Please Join Us for our September Meeting on Friday, September 13, 2024
We will be meeting at our regular meeting place, the Ritchie Memorial Shelter House at 8 pm on Friday September 13, 2024.
Note that for the September bowl show, the classes will include the classes that are normally shown in August as well as the normal September classes: All Other New World Cichlids; Aquatic Plants; Rainbowfish; Photography; Gouramis and Anabantoids; Sharks and Loaches.
Our in-house speaker for the September 13 meeting will be “our own” Mike Thompson. Mike’s informative in-person talk “Our Fish Room and How We Did It” will present how he and Tom Clinton set up their fish room, how they treat their well water to make their fish flourish, and how they have overcome some ups and downs with tank repairs and breeding attempts with angelfish and plecos. Tom got interested in the hobby when he worked in a pet shop when he was in his 20s, and he got Mike hooked into the hobby in early 2000s. They keep cichlids and plecos with a current focus on koi angelfish. At the 2024 Ultra-Aqua, Mike and Tom’s koi angel won best of Division–Cichlid and Best in Show.
Fall Auction—November 3, 2024
The Akron Fall Auction will be held on Sunday, November 3, 2024, at the Tallmadge Community Center. Doors open at 10 am for registration and 11:00 am is the start of the auction. The event is free for the public. There is no cost to register to enter auction items into the auction. The auction is a 70/30 split for the seller.
Credit cards will be accepted at the auction! Please note that buyers can choose to run a tab and pay by cash, check, or credit card when they are ready to leave.
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County–Fall Fish Festival–September 14-15, 2024, Lackawanna, NY
Plan on attending the Fall Fish Festival that will feature loach specialist, Mark Dufill, on September 14, and Auction on September 15.
Ultra-Aqua 2024
A hearty “Thank you” goes out to all GAAS members (and friends of GAAS) who helped out during the 2024 Ultra-Aqua on June 7-9, 2024. The show had 372 entries, 31 entrants, and 6 clubs participated. The swap meet and auction also were successes for those who attended. Thanks to all of the volunteers, buyers, sellers, and show sponsors and participants who made the weekend a fantastic event.
The show results are here.
We also thank Professor Jason Den Haese for his presence and enthusiasm throughout the weekend and for his memorable talk about his research program at D’Youville University on armored catfish families of the Amazon River Basin of South America.
