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The Journal of the Catfish Study Group The Journal of the Catfish Study Group Building a New F" h •s House. w ays, Means and Costs ·c G\rard Charles Fre d en Infusoria & P aramec· IUm . \\\S {BAP) doras sun · cof'/ spaWO\O 9 Spawn·1ng .,.. 'n99ers . ~ . Volume 9 Issue Number 1 March 2008 Honorary Committee for the Catfish Study Group President: Trevor (JT) Morris Scientific Advisor: v ice-President: Dr Peter Burgess Professor Isaac Isbrucker , \ q u; 1t i c ~ I ) 1)l' t m ru ; 1t) l.n) m Membership Secretary: Paul Fox IlK m h c r ~ h i p ~cncw n (a cat fi~hst u d y~roup .o n.! Chairman: Ian Fu ller Website Manager: Allan James '' chm ;1 stcrro Gl t 11~ h s t ud v ~roup .or~ vice-Chairman &Treasurer: Danny Blundell Cat Chat Editor: Keith Jackson l i'C<l~lll'CI' 11 L' ill ll '> h ~llill\'~l'() ll j).lll'~ Secretary: Adrian Taylor Print Manager: John Toon -.;ccrL'l <ll'\ u c . Jtll ~ h~tlllh'~rutlp . m~ p 1·i n l lll <Ill <t ~er r ( I catil sh stud y~ro up . ur ~ Show Secretary: Brian Walsh Breeders Award Secretary: ~ hm\ ~L' L'I.L' L ;l r\ ' ( u cll l · i ~ il st ud v ~rou p .ur~ Mark Waiters I ~ < l p. sec rcL <I I'\ w C<illl s h ~ l ud v~ r o up .ore Assistant Show Secretary: Ann Blundell Publicity Officer: Stuart Brown pub I ic it vo nl ccr(u e<l t 11 ~ h s t udyeroup . or ~ Where We Meet: The Club normally meets at the Hayfields Working Men's Club, 1 Ratcliffe Street, Darwen, Lanes, BB3 2BZ on the second Sunday of each tnonth from 1pm . The exception is the annual Convention, held in the Spring at the Britannia Hotel, Ahnond Brook Road, Standish, Wigan. The Catfish Study Group would like to acknowledge the help and support given by: • Aquarian • Arcadia • Tetra • King British • Waterlife • Algarde • • Interpel Publishing • JEW, Darwen • BAS, Bolton • Pier Aquatics, Wigan • • Midland Waterlife, Bromsgrove • Henley Water Gardens • Pets Parade • Cat Chat March 2008 Vol. 9 No . 1 Contents The From Chair .. .. 00 ••• • • • 00 •• 00 •• • 00 00 00 00 00 •• 00 00 00 00 • • 00 00 •• 00 00 00 00. 00 00 00 •••••••••• 00 ••• 00 ••• 00. 00 •••• 00 •••••• 00 •••• 00 00 •• 00 ••••••••••• 00 00 •• 1 Editorial ................................... .. ................. ............................................ .. ........................ ....... ..... .. .. ... 3 Magazine Deadlines ....... ................ ....................... ... ............ ...... ... ... ...... :........................................ ... .. 4 CSG Auction Rules 00 00 00 00.00 00 00 00 •••• 00 .00 00.00 00.00 00 00 00 00 00 • • 00 00 00 00 00 .00 00 00 00.00 ••• 00.00 00 . 00 . 00.00 . 00 .00 •• • 00.00 00 ••• •• 00 00 00 •••••••• 00 5 Charles Frederic Girard, 1822- 1895 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 •••• 00.00 00 00 00 •••• • • 00 ••• 00 •••• • • 000 ••• 00.00 ••• 00.00 00.00 00 •••• 00 •••• 00 00 00 7 Infusoria and Paramecia 00 ••••• 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 •• 00 00 • •• • 00 00 00 00 00 00.00 •• 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 . 00 ••• 00.00 00 ••••••• 00 •••••• 00 ••• 00 00 • • 00 •• 00 00 •••••• 7 Spawning Corydoras similis, Heironimus, 1991 ······oooooooooo ...... oo .. oo.oooo······oo·······oo·············oooo oooooo ····· ·oo9 Meet the Member .. 00 00 00 00 00 •••••• 00. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ••• • 00 00 00 00 00 • •• 00 00 00 00 00 •• 00. 00 . 00 ••• 00 00 .00. 00 00 •• 00 ••••• • 00 •••••••• 00 •• 00 00 • ••• 00 •• • • 10 Spawning Corydoras elegans sp. 'CW 08 ', 1st March 2007 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooo 11 'What's New' -March 2008 .oo.oooooooooooooooo••oo ···· ·········ooooooo•oo·····oo·oo···oo·oo···oooo·····oo· oo ···oooo ··· ··oo·· ··.... ...... l3 After21 Years, FishhouseNo.2.oo oooooooooooo········ ·· ·····ooooooooooooooooooo····oo ···oo•oo••oo······ ··oo ·· ···oo···· ····· ·········oo· l6 Spawning Triggers- Are We Taking Them All Into Account? oooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooo ooooooooooooooooooooo oooooo 21 2008 Dates for Your Diary . 00 00 ••• 00 00 00 •••• 00.00. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 •••• ••••• 00 00 •••••••• •• ••• •• •• •• • 00 ••• • •••• • • • •••• 00 •••••• • • • • 00 •• • • • • • • • 24 A UALIFE www.aqualifeonline.co.uk Tei/Fax: 01772 601777 Aqua life, Wyevale Garden Centre, 338 Southport Road, Ulnes Walton. Leyland, PR26 8LQ Everything you need when it comes to Aquatics - 1 - Cat Chat March 2008 Vol. 9 No. 1 The From Chair Ian Fuller and the British Livebearer Association arrived in force and put on great displays - as did Mark Breeze with his Live Food stand. Other workshop stands included Brian Walsh, with a fantastic display of wood carvings; Peter Burgess with advise on parasites and diseases and a range of Aquarian, API and Rena products; David Marshall, with his new CD Magazine project "The Aquarium Gazette"; Danny Blundell, with information and demonstrations on fish photography. Ian Hallam from lighting experts Arcadia was also available to help with lighting problems and, last but not least, our very own Adrian Taylor with the CSG merchandise tables. Other than to say that the whole weekend was without a doubt the best event we have staged so far a~d that every one that attended had a great time, I wlll leave the task of writing a more in depth report Welcome to the start of another CSG year. OK I to others. I think the fact that we had member guests know we are three months into it but it is the start from the USA, Denmark, and Norway says a lot. from our publications point of view. As you all This, along with speakers from the USA, Finland kn~w, the CSG year starts with the AGM in January, and the UK, made it a totally international event. wh1ch is traditionally not very well attended. As I said earlier, I was concerned that ticket sales H?wever this year proved to be a bit of an exception ~ere not what I had hoped for but the people who w1th around twenty-five members turning up. The d1d not come were the ones who missed out on a committee remained pretty much as it was in 2007 great event. The major disapointment for me was the with only a couple of exceptions. The Editor, Bill lack of support from the largest aquatic federation in Hurst, stood down after a ten year stint in the job - the UK, the FBAS. I wonder what my response will thanks Bill for a job well done. Keith Jackson from be when I am asked to put a CSG stand on at the Derby was duly appointed as the Group's new Festival of Fishkeeping!! Anyway they are the ones Editor and is the man who will be chasing you all for that missed out. articles and stories, so look out folks he' s very keen. Another appointment was that of John Toon as Print Next year will see a couple of milestones for the M~n~ger, Jo~n will be in charge of all the Group's group, the first being that from its original pnntmg reqmrements and will tie in with Keith to conception as the "Northern Area Catfish Group", a ensure the magazine is ready on time. then area branch of the now defunct Catfish Association of Great Britain, we will be celebrating February is the biggy month as far as the CSG is our thirtieth anniversary but this is not all. It will concerned because, as you all well know, this is also be the tenth anniversary of the change over to when we hold our annual convention. This was the the Catfish Study Group, so we will have a double third full weekend event we have held and right up celebration. Plans are already afoot but you will to the Friday of the event I was concerned that we have to wait a while before any anouncements are were not getting the ticket sales I had hoped for. ma~e . There is one change that we have already Other events in the final build up had also given me dec1ded to make and that is the date. Because our some concern in that both the British Killifish traditional date in February falls on Valentines Day Association (BKA) and the Anabantoid Association next year, we decided to move the event back a of Great Britian (AAGB) would not be there with month and it will now take place over the weekend their stands, which was very disappointing. of 20th, 21st and 22nd of March 2009. This is the Fortunately the British Cichlid Association (BCA) weekend after our spring auction. Please make a - 2- Cat Chat March 2008 Vol. 9 No. 1 note in your diaries so that you don't miss what will Potomac Valley Aquarium Society (PVAS). The be the world's major Catfish event of the year. speaker line-up for the event is Julian Dignall, Devon Graham, Hans-Georg Evers, Wayne Leibel, Talking of Catfish events, October 17th through Lee Finley and Ingo Seidel. This is also a fantastic 19th is the date of the third All Aquarium Catfish event and those that make the effort to go will be convention in Maryland USA, hosted by the well rewarded. CfiTFISH STVO'I GROVP OPEN SHOW AND AUCTION 21 SEPTEMBER 2008 Highfields Working Men's Club 1, Ratcliffe Street, Darwen Lancashire, 883 28Z Editorial Keith Jackson As I slide into the Editor's chair and pick up the blue AGMs are never the most popular meetings on any pencil, the first thing I need to do is thank Bill Hurst club's calendar, which is a great shame in my for his many years of service. I've got some big opinion.
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