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@A :: :: reprint of Vern Smith’s “Heros efas- great stories, but not one is origi- ciatus—The Turquoise Severum”. nal.Wally Cox explains all about Our next invitation is in Superfish for “Apistogramma baenschi” reprinted October—December and we are with from July 2008 issue of Finformation, the Queensland Cichlid Group. publication of the Greater Pittsburgh Mal Lincoln dissects Labidochromis AS. By chisumulae for our benefit and Tony Rolf Mader details the joy of keeping Graham Rowe Sunderland does likewise for Tro- “ The Firemouth Cichlid, Thorichthys pheus duboisi. meeki” in a reprint from March-April Welcome aboard for our first flight of Dr Adrian Lawler, a retired Aquarium 2009 issue of Cichlidae Communique, the “Teenies”. We have a new innova- Supervisor at J. L. Scott Aquarium in publication of the Pacific Coast Cich- tion this year: In Flight Movies, but Biloxi Missouri, details “Tank Secu- lid Association. more on that later. rity” in an article in Aquarticles. The final epistle is from our very own Our first invitation is to Perth Cichlid Mike Keiser has “A Recipe for An- Peter Robinson reprinted from March Society via the invitation in their un- gels” that originally appeared in The 2009 TCM, publication of the VCS dated newsletter. Erica also known as Calquarium Volume 39 Number 8 , explaining how his resistance was “newfish” relates her enthusiastic published by Calgary Aquarium Soci- worn down and he was “Coming love of fish keeping. She makes me ety and reprinted from Aquarticles. Back.”Now we can enjoy our in flight envious as she completed her ad- Again from Aquarticles we find Karl “movies”. vanced Scuba qualifications and Schwarze’s “Melanochromis jo- Firstly Missouri AS’s Darter for No- swum and fished the Amazon in Peru hanni.” This originally appeared in vember December is on screen.Gary and the Pantanal in Brazil when she June 1999 issue of Monthly bulletin McIlraine explains “Spawning Tho- had very little interest in fish!! There of the Hamilton and District Aquar- richthys ellioti and Patrick A. Tosie is also Part 3 of the Charles Family ium Society. Senior extols the virtues of Benito- visit to UK Fishkeepers. Real travel- The final article is “Apistogrammas chromis batesi “Pouma”” lers ; must catch the next PCS mem- My Way” by Don Zilliox from Some We find through January Fins N Tales ber to visit Melbourne and regale us Things Fishy from the Tropical Fish that the Kitchener-Waterloo AS is a with their fishy tales. Club of Erie County. dedicated and active group and have Next stop is the New South Wales Our next invitation takes us across the some marvellous shots of cichlids. Cichlid Society in Volume 38 No- Tasman to Federation of New Zealand The Hamilton & District AS Bulletin vember issue of Cichlid Circular. Aquatic Societies via “New Zealand for November has Part III of Joe Bas- Scott Falzon talks of his love affair Aquarium World”. tianpillai’s “Discus Made Easy”. with Copadichromis borleyi kadango Rob Thomson from Upper Hutt AS We have two non cichlid invitations “Red Fin” and his attempts to make tells all and sundry how they can to glance at as we come in to land. this beauty more popular. breed “Apistogrammas” just as suc- Finchat for November from the Norm Halliwell records the “final cessfully as he. Aquarium Society of Victoria and notes on 2/10/09 meeting in Canberra Over the sea to Skye oops sorry to Fishtalesfor October from Eastern on noxious fish”. Cleveland to be guests of Great Lakes Districts AS. Lionel Gomez proclaims “My love for Cichlid Society in response to their Until our next flight, the Pundamilia nyererei.” invitation in the October/November Cheers. They round out the magazine with a Cichlid Evening Post. They have three Graham.
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From `Nekton’, journal of the Saskatoon AS, January 2004 LEFT: Adult Uaru amphiacanthoides. ABOVE: Some very young Uarus. Spawning financial considerations at the time ant of each other and the pair will Uaru amphiacanthoides allowed me to buy only four fish. clear everyone out around the spawn- Long experience with cichlids since ing site. I had no information as to the By Dana Allan then has taught me whenever possible age of my fish, however, after housing to obtain at least eight individuals per them for only a few months I was species with 10 or 12 being optimum. happy to discover two of the fish This number ensures (usually) that guarding a batch of pearl-coloured Several species are on my wish list to the colours intensify and the fish are you will have enough healthy males eggs laid horizontally on the flat sur- spawn and the Uaru was always one quite beautiful. and females to get a viable pair. As it face of a rock near the back of the of them. These South American cich- The fry during the first few days of turned out I lost one of the group as tank. lids are often referred to as the Poor free-swimming, like Discus, will feed soon as I got home. The remaining Man’s Discus due to similarities in off of secretions from their parent’s Excitement turned to disappointment three were housed in a 340-litre their body shape and fry raising tech- skin. however as by the next day all of the wooden tank, with a group of niques. The fish are disc-shaped with eggs had turned white and were sub- Breeding without the parents is said to Acarichthys heckelii and Satanoperca a heavy, olive green colour and have a sequently eaten by the parents. be almost impossible. Needless to say leucosticta ( jurupari ). Uaru are a large black crescent in the lower cen- The two fish spawned again within this is the way I had to raise mine. schooling species and typically very tre of their bodies. They are chame- two weeks with the same results. I I purchased my first group of Uaru peaceful to each other and other tank leon-like in colour and will turn al- assumed at that point that I had an several years ago from a pet shop in mates except during spawning at most completely to a dull shade of immature or inexperienced male. I Calgary. The fish were expensive and which time the males become intoler- black when stressed. During spawning had observed this several times in the @A :: :: past where the male is either too once that keeping a group of Uaru fry cially to each other including fin- surface on which to deposit their eggs. young to be fertile or he fertilises the with Corydoras will starve out the flaring and short charges. The fish did I watched the pair carefully this time eggs at the wrong time or not at all. catfish. Mine were fed generous not do much physical damage to each and observed only one fish laying The next time the Uaru spawned I had amounts commercial foods as well as other but were definitely trying to eggs and the other fertilising them. the opportunity to watch the parents frozen brine shrimp. I tried to give establish dominance. During this spawn they deposited be- carefully. As it turned out both par- them as many greens as possible in- (The Central American cichlids I keep tween 50 and 80 eggs. ents were laying rows of eggs. cluding whole bunches of leaf lettuce typically do not stop until the less- Just before this I had spoken to a Obviously efforts to get fry from two and large bags of hornwort. Every- aggressive fish are either dead or out friend of mine who mentioned that the females would be futile. I kept the thing was greedily consumed includ- of the tank!) The colours of all the eggs of certain fish which come from three fish for another year in hopes ing any plant material growing in the fish were very intense and it did not soft, acidic water biotypes would not the third fish would turn out to be a tank. They would even eat Anubius take long before a pair had formed develop in hard, alkaline waters found male and pair up with one of the other plants, which are typically safe from and took over a territory in the middle here in Saskatoon. I am not sure of the two but had no such luck. even the more aggressive plant-eaters. of the tank directly behind a large scientific details but what he said The fish were housed in a 680-litre, After this I kept my eyes open for a piece of driftwood. made sense as we had had the same six-foot wooden aquarium, which new batch of Uaru. While I did come They cleared a small pit under the problem with Angelfish eggs not they shared with once again a school across them on occasion they were driftwood and a few days later hatching several years in the past. Not of five Satanoperca leucosticta . always either in very rough shape spawned on the vertical surface of the having the RO (reverse osmosis) ca- from shipping or prohibitively expen- The tank was set-up with several large back of the tank behind the driftwood. pacity to soften the 680 litres of water pieces of driftwood as well as various necessary for the tank the parents sive. Unfortunately however, once again flat stones placed both vertically and were spawning in, I decided to try Time passed and then three years ago the pearl-coloured eggs lasted only a horizontally. The bottom was covered raising the fry artificially. I siphoned I received a phone call from a good couple of days before turning white with a medium grade of red-brown the eggs out of the tank and placed friend who was visiting a pet shop in and were gradually eaten by the par- gravel. Since plants were not an op- them in a cup of RO water hung on Edmonton and he mentioned that they ents. tion, the tank was lit with only a sin- the side of tank with an airstone and a had a group of very healthy Uaru gle four-foot fluorescent and fairly Their chosen spawning site was diffi- drop of methylene blue. It took a cou- which could be purchased for a good dim. cult to view so after they had spawned ple of attempts but I did manage to price. I jumped at the opportunity and several times on the same spot with The water temperature was kept be- hatch the eggs. At 82 °F it took them he kindly picked up six fish for me. the same results I decided to take a tween 82 to 84°F. Saskatoon water as about three days to hatch during When I received them the next day chance on disturbing the pair and re- everyone knows is hard and alkaline which time I would siphon out the they appeared to be roughly six decorated the tank with the opportu- (the Rift Lake cichlid guys love it). infertile or fungused ones. Once they months old and very healthy. nity for much more open viewing. At Straight out of the tap the pH will read hatched I placed them in a 10-litre Healthy enough in fact that while I roughly three years old and several as high as 8.4. Once established the tank of RO water at the same tem- floated them in the tank to acclimatise spawns to their credit I figured the Uaru tank typically measured a pH of perature with a sponge filter and a them to Saskatoon water they tried to pair would be old enough to know 7.4 with a total hardness of 140 ppm. sprig of Java Fern. I had roughly 20 bite through the bag at flake food that what they were doing. It did not take wrigglers and within four days I was I was feeding to the rest of the tank. Under these conditions the fish grew long. After only a week in the new faced with the challenge of feeding Keep in mind this was after at least rapidly and within two-and-a-half tank set-up the same pair dug a small them without the parents. The prob- seven hours in a bag in a cooler from years had grown to between 12 and 18 pit at one end of the tank and spawned lem was compounded by the fact that Edmonton. cm. At this point two of the largest on the vertical surface of a flat stone. for cichlids, Uaru fry are fairly small fish, which I assumed were males, After watching Uaru spawn dozens of It should be noted here that Uaru are and I assumed would have problems started doing aggressive posturing times since then, like Discus and An- voracious feeders. I read somewhere with newly hatched brine shrimp. My towards the rest of the fish and espe- gelfish they definitely prefer a vertical @A :: :: plan was to keep the fry literally water to the RO water from a 55-litre swimming in food. The first three tank setup with a sponge filter. In this days I fed them micro worms several way I could transfer the young Uaru times per day. into a larger tank which contained Through a magnifying glass I made exactly the same water. The fry con- sure there was enough food in the tinued to grow rapidly in the larger water so that the fish were bumping tank and at two months old were bet- into it. On the fifth day I slowly ter than quarter in size and had the distinctive polkadot colour pattern of started adding newly hatched brine juvenile Uaru. According to Sue, my shrimp. It took a few days and I lost several fry but the rest did figure out much better half, they were the cutest Well here we are facing a new and what to do with the food and were fry she has seen to date. very challenging year. The income eating well by the end of the week. I - Dr Rudiger Riehl, from our Auctions was down in the Society. Firstly the stalwarts: did have a problem with water Hans A Baensch, Aquarium Atlas (West 2009. Let us hope and pray that David Trading Table; Graham Secre- changes however. With so much food Germany, 1987), 784. things improve in 2010 as only by tary & Acting Editor; Sandra Vice in the water I tried siphoning out at these cash injections can the Society President and Vien Social Secretary. least an inch of water every day. This continue to function as things like Special thanks to two very new mem- turned out to be too much as I soon electricity price rises will probably bers for coming to the Society’s aid started noticing that I would lose three cause hall rental to rise. and taking positions on the Commit- or four fry within an hour after the tee. Debora and Graeme Dickson have Our election was very disappointing water change. By the time I realised taken on the Librarian and Show Ta- to say the least. We still have 2 posi- this I was down to four fish, not ble Steward positions respectively. enough for our BAP program. tions that desperately need filling; Editor and Treasurer. Graham has I’m hoping this year to see the Table The parents in the meantime helped said he will try to produce the maga- Show revived and members once out and spawned again. This time & again bringing fish to display and add zine temporarily with Daryl’s help. using the cup technique I was able to We need a permanent Editor as he to the interest at meetings. hatch 40 wrigglers. Again in four days has enough to do as Secretary and The Breeders’ Achievement Award I started the same feeding routine. Daryl needs a break. has been languishing over the last few For water changes I used a pipette and Photo I have taken on both President and years with only one member handing siphoned out no more than 6 mm of Treasurer’s duties and I hope that in forms this year. This is a disgrace water twice per day. This time I was some gallant member will step up and an embarrassment. Many mem- much more successful and got 28 fish and take over the financial job. It is bers are breeding fish yet they are to survive past the first crucial week. not a massive time consuming posi- either too lazy or afraid to register At this point the fry grew rapidly and tion most of the time except after the their spawnings. There is no reason to became voracious feeders. Auctions when your abilities are fear anything as if and when the gov- They would literally clean the tank taxed. However, added to the Presi- ernment acts on the long running bans between feedings and consume even dent’s job, it becomes a little too records of fish registered beforehand the leftover brineshrimp eggshells. much for me. will not be expunged. They will only During the second week I started care- be prohibited after the date of the dec- I’d like to thank those who did fully increasing the water changes and S laration, not retrospectively. We need stand up to be counted and support by the fourth week I was adding tap @A :: :: to make hay while the sun shines while we still have the chance. Get What is them breeding and gain points by reg- istering them to obtain the coveted happening with badges and certificates and show your our fishes names? expertise before you lose the chance.
Breeding details, if written down, can As you would have noticed from the be used to make great articles along cover the “Aequidens rivulatus/ with a couple of breeders and fry. The pulcher” group has been given a new photos, if date stamped, could be used genus; Andinoacara and the Silber to register the spawning if you have Saum or White Edge rivulatus is now trouble getting a witness. One photo officially Andinoacara stalsbergi.I’m taken of the parents and eggs if it is a waiting on more information on the substrate spawner or of a mouth names of the rest of the genus. brooding female and one of the fry Hopefully that will be ready for the after 60 days. March issue. Let us hope we have a great year A number of “sp” have been named. ahead and that the VCS prospers and These include two Laetacaras and six Apistogrammas. grows in 2010. The Laetacara “Buckelkof” is now L. Peter Robinson araguaiae and L. “Orange Fin” is now L. fulvipinnis. The Apistogramma sold as “fresa” or “strawberry is now A. eremnopyge. A. sp “sunpin” is now A. huascar. Similarly, A. “harlequin” is now cor- rectly A. rositae. Apistogramma wapisana is the name bestowed upon A. “Balzfeck/ Courtship Spot”. Finally two species so newly discov- ered that they didn’t even attract trade/common names. These are now officially A. pantalone and A. salpinc- tion. I am extremely grateful to Uwe Ro- mer who has given species descrip- tions of the above Apistogrammas in Cichlid Atlas Volume 2, from Mergus The bottom picture has 10 changes. Find the differences and get Verlag. an absolutely irreplaceable feeling of accomplishment!
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@A :: :: 28. Tetraodon cutcutia . nis . ./ 29. Membe Point is on ...... Is- 12. Pseudosphromenus cu- land. panus . 32. A ridge of coral. 17. Small, slender, reddish fresh- 34. Hypostomus plecostomus . water worms. 35. He michromis bimaculatus . 20. Antennarius coccineus . 36. Also the country code for 21. Poecilia reticulata . Cambodia. 22. Barbus schwanenfeldi . 37. Retropinna semoni . 26. Etroplus maculatus . 38. Tiny, freshwater crustaceans 27. Doryrhamphus dactyliopho- with transparent body. rus . 40. Crenicichla lepidota . 30. Toxotes jaculator . 44. Efficient light fish. 31. Thorichthys meeki . 46. Astronotus ocellatus . 33. Rhodeus sericeus amerus . 47. Peacock. 39. Rooseveltiella nattereri . 49. Phenacogrammus interrup- 40. Symbol for the logarithm of tus . the reciprocal of hydrogen ion 51. ... crab. concentration in gram atoms 52. Freshwater polyp having a per litre. cylindrical body with a ring of 41. Mangrove ..... tentacles surrounding the 42. Tetractenos hamiltoni . mouth. 43. Small lake joined to Lake Ma- 53. Trachystoma petardi . lawi. 54. Parachromis dovii . 45. Aequidens maroni 56. Gnathonemus petersii . 48. Hippocampus abdominalis . 58. Neoceratodus forsteri . 50. Amphiprion percula . 59. Molliniesia latipinna . 53. Tetrapturus albidus . 60. Rasbora heteromorpha . 55. Lake Victorian Haplochromi- nes. Down 57. Long fish.
1. Orecto lobus ornatus . 2. Climbing ...... 3. Ecsenius australianus . Across 13. Xiphophorus maculatus . 4. Hard, variously coloured, cal- 14. Hoplarchus psittacus . careous skeleton secreted by 15. Maccullochella peelii . certain marine polyps. 16. Scatophagus argus . 5. Macquaria novemaculeata . 6. Amatitlania nigro fasciata. 5. Anomalochromis thomasi . 18. Lamella. 19. Argyrosomus japonicus . 8. Phoxinus phoxinus . 7. Brachydanio rerio . 10. Freshwater copepod with 8. Cheilodactylus spectabilis . 23. Aequidens portalegrensis . 24. Dasyatis kuhlii . median eye in the forehead. 9. A ciliate protozoan parasite of 11. Myleus rubripinnis rubripin- freshwater fish. 25. Symphysodon tarzoo . @A :: : : Vien Nguyen was nominated by Aussie Magnussen but he declined. Minutes of the 2 December, 2009 Peter Robinson was nominated by Jeff Staude and seconded by Daryl Hutchins. Annual General, Meeting As there were no further nominations for President Peter was declared elected. Nominations were then called for the position of Vice President. The 2009 AGM opened at 9.05 pm with Returning Officer Aussie Magnussen Sandra Robotis was nominated by Peter Robinson and seconded by David Green in the chair. Daryl Hutchins was nominated by Dean Hepper but declined. He called on the President, Daryl Hutchins, for his Annual report. As no more nominations were received, Sandra was declared elected. He summed it as being a bit different. The move to the Oakleigh Centre and its Nominations were then called for the position of Secretary. “luxurious” room has proven popular. Graham Rowe was nominated by John McCormick and seconded by Tony Fer- Halfway through the year it became necessary to find a new auction venue. guson. As there were no further nominations, Graham was declared elected. The Mulgrave Neighbourhood House has proved a worthy replacement. Nominations were then called for the position of Treasurer. He likes to think that these initiatives are at least responsible for the nice healthy influx of new members; a trend that he hopes will continue as we move Tony Ferguson was nominated by Aussie Magnussen but declined. toward our 40th Anniversary. John McCormick was nominated by Aussie Magnussen, but declined. He then mentioned that in the well contested Elaine Turner Memorial Art & David Green was nominated by Vien Nguyen but declined. Photographic Competition John McCormick had taken out the trifecta in the Daryl Hutchins was nominated by Sandra Robotis but declined. photographic section and he won the Art section. Peter Robinson then stated he would continue as Treasurer until another member Shannon Loughnan won the Editor’ Prize for his excellent article. He felt very volunteered. humbled that Shannon had chosen to have it published in TCM as he felt that Nominations were then called for the position of Librarian. the coloured glossies would have been glad to get this material. Sandra Robotis was nominated by John McCormick? But declined. He also thanked all the contributors for their outstanding efforts this year espe- Debra Dickson was nominated by Aussie Magnussen and seconded by Graeme cially Peter Robinson who has contributed so many good quality articles that Dickson. he has won 8 Editors’ Prizes’ in the previous 10 years and hopes that many As there were no further nominations Debra was declared elected. more members will contribute next year. Nominations were then called for the position of Trading Table Steward. He also thanked all the Auction helpers and the outgoing committee for their good work throughout the year. David Green was nominated by Tony Ferguson and seconded by John McCor- mick. As there were no further nominations, David was declared elected. On the down side Auction turnover was down, the Message Board is decidedly underutilised, the Home Show, the Video Home Show and the Annual Dinner Nominations were then called for the position of Show Secretary. were ignored. Graeme Dickson was nominated by Aussie Magnussen and seconded by Peter We failed to find an Editor or Show Secretary in 2009. He wants a proper Robinson. With no more nominations forthcoming, Graeme was declared break from Editing. He has been elected 16 times and taken over 5 times as elected. well as being involved in other aspects of getting TCM to you, the members. Nominations were then called for Social Secretary. He then called on members to support the New Committee and taking part in Vien Nguyen was nominated by Jeff Staude and seconded by John McCormick. all the activities that the Society offers. With no further nominations, Vien was declared elected. The Treasurer reported Income for the year of $3962.85 and Expenditure of Nominations were called for the position of Editor. $5580.56, resulting in a loss of $1617.71. This report was received on a motion Daryl Hutchins was nominated by Tony Ferguson but declined. moved by Tony Ferguson and seconded by Vien Nguyen. Dean Hepper was nominated by David Green but declined. The Returning Officer then called for nominations for the position of Presi- David Green was nominated by Dean Hepper? but declined. dent. As no more nominations were received, Graham Rowe said he would try Graham Rowe was nominated by Daryl Hutchins but he declined. to do it for a month. Daryl Hutchins was nominated by John McCormick but he declined. Aussie then handed the chair back to the President, who presented the new Com- John McCormick was nominated by Jeff Staude but he declined. mittee members, Debra and Graeme Dickson with their Committee badges and David Green was nominated by Aussie Magnussen but he declined. then closed the AGM at 9.40 pm.
@A : : : ::: Minutes of the Previous Meeting The December meeting opened at 8.17 pm with the President in the chair. He welcomed all present. The magazine had been received by all present. The minutes of the November meeting were taken as read on a motion moved by John McCormick and seconded by David Green. The Treasurer reported Income of $360.90 and Expenses of $292.84 for a loss of $68.06 for the month leaving a Bank Balance of $2451.51. This report was received on a motion moved by Tony Ferguson and seconded by Vien Nguyen. The Secretary reported that the following correspondence had been received: Author’s copy of Great Lakes Cichlid Society’s Cichlid Evening Post for Peter Robinson. Revised regulations for using Print Post from Australia Post. Renewal from John Cousins. Bill for postage. Bank statement. A copy of “Discussion of control mechanisms for the regulation and management of noxious ornamental fish and rare fish already in circulation in Australia” from Norm Halliwell. The Treasurer reported that Trading Post had acknowledged we had paid in full. The correspondence was received on a motion moved by Aussie Magnussen and seconded by Tony Ferguson. After a brief mini auction courtesy of David Green, Daryl Hutchins then showed the CD of TCM 1972 - 2009. At 9.05 pm a short break was called after which the Annual General Meeting was held. The AGM closed at 9.40 pm and the General Meeting resumed and a quiz was held. Thanks to Peter Robinson and Daryl Hutchins for the questions. The raffle was then drawn and Daryl Hutchins won the first prize, Tony Ferguson ac- cepted second prize and Peter Robinson accepted third prize. Door prizes, courtesy of Aqua Pics, were won by Aussie Magnussen, Jeff Staude, Uri Bouman, David Green Jr, Sandra Robotis and Dean Hepper. Dean Hepper then thanked the Editor for publishing Ruby’s birth notice. The Committee meeting will be held on 15 January 2010. The President wished all a Merry Christmas and Safe Holiday and invited all to the next meeting on 3 February, 2010. The meeting closed at 10.05 for supper and a chat.
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