NOVEMBER 2014 Newsletter
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Raleigh Aquarium Society (RAS) Volume 33, Issue 11 November 2014 NOVEMBER 2014 Newsletter The Raleigh Aquarium Society (RAS) meets on the first Thursday of every month at 7:30 pm. All meetings are held in the South Theater of the NCSU CVM campus library (North Carolina State University - College of Veterinary Medicine) located at 4700 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 (USA). Agendas begin with introductions, followed by a discussion of assorted business topics, then by a program of interest to the membership, and conclude with a ticket raffle and silent auction of fish, plants, and equipment/supplies. Complimentary light refreshments are provided and guests are always welcome. For more information, visit us at http://www.raleighaquariumsociety.org/ or e-mail [email protected]. You can also find us on YAHOO (www.groups.yahoo.com/raleighaquariumsociety), MEETUP (www.meetup.com/raleigh-aquarium- society), and FACEBOOK (www.facebook.com/raleighaquariumsociety). RAS is a member in good standing of FAAS (the Federation of American Aquarium Societies) with a mission to increase the knowledge, enjoyment, and conservation of home ponds & aquariums for aquarist hobbyists/professionals at all levels of experience. NOTE: RAS club meetings are held in the South Theater of the NCSU Veterinary School Library, downstairs level. Park across the street and enter via the main library lobby no later than 8:00 pm. © 2014 RAS (All Rights Reserved) www.raleighaquariumsociety.org Page 1 of 24 Raleigh Aquarium Society (RAS) Volume 33, Issue 11 November 2014 Table of Contents: Table of Contents: ................................................................................................................................. 2 November 2014 Program (11/6/14 @ 7:30pm) – “Aquarium Dwarf Shrimps”: ...................................... 2 RAS Club Officers and Committee Chairs: ........................................................................................... 3 From the Fishing Desk: ......................................................................................................................... 3 RAS 2014 Calendar of Events: ............................................................................................................. 4 Fishy Business: ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Proposal Status .......................................................................................................................... 5 Fish & Trips: .......................................................................................................................................... 6 November Roadie – Cleanup of Leadmine Creek ...................................................................... 6 Fish Action: ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Fish Action: ........................................................................................................................................... 7 October 2014 Silent Auction (SA) Report ................................................................................... 7 October 2014 Breeder’s Award Program (BAP) Report ............................................................. 7 Fish Hobby Happenings: ....................................................................................................................... 8 Fish Market: .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Fish Nets: ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Fish Posts: .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Caviar Country in North Carolina .............................................................................................. 11 Reef Shack Opens in Lillington, NC ......................................................................................... 12 Nano-Tanks Book ..................................................................................................................... 13 Drinking Water Basics .............................................................................................................. 13 Fish References: ................................................................................................................................. 14 Fish School: ........................................................................................................................................ 15 Fish Tales: ........................................................................................................................................... 18 Killifish ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Understanding the Scientific Names of Killifish ........................................................................ 19 ”SoMeThInG’s PhIsHy”: ...................................................................................................................... 21 Go Fish!: ............................................................................................................................................. 22 RAS Sponsors: .................................................................................................................................... 23 RAS Membership Application: ............................................................................................................. 24 November 2014 Program (11/6/14 @ 7:30pm) – “Aquarium Dwarf Shrimps”: In November, new RAS member Paul Pham will enlighten us about the many aspects of raising and breeding various species of dwarf shrimp currently on the market which are suitable for home aquariums. In 1980, Paul moved from Vietnam to California. While there, he attended his first Shrimp Show and witnessed his first “exotic” shrimp, selling for as much as $800! He later kept and bred the popular Cherry Shrimp and many other varieties. He moved to Cary, NC in 2005 where he setup his “shrimp room” again and has become a major online supplier of the “newest shrimps on the block.” During the November RAS program, he’ll discuss his unique strategies for keeping and breeding freshwater ornamental shrimps. Paul’s ideas about nutrition, tank substrates, filtration, lighting, etc. are very different from other speakers we’ve heard in the past. Paul even has shots of collecting Bee shrimp in the wild! Come and learn Paul’s particular and extremely successful ways to accommodate this exciting facet of the hobby. We hope to see you there! Keep those raffle/silent auction items coming in! You can get up to 3 free tickets when you donate up to 3 items for the monthly raffle. Visit our raffle chairman before each meeting to drop off donations. Also, if you have non-raffle fish/plants for the silent auction, see our silent auction chairpersons (you’ll get a portion of the proceeds as per our auction policy). We’re always looking for great programs to educate our membership on ordinary and not-so-ordinary aquatic-related topics. If you’d like to be a speaker at any of our meetings, contact Todd Wenzel so you can get scheduled. © 2014 RAS (All Rights Reserved) www.raleighaquariumsociety.org Page 2 of 24 Raleigh Aquarium Society (RAS) Volume 33, Issue 11 November 2014 RAS Club Officers and Committee Chairs: President: Frank Montillo [fmontillo @ aol.com] Vice-President and Vendor Coordinator: Jon Haddad [jhaddad88 @ comcast.net] Secretary and Newsletter Editor: Michael Maieli [michaelmaieli @ aol.com] Treasurer and BAP Chairman: Larry Jinks [bapman13 @ hotmail.com] Past President and Program Chairman: Todd Wenzel [wenzelt @ netzero.net] Workshop/Auction Chairman: Chris Smith [ctyank @ frontier.com] Monthly Raffle Chairman: Robert Sanderford [onearmr @ gmail.com] Monthly Silent Auction Chairpersons: Richard Poole and Maggie Poole Field Trip Coordinator: Jeremy Maciejewski [jjmaciej @ yahoo.com] Utility Chairpersons: Jeff Jenkins and Emily Hirtle Yahoo Groups/Forum Administrator: Gerald Pottern [gbpottern @ yahoo.com] Webmaster: Walter Wu [chunker.geo @ yahoo.com] From the Fishing Desk: In November, we’re planning on doing our second cleanup of Leadmine Creek, RAS’s adopted stream in Raleigh. This cleanup shouldn’t take too long as we got a lot of trash out of the water and onto the banks during July, so now we just need to go back and haul it up to the roadway for the city sanitation crews to pick it up. More details are contained later in this newsletter. We got some great television coverage for the club in October from WUNC-TV’s weeknight program “North Carolina Now” highlighting our Fall auction at the NC State Fairgrounds. In case you missed it, you can view the web version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCs9bobEPVM . This marks the second time this year we’ve had some very public local community awareness of our organization. Membership dues are $20.00 per calendar year, starting each January. This is a per-family price. Pro- rated fees for joining at other times are listed on our application form (last page of every newsletter). Kindly remit your dues in person to the Club Treasurer or by mail to POB 31564,