Monthly Meeting Starts at 8 PM
This month’s Speaker is:
Stan Jachna
On the
National Guppy
Show and
3 fish rooms
including Stan’s.
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President’s Message
Hey Everyone,
I have a few things of importance for this month.
First, our own Stan Jackna, the Guppy Man will our speaker this month. He was just at the Michigan Guppy
Show a couple weeks ago and he will be talking about the experience and he has a lot of great pictures.
Secondly, this month will be the start of our election process. At this meeting we will be looking for people to
sign up and run for a position on the board and on committees. As everyone knows, we have a busy club, doing
a lot of different things, from food buys and fish buys to hardware buys. All the things we do take work and
some of the present board members may want a break, so if you’re interested, come to the meeting and sign up
to run for a board or committee position. Should you not be able to make the meeting and want to sign up,
please contact me by email or phone. [email protected] and 440-453-9738. The November meeting will
be the last time someone can sign up to run for a position. At 7:15pm, that night all registrations will be closed
and a vote held that night on all positions that have 2 or more people running. The new board will take over at
the January meeting.
Every position will be up for election and they are the following:
President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership, Editor, At Large, At Large, At Large
Those members who are heading a committee will also be asked if they want to continue as head of a
committee or if they too want to step down and we need a replacement.
Those committees are: Raffle, Speaker, Bowl Show, Refreshments,
We may also be adding another committee or two. As we do fish, food and hard good buys, we may look
at someone to research and oversee.
The board holds meetings each month, the same night as the regular meeting. We meet at 7:00pm
at the church. Committee members do not have to attend unless asked to attend by the board.
If you have questions about any of the positions, please see me. Every person on the board
will have some type of responsibility.
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you
Dan PS: Have questions? Again, you can email me at [email protected] or
can call or text 440-453-9738
NEOfish Board Secretary Minutes
Board meeting
Present
Dan Ritter Bill Bilski Rich Grassing
Fri. Sept 16. 2016
1st Oct Informed group for officers
Nov Voting
As of now all positons are opened.
Everyone who works auction gets one free meal.
2nd T shirts are 15.00 Members 10.00
Bowl show for Oct. Any Fish bring in fish get bowl. 1st place gets 20.00 gift certifacate.
NEOfish is eliminating the use of Paypal and using Square solely since Square allows
for the club to receive the funds automatically and directly into its checking account. Square also offers the ability to build a store on-line as we did with the flake
food sale. Paypal does not, you have to use a third party web service to build the
store.
Thanks
Jan Bilski
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About NEOfish
The Northeast Ohio Fish Club (fish) is an all species Fish club
in Northeast Ohio. We pride ourselves in being a progressive club offering all our members not only the
normal fish club programs, but others like individual e-mail addresses, club member websites, spawning
con-tests, aquarium decorating contests workshops, road trips and more. Our goal is to make every
meeting exciting, educational and leaving you with the feeling that you can’t wait until the next meeting.
Look at our website and see if this club isn’t the club you have been looking for. If you already belong to a
club, that’s okay, think about making us your second club and come enjoy the fun.
Both www.neo-fish.org and www.neo-fish.com show the same website.
The Password for the Members Only area of the website is neofish2013.
NEOfish Meetings
As always, the Northeast Ohio Fish Club (NEOfish) holds monthly meetings in Independence, Ohio on
the 3rd Friday of every month. Meetings are at:
Independence United Methodist Church
6615 Brecksville Road
Independence, OH 44131
There is no smoking on Church Grounds or littering of cigarette butts on nearby properties.
8:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. (Anniversary and Christmas Party starts at 7:00p.m.)
Everyone interested is invited to attend. NEOfish is an all species club, such as Betta, Guppies, Tetras,
Barbs, Cichlids etc.
The Board meets before the general meeting at 7:00p.m. at the church as well. Even though you’re not on
the board, your are still welcome to sit in on the meeting. You would not have a vote but you certainly
could share some input. Per our Constitution and By-Laws, this is also the appropriate time and place to
air any concerns about the club. It would be helpful to first contact a board member to discuss the issue
but if you feel that the whole board needs to hear it then feel free to attend.
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NEOfish Sponsors
API
Aqueon
Best in Pets
Coralife
Kent Marine
Mike’s Cichlids
Omega Sea, Ltd.
Please support these great companies who support us.
Paradigm Fish food
San Francsico Bay Brand
Seachem Laboratories, Inc.
Southern Delight Fish Foods
TLC Products
William Trickers, Inc.
Zoo Med
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Greenhouse and Hatchery located at 7125 Tanglewood Dr.
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(South of Rockside, just off of Brecksville (RT 21) Road ); Independence, OH 44141
underwater
By STM
Hello everyone, hope all is well with you and your fish rooms. I
had the chance to visit the IFGA Michigan show last month.
Great stuff!!!!
So I get to do this months talk. Lori and I ventured out to the
land up north. Rain ☔️ going up . Rain ☔️ there, and rain back
to home.
We went up for a journey, to bring back a presentation to our
club.
We came back with more knowledge than before we left.
But before we left I got the chance to visit Brian and Pat’s
Shrimpton home. What a wonderful home!!! Brian has his fish upstairs and a fish room below. Wherever you looked there were
show fish everywhere.
Brian likes to do the beyond in the hobby. He's a master breeder
and super nice person!
Brian likes to take on projects, via tank or non tank. Rain water
for tank water. Heating for the room, which when you leave you
have a tan . Brian's room is right up there in warmth in a room.
Brian does love his live plants. Numerous tanks in the fish room
and daphnia outside. Brian loves the challenge above fish. How to
route a a rain water line from the basement to the backyard was
one of them. Brian has show fish. And I'm glad I had the opportunity to stop @ his and Pats home
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Spawning a Killifish - Nothobranchus Palmqvisti
by Joe Doyle
The BAP program in my club has a peat spawning killifish class. Minimum requirements for
class closure are 1 soil spawner from the Old World (Africa), 1 from the New World
(Americas), and a total of 3. Always keeping an eye out for peat spawning killifish, I had
heard from friends who were members of the AKA (American Killifish Association) there
was a swap meet or box
sale being sponsored by
the MKA (Motor city Killifish Association) on
April 2nd, 2017. Made
plans to attend the
event.
For those unfamiliar, a
box sale may be comprised of breeders having a Styrofoam box full
of fish they are selling, they name their price, and there might be some trading and/or haggling involved with the sale. The sponsoring club asks for a nominal fee from sellers to help
cover cost of space. And sometimes an entrance fee is collected from buyers. Swap meets
could include anything aquatic related.
Took a couple fish friends along to the box sale. I bought a couple pairs of killifish over the
coarse of the first hour & talked to breeders about how they spawned & raised fry. The
swap ran from 9:00am to 1:00pm. After the first hour, we jumped in the car and went on a
self-guided tour of fish shops in the Detroit area. Took about 2 hours to visit 5 shops. Being
on a time limit, we headed back to the swap meet to see if any straggler sellers arrived late,
in which several did. Wrapping up final purchases, headed home with several new species,
one being Nothobranchus palmqvisti "Pangani, TZ-94-7". The line collected from Tanzania,
Africa in 1994, location #7.
Setup for spawning Nothobranchus palmqvisti, used a medium size critter container, compressed coconut fiber (fist full amount--always base this amount on the thought of how
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much I want to wet in 3 months), and dechlorinated tap water. My tap is GH = 7 || KH = 4 ||
tds = 130. Gradually acclimated the new pair to my water for 15 minutes. Placed lid on critter
container and secured closed. All killies are escape artists, although I've never lost one from
jumping out of a critter container with a tight fitting lid. Some like to put a deli cup of coconut
fiber in the tank. I like to spread it all over the bottom so the fish spend more time spawning,
than trying to figure out how to get into the deli cup to spawn.
Fed the pair microworms and baby brine shrimp once a day. Water temperature was same as
room temperature which was 74F. After 2 weeks, setup a new medium size critter container
with new water and fresh coconut fiber. Moved the pair into the new quarters. Drained the
water and coconut fiber out of the pairs old breeding box into a baby brine shrimp net. Gently squeezed the water out so it was damp. Spread it out over a newspaper to air dry for
about 4 hours, 1" thick. Dumped the coconut fiber into a fish bag and marked bag with genus/species name, dry date, and wet date. Wet date for this species is 3 months. Closed up
the bag, kept in a dark place. After 3 months, dumped the contents of the bag into a small
critter container and filled it up with aged aquarium water from an established aquarium.
Anywhere from 1 hour to a week, fry appeared. Even saw new fry appearing after a month.
Evidently, eggs do well water incubating too. Fed an eye dropper full of paramecium once a
day for the first week, if I saw fry or not. If I saw fry, in start them on microworms, banana
worms, and Walter worms, in addition to paramecium. If I saw no fry after a month, the plan
was to dispose of the whole batch. This species was so prolific (50+ fry), I never had a bad
batch. The males of this species are territorial, but don't need separated. They just need kept
in a 10 gallon tank, moved after 2 weeks of hatching in small critter container.
Males start showing patterns in their fins after 2 weeks. Females have no pattern at all, light
tan in color. Fry are susceptible to poor water conditions. Kept water clean with 50% water
changes. Added baby brine shrimp to diet after 3 weeks. Slow growers, but the males colors
are just stunning. Kept temp at 74F, no heater just room temperature. Maybe they would
have grown faster at a warmer temperature. You'll have to experiment and let us all know in
a follow up article.
Very easy peat spawning killifish to keep & spawn. I'll be holding on to these for a while. And
hope to see more people spawning these stunning fish in near future.
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Treasurer’s Report
Debbie has been able to supply the club with the
August 2016 Financial reports, on the following two
pages. Rich Grassnig will be taking over the duties
of Treasurer until the 2017 elections.
Rich has supplied the club with the reports for September’s meeting and Auction. Those appear after
Debbie’s August reports.
Brian Shrimpton
Editor
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Treasurer’s August Meeting Report
COMMITTEE / DESCRIPTION
MEMBERSHIP
NEW SINGLE/ S RAMSEY, A DRUGOVICH PD SQUARE
RENEW SINGLE/G HOLLISTER
SPEAKER SINGLE/ O MCMONIGLE
BOWL SHOW
SOLD 2 BOWLS @ $5 EACH
1 ENTRY@ .50
REFRESHMENTS
COLLECTED
CK #2455 BILSKI
RAFFLE
KEN'S FISH COST
COLLECTED CASH
KEN'S FISH BUY
COST
COLLECTED
T-SHIRTS
1 SHIRT @ $17 & 3 TOTES @ $2.50
DONATIONS
K CAREY
M KAZANOFF FROM BAP
BAP
17 ITEMS
COLLECTED FISHY BINGO COUPON
PAID OUT CASH
J HITCHLOCK
TRANSFER FROM BAP TO DONATION
J CHAPEK
HAP
1 ITEM
PAID OUT CASH
AUCTION
26 ITEMS
COLLECTED FISHY BINGO COUPON
F ORTECA
J CHAPEK
JEFF HITCHLOCK
PAID OUT CASH
MISC.
INDEPENDENESE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ORIN MCMONIGLE SPEAKER
UNKNOWN CASH
TOTAL FOR MEETING
TOTAL CASH DEPOSIT
TOTAL PAYPAL DEPOST
TOTAL SQUARE DEPOSIT
MONEY IN
$20.00
$10.00
MONEY OUT
TOTAL
$1.18
$28.82
N/C
$10.00
$0.50
$10.50
$6.00
$73.37
-$67.37
$153.25
-$43.25
$110.00
$30.20
$30.20
$0.00
$24.50
$24.50
$1.00
$2.00
$3.00
$62.00
$10.00
$54.00
$4.00
$2.00
$2.00
-$10.00
$1.00
$1.00
$91.00
$9.00
$21.00
$5.00
$16.00
$48.00
-$8.00
$100.00
$75.00
$4.30
$247.50
$0.00
$18.82
-$170.70
-$232.50
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Treasurer’s August Monthly Report
DATE
8/1/16
8/5/16
8/8/16
8/17/16
8/19/16
8/22/16
8/22/16
8/22/16
8/25/16
8/31/16
DESCRIPTION
MONEY IN
ZEIGLER BROS
SQUARE DEPOSIT
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
KEN'S FISH
CK #2453 CHANGEBFOR MEETING
SQUARE DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT
DEPOSIT
CK #2455 B BILSKI FOOD FO MEETING
CK J HITCHLOCK
CK F ORTECA
CK J CHAPEK
UNKNOWN CREDIT
$10.00
$10.00
$200.00
$247.50
$471.43
$0.59
$100.00
$183.46
$200.00
$0.59
$73.37
$20.00
$21.00
$7.00
$100.52
BANK STATEMENT
BALANCE
$999.37
$527.94
$537.04
$437.04
$153.58
-$46.42
-$37.01
$162.99
$410.49
$337.12
$317.12
$296.12
$289.12
$389.64
$626.89
2209
2216
2240
2261
2285
2308
2310
2311
2316
2317
J HITCHLOCK #2517
F ORTECA #2516
J CHAPEK #2518
BALANCED 8/31/16
MONEY OUT
$25.00
$5.00
$25.75
$0.75
$18.75
$50.00
$7.00
$7.00
$25.00
$25.20
$20.00
$21.00
$7.00
$237.25
$389.64
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Treasurer’s September Meeting Report
Income
Refreshments
Donations
Walgreens Beverages
Dan Ritter Pizza Reinbursement
Total Income/Loss
Expenses
Total
$10.00
$10.00
-$12.81
-$65.61
-$78.42
-$68.42
Bowl Show
Total Income/Loss
$1.00
Auction
Justin Way
NEOFish Donations
King Donation
Total Income/Loss
$30.00
$50.00
$5.00
$85.00
-$28.00
-$5.00
-$33.00
$52.00
BAP Auction
Mark Kasinoff
Bill Bikski
Don Grey
Steve Orlander
Bob Blazek
Total Income/Loss
$1.00
$19.00
$36.00
$8.00
$1.00
$65.00
-$1.00
-$18.00
-$34.00
-$7.00
-$1.00
-$61.00
$4.00
HAP Auction
Dan McMonigle
Total Income/Loss
$14.00
$14.00
-$13.00
-$13.00
$1.00
Raffle
Total Income/Loss
$100.00
$100.00
$32.00
$32.00
-$100.00
-$75.00
-$175.00
$32.00
-$100.00
-$75.00
-$143.00
$307.00
-$360.42
-$53.42
Misc.
Don Grey Filter Payment
Hall Rental
Dean Mersinas (Speaker Reimbursement)
Total Misc. Income/Loss
Totals
$1.00
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Treasurer’s September Auction Report
Income Cash
Food
Chinese Raffle
50/50 Raffle
Membership
T Shirts
Carry Bags
Express Bids
Auction
Square
Total Income
Outgoing Cash
Cunningham Cichlid (Chinese Raffle Items)
Kitchen Supplies
Pete Durkin (Fish Chinese Raffle)
Item Payouts
Auctioneers
Stamps (Brian Shrimpton)
Hall Rental Reinburse Brian Shrimpton
Total Payout
Change For Auction
Total Income
$433.00
$350.00
$85.00
$120.00
$60.00
$4.00
$78.00
$4,164.50
$2,584.00
$7,878.50
-$228.00
-$190.81
-$60.00
-$4,821.45
-$75.00
-$35.25
-$350.00
-$5,760.51
-$420.00
$1,697.99
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Treasurer’s September Monthly Report
Bank Balances as of 10/17/2016
Outstanding Checks
2310
2458
2460
2461
2461
2464
2465
2466
2472
2474
2478
2480
2481
2489
2492
2495
2501
$7.00
$62.25
$16.10
$72.00
$24.00
$31.51
$254.50
$65.80
$198.77
$9.75
$20.34
$21.00
$211.50
$107.25
$13.51
$6.76
$26.80
Total outstanding
$1,148.84
Bank Statement
$2,275.60
Bank Balance
$1,126.76
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Committee Announcements
Membership Committee
By Tami Ryan
The following group are new members we need to welcome:
Lenny DiMinno
Glenn Graham
Emilie Myatt
Patrick Hoerrle
Joshua Swanson
Rosemarie & T. Darrel Brown
The next list are memberships which expired September 30, 2016
Lew Carbone
Joe Doyle
Debbie King
Hilary Lacerda
Eric and Rhonda Sorensen
Neil Brown
Michael Culkowski
Gretchen & Jeffrey DeLucas
Dave and Paige Hearn
Mark Lomax
Ted Lomax
Frank Myerski
Scott Ray
Jay Shafer
Jeffery Yadlovsky
This final list expires October 31, 2016
Mark Kazanoff
Bob Blazek
Jeff Hitchlock
Scott Myers
Mickey Squid
Richard Yoder
Dwhite Goffe
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Committee
Announcements (cont.)
Breeder Award Program (BAP) &
Horticultural Award Program (HAP)
BAP for August & September
We had a total of 29 items turned in for both months with quite a few "new" fish available. There was a really nice
selection, let's keep it up.
Reminder October and November will be the final 2 months to submit spawns for recognition in 2016. We do not
accept any for the Christmas meeting and the yearly awards will be passed out then.
HAP for August and September
We had 5 items submitted and once again October and November Will be the final months for submissions this year.
I had a problem with 2 of the entries from September so I have not (yet) been able to credit them and I will speak
with the member at the meeting to clarify a few things.
It is VERY IMPORTANT when submitting items for HAP (and BAP but it is usually less of a problem) that at the VERY
least you include the GENUS so I can look up the plant. In this case sp. Hawaiiian Eye netted me NOTHING other
than a couple of television series. Please also only submit Aquarium or Pond plants which can include marginals that
keep their feet in water and grow out of it. Other garden plants are not included and unless they are donations to the
club or a cause should be left at home. If you would like to bring some to share that is fine but they will not be auctioned off in the future unless they are donations.
I had planned on giving a summary of the other Plaque program this month but because it took me so long to aquire
the results from the August meeting it is not possible this month but it will be in next months bulletin.
Cheers,
John
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Committee
Announcements (cont.)
Breeder Award Program (BAP) &
Member
Don Grey
Chuck Nowakowski
Dave Hearn
Dan McMonigle
Justin Way
Bill & Jan Bilski
Bob Blazek
Kenneth Carey
Mark Kazanoff
Richard Yoder
George Hollister
Brian Shrimpton
John Griffith
Dan Ritter
Ken Walker
Steve Olander II
Bob Bina
Dustin Sedlock
Frank Orteca
Jeff Hitchcock
Mark Lomax
Denis Rozmus
Jessica Foster Oravetz
Tom & Carolyn Evers
John Chapek
Gary Mendez
Joe Doyle
Bill & Debbie King
Stan Jachna
2013
155
115
2014
185
185
30
110
35
150
2015
295
195
185
90
10
25
35
280
140
30
5
45
205
50
165
40
165
60
90
60
180
215
35
55
105
185
145
40
20
30
10
5
30
20
145
135
90
10
35
20
50
35
2016
290
100
100
90
80
80
75
65
60
55
55
40
40
25
25
25
25
25
25
20
20
15
15
10
10
10
10
5
5
Lifetime Points
925
595
285
245
340
90
75
65
240
500
175
540
185
515
260
160
105
55
35
25
20
110
15
290
100
20
10
90
60
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Committee
Announcements (cont.)
Breeder Award Program (BAP) &
Member
2013
Tony Poth
145
Paul Palisin
Matt Urbin
70
David Lutz
30
Scott Hartness
60
Jim Damm
20
Jim Jensen
Ken Grimmett
35
Dennis Kuehn
John W. Tesar
10
Don Youngkin
20
Anthony Kidd
10
KC Jenkinson
Hilary Lacerda
35
George Anagnostopoulos
20
Cordell Geiger
Matthew Jensen
Amanda King
Dean Mersinas
Douglas B. Poole II
25
Jeffery Yadlovsky
Dan Watson
Don Danko
10
Rick Foster
10
Dwhite Goffe
10
Scott Hartness Jr.
Matt Oravetz
Charlie Suk
Pam Briggs
2014
180
80
55
100
30
75
40
20
20
15
15
30
35
2015
30
80
30
25
50
30
50
30
10
10
30
30
15
15
30
25
15
10
10
10
5
2016
Lifetime Points
355
160
155
130
115
95
90
85
70
55
45
40
35
35
30
30
30
30
30
25
25
15
10
10
10
10
10
10
5
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Committee
Announcements (cont.)
Breeder Award Program (BAP) &
Date
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
8/19/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
9/16/2016
Member
John Chapek
John Chapek
Bill & Jan Bilski
Bill & Jan Bilski
George Hollister
George Hollister
George Hollister
Mark Kazanoff
Jeff Hitchcock
Jeff Hitchcock
Jeff Hitchcock
Jeff Hitchcock
Denis Rozmus
Kenneth Carey
Kenneth Carey
Kenneth Carey
Kenneth Carey
Mark Kazanoff
Bill & Jan Bilski
Bill & Jan Bilski
Don Grey
Don Grey
Don Grey
Don Grey
Don Grey
Don Grey
Don Grey
Steve Olander II
Bob Blazek
Name of Fish
Poecilia reticulata "Green"
Planorbarius corneus
Gambusia affinis
Puntius conchonius "Long Finned"
Xiphophorus maculatus
Pterophyllum species "Phillipine Blue"
Henrichthys carpintis
Thorichthys meeki
Danio albolineatus
Danio rerio
Poecilia reticulata "Highlight"
Neocaridina denticulata (Red Cherry Shrimp)
Protomelas Spilonotus Ovatus
Iodotropheus sprengerae - Rusty cichlid
Neolamprologus buescheri
Neolamprologus brevis Katabe
Julidochromis transcriptus “Gombe"
Aulonocara Peacock OB
Altolamprologus compressiceps "Red Fin"
Copadichromis sp. "Kawanga"
Otopharynx tetrastigma (Plus 5 Points Red List)
Pundamilia sp. "Red Head" (Plus 5 points Red List)
Poecilia Reticulata - Black Moscow Guppy
Ancistrus sp. "Red Marble" Longfinned
Ancistrus sp. - Bushy Nose - Super Red
Ancistrus sp. - Bushy Nose - Red Marble
Trichromis salvini
Steatocranus casuarius
Melanochromis chipokae (Plus 5 Red List)
Points
5
5
5
10
5
10
10
10
5
5
5
5
10
10
15
10
10
10
15
10
15
15
5
10
10
10
10
15
15
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Committee
Announcements (cont.)
Horticultural Award Program (HAP)
Member
2013
Dan McMonigle
205
John Chapek
40
Tom & Carolyn Evers
Don Grey
George Hollister
Josh Modic
Dan Watson
Bill & Debbie King
Brian Shrimpton
KC Jenkinson
Jeffery Yadlovsky
Bob Bina
Paul Palisin
Matt Urbin
10
Ken Walker
Scott Hartness
Date
Member
8/19/2016 George Hollister
9/16/2016 Dan McMonigle
9/16/2016 Dan McMonigle
2014
165
25
15
5
155
90
60
2015
30
5
10
45
25
20
10
10
10
5
2016
75
40
15
10
5
Lifetime Points
475
80
40
30
20
155
90
60
45
25
20
10
10
10
10
5
Name of Plant
Salvinia natans
Vesicularia dubyana CV."Weeping"
Colocasia 'Red-Eyed Gecko'
Points
5
5
15
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Breeder Award Challenge Program (BACP)
The Challenge...
We will begin accepting fish for this program at the meeting April 15, 2016
and it will continue until the meeting on March 17, 2017 that will be the last
date for submissions. Any plaques that are earned will be awarded in April
2017 at our monthly meeting.
This program is an extension of our usual BAP program. The basic program
is still as it was and fish may be turned in from any category at any meeting.
As you look at the information below you will notice that there are very few
Central American, Tanganyikian, and 1 Malawian and no Victorian cichlids.
The reason for this is that basically we receive a lot of these and the purpose
of the program is to broaden your interests.
If there are fish you would like to have designated as a Target Fish, you may
submit it to me for consideration in person, by E-mail to [email protected] or even through Facebook. Please keep in mind that just because
you ask does not mean it will be. The purpose of the Target Fish is to challenge you to breed something a little bit harder. I may add new Target Fish
from month to month.
I challenge you to complete 6 challenges in the next 12 months. Those that
include at least 1 Target fish will receive a special award the others will get
the points. Each of the 6 MUST BE from a different group, in other words you
cannot turn in 6 Tetras. Again we are looking to EXTEND our interests. Only
1 item from each group will qualify for the Challenges, but of course you are
welcome to turn in any fish as usual for BAP points.
Finding Target Fish can be a problem. Places to look are Wetspot, Aquabid,
the Auctions and even the local Pet Shops. If you need help finding something ask me I may be able to locate them for you.
The Challenges are as follows:
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Antabantoids: Any gouramis may be turned in
TARGET FISH: Trichopsis pumilas or Trichopsis vitatta any Ctemopoma species, any Parosphromenus , Ctenops nobilis, any Sphaerichthys species.
Any Badis or Dario species.
Tetras: Any Tetras can be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Neon, Cardinal, or Green Neon Tetras. ANY African tetras.
Any Piranha other than Red Bellied. Any Corynopoma or Pseudocorynopoma species.
Barbs: Any Barbs maybe turned in.
TARGET FISH: Any African Barbs, and Dennisoni Barbs. Any Oreichthys
species.
Danios: Any Danios may be turned in.
Target Fish: Danio margaritatus or Danio erythromicron
Rasboras: Any Rasboras may be turned in.
Target Fish: Any other than Sissortailed, Redtailed or Brilliant.
Killifish: Any Killifish may be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Any true annual Killifish, any Diapteron species, Cubanichthys species, Cyprinodon species EXCEPT THOSE THAT ARE PROTECTED,
any "Lampeyes".
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Dwarf Cichlids: Any Dwarf Cichlids my be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Any Apistogramma other than caucatoides, any Dicrossus
species, Taenicara candidi, any Pelvichromis other than pulcher, "kribensis"
Nigerian taeniatus (which are now kribensis), any Congochromis, any Nannochromis, any Teleogramma species, any Teleocichla species.
South American Cichlids: Any South American Cichlids may be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Acarichthys Heckelii, any Satanoperca species, any Urau species. Any F1 Discus (no aquarium strains). Any wild type angels but they
must be F1 fish (no aquarium strains). Cichla sp. zebrina. Any Retroculus
species.
Other Cichlids: Any Cichlids can be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Any of the "Chromides", "Damba", Neolamprologus Sexfasciatus BLUE, Benthochromis tricoti. Any Tomocichla species other than
sieboldi (I will start the bidding at $200.00 for 6 fry of Tomocichla tuba), Any
Theraps species. Any Rhamphochromis species.
Wild type Live bearers: Any wild type livebearers may be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Any Anableps species, any Stingrays, any Zoogoneticus, any
Girardichthys species.
Rainbow Fish: Any Rainbow Fish my be turned in.
Target Fish: Any Pseudomugil species.
Catfish: Any catfish may be turned in.
Target Fish: Any Synodontis other than lucipinnis, petricola, multipunctatus, polli or grandiops. Any microsynodontis, Any "Glass
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Catfish". Any "Banjo Catfish". Any "Bumble Bee Catfish". Callichthys & Hoplosternum species.
Oddball fish: Anything not listed above.
Target Fish: Gobies except for Bumble Bee, Peacock and Desert
gobies. Pea Puffers, any Loaches, Garra, Eeels, Polypterus.
Native North American fish: NOTHING PROTECTED Pretty much
anything goes. WE CANNOT AUCTION OHIO NATIVES, but you
CAN GIVE THEM AWAY.
Target Fish: Any Darters, Madtom Catfish, Dwarf Sunfish aka
Bluegills, Shiners & Cyprinids aka Minnows and Chubs. Pygmy
Sunfish, nearly anything that swims in US freshwaters as long as
it is not protected.
Breeding and Growth Contest
Chuck Nowakowski has graciously donated an entire spawn of Green Terrors to the club for a Breeding and Growth contest. I have been holding them
for about a month now and I will bringing them to the meeting 6 per bag. If
you cannot attend the meeting and there are any left I will have them at the
Auction the following Sunday but I WILL NOT HOLD ANY, your best bet is to
attend the meeting. The first member to breed them and turn them for BAP
will win a prize of some sort. Then sometime in the future Bill Bilski will
schedule a special Bowl Show for you to bring in your best and the person
that brings in the largest fish will win a prize of some sort, we have not decided what the prizes will be so watch this spot.
I am willing to accept BAP entries from those that have already turned them
in if you would like to participate and already turned them in.
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Auction Committee
Our action was a great success. We made money is all of our extra area such as
the Fish Raffle and Food. These are two areas that sometimes don’t make money.
So it says we had great food and great fish selection to try and win.
There were 844 items for sale, our Spring Auction had 925, or about 75 more
items in the Spring. We had about 55 sellers which is pretty normal, with Spring
auction having the same number. What was quite different in our Fall auction was
the number of buyers running a tab. This Fall we had only 54 buyers running a tab
vs. 86 at our Spring Auction.
Brian
Programs
Hello everyone this month we have Stan Jachna speaking at our club . He has
been raising Guppies for many years and will talk on his trio up to Michigan and
his fish room. So please try to attend
The rest of the year will be filled with more interesting talks
Dean Mersinas
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NEOfish BOWL SHOW 2016
Septembers Bowl show was Rainbow Fish. Bill Bilski took 1st. place with a Turquoise Rainbow, and also took
2nd. place with a Dwarf Neon Rainbow.
any fish
Next month's bowl show is changed to
. I will bring the 1 and 2 gallon bowls that the entrant
can place their entry(s) in. So, bring your entries in fish bags, place the entry in the 1 or 2 gallon bowl and you
get to take the bowl home. Also, the 1st. place
to a local pet shop.
winner will win a $20.00 gift certificate
See you at the meeting,
Bill
The cash standings are as follows:
So far the standings are as follows:
Bill Bilski
$13.00
Bill & Debbi King $12.00
George Hollister $8.00
Stan Jackna
$7.00
Jan Bilski
$4.00
Tim & Tami Ryan $2.00
Mike Swanson $2.00
Jeff Swanson $2.00
Elsie Swanson $1.00
Paul Paulsin $1.00
October: Any Fish
1. All entries must be in a flat sided bowl or tank.
2. Any tank over 10 gallons must be on its own stand.
3. Entry fee for each entry is 50 cents
4. Cash award payout for each class.
1st. place $3.00
2nd. place $2.00
3rd. place $1.00
5. Pay-out is at the December for all entrants.
November: Any Catfish
December: Any fish - 1 entry per person –Gift Certificate award.
See you at the meeting,
Bill
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or incorrect or needs updating
please contact Brian Shrimpton at [email protected]
NEOfish 2016 Auctions Dates
Spring and Fall 2017
NEOfish is proud to announce their
auction dates for 2017.
NEOfish will be using the third Sundays of March and
September each year for their Auctions.
For those thinking a year ahead, for 2017, the dates will be
March 19, 2017 and September 17, 2017
All auctions will be held at the:
Pipefitters Union Hall, Local 120,
6305 Halle Drive (off Rockside Road)
Valley View, Ohio 44125
Registration opens at 9am and the auction starts at 11am.
For more information (Flyers and Seller Sheets) go to:
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2016 Regional Auctions
Let’s get out and support our Neighbors!
also...
Columbus Area Fish Enthusiasts
Greater Akron Aquarium Society
Greater Cincinnati Aquarium Society
Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society Inc.
Lorain County Aquarium Society
Medina County Aquarium Society
Michigan Cichlid Association
Motor City Aquarium Society
Ohio Cichlid Association
SCALES
Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society
Remember to check out the Area Club events Calendar on the website at:
http://www.neo-fish.com/events/ohio-michigan-and-western-pa-tropical-fish-club-calendar/
If you are a member of any of the above clubs, please review their events for
completeness and accuracy. Contact Brian Shrimpton for have your event added or updated at [email protected]
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Regional Auctions & Shows (cont.)
2016
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society (YATFS) Auction
JV. JOHNSON COMMUNITY CENTER
800 GILLMER ROAD, Leavittsburg OHIO 44430
Registration: 11:00 to 1:00. Auction: NOON
Tropical Fish, Aquarium Plants, Dry Goods, Live Food
Contact Tom: [email protected] 330.758.3043 Day of
Auction: 330.770.3131
http://www.yatfs.com/auction_us.html
Saturday October 29, 2016
Greater Cincinnati Aquarium Society (GCAS) Auction
HARRY T. WILKS CONFERENCE CENTER MIAMI UNIVERSITY - HAMILTON 1601
University Blvd. Hamilton, OH 45011
Call Phil or Jan Benes at (513) 894-7289 to pre-register. Pre-registered sellers are limited to thirty (30) bags of fish and/or plants; if seller is not pre-registered, seller is limited to ten (10) bags. Only six (6) bags of any one species or color morph will be accepted per seller. Registration: 9:00 - 10:45 -- Auction starts: 11:00 a.m. Sale goods
registered after 10:45 a.m. will be sold last! http://www.gcas.org/
Sunday, November 6, 2016
Greater Akron Aquarium Society Auction
Tallmadge Community Center 80 Community Drive, Tallmadge, OH 44278
Registration starts at 10am Auction starts at 11am
Auction Rules http://www.gaas-fish.net/ShowDocuments/spring_fall_auctionrules.pdf
Website: http://www.gaas-fish.net/
Friday—Sunday November 18-20, 2016
Ohio Cichlid Association Extravaganza
Extravaganza is held at:
Holiday Inn
15471 Royalton Road, Strongsville, Ohio 44136
Phone: 440-238-8800
The hotel is conveniently located at I-71 and Route 82
just 10 minutes south of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
http://www.ohiocichlid.com/Extravaganza.html
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Regional Auctions & Shows (cont.)
2017
Sunday March 19, 2017
Northeast Ohio Fish Club
Our Spring Auction
Pipefitters Union Hall, Local 120,
6305 Halle Drive (off Rockside Road)
Valley View, Ohio 44125
Registration opens at 9am and the auction starts at 11am.
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Sunday September 17, 2017
Northeast Ohio Fish Club
Our Fall Auction
Pipefitters Union Hall, Local 120,
6305 Halle Drive (off Rockside Road)
Valley View, Ohio 44125
Registration opens at 9am and the auction starts at 11am.
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