Monthly Meeting Starts at 8 PM
This month’s Speaker is:
Chris Carpenter
Tanganyikan Shell Dwellers (Shellies!)
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President’s Message Hey Everyone, As many of you have heard, our member Bill King has passed away. Bill and his wife Treasurer Debbie King were charter members of the club and have been instrumental in the building and growing of our club. Bill was always willing to help and was the true definition of a great member. In this time of sadness for the King family, I think all of us can take comfort in the fact that Bill is no longer suffering and has moved onto a better place. To Debbie and the family, I am sorry for your loss and please know that the club will help you any way we can in your time of grief. Please do not hesitate to ask should you need anything. This month’s meeting should be a good one with Chris Carpenter from the Grand Valley Aquarium Society, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He will be talking about Tanganyikan Shell Dwellers. Shell dwellers can be kept in all size tanks and have a unique personality all to themselves. For those of you looking to keep fish in smaller tanks, you will want to be at the meeting to hear the Chris speak about his favorite cichlids. Secondly, we will be taking final orders for our members flake food buy. If you want to order, this will be the last time. If you have questions about the flake food please get a hold of us as once ordered we will not be adding to it. Lastly, with summer upon us and with Fish Bingo being at our July meeting we will be looking for things or speakers you as a club would like to have in the coming months. Our speaker dates will be August, September. Please let us know. See you Friday, June 17th at the meeting. Dan www.neo-fish.com
NEOfish Board Secretary Minutes Board meeting
Started at 7:20 Present Dan Ritter Rich Grassing George Hollister Debbie King Brian Shrimpton John Chapek Jan Bilski and Bill Bilski
1st Topic Talked about Calendar- pictures 5 pictures per entry a committee to pick.
2nd topic rules for auction items 5 dry items for auction
3rd Sponge filters to buy
4th topic Fish foods items of flake food
5th Akron Zoo 50 dollars a family .
Thanks Jan Bilski
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About NEOfish The Northeast Ohio Fish Club (fish) is an all species 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.
Both www.neo-fish.org and www.neo-fish.com show the same website.
The Password for the Members Only area of the website is neofish2013.
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
There is no smoking on Church Grounds or littering of cigarette butts on nearby properties.
8:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. (Anniversary and 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.
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. www.neo-fish.com
NEOfish Sponsors Please support these great companies who support us.
API Paradigm Fish food Aqueon San Francsico Bay Brand Best in Pets Seachem Laboratories, Inc. Coralife Southern Delight Fish Foods Kent Marine TLC Products Mike’s Cichlids William Trickers, Inc. Omega Sea, Ltd. Zoo Med
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Greenhouse and Hatchery located at 7125 Tanglewood Dr. (South of Rockside, just off of Brecksville (RT 21) Road ); Independence,www.neo OH- fish.com44141
underwater By STM
Hello everyone, and hope you and your fish are doing well. I want to write about the hobby, but as Frank has taught me, it's about the people in the hobby.
This week we lost a club member and great friend in Bill King. Bill knew a lot of people and a real lot about the hobby. I got to know Bill these past few years through Neo. I would run into Bill and Debbie @ other places then just the club. He was always a gen- tleman. I remember Bill helping me @ the Talmadge fish show last year. Helping me set up my bowl for the show. Or taking time @ the OCA Extravaganza last year to help me understand more about plecos.
Bill your really going to be missed...... may you rest in peace..... STM
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Treasurer’s Report
Due to the passing of Bill King this week, Debbie will delay this report until down the road.
Brian
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Treasurer’s April Meeting Report
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Treasurer’s April Monthly Report
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Committee Announcements Membership Committee As of late I have been using Debbie’s financial report to know who renewed and who is new to the club.
Due to the passing of her husband Bill King, I don’t have that information. If you renewed last month and your name is still listed, that is why. Feel free to drop me a note that your did renew and I will update my records. Brian—Editor.
The following members had their memberships in May 2016
Ray Bierbower Gabriel Martinez Terry & Heather Zack Campogni Galvin Norman Lee Faecking Chuck Nowakowski Alexander Gonzalez Tim and Tammy Ryan Richard Grassnig Zackery Sitka John Griffith Ken Walker Marty Jo Harris David Wetland Matt Lacy Don Youngkin
The following members will have their memberships expire in June 2016
Robert Bina Gary Mendez Jacob Jerin Heather Zack Robert Krocker Gary Zalewski Dennis Kuehn & Carole Doerr
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Committee Announcements (cont.) Breeder Award Program (BAP) & Horticultural Award Program (HAP)
BAP: We only had 8 submissions last month and one was a fish the person had already turned in so there were only actually 7. There were 3 new offerings and they were very nice fish. If you got em bring em this month.
I am at a loss this month so the rest of the report will be short. This morning I learned that my friend Bill King passed away. I've known him since the early days of OCA. He assisted me the past few years with by registering the fish for BAP, plants for HAP and items for the Monthly Members Auction at our meetings. I never had to ask him, he just jumped in and did it. That is the way he was. I never really knew how brave he was, he fought hard and we thought he beat cancer, unfortunately it came after him again and he couldn't win this time. I never heard him complain about anything. I will miss him. Now I will ask a favor of all our members, his wife Debbie always sat to his right and I to his left for awhile I would ask that the seat remains vacant. I'll miss his hot sauce too, that will pass, missing him will take quite awhile...
John Griffith thank you for filling in last month and agreeing to help again this month.
I'll see you at the meeting! John Chapek
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Committee Announcements (cont.) Breeder Award Program (BAP)
Member 2013 2014 2015 2016 Lifetime Points Don Grey 155 185 295 120 755 Chuck Nowakowski 115 185 195 100 595 Dave Hearn 185 95 280 Richard Yoder 25 205 215 55 500 Bob Blazek 55 55 John Griffith 40 105 40 185 Bill & Jan Bilski 10 40 50 Dan McMonigle 30 35 90 35 190 Brian Shrimpton 280 165 55 30 530 Justin Way 110 150 30 290 Mark Kazanoff 180 30 210 George Hollister 35 50 35 30 150 Dan Ritter 140 165 185 25 515 Ken Walker 30 60 145 25 260 Dustin Sedlock 30 25 55 Frank Orteca 10 25 35 Kenneth Carey 20 20 Mark Lomax 20 20 Jessica Foster Oravetz 15 15 Tom & Carolyn Evers 145 135 10 290 Steve Olander II 5 90 40 10 145 Gary Mendez 10 10 20 Joe Doyle 10 10 Denis Rozmus 45 30 20 5 100 Bill & Debbie King 35 50 5 90
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Member 2013 2014 2015 2016 Lifetime Points Tony Poth 145 180 30 355 Paul Palisin 80 80 160 Matt Urbin 70 55 30 155 David Lutz 30 100 130 Scott Hartness 60 30 25 115 Jim Damm 20 75 95 John Chapek 90 90 Jim Jensen 40 50 90 Ken Grimmett 35 20 30 85 Bob Bina 60 20 80 Dennis Kuehn 20 50 70 Stan Jachna 20 35 55 John W. Tesar 10 15 30 55 Don Youngkin 20 15 10 45 Anthony Kidd 10 30 40 KC Jenkinson 35 35 Hilary Lacerda 35 35 George Anagnostopoulos 20 10 30 Cordell Geiger 30 30 Matthew Jensen 30 30 Amanda King 15 15 30 Dean Mersinas 30 30 Douglas B. Poole II 25 25 Jeffery Yadlovsky 25 25 Don Danko 10 10 Rick Foster 10 10 Dwhite Goffe 10 10 Scott Hartness Jr. 10 10 Matt Oravetz 10 10 Charlie Suk 10 10 Pam Briggs 5 5 Jeff Hitchcock 5 5
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Committee Announcements (cont.) Breeder Award Program (BAP) May 2016
Date Member Name of Fish Points 5/20/2016 Richard Yoder Neolamprologus brichardi "Daffodil" 10 5/20/2016 Don Grey Coptodon bythobates (Plus 5 Red List) 20 5/20/2016 Don Grey Astatotilapia calliptera (Plus 5, Red List) 15 5/20/2016 Don Grey Aulonocara sp. "Blue Neon" Undoe Reef 10 5/20/2016 Ken Walker Coptodon bythobates (Plus 5 Red List) 20 5/20/2016 Ken Walker Neocaridina davidi Sakura Shrimp 5
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Committee Announcements (cont.) Horticultural Award Program (HAP) April 2016
Member 2013 2014 2015 2016 Lifetime Points Dan McMonigle 205 165 30 55 455 Tom & Carolyn Evers 25 15 40 Don Grey 15 5 10 30 Josh Modic 155 155 Dan Watson 90 90 Bill & Debbie King 60 60 Brian Shrimpton 45 45 John Chapek 40 40 KC Jenkinson 25 25 Jeffery Yadlovsky 20 20 George Hollister 5 10 15 Bob Bina 10 10 Paul Palisin 10 10 Matt Urbin 10 10 Ken Walker 10 10 Scott Hartness 5 5
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Committee Announcements (cont.) Breeder Award Challenge Program (BACP)
The Challenge...
We will begin accepting fish for this program at the meeting April 15, 2016 and it will continue until the meeting on March 17, 2017 that will be the last date for submissions. Any plaques that are earned will be awarded in April 2017 at our monthly meeting.
This program is an extension of our usual BAP program. The basic program is still as it was and fish may be turned in from any category at any meeting. As you look at the information below you will notice that there are very few Central American, Tanganyikian, and 1 Malawian and no Victorian cichlids. The reason for this is that basically we receive a lot of these and the purpose of the program is to broaden your interests.
If there are fish you would like to have designated as a Target Fish, you may submit it to me for consideration in person, by E-mail to Lotsapetsgar- [email protected] or even through Facebook. Please keep in mind that just because you ask does not mean it will be. The purpose of the Target Fish is to chal- lenge you to breed something a little bit harder. I may add new Target Fish from month to month.
I challenge you to complete 6 challenges in the next 12 months. Those that include at least 1 Target fish will receive a special award the others will get the points. Each of the 6 MUST BE from a different group, in other words you cannot turn in 6 Tetras. Again we are looking to EXTEND our interests. Only 1 item from each group will qualify for the Challenges, but of course you are welcome to turn in any fish as usual for BAP points.
Finding Target Fish can be a problem. Places to look are Wetspot, Aquabid, the Auctions and even the local Pet Shops. If you need help finding some- thing ask me I may be able to locate them for you.
The Challenges are as follows:
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Committee Announcements (cont.) Breeder Award Challenge Program (BACP)
Antabantoids: Any gouramis may be turned in
TARGET FISH: Trichopsis pumilas or Trichopsis vitatta any Ctemopoma spe- cies, any Parosphromenus , Ctenops nobilis, any Sphaerichthys species. Any Badis or Dario species.
Tetras: Any Tetras can be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Neon, Cardinal, or Green Neon Tetras. ANY African tetras. Any Piranha other than Red Bellied. Any Corynopoma or Pseudocorynopo- ma species.
Barbs: Any Barbs maybe turned in.
TARGET FISH: Any African Barbs, and Dennisoni Barbs. Any Oreichthys species.
Danios: Any Danios may be turned in.
Target Fish: Danio margaritatus or Danio erythromicron
Rasboras: Any Rasboras may be turned in.
Target Fish: Any other than Sissortailed, Redtailed or Brilliant.
Killifish: Any Killifish may be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Any true annual Killifish, any Diapteron species, Cubanich- thys species, Cyprinodon species EXCEPT THOSE THAT ARE PROTECTED, any "Lampeyes".
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Committee Announcements (cont.) Breeder Award Challenge Program (BACP)
Dwarf Cichlids: Any Dwarf Cichlids my be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Any Apistogramma other than caucatoides, any Dicrossus species, Taenicara candidi, any Pelvichromis other than pulcher, "kribensis" Nigerian taeniatus (which are now kribensis), any Congochromis, any Nan- nochromis, any Teleogramma species, any Teleocichla species.
South American Cichlids: Any South American Cichlids may be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Acarichthys Heckelii, any Satanoperca species, any Urau spe- cies. Any F1 Discus (no aquarium strains). Any wild type angels but they must be F1 fish (no aquarium strains). Cichla sp. zebrina. Any Retroculus species.
Other Cichlids: Any Cichlids can be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Any of the "Chromides", "Damba", Neolamprologus Sexfasci- atus BLUE, Benthochromis tricoti. Any Tomocichla species other than sieboldi (I will start the bidding at $200.00 for 6 fry of Tomocichla tuba), Any Theraps species. Any Rhamphochromis species.
Wild type Live bearers: Any wild type livebearers may be turned in.
TARGET FISH: Any Anableps species, any Stingrays, any Zoogoneticus, any Girardichthys species.
Rainbow Fish: Any Rainbow Fish my be turned in.
Target Fish: Any Pseudomugil species.
Catfish: Any catfish may be turned in.
Target Fish: Any Synodontis other than lucipinnis, petricola, mul- tipunctatus, polli or grandiops. Any microsynodontis, Any "Glass www.neo-fish.com
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Catfish". Any "Banjo Catfish". Any "Bumble Bee Catfish". Callichthys & Hop- losternum species.
Oddball fish: Anything not listed above.
Target Fish: Gobies except for Bumble Bee, Peacock and Desert gobies. Pea Puffers, any Loaches, Garra, Eeels, Polypterus.
Native North American fish: NOTHING PROTECTED Pretty much anything goes. WE CANNOT AUCTION OHIO NATIVES, but you CAN GIVE THEM AWAY.
Target Fish: Any Darters, Madtom Catfish, Dwarf Sunfish aka Bluegills, Shiners & Cyprinids aka Minnows and Chubs. Pygmy Sunfish, nearly anything that swims in US freshwaters as long as it is not protected.
Breeding and Growth Contest
Chuck Nowakowski has graciously donated an entire spawn of Green Ter- rors to the club for a Breeding and Growth contest. I have been holding them for about a month now and I will bringing them to the meeting 6 per bag. If you cannot attend the meeting and there are any left I will have them at the Auction the following Sunday but I WILL NOT HOLD ANY, your best bet is to attend the meeting. The first member to breed them and turn them for BAP will win a prize of some sort. Then sometime in the future Bill Bilski will schedule a special Bowl Show for you to bring in your best and the person that brings in the largest fish will win a prize of some sort, we have not de- cided what the prizes will be so watch this spot.
I am willing to accept BAP entries from those that have already turned them in if you would like to participate and already turned them in.
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Committee Announcements (cont.)
Auction Committee
This was a very good auction for the club. Many thanks to all the helped throughout the day. The board will be meeting to discuss improvements that could be implemented for our next auction.
Brian
Programs
June—Chris Carpenter talking on Tanganyikan Shell Dwellers . July—Fishy Bingo The rest of the year will be filled with more interesting talks
Dean Mersinas
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Committee Announcements (cont.) NEOfish BOWL SHOW 2016
There were another dual class for May. Class #1 was Characins/Cyprinids Winners were: 1st. Place with a Diamond Tetra was Jan Bilski 2nd. Place was a Rosline Shark by Jeff Swanson 3rd. Place was a Black Skirt Tetra by Stan Jackna
NeoFish Bowl Show Standings 2016
Next month are also 2 classes Class #1: Mubuna /Tanganyikan Cichlids Class #2: Dwarf Cichlids
The cash standings are as follows:
So far the standings are as follows: Bill Bilski $8.00 Stan Jackna $7.00 Jan Bilski $4.00 George Hollister $4.00 1. All entries must be in a flat sided bowl or tank. Bill & Debbi King $3.00 2. Any tank over 10 gallons must be on its own stand. Tim & Tami Ryan $2.00 3. Entry fee for each entry is 50 cents Mike Swanson $2.00 4. Cash award payout for each class. Jeff Swanson $2.00 1st. place $3.00 Elsie Swanson $1.00 2nd. place $2.00 Paul Pailsin $1.00 3rd. place $1.00 5. Pay-out is at the December for all entrants. July: Any South American/Central American August: Angelfish September: Rainbow Fish October: Killie Fish, Native fish, Invertebrates November: Any Catfish December: Any fish - 1 entry per person –Gift Certificate award.
See you at the meeting, Bill
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GET YOUR ORDERS IN! THE LAST DAY TO PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR
KEN’S FISH THIS MONTH IS (PLEASE NOTE:IT’S NOW A DAY EARLIER) SATURDAY July 9, 2016
(PICK UP DATE FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016 AT NEOFISH MEETING) JUST SEND YOUR ORDER TO [email protected] IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE CATALOG GO TO kensfish.com
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NEOfish 2016 Auctions Dates
Spring and Fall 2015
NEOfish is proud to announce their auction dates for 2016.
NEOfish will be using the third Sundays of March and September each year for their Auctions.
For 2016, the remaining date is September 18, 2016
For those thinking a year ahead, for 2017, the dates will be March 19, 2017 and September 17, 2017
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.
For more information (Flyers and Seller Sheets) go to: http://www.neo-fish.com/events/auction-information/
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2016 Regional Auctions
Let’s get out and support our Neighbors!
also... Columbus Area Fish Enthusiasts Greater Akron Aquarium Society Greater Cincinnati 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
Remember to check out the Area Club events Calendar on the website at: http://www.neo-fish.com/events/ohio-michigan-and-western-pa-tropical-fish-club-calendar/
If you are a member of any of the above clubs, please review their events for completeness and accuracy. Contact Brian Shrimpton for have your event added or up- dated at [email protected]
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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.)
2016
Sunday, June 26, 2016 Stark County Aqua Life Enthusiasts Society (SCALES) Auction Perry Grange 6300 Richville Drive SW, Canton, OH 44646 http://www.scalesclub.com/
Sunday September 11, 2016 Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society Spring Auction UPDATED LOCATION!!! Garden City Hall 600 Garden City Drive Monroeville, PA 15146 http://www.gpasi.org/
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2016
Sunday September 18, 2016 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
Sunday, October 2, 2016 Columbus Area Fish Enthusiasts (CAFE) Auction Courtyard Columbus West 2350 Westbelt Drive Columbus, Ohio 43228 http://www.columbusfishclub.org/
Saturday, October 8, 2016 Medina County Aquarium Society Spring Auction Peace Lutheran Church, 3355 Medina Rd. Medina, Ohio 44256 http://www.mcas-fish.net/
Sunday, October 23, 2016 Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society (YATFS) Auction JV. JOHNSON COMMUNITY CENTER 800 GILLMER ROAD, Leavittsburg OHIO 44430 Registration: 11:00 to 1:00. Auction: NOON Tropical Fish, Aquarium Plants, Dry Goods, Live Food Contact Tom: [email protected] 330.758.3043 Day of Auction: 330.770.3131 http://www.yatfs.com/auction_us.html
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2016
Saturday October 29, 2016 Greater Cincinnati Aquarium Society (GCAS) Auction HARRY T. WILKS CONFERENCE CENTER MIAMI UNIVERSITY - HAMILTON 1601 University Blvd. Hamilton, OH 45011 Call Phil or Jan Benes at (513) 894-7289 to pre-register. Pre-registered sellers are lim- ited to thirty (30) bags of fish and/or plants; if seller is not pre-registered, seller is lim- ited to ten (10) bags. Only six (6) bags of any one species or color morph will be ac- cepted per seller. Registration: 9:00 - 10:45 -- Auction starts: 11:00 a.m. Sale goods registered after 10:45 a.m. will be sold last! http://www.gcas.org/
Sunday, November 6, 2016 Greater Akron Aquarium Society Auction Tallmadge Community Center 80 Community Drive, Tallmadge, OH 44278 Registration starts at 10am Auction starts at 11am Auction Rules http://www.gaas-fish.net/ShowDocuments/spring_fall_auctionrules.pdf Website: http://www.gaas-fish.net/
Friday—Sunday November 18-20, 2016 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
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