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Discus Meet Your 2011-12 Executive Committee Highlights Caoac 2011 Convention Getting to Know Fish Tail Aquariums The Official Newsletter of the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society Currents RETHINKING DISCUS MEET YOUR 2011-12 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS CAOAC 2011 CONVENTION GETTING TO KNOW FISH TAIL AQUARIUMS SEPTEMBER 2011 Picture by Robert Hemp (Fischkopp) Show us your colours! Chloé Martin DaughterAge 7 of: “MyAndré betta Martin bowl” We’re calling on all children from 1 to 12 to send Rules: us a drawing of an aquatic environment - whether • open to children related to OVAS members it is their representation of a tank or fish they have (children, grand-children, nieces, nephews, at home or an imagined one. etc.) We’ll do a random draw of the entries with each • one entry per child issue of the newsletter this year. • state child’s name and age, a brief The draw winner will get a $15 gift certificate from description or title of the drawing, their the sponsor of their choice! The winning entry will relationship to you, and your name on the be published in our newsletter as well as a number back of the drawing of “honourable mentions” (as many as we can fit!) • format no larger than 8.5 x 11 To send us your entries: • drawing must be of an aquarium or aquatic • Scan and email to [email protected] environment • Bring them in person at one of our meetings • contest ends April 30, 2012 2 Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society • OVAS.CA Show us your colours! THE FIRST SPLASH Welcome to the first edition of OVAS Currents! Since taking over the reigns as Newsletter Chair, I eagerly researched various aquarium club publications from our CAOAC affiliates and industry magazines to get ideas for articles and general layout. But I also reflected on the importance and relevance of having a club newsletter, given today’s world of instantaneous information via the internet and mobile devices. Indeed, our OVAS website and online forums are great resources for our members. – is appealing to you. Through newsletter exchanges So why a newsletter? From my perspective, it’s similar with other CAOAC clubs, OVAS Currents will also help to the co-existence of magazines and newspapers, promote our club and provide more visibility and whether they are online or in print. We can think of our familiarity with our views, activities and members, forums and website as the news of the day. But, like a which in turn may help create new networks and magazine, our newsletter is meant to provide some opportunities for the future. depth and perspective. It allows our members to share I look forward to your feedback, and also invite you their passion, their experiences, and their knowledge to contribute to our club newsletter. Together, we can on a larger “canvas” than a forum post. In doing so, we make OVAS Currents an enjoyable, informative, and also hope it will highlight the personalities, the faces, the credible reading experience. people behind the community we call OVAS. A newsletter is also about the packaging of information. André[email protected] Martin (ajm1961) I’ve always enjoyed the visual qualities of a magazine, Newsletter Chair and I hope this newsletter’s new look – and new name IN THIS ISSUE... 5 8 12 14 MEET YOUR Getting to know... (MY) CAOAC 2011-12 EXECUTIVE RETHINKING FISH TAIL 2011 COMMITTEE DISCUS AQUARIUMS HIGHLIGHTS OVAS Currents • September 2011 CLUB NEWS UPCOMING EVENTS October 24 OVAS Meeting - 7:00 PM - J.A Dulude Arena, 941 Clyde Avenue, Ottawa Scheduled Speaker: Barry McKee Barry will be speaking about his experience as a participant of a fish collecting trip in Uruguay. He will have a slide Octobershow of the 22 trip, or and 29 may - OVAS even “Fieldbring a fewTrip” fish to he the has bredCanadian from his Museum wild caught of specimens. Nature RSVP by October 1st to Alysa (Nerine) email: [email protected] FREE for members! Non-members: $6 Adult/Senior; $4 Student/Child (4-12 yrs); Free child (0-3 yrs) Dates pending participation. More details available on the OVAS forum. Participants needed for “show and tell” at upcoming meetings. Presentations to last 5 minutes. Contact Sylvia (Fishnut) for more information or to confirm participation. email: [email protected] LIBRARY ADDITIONS The OVAS library carries a wide variety of books on many subjects. There are books on specific fishes, aquarium plants, saltwater, cichlids plus many more topics. The library is accessible to all members of OVAS. A $5 deposit is required to loan a book which can be kept for a month. A selection of books is brought to each of the monthly meetings where they can be taken out. Books can also be requested from the library through the site found under Quick Link on the left hand side of the forum page. The book you request will be brought to the monthly meeting. Also arrangements can be made to pick up books at other times than just meetings. You can request the librarian to find a book for you on specific topics. Freshwater Aquarium Chemistry by Dr Kevin J Ruff Two new books that have been acquired over the summer are: The book deals with freshwater aquarium chemistry such as nitrogen cycles (ammonia, nitrite and nitrate) and explains water conditions. Information is given so you can monitor water conditions so you will know when there are problems and what one can do to fix the problem. Both novice and expert aquarists will find in-depth information on how to keep Nature Aquarium World by Takashi Amano aquarium water conditions optimal. Takashi Amano is world renowned for his mastery of imitating nature in aquariums. The book is beautiful illustrated. There are numerous pictures of different aquariums with instructions on how to duplicate these artistic set ups. 4 Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society • OVAS.CA MEET YOUR 2011-12 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Rob Thompson, President Anton Maslov, Treasurer • Online name: robt18 • Online name: zima • With OVAS since: December 2008 • With OVAS since: February 2007 • Hobbyist: 14 years • Hobbyist: 4 yrs • Upkeeps: 8 tanks • Upkeeps: 2 tanks (75g planted, 5g planted • Started because: A combination of with shrimps) my dad’s 55 gallon tank, and fishing/snorkeling at the • Started because: Bought a used 20g at a garage sale. cottage. • Most fond of: My oldest fish, an L200 Emerald I was doing my Masters and didn’t have time to put Pleco • Dream of having: Potamotrygon Heleni; Helen’s water in it. So I filled it with books and articles. When freshwater stingray • Most jealous of: Errol (Charlie)’s I graduated, I looked at the tank and thought that it planted tanks are as pristine and well tweaked as they might use some water now that the books are gone. • get. • Enjoys most about OVAS: The ability to continue Most fond of: Plants, plants, plants!!! The fish are there contributing to the fish keeping hobby locally and sharing for decoration, background, and to produce CO2 for my experiences with others to advance my own knowledge. plants. Dream of having: More plants that I haven’t tried growing yet. • Most jealous of: Errol’s (charlie), Ken (jetstream), Robert (fischcopp) • Enjoys most about Joe Schwartz, Vice-President OVAS: The meetings, putting faces to online tags, talking • With OVAS since: 2005 to fellow hobbyists. Love the giant auction and the annual • Hobbyist: 50+ years gatherings (Christmas party, BBQ, etc). • Upkeeps: 7 tanks (65-180 gallons) • Started because: A friend of my father’s, Peter Garneau, Webmaster and an aquarist, took me on on a tour of homes with luscious tanks. I bought a whole tank of fish for (Acting) Secretary $1.50! He also introduced me to the Toronto Aquarium • Online name: garnpet Society • Most fond of: All my tanks: One naturally • With OVAS since: April 2005 planted with mostly south American tetras, a discus tank, • Hobbyist: On and off for over 30 years two Neolamprologus brichardi tanks and my cold water • Upkeeps: 2 tanks (150G and 108G) tank. • Dream of having: Nothing in particular - I love • Started because: No idea! • Most fond of: My Yoyo nature as a whole. • Most jealous of: Sylvia has some Loaches • Dream of having: A school of red-bellied Zoogoneticus tequila livebearers I’d like to get. Enjoys piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) • Most jealous of: Errol’s most about OVAS: Sharing ideas with other members. tanks (Charlie) • Enjoys most about OVAS: A source of local information OVAS Currents • September 2011 5 Alysa Farrell, Corporate & Public Sylvia Robbins, Program Director Relations • Online name: Fishnut • Online name: Nerine - it is of Greek • With OVAS since: April 2007 origin meaning Sea Nymph, I love Greek • Hobbyist: 15 years Mythology! • With OVAS since: September • Upkeeps: 10 tanks (5 to 180 gallons) 2004 • Upkeeps: 5 tanks with one more on • Started because: My father always had a the way, and several buckets. • Hobbyist: My entire life! tank or two when I was a kid and it got me hooked. We • Started because: My parents and grandparents were fish also lived on a 75 acre property where I was able to catch keepers and breeders. We had so many different types of and temporarily keep all the creatures in the ponds on fish growing up and since we lived in wonderful weather, the property. • Most fond of: I can’t choose! That’s why we also kept several tanks outside all year round. Growing I have so many tanks! My “Bike Creek” Gymnogeophagus up, we had around 40 or more tanks going, there wasn’t a are amazing creatures to watch—it’s like an daily aquatic bit of free counter, dresser or stand space to be found. soap opera.
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