August is our
Friday, August 10th, is our Annual Member Appreciation, Fish Swap and Picnic.
August Bowl Show:
Platies
Rainbowfish
Amphibians
We would like to remind everyone to please bring a Dish for the Picnic and a Donation for the Fish Swap Table.
Donations can be Nicer Bags of Fish & other Aquatic Animals, Plants, Supplies, or other hobby related items, merchandise, Etc…
For more information see….
Friday, July 13th at 8pm.
who is an ecosystem ecologist with Kent State
University. In her talk, Mud Matters, Lauren will be sharing her research on the
important role that sediments play in freshwater ecosystem function, including nitrogen
cycling and phosphorous release. By attending Laura’s presentation, you will gain fresh
appreciation for the complexity of shallow freshwater ecosystems (and mud).
July’s Bowl Show:
Native Fish
Angelfish and Discus
Aquatic Plants
As always there will be a full Raffle table available as well as Free Drinks and Refreshments!
We hope to see you there!
Sat June 9th–Sun June 10th 2018!
This is a TWO DAY EVENT that occurs during the second weekend in June. Held at the Tallmadge Community Center, 80 Community Road, Tallmadge, OH
Ultra Aqua encompasses a whopping 60 Classes of an all Species Show competition!
Everyone is welcome to come and compete for awards and prizes! Your fish may be a winner! 😉
This year will also include the GAAS / YATFS Growth Program – Sevrum Showdown! (More Info Here)
Show Registration Starts at 10 AM on Saturday so bring your fish and set them up, Don’t delay because registration closes at 5 pm for Judging! Entrance fees are 1.50$ per for the first 20 animals you enter, each animal after 20 is free.
The Swap Meet will be in effect from 12 PM until 5 PM on Saturday with various Independent Vendor tables selling their animals and Hobby related wares.
Our Presentation, featuring the one and only Pat Hartman along with Dinner hosted by us, will begin at 7 pm. Tonight’s topic will be “A Rookie Goes to Mexico-Part 2- NAGWG Goodeid Study Tour 2017”
(Pat Hatman’s Bio)
All entrants are invited to attend. (non-show entrants can choose to join us and purchase dinner for $5)
Summer Show Auction registration begins at 10 AM and starts at 11 AM. This is an animal and plant only auction, NO hard-goods/ supplies please, we have limited space with the Ultra Aqua Show Tables.
All other typical Auction features Such as Rare Fish Raffle, 50/50 Raffles, Vendors, and Food & Drinks will still be available.
Ultra Aqua Award Ceremony Presentation begins at 5 PM.
It’s an amazing weekend for an aquarium hobbyist! Whatever your interest, if you’ve come to compete, view, shop, sell, try your luck on the raffles, enjoy our dinner and presentation or even simply to socialize with other aquarists, there truly is something for everyone to enjoy!
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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bud White (330) 848-3866 E-mail
Wayne Toven (330) 256-7836 E-mail
Rich Serva (330) 650-4613 E-mail
will finalize at the Ultra Aqua 2018 Show & Auction Event. (June 9-10)
*Members of GAAS and YATFS who participated in the growth contest, please bring your largest Gold Severum to the Severum ShowDown Section of the show, (no entry fee),
*MUST be your original Severum given to you back in April 2017 as part of the GAAS or YATFS Growth Competition.
*Judging will be based on sheer SIZE, in the event of a tie, fish quality will then be used to determine the winner.
*One Entry per Member.
1st place ($50), 2nd place ($30), and 3rd place ($20). Good luck!
Pat Hartman
Program title:
“A Rookie Goes to Mexico—Part 2—NAGWG Goodeid Study Tour 2017”
Program Description:
Pat is active with the North American Goodeid Working Group (NAGWG), and in February 2017 he made his second trip to Mexico as a part of the first-ever NAGWG Goodeid Study Tour. Pat will describe his experiences of sampling fish in native Mexican habitats, visiting the famed Fish Ark in Morelia, and viewing reintroduction efforts with Zoogoneticus tequila at Teuchitlan Springs.
Pat Hartman Bio:
Pat Hartman has been keeping fish for over 40 years. Although not a founding member, he has been a member of the Southwestern Michigan Aquarium Society (SWMAS) in Kalamazoo, Michigan, since early 1979, and is active with the Grand Valley Aquarium Club (GVAC) in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In the early 1980s, Pat developed a special interest in livebearing fishes and rapidly became involved with the American Livebearer Association (ALA) where he served in various capacities, including Chairman. Pat was honored by being named “Fellow of the ALA” in 2006. Pat is involved in most every aspect of the ALA, having won several major Show Awards at the ALA Convention, participates in the Species Maintenance Program, serves as auctioneer, and has successfully bred over 170 species of livebearers in the ALA Breeder’s Award Program. Today he specializes almost exclusively in wild species of livebearers.
Pat is active with the North American Goodeid Working Group (NAGWG), and he made his first trip to Mexico in November 2014. During that 2014 trip, 
in conjunction with the 4th International Symposium on Viviparous Fishes and jointly with the Goodeid Working Group meeting, Pat visited the Fish Ark and collected Goodeids in the wild. He made his second trip to Mexico in February 2017 as a part of the First ever NAGWG Goodeid Study Tour.
Our May Meeting was a very entertaining one as Steve Brunn, along with some assists from Rich, Dave, and Ken told us all about what happened at the ALA Convention 2018 including presentations, speakers, collecting trips, shop hops, and even hotel room fish shopping! The next best thing to being there!
It looked like a weekend of great fun, and if you are interested in going next year, then mark those Calendars for May 23-26 2019 when the next ALA Convention will be hosted by Louisville Tropical Fish Fanciers in Louisville KY.
We did have a smaller turnout than usual this month, but it was nice to see some faces that we hadn’t seen in awhile too!
We had 4 BAP spawns & 3 HAP propagations turned in, as well as several Donations from our speaker Steve Brunn that he had brought back from the convention. All were auctioned off, giving some of our members some great deals!
Ray Weaver won our Doorprize of $15 Cash and another Mermaid!
Jeremy Harsh got our GreenPleco Plushie for the month.
Our Bowl Show Results were
May’s Bowl Show
Rift Lake Cichlids
1st – Jeff Plazak – Brichardi
2nd – Dave Williamson – Sunspot Brevis
3rd – Jeff Plazak -Leleupi
Sharks and Loaches
1st – Dave Williamson –sidthimunki
2nd- Dave Williamson – Kuhli
3rd – Misty & Will White – Golden Dojo
Aquatic Invertebrates
1st – Dave Williamson – Bee Shrimp
2nd – Dave Williamson – Dwarf Crayfish
3rd – Bob Williams – White Crayfish
Our Refreshment table had Salsa and chips, Cakes, Cookies, Drinks and more while our Raffle table was loaded as usual with tanks, filters, Greenpleco plushies, Bowl Show carriers, decor, food, and even a shrimp tee shirt! plus so much more!
There will be NO MEETING NEXT MONTH!
Instead our usual meeting night will be setting up for the ULTRA AQUA SHOW!! Anyone is welcome to come help set up at 7pm at the Tallmadge Community Center!
Hope to see you there!
For the original meeting announcement including Steve Brunn’s Bio, Read below Continue reading “May 11th 2018- Meeting Summary”
June 2018