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Caulfield Aquarium , " CAULFIELD CICHLID CENTRE AT THE CAULFIELD AQUARIUM 10 DERBY RD, EAST CAULFIELD 211-9820 Victoria's leader for rare and beautiful true-stain bred CICHLIDS TANKS: custom made on premises, glass or acrylic, any size. Discount to V.C.S members, (bring your current membership card.) LIVE AND FROZ~N FOOD ALWAYS AVAILABLE OPEN - 7 Days a week. hours: weekdays ­ 10·30 - 7 ·00 pm. weekends ­ g·OO -6 ·00 pm. September 1984 Vol 13 No 6 T e i hlid Month Y The CJ...c.hU..d Mof'l..thly J.i:, pubLUhed mot1.t:hf..y by THE VICTORI~V CrCHLIV SOCIETY. Cj- 23 Mangana V~ve, Mu1.;::jJUl.ve, v.i.c:toJr...ia, ALut:Jta.U.a.. 3170 • •*••***~*.*.**••••*.*.****••••**•• *.**.~.******* ••** ****~****.*************************~********* Edit~d by KEVIN ARCHIBALD MJ.>~:te.d by MIANDA GENOVESE. COMMITTEE FOR 1984 pJt.e-6-i.de.nL DANNY GENOVESE Phon.e. 527 2546 Se.c.Jt.e.J"..JJJty. GRAHAM ROWE /I 560 7472 TJt.ecu> uJi..~. KEITH PATFORD " 714 2425 V-i.ce P!'~e-6A.-dVLt JOHN McCORMICK /I C59-h43502 Show Se.C}lIu.aJUj• DON OLNEY /I '726-0138 T!'~acUng Table.. Stv,IJCtJt.d. STEVE BUTCHER " 546 9568 So c.J..a..t Se..cJte;taJty • AMANDA GENOVESE IP 527 2546 Ub:WJUfl.n.. ROY HUGHES 726- 0057 Ed.-J:o!'~. KEVIN ARCHIBALD Ir 7915479 Comm a.:t laAg e... MARTON HARTLEY GEOfF GUNN 470 5660 SCOTT HAYMES JOHN EMANUEL fJ 598 0262 LIFE MEMBERS ••••••.• HEINZE STAUDE GRAHAM ROWE KEVIN ARCHIBALD. ** ••********************************* The. C-i.dl1..{..d Monthty .iA Re..g.iA:te.Jt.e.d by A/.L6:tJta1.,{,a. PoJ.>t Pub{ieatio~ No. VBH0291 **************************************************** The.. C-i.chLU:i Souay ~ a me.mbe.Jt. 06 .the. Fe.deJw..:tum 06 VictoJt...i.a.n. AQu.aJUum Soueti~. ~**********~*.*************************.************ FlLOn.-t Cove.Jt. de6-Lgrted by Vav"w TholLn, evdwOM, by Ke.v-i.n A.Jt.cfUbaY...d. • 1 ------~-<--~-~--~._.__ .._._-----------­ CONTENTS 2. Editorial 3. The No.1 Cichlid. by K.Archibald 5. Rowemin l 'round. o.r Minutes of August meeting. 7-8 Food For Thought. By K.Archioald. 9. Fish House Report. Il. $20 a gallon for water 7. 12. Table Show Report. 13. Some Helpful hints for Fishkeeping. 14. ~ne f\mazing angel Maze. 15. Cichlid Scene. Editorial The.ftc. ''Je/u2. many phone c.~ .involved .iJL a PCULUc.u1.aA cUd-ic.l e ;t!1a.t I :t"J.-ed ;to w/Lite. ;t1viJ.J month and ;the tLeMOn nOtL them (lJM tha.t a doc.umerd wh~c.h be1011g/j to the c.fub went mi6.6.ing. Nov..: Lt 171tg(~t no;t .6ee.m a vetLy .impotL;tw1-t doc.umc.ntj .it WM the pMt Jtec.oJtd-j 0;) the tabteohow, but.it.-L6 a tLe.c.otLd on oWL rv0,;to/tU and C.CLVI. ptLOve ;to be a vefLY valuable. tLec.olld jM;t UOJL .-L:t~ .6;ta;t,L6UU 6JLom tAme. .to rune. At plluent tile c.omm..Lttee hM de.!ega.ted the. job on pu:t:.t..tng toguhVt a hand bool<. and aUo c.omp-iling a U:,;t 015 aMW and .it .-L6 amazing how we have. got a£.ong without the.m nOtL 1.:>0 tong. It w--ili be a job well done. in theoe ]ob.6 Me. c.omple:te.d M both ]ob.6 tLeQuJAe a gtLea.t dea£. oil WOtLR. but Me vetLy e.6,6enti~l.-t ;to ;t fee. .6rnooth tLunvU-ng ali yOM c.,f.Lib. AUo in thelle Me any pJLO bte.m.6 oiL QUeJiftJ..u ;tha.t I c.cm ptunt .in ;the magazine bOiL you, teet M.ee to c.Of1-tac.:t me and I wi£.l ,6ee ill I c.an help, cw you. ne.vetL {mow thetLe might ruo be. !.:>Omeone we out thetLe eA;thell having OiL had the .6arne ptLoblem,6 • .60 let '.6 get the ball !Lolling and ,6tev-J;. to c.ommuyuc.cae.. See you next mee.ting. 2. TH N9 ---­ All right all you little African lovers I can heaT you groaning ll out there, saying things like II here he goes again and all that other ga:rbage> but be carefull this time, -because this time I've got some facte to '::lack t',e up. The most successflJ.Il fish in v.e.s. lTLsto:ry is a South American. yes a South Ar~eY'ican c~m you hear me J.R.??? This aillazing fact came to my wind the other night ,,-hen I returned bone from our monthly r~eetihg with a blue ribbon in hand and popular choice trophy wHh it. frau some of.' you might say Big Deal anyone can \lin a table show, bu t d:id you know -the first Cichlid Expo vms won by this species and it was up against the best Africans i-le wiLL ever see in my opinion because they vere ,,'ild specimens of Nick Vitkovic IS. Also this species ,,-on the horne show in 1980 in a rock tank display by Bill Paterson using just a male and female of the species, this mind you was up against some of the best tanks I have seen in a home show. .3 I use them as the feature fish with other South Americans in the last Aqua Life and feel they helped me win best V.C.S. display. No-one I think would argue that Gordon Freese had won of the best ex~~ples of this species as his success ratio in table shows with this fish was also unbeatable. V.C.S. TABLE SHOW SUCCESS RATE. Year Placings 74 3rd (12 fish entered) 75 1st & 2nd / 4th 76 3rd. n 1st & 3rd. 78 1st. 81 1st & la'M 82 1st & popular choice. 83-84 1st, lst,lst, 2 won pop. choice. GUESS THE FISH •.•..~~S~~R HIDDEN IN MAGAZINE . FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE. tanks ~~d Stands plus complete operating equipment. 1 x two tier 3 1 system with 2, 3x14x18 tanks on a steel stand paanted pale yellow. Features levelling screws and sliding overhead lights. $190.00. O.N.O. 3 - Cichlasoma festivium approx. 6" 2 males, 1 fern. $25.00 1 two t ~r 4' system with 1, 4x2x18 tank, alluminiurrl edged with perspex cover. 1 tank 4x14x18 , overhead sliding double flouro' lights are attached to the stand which is made of pine polished and varnished to light oak colour. Shelves surfaced with 1aminex. Pr :iJ::e. 5290.00 a.N.c). PHONE 596 - 4129 .. 4. Rowemin' -'round Now that all the pageantry is over we can fly over LA without being shot at by laser beams or mistaken for a flying saucer. Deek wouldn't get a sweat up on our journey this month. We will call in on our only stopover and trust that next month will get more invites when posties (and editors and authors) lose their Olympic fervour. The single invite was included in the May issue of THE KITSAP AQUARIAN from Kitsap Aquariam Society Inc. (It was repeated in the June issue) Here we find the delightful and dedicated Rosemay Mearns is still at it convincing people of the cuteness, companionship and character of cichlids, She explains thoroughly how she tried and tried again to get her angels to spawn and raise their young naturally. Eventually, just to get some youngsters, she b egan "Spawning .A..ngels Artificially". Jack E. Phillips is pleased to tell everyone about his favourite fish "The Kribensis(Pelvicachromis pulcher) ".Jack E.Phillips then explained to everyone how to keep and breed Kevins favourite "the Convict or Zebra Cichlid (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum) " Dale Ritter told us of the joys associated in assisting lfMigrating .A..ngelfish". Settle back and enjoy our inflight must read literature. CICHLID CIRCULAR Vol 2 No 2 May 84 NSW. DCG INFOffiiT.ATION May 84 Germany ALL CICHLIDS Ap, May, June 84 Michigan Incidentally in the June issue of All Cichlids is only the second report !ve seen on spinosissimum. The first was in Nov 80 ? ( I think) issue of the Cichlid Monthly. Also they confirm that the Archocentries grpup is no longer Cichlasoma but officially Cicfulorus. Until next flight. GRAHAM •••••• .5 MINUTES OF THE AUGUST GENERAL MEETING Me Eting opened at 8.20 with thw President in the chair. 26 members and 2 visitors were present. Apologies received froo Bill Foreman, Ross Duncan, David Mee, Sylvia Butcher, David & Helyna Thorn, Margaret Thorn, June & Alex Caughey. Mfudes of July meeting taken as read on motion moved by Roy and seconded by Grant. Treasury Report. Cash at start $ 335.64 Income $ 954.05 Expenses $ 768.99 Cash at hand $ 520.00 This report was received on a motion moved by John Reeves and seconded by Bob. Th e correspondence was heen read. New member Steven Hare welcomed, presented ,with badge, planner, a.nd membership card. Scott Haymes then spoke on his adventures with Cichlids. B cb Lee narrowly defeated Scott in the quiz to win a. book. Steve Butcher was thanked for providing the questions. Danny mentioned how eveyone enjoyed the fish house night and thffiked Heinz for opehing up his shop for us. Fereration report. Marion Hartley was elected the new President and was warmly congratulated. After a short break, Bob battled the bugs to present an edertaining talk on his favourite fish. Danny moved a vote of thanks which was carried by acclamation. Syd Saleh was presented with his ribbon for first place in the T role Show.
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