THE AMERICAN HAWAII, ATLANTIC, CARIBBEAN, AND GULF OF MEXICO ARE ALREADY PROTECTED, ONLY LICENSED AQUACULTURED SPECIMENS ARE ALLOWED.
PROPER CARE AND STUDY OF THEIR REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OF MARICULTURED LIVESTOCK OFFER ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND SOUND MEANS OF SUPPLYING ORGANISMS FOR THE MARINE HOBBYIST, MARINE BIOLOGIST, MEDICAL RESEARCHER, ETC.
CAPTIVE BREEDING MAKES THESE ANIMALS BETTER ADAPTED TO LIFE IN AN AQUARIUM - HARDIER, EASIER TO KEEP, READILY ACCEPT FROZEN FOODS. ALSO, REDUCING THE NEED TO COLLECT WILD SPECIMENS KEEPS THE MARINE AQUARIUM HOBBY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
USING A SEA GRASS (HALODULE AND THALASSIA) AND MANGROVE (RHIZOPHORA) POND FOR GROWOUT.
GERMINATION AND AQUACULTURE OF THALASSIA AND HYDROPONICS' CULTURE OF RHIZOPHORA.
CULTURING COPEPODS, AMPHIPODS, MYSIDS, AND GRASS SHRIMP AS FOOD SOURCES.
OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDE MACROALGAE (GRACILARIA, ULVA, CAULERPA, HALIMEDA, PENICILLUS, ENTEROMORPHA), RICORDEA, ZOOANTHIDS, SPONGES, GORGONIANS, BANDED CORAL AND PEPPERMINT SHRIMP, GOBIES, BLENNIES, LIVE SAND, AND AQUACULTURED LIVE ROCK.
35 YEARS IN BREEDING AND HAND RAISING EXOTIC BIRDS, REPTILES, AND SMALL MAMMALS
I HAVE RETIRED FROM RAISING EXOTICS COMMERCIALLY, AND NOW WILL TRY TO GIVE GOOD HOMES TO THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE GETTING THE ATTENTION THEY DESERVE, UNWANTED, UNMANAGEABLE, OR INJURED EXOTICS.
SORRY, NOT TAKING NATIVE WILDLIFE, PRIMATES, SNAKES, OR CATS.
WILL TAKE ALL OTHER SMALL EXOTIC MAMMALS, LIZARDS, TURTLES, AMPHIBIANS, AND BIRDS.
SOME DOMESTICS - GOATS, CHICKENS, GEESE, DUCKS, ETC
USDA LICENSE PENDING.
AQUARIUM MAINTENANCE AND INSTALLATION
SPECIALIZED IN MAINTENANCE AND INSTALLATION OF CUSTOM MARINE AND FRESHWATER AQUARIUM AQUASCAPES.
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE PONDS AND TANKS
I HAVE 34 YEARS IN THE HOBBY
27 YEARS IN AQUATICS RETAIL, MAINTENANCE, AND INSTALLATION
MAJORED IN MARINE BIOLOGY AND MARINE FISHERIES AT TEXAS A&M GALVESTON
INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED SMALL TO LARGE FILTRATION SYSTEMS (PINT TO 12,000 GALLONS) FOR AQUARIUMS, PONDS, AQUACULTURE, AND MARICULTURE
FRESHWATER AQUASCAPES FOR SOUTH AMERICAN, AFRICAN, COMMUNITY, AND GOLDFISH TANKS
MARINE AQUASCAPING FROM FISH ONLY TANKS TO REEF MICROCOSMS. SPECIALIZING IN CARIBBEAN AND AQUACULTURED SPECIMENS.
THIS SERVICE JUST HELP PAY THE ORGANIZATIONS BILLS.
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