Monthly Meetings Starts at 8P.M. Eric Bodrock

Monthly Meetings Starts at 8p.m.

This month’s Speaker is:

Eric Bodrock April's program will be on "Spawning Oddball Fish". Eric is from the Pittsburgh, PA area and Owner/Operator of All Oddball Aquatics. He is a talented speaker and his presentation will cover how he has successfully bred a variety of fish that are difficult to breed.

President’s Message Hello Everyone, Well this month we look to have a great meeting. Not only will Eric Bodrock be speaking but I will also have a special announcement. Because of Eric, the announcement, and questions that all of you may have, I am asking that everyone do their best to be on time. We will be starting the meeting at 8pm. Those of you who can come a little early and help set up the tables and chairs, we would all appreciate it. I also understand that our new website is partially up and KC is hoping she will have the classifieds up and running this weekend. Hopefully once up and running I think everyone will find it very user friendly and hopefully we will all use the website to its fullest. We now have approximately 100 members. I think everyone will agree that is quite an accomplishment considering we are only one year old. I don’t think anyone ever expected it this soon but I think it is a testament to the members we have and the club itself. We must always remember that this club belongs to the members and that no person, nor a board can ever take this club away from those members. Should any of us ever forget that, it’s up to all of you to let us know. Next month we will celebrate our first year anniversary. We are still working on how we will celebrate it, but I can assure you it will be a lot of fun See all of you on Friday night. Dan

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About NEOfish The Northeast Ohio Fish Club (fish) is an all specie 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.

Our website is (new) www.neo-fish.org and (old) www.neo-fish.com

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

8:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. (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. We will look to the attendees to pick out a name for the new club. Current club members are welcome to join a second club.

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 Please support these great companies who support us.

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Treasurer’s Report

Hi everyone,

It is so hard to believe it is April already. Wow, how the time flies. Our summer auction is right around the corner, in June. I want to thank everyone for assisting at our meetings and to the committee’s for filling out my paperwork. It makes doing my reports so much easier & accurate. Please find (on the next pages) the report for the spring auction as well as our March meeting. And again, please do not forget that if you ordered t-shirts to pick them up at this meeting. If for some reason you do not want it after ordering, please contact me & let me know so we can offer them to someone who would like to purchase them. At this time we have a few extra shirt if anyone is interested. They are $15 ea.

See you at the meeting. Debbie

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Treasurer’s Report Auction Results

MONEY MONEY COMMITTEE / DESCRIPTION IN OUT TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 8 SINGLE 5 SINGLE RENEWAL 1 N/C ERIC BODROCK 130 COST OF-SHIRTS 130 T-SHIRTS 14 SHIRTS (13@ $10 1 @ $15 145 CK #1174 BRIAN SHRIMPTON 308.24 -163.24 REFRESHMENTS COLLECTED 287.5 Ck # 1168 GEORGE A 300 CHECKCARD WALMART 23.88 -36.38 CHINESE RAFFLE COLLECTED 116 TICKETS 10.48 105.52 EXPRESS BIDS 30 EXPRESS BIDS @ $3 90 90 DONATION COLLECTED 23 23 50/50 RAFFLE COLLECTED 118 TICKETS 12.37 105.63 AUCTION COLLECTED 7055.66 PAID OUT CHECKS 5111.95 CK #1178 ZUNIC PROCEEDS 230 CHECK CARD RUNNER SLIPS 56.35 CHK #1242 CORRECTION CARUSO 37.1 CK #1245 CORRECTION WRIGHT 6 1614.26 MISC HALL RENTAL 250 MISC EXPENSES (STANDS , ETC) 210.51 -460.51 TOTAL 1408.28 www.neo-fish.org

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COMMITTEE / DESCRIPTION MONEY IN MONEY OUT TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 3 family 8 single $ 125.00 BOWL SHOW MONEY $ 2.00 $ 123.00 BOWL SHOW 3 ENTRIES @ 50 CENTS $ 1.50 DONATION $ 0.50 $ 2.00 REFRESHMENTS DONATIONS COLLECTED $ 36.05 GEORGE A SUPPLIES $ 23.00 DENIS R $ 41.50 $ (28.45) RAFFLE COLLECTED $ 185.00 CHECK 1240 JIM L. RAFFLE ITEMS $ 65.50 CHECK 1173 JIM L. 20 GAL TANKS $ 65.03 $ 54.47 T-SHIRTS COLLECTED $ 30.00 $ 30.00 DONATION AUCTION 1 BAG FROM GEORGE A $ 5.00 $ 5.00 RENT CHURCH $ 100.00 $ (100.00) BUCK A BAG AUCTION 8 BAGS $ 127.00 CCK #1241 JIM LACO $ 70.00 CK #1243 DON YOUNGKIN $ 8.00 PROCEEDS PD CASH $ 42.00 $ 7.00 BAP AUCTION 19 BAGS $ 116.00 PROCEEDS PD CASH $ 94.00 CK #1244 KC JENKINSON $ 13.00 $ 9.00 HAP AUCTION 2 BAGS $ 5.00 PROCEEDS PD CASH $ 5.00 CK #1238 JOHN CHAPEK TROPHY SHOP $ 354.95 $ (345.95) TOTAL $ (252.93) www.neo-fish.org

Committee Announcements

Program Committee

This months program is going to be presented by a good long time friend Eric Bodrock from Pittsburgh. It will be on Breeding Oddball Fish and will touch on a large variety or hard to breed and seldom bred aquarium fish. There is really something for everyone in this program. Eric will give you lot of information in a very short amount of time and will share some of his tricks with us so you may want to take notes. I am sure he will welcome questions at the end and I am sure there will be many.

April 19 Eric Bodrock Spawning Oddball Fish May 17 Ken Walker Breeding Catfish June 19 Rich Bierbauer Angelfish

John Chapek

Raffle Committee We have picked up three new twenty gallon tanks to be put towards our raffle. We have not received any further donations from outside company's. Following our upcoming news letter we will be sending hard copy's via snail mail to solicit donations. After the first round of letters goes out we will need to update the company's on the next bulletin. Once we update our bulletin we will be able to send our hard copy request for donations to the new list of company's.

Scott Hartness

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Committee Announcements (cont.)

Breeder Award Program (BAP)

Member 2013 2014 Lifetime Points Don Grey 150 100 250

Brian Shrimpton 280 45 325 March was another GREAT month for BAP. We had 20 submissions including one by Joe Dan Ritter 140 45 185 Doyle a member from Pittsburgh that turned in Richard Yoder 20 45 65 Bumble Bee Gobies at the Auction and submit- Tony Poth 140 40 180 ted a really nice article for the Newslet- Matt Urbin 70 30 100 ter which I am sure Brian has included in this Paul Palisin 30 30 issue. This is also considered a difficult species Joe Doyle 25 25 to breed. It really is important to do this for Jeffery Yadlovsky 20 20 many reasons but the most important one is to Tom & Carolyn Evers 15 15 share information, another is to show we are Justin Way 110 10 120 active. I will say it again these do not have to be George Anagnostopoulos 20 10 30 perfect, Brian or myself will clean them up and Don Youngkin 20 10 30 there is always spel chec! You will not be grad- Steve Olander II 5 10 15 ed either. Keep up the good work folks. Scott Hartness Jr. 10 10 For all of those that are bringing either BAP or KC Jenkinson 5 5 Auction fish to the April meeting are asked to Dan Watson 5 5 register their fish using the auction site. They Chuck Nowakowski 115 115 can be added anytime before they arrive at the John Chapek 85 85 meeting. Click HERE to get to the auction site. Scott Hartness 60 60 If you have been already signed up your pass- Denis Rozmus 45 45 word is neofish (unless you have changed it Ken Grimmett 35 35 yourself). Unregistered members can register George Hollister 35 35 on line as well and then add their items. Hilary Lacerda 35 35 David Lutz 30 30 John Chapek Dan McMonigle 30 30

Ken Walker 30 30 Douglas B. Poole II 25 25 Jim Damm 20 20 Stan Jachna 20 20 Don Danko 10 10 Rick Foster 10 10 Dwhite Goffe 10 10 Anthony Kidd 10 10 John W. Tesar 10 10

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Committee Announcements (cont.) Bowl Show

There were 3 entries brought in 2 by myself and one entry by KC Jeniknson: Threadfin Rainbow

The first quarter winner was Bill Bilski with his False Aurelius Barb. Next Month is : April South and Central Americans Cichlids I don't have any of these fish so here is your opportunity to by-pass me in points.

NEO BOWL SHOW POINTS LIST Through March 2014

Month Name Total Points Bill Bilski 17 Dan Ritter 5 KC Jenkinson 8 George Hollister 5 Brian Shrimpton 3 Richard Yoder 1 Bill King 1 Doug Poole 1

All Quarterly winners compete in December for Best of Bowl Show

Bill Bilski

Auction Committee

As you all should have seen in email, the club is purchasing business cards with two blank spaces for your name and phone number. The idea is that members that are selling fish as any auction can fulfill the need to have this information on the bag and at the same time promote the club. The hope was to get about 2000 cards but I’m not sure if we had enough volunteers to meet that goal. There were also a few members that asked for custom cards that they could purchase which would have their name on the already. So they just need to tape to the bag or put it between bags when the fish are double bagged. I did purchase some cards from Vistaprint to compare. Card stock was the same but UPS had the gloss finish and the lettering was smoother, along with the background more even colored. But both will fill my need. I’m also thinking of putting the name of the fish on the back of the card in the hope that some buyers would be more likely to keep it around with that information included.

We also will be printing labels for the bags with the seller ID and bag number as the bags come up for auction to then place them on the runners slip. We are trying to make them as legible as possible so it reduces the number of errors when I reconcile the computer records.

Lastly we are looking to have at least NEOfish members that sell at the next auction to supply us with a list of items on our form. We hope that this too will help in accurately paying our sellers along with helping to enforce our auction rules. Thanks again, Brian www.neo-fish.org

Committee Announcements (cont.) Website/Social Media Hi Fellow Fishheads,

The past month has been quite a busy one for the technology aspect of the club. A lot of progress has been made on www.neo-fish.org and new content and features are being added regularly – at least behind the scenes. If all goes well the forums should be “live” by our meeting on the 18th. Once the forums are complete I will be working on our Classifieds section.

I am in need of volunteers for a few things on the site. First, I need a few people willing to proofread the content pages on our site. It’s not the most glamorous job, but it needs to be done. Proofread- ers need to have a decent handle on spelling and grammar. This is a perfect opportunity to help the club (and me!) from behind the scenes. You will need to know the differences between and correct usage of: there, their, they’re, to, too, two, except, accept its, it’s… etcetera. (English major pro-tip: when proofreading it is helpful to start at the end of the sentence and work your way to the beginning of a sentence. This keeps your brain from going on auto-pilot and filling in missing words or making mental corrections as you read making it easier to catch errors.)

The second volunteer opportunity is as a moderator for the websites forums. Moderators will be responsible for keeping an eye on their section(s) and ensure that the forum rules are being adhered to; essentially you will be making sure everyone plays nice. There are a lot of sections to choose from so hopefully one of them will pique you interest.

Content, content, content. Every website needs dynamic content. . In non-geek speak: visitors to the site need to have something to read and see as well as new things to read and see needs to be added on a fairly regular basis. Without dynamic content there is no reason to visit a site more than once or twice. I would love to have a few people volunteer to write an article or a series of articles that I can publish on the site. You don’t need to be great writer or photographer - just a willing one. Articles don’t need to be long or complicated. Do you want to share your recipe for homemade fish food – Great! Maybe you have a funny story about your fish keeping experiences – Great! Perhaps you’ve learned that playing Barry White in your fish room encourages breeding – Great! Everyone has something to share. I can edit whatever you write with or for you and help it flow. Same with photos. I do have some articles in mind if you don’t have any ideas of what to write. Also, I have some thoughts on specific photos I’d like to see taken at meetings. Did I mention content?

Do you have pictures of your fish, tanks, from meetings or auctions that I can use on the site? Please email them to me with a brief description of what it is. For example if you send me a picture of a fish please let me know what kind it is and if it is a cichlid if it is Victorian, Central American etc. If it is a picture of a person please say who it is.

If any of these volunteer ideas sound like they may be appealing to you and you want more information about them shoot an email to me at [email protected] or call/text me 440-289-1722.

Finally - NEOfish is now on twitter with the name NEOfishCLUB; follow us and check out who in the aquatic world we are following! If you send a tweet about NEOfishCLUB please try to include the hashtag #InTheCle.

Happy Spring! KC Jenkinson

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Brachygobius Xanthozona (Bumblebee Goby) – Spawning an Oddball by Joe Doyle

Background There are two species of Bumblebee gobies in the hobby Brachygobius xanthozona and Brachygobius nunus. B. xanthozona have unbroken black solid stripes, where as B. nunus have occasional broken or spotted stripes. B. nunus are less toler- ant of freshwater than B. xanthozona. And B. nunus is often sold under the com- mon name Golden Banded Goby1.

Native Distributions include Thailand, South Vietnam, Jakarta (south-East Asia) and are found in river bottoms and estuaries where salt and freshwater mix in various salinities2. Range between 1.001 and 1.005 salinity. During typhoon season, rain water decreases salinity triggering spawning. Alkaline water is needed to maintain both species.

Bumblebee gobies are Carnivores and micro predators. While some report they can be trained to eat frozen bloodworms3, they prefer live micro foods such as Baby Brine shrimp, Daphnia, Micro worms, infusorians, and grindal worms. And they will only eat food that passes by; they will not go in search of food. This makes feeding a challenge.

Setup A 10 gallon aquarium containing a thin dusting of sand, sponge filter, and heater ranging in temperature from 76F to 78F was setup. One tablespoon of marine salt was added to each gallon of water to bring the salinity up to 1.005 or 5 PPT. Measured salinity using a hand held refractometer— recommend investing in this instrument, well worth knowing exactly how much salt is in the water. Both real & plastic barnacles were added to the tank, leaving little room for free swimming along the bottom. 15 Watt aquarium bulb lit the aquarium 15 hours a day. I traded a fellow club member for a group of 8 proven spawning adults and barnacles used in previous spawns.

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The barnacles contained, stunted in growth, Malaysian trumpet snails which helped clean up uneaten food. These snails never grew larger than 1/8” in size.

Feeding Fed the adult tank newly hatched baby brine shrimp (bbs) twice a day, once in the morning before leaving for work, and once after getting home from work, this gave enough time for most of the shrimp to be eaten. Offered live adult brine shrimp occasionally, but the adult bumblebees preferred the newly hatched bbs. Any uneaten bbs would remain alive in the tank for many days.

Maintenance Weekly water changes of 30%. Found that the most number of eggs laid would occur after replacing removed water with DI (De-Ionized) water. RO water would also have the same effect, but DI water was the only type available at the time. This would cause a salinity shift from 1.005 down to 1.003 or less. Week one replaced 30% of water removed with DI Water (no salt added). Week two replaced 30% of water removed with Water containing enough marine salt to bring the salinity up to 1.005. Repeated weeks.

Spawning The female bumblebee goby can reach up to an inch and a half in size, and has a well rounded belly when full of eggs. Male bumblebee gobies only reach an inch to an inch and a quarter in size and have a flat stomach. The Bumblebee gobies would spawn like clockwork. Two days after a water change, the males would turn a solid copper color and bite gently and shake at the female’s stomach, then race back to a cave. If the female followed, spawning would commence. The female would lay a small clutch of eggs and exit the cave. The male would fertilize the eggs then chase the female and lure her back in the cave. This routine repeats until the female has exhausted her supply of eggs. The male protects the cave and fans constant- ly the eggs. Any fish that swims within 2 inches of the cave is chased away from the chamber. After spawning occurs, this is a good time to remove any females or males not protecting any chambers containing eggs to a holding tank. The adults are micro predators and will not hesitate to eat their young. www.neo-fish.org

Hatching The eggs hatch in water 76F to 78F hatch in 4 days. Cooler water will cause a longer delay in hatching. The male will continue to protect the egg chamber as fry hatch and are pushed out of the cave. The male takes about 24 hours to finish helping the fry to become free swimming. Similar to how angel fish extract fry from their egg casing before the fry are free swimming, the male bumblebee goby extracts its young from the egg casing and forces the fry outside of the cave. Wiggling tails in the egg seem to trigger the response from the male. The fry fall to the sand on the bottom of the tank and remain near the bottom for a few days until their yoke sac is absorbed. When no eggs remain, remove the male.

Raising fry Green water was fed to the fry on day one, even though the yoke sac of the fry was not fully absorbed when added. This gives infusorians present in the green water a chance to establish in the fry tank, which will become first micro predator foods. Feed enough green water to fog the water slightly. Keep this same level of consistency in the fry tank until the beginning of week 3. Begin offering baby brine shrimp in addition to the green water. By the beginning of week 5, stop offering green water. The diet at this point should be 100% baby brine shrimp.

Closing Comments In 3 months the fry will be ¾” in size and large enough to turn in for BAP (Breeders Award Program). The fry will become sexually mature in 6 months and begin reproducing. Sex ratios seem to be 50% males to 50% females. I hope to see more people spawn this gem of a fish in the future. If you are looking for your next challenge, this could be your species Brachygo- bius xanthozona.

References 1 http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/McKane_Bumblebee_Gobies.html 2 http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile59.html 3 http://joemacho.hubpages.com/hub/Caring-for-the-Freshwater-Bumblebee-Goby

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Let's talk about showing fish. By John Chapek

Since the bowl show season has begun I decided after judging the first 2 months that some guidance might be helpful for some of you that have not been around as long as the rest of us. If you haven't brought any fish in yet please continue to read this article and give it some consideration in the future.

First of all if it is done properly it is safe for the fish and there is very little risk, I can count on my hands how many fish I have lost at or after shows over many years. Let's begin.

The goal is to bring in the best possible example of the fish as possible. Beginning at the tip of the fishes mouth look at the fish carefully. Is the mouth straight? next continue to the eyes, are they clear? Look at the gill plates, are they complete? How is the body shape? Is the spine straight? Are all the scales there? Are the scales flat against the body? Moving on to the fins are that tattered or torn? Are the fin rays straight? Are there any holes in the fins? How about the size? Is the fish full sized for it's species? Is it mature and in it's prime? Ideally were looking for PERFECTION, inspect BOTH sides of the fish! You actually should have done this when you purchased the fish.

Once upon a time I was judging a show and there was this beautiful large cichlid, I know that it had won awards in other shows it was for the most part perfect. I had a problem with it that day though it would not turn around so I could look at the other side. I tried removing the cover and using a prod to turn it and if it did turn it was only for a moment. Eventually I pulled the background off and saw that it was blind in the other eye.

The first thing we should always do is find out what the maximum size is and look at photos which is easy to do these days with the computer. I can google even very rare fish and usually find some high quality photos of it, you can also find out all the rest of the scoop on the fish in just a few minutes. Knowing what you have is important.

Once you know what it is that you have and what a good specimen should look like, look at your fish and begin taking the steps to get it there. The first things to do is feed it well on a good variety of foods if you can, but make sure they are the right foods for the species you are working with. I am sure by now you've realized you should be doing all of the above when you first buy the fish! Maybe not all in that order but it is very basic. Good filtration and water changes are a must to raise a high quality fish along with good food.

So it's time to show the fish lets look at the container first. All the rules I have ever seen call for FLAT SIDED containers. There is a reason for that, the rounded bowls tend to distort the fish and the judge has a hard time looking at them. The container should be bare, with out plants or gravel but some classes like Bowl Beautiful would be exempt and possibly some family classes would allow floating plants to provide shelter for the fry. Gravel is also bad for fish at shows because if they are frightened they may dart and injure them selves in it. Another problem is if the gravel is colored it may reflect on to the fish making the color off.

Backgrounds should be solid dark colors are better for most fish every thing looks good

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against black. I like to attach pieces of black trash bag using 4 strips of tape at the 4 cor- ners of a rectangular container and 2, 5, 7 and 11 o'clock on an old style glass drum bowl. They should be covered, the plastic tanks that come with the covers are perfect, I use plastic fish bags to cover drum bowls with rubber bands to hold them down around the top lip. Make it easy to remove for the judge.

Size is very important, you should not put a neon tetra in a 5 gallon tank it will make the fish look small on the other hand you shouldn't put a 12 inch long Oscar in a five gallon tank while it will make it look big it will not be comfortable.

Catching the fish, if you have to use a net use a soft one with fine nylon netting not the green course nets, they may scratch the fish or lift the scales. Before we catch the fish though we really need to get the show container ready. It should of proper size for the fish. It should be clean and free of scratches so the judge can easily see the fish. The water should also be clean BUT it is always better to use the water the fish is living in. I will take a siphon hose and using a rubber band I'll cover the end with some filter floss to strain the water. That end goes in the water and also protects the fish from being sucked up.

When I began the above paragraph I mentioned nets. Nets are not the best thing to use to catch your fish for a show. I will often catch small fish in a fish bag and transfer them carefully from there with my hand. I have also used plastic cups, bowls, and buckets which works best for larger fish. Catfish are best caught by hand or in a heavy plastic container.

When they are in the container put it in a box and transport it to the show. The darkness will calm the fish down and it will be less prone to darting around the container and injuring itself.

The last thing you should do is wipe down the outside of the container because chances are the outside got wet putting the fish in and it will also remove any smudges of finger prints so the judge can see it easily.

Talk to the judge after the judging if you can, but be polite. Ask why your fish won or lost they will be happy to help you and give you the tips you need to win in the future. Often we are jaded and believe we have the nicest Betta in the world but it's really full of flaws and while yo might not want to hear that they can show you what to look for in the future.

Have fun that is what it is really all about.

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New Website is starting to take shape. Many more features and information to come.

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If your club’s event is not listed or incorrect or needs updating please contact Brian Shrimpton at [email protected]

NEOfish 2014 Auctions Dates

Spring, Summer, and Fall 2014

NEOfish is proud to announce their auction dates for 2014.

They are: Saturday June 7, 2014 Saturday September 20, 2014

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.

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2014 Regional Auctions

Let’s get out and support our Neighbors!

also... Columbus Area Fish Enthusiasts Greater Akron 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

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If your club’s event is not listed or incorrect or needs updating please contact Brian Shrimpton [email protected]

Regional Auctions & Shows

2014

May 4, 2014 Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society, Inc. Location: North Hampton V.F.D, 5149 North Pioneer Road, Gibsonia, PA 15044 Doors open at 9:30 am - Auction beings at 11am Click HERE to download their auction flyer. http://www.gpasi.org/

May 10, 2014 The Medina County Aquarium Society Our Spring Auction 2014 Is going to be Saturday, May 10th, 2014 at the Prince of Peace Church. Yes, the same place our monthly meetings are held. The auction is a great place to get new fish and unload those that you're tired of! Registration is 10am-1pm, the auction starts at Noon. http://www.mcas-fish.net/

Saturday June 7, 2014 Northeast Ohio Fish Club Our Summer 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. http://www.neo-fish.org/index.php/meetings-and-events/auctions

Saturday and Sunday June 21-22, 2014 Greater Akron Aquarium Society’s Annual Ultra-Aqua Greater Akron Aquarium Society’s annual 65 class all species show Ultra-Aqua will be in June on the 21st & 22nd, due to a new conflict with the ACA. We didn’t want a conflicting interest so we’ve moved our date. http://www.gaas-fish.net/default.asp?pageName=comingevents

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If your club’s event is not listed or incorrect or updating please contact Brian Shrimpton [email protected]

Regional Auctions & Shows (cont.)

2014

Sunday, June 29, 2014 S.C.ALES Auction Summer Auction Auction will be held at: The Perry Grange 6300 Richville Drive S.W., Massillon, Ohio. New Start time: Registration: 10AM , Auction: 11AM. http://www.scalesclub.com/

Saturday September 20, 2014 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. http://www.neo-fish.org/index.php/meetings-and-events/auctions

Saturday October 18th Michigan Cichlid Association Fall Auction http://michigancichlid.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?board=11.0

Saturday October 25th Greater Cincinnati Aquarium Society Fall Auction gcas.org

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Regional Auctions & Shows (cont.)

2014

Saturday, November 8, 2014 Motor City Aquarium Society "Auction of Tropical Fish & Supplies" Please join us at our new auction location Madison Place 876 Horace Brown Dr Madison Heights MI (13 Mile Rd @ I-75, 1 block east of I-75, south on Montpelier to end) http://motorcityaquariumsociety.com/

Saturday October 4, 2014 C.A.F.E. Fall Auction Courtyard Columbus West 2350 Westbelt Drive Columbus, Ohio 43228 http://www.columbusfishclub.org/auction_fall.php

Friday—Sunday November 21-23, 2014 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