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This month’s speaker will be Ron Georgeone Talking about Goldfish
This month’s speaker will be Ron GeorgeoneTalking about Goldfish
Medina County Aquarium Society 2010 Officers
President: Joe Ring (330) 483-0419 [email protected] President Gene Gore (330) 334-1447Treasurer: Teresa Biggs (330) 334-1447 [email protected]: John Kaminski (330) 225-0709 [email protected]
Board of Directors
Bob Blazek (330) 725-1173 [email protected] Evanoff (330) 722-3887 [email protected]
Tracy Douglas (330)350-6891 [email protected] Larson (330) 882-5158 [email protected] Suk (440) 886-7178 [email protected]
Committee Chairpersons
Editor Nick EvanoffPrograms - Charlie Suk Nomination Committee-Nate Larson/Teresa BiggsRaffle - Gene Gore/Teresa Biggs Exchange Committee—Bob Blazek/Nick EvanoffLibrary - John Kaminski Club Photographer – Ken McGillAuctions - Teresa Biggs/John Kaminski Publicity - John Kaminski/Nate LarsonBowl Show Joe Ring Show - Joe Ring//TBD/TBDA.C.A. Ron Georgeone Sunshine - Eileen Evanoff/Nick EvanoffB.A.P. - Nick Evanoff/John Kaminski H.A.P. - Nick Evanoff/John KaminskiRefreshments Joe Ring/Gayle Ring Membership John Kaminski /Bob Blazek
The All Wet Gazette is published by the Medina County Aquarium Society. The objectives of this society are to bring together a congenialgroup of people mutually interested in tropical fishes and to promote the keeping, study, breeding, and exhibition of aquarium fishes and re-lated aquatic life.
Send to:
Medina County Aquarium Society Website: http://www.mcasclub.org
P.O. Box 1485
Medina, Ohio 44256
EDITORS CORNER
This month the bowl show will be ALL LIVE BEARERS.The fish room featured this month is Bob Blazek’s. yours could be next ,contact Bob if you are inter-ested.Don’t forget about our auction coming next month ,it’s October 9th at the Prince of Peace Church.Nick
Bruce Fraley is selling his fish room if anyone is interested here is some informationFish Room for Sale Bruce Fraley 440-946-1605email; [email protected] gallon tanks with top, heater, filters, and 2x4 stand - qty. 3- $120/ea.3- 20 gallon long tanks with top, heater, filter, and 2x4 stand- qty. 2- $80/ea.9-10 gallon tanks with top, heater, filter, and 2x4 stand- qty.1- $1107- 10 gallon tanks with top, heater, filter, and 2x4 stand- qty. 1- $90¼ hp gast blower with 70 air valves and tubing- $175Total price- $895; Pkg. Price- $7006 -2lb frozen brine shrimp- $7/ea.
BOWL SHOW CLASSES 2010
JAN————ANY CATFISH JULY —————FEB————BARBS & TETRAS AUGUST————NEW WORLD CICHLIDSMARCH——ANGLES & DISCUS SEPTEMBER——ALL LIVE BEARERSAPRIL———RAINBOWS & KILLIFISH OCTOBER———BETTAS & GOURAMISMAY———-GOLD FISH NOVEMBER——ANY FISH NOT IN A CLASSJUNE———OLD WORLD CICHLIDS DECEMBER——-CHRISTMAS PARTY
BAP PROGRAM REPORTBy Nick Evanoff
…BREEDERS AWARD PROGRAMStandings as of
August 2010If I have any of your numbers wrong please let me know
So I can correct them for you.
SUPREME GRAND MASTER 70 SPAWNS
GRAND MASTER 60 SPAWNSDan McMonigle 66 spawns
MASTER…… 50 SPAWNS
EXPERT ….. 40 SPAWNS
SPECIALIST ….. 30 SPAWNSBill Bilski 36 spawnsBrian Shrimpton 33 spawnsCharlie & Cathy Suk 31 spawns
ACCOMPLISHED ….. 20 SPAWNSJohn Clark 24 spawnsBob Blazek 21spawns
NOVICE ………….. 10 SPAWNSLinda Wallrath 19 spawnsRobert Patrick 14 spawnsTeresa Biggs 14spawnsJoe Ring 11 spawnsGene Gore 10 spawnsNick Evanoff 11 spawnsTom &Carolyn Evers 10 spawns
BEGINNER …………. 5 SPAWNSJohn Kaminski 9 spawnsKen & Karen Grimmett 2 spawnsMartin Newman 2 spawns
HORTICULTURE AWARDPROGRAM
STANDING AS OF
August 201010 points for each entry
SUPREME GRAND MASTER…..500 POINTS
Dan McMonigle…. 940 points
GRAND MASTER………………..400 POINTS
MASTER…………………………..300 POINTS
Linda Wallrath….340 points
EXPERT…………………………...250 POINTS
ACCOMPLISHED………………..150 POINTS
Robert Patrick…..180 points
NOVICE…………………………...100 POINTS
John Clark……….100 points
BEGINNER…………………………50 POINTS
Nick Evanoff ……80 points
John Kaminski….60 points
Charlie Suk……..50 points
Bill Bilski………..70 points
August 2010 bowl show results1st William Markosky
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Bring a Friend to the meeting!!!!! Who knows you might get them hooked!!!!!!
EMAILSingle-$9.00,Family-$12.00,Juniors-$5.00,Seniors-5.00
SNAIL MAILSingle-$15.00,Family-$20.00,Juniors-$5.00,Seniors-$5.00
You can mail your dues in or BETTER YET bring it to Januarys meeting!
Reduced Membership for 2010Take Half Off!
ONLY ABOUT ONE THIRD of members ATTEND MEETINGS.ATTEND A MEETING, GET YOUR MONEYS WORTH.
MEET FRIENDLY PEOPLE THAT SHARE THE SAME HOBBY YOU ENJOY.SHARE YOUR HOBBY EXPERIENCES AND MAYBE PICK UP IDEAS FROM OTHERS.
Please pass this on :
What a DealWON’T YOU CONSIDER JOINING?
MCAS (Medina County Aquarium Society) offers a wide range of programs and events tosatisfy the needs of almost every aquatic hobbyist, from the single community tankenthusiasts to the multi-tank breeder, as well as those who desire to show their fish.
Regular Monthly Meetings Feature:
Bowl Show with Auction Dollar Prizes. Auction dollars are the same as cash at anyMCAS auctions.Manufacture’s Donated Supplies in Raffles.Programs by Hobby Experts on Some Phase of the Hobby.RefreshmentsChat with Fellow Members about Problems and Successes.Monthly Meeting drawings for cash prize if you’re present and signed up at the meeting.
Annual Spring and Fall Auctions:
You can sell your Excess Fish, Plants, Equipment and Food.MCAS offers a 75/25 split to Sellers that are MCAS members!!!!You can buy Fish, Plants, Equipment and Food.50/50 Drawings during Auction.Food and Drink for Sale at Auctions.Various Raffles.
National Recognized Bulletin Every Month.Interesting Reading on Various Facets of the Hobby.
Either walk into a meeting or phone, e-mail or contact John Kaminskifor more information.Thanks go to Ken McGill for our new web site. www.mcas-fish.net
John Kaminski [email protected] P.O. Box 1485330-225-0709 Medina, OH 44256
A fish eyes viewBy Bob Blazek
Hello Everyone, I hope you're having a great Summer and welcome to the next chapter of : "A Fish Eye'sView" This months' article will feature "me" Bob Blazek. I have been in and out of keeping fish since Ihave been about 12 years old. When I was younger I was mostly into angelfish and bred about everycolor variety you can think of. Then my "fry/children"" came along and I had to put fish on the back burnerfor a few years. When I decided to get back into fish I had already moved to the Medina area from theNorth Olmsted/North Ridgeville area. I decided to get into African Cichlids and primarily lake MalawiPeacocks. My favorite Peacock is Aulonocara Stuartgranti "Ngara Flametail". I also keep a variety oflivebearers and corydoras. I have been recently expanding my collection to South American, CentralAmerican and West African river basin cichlids. I am currently running 20 tanks ranging from 10 gallons to75 gallons. I really enjoy the comraderie of our club and the vast variety of what each member is into. I'malso a member of the Ohio Cichlid Association. I would probably join at least one or two of the other greatlocal clubs but like the amount of tanks you keep there's a limit. See You at the meeting, Bob Blazek
White Worms ~ Care and Feeding
by Steve Mc Donald, SWMAS; from SWAM, July / August 1993 Issue
These worms are an excellent live food supplement to any fish’s diet. Keep the worms in smallcovered container with a loose lid such as a plastic shoe box. The soil should be a mix of fifty percentpeat moss and fifty percent top soil or African Violet soil. Leaf mold can also be added. Keep the soildamp, but not soaked to the point that it can’t hold any more water. Add your worm starter culture tothe box. In approximately three weeks, you should have enough worms to be able to begin feedingyour fish.
Care of the Worms
Feed the worms a teaspoon or two of the following, every couple of days: sour cream, Gerberbaby food oatmeal or mixed cereal, mashed potatoes, or cooked oatmeal. Place the food into smallholes poked in the soil. Do not feed more than can be consumed in two days. Keep the worms cool atabout 40 to 55 degrees F and they will reproduce rapidly.
Feeding Worms to Your Fish
Remove clumps from the dirt and put them into a small container of clean water for up to anhour. Pour off the excess water and dirt, rinsing as needed. The worms are then ready to feed to yourfish.
Cherry Red Shrimp as aCory Egg Hatching AidBy Steve SmithReprinted w/permission. This article first appeared in ‘Fincinnati’ the magazine of the GreaterCincinnati Aquarium Society.We are always looking for new ways to successfully hatch eggs. In the fall of 2008 I found onemore. An Aquabid.com user named Neoncory was advertising corydoras eggs of various kindsfor sale. He would ship however many eggs he had on a given day, so I ordered eggs fromCory. davidsandsi, C. duplicareus, C. sterbai and C. panda. When they arrived we opened thepackage to see several bags of Cory eggs, some of which had already started to hatch and asurprise. In each of the bags there was a single Cherry Red shrimp. I poured a couple of theseinto a 10 gallon tank and watched as the shrimp pick up eggs and clean them, rotating them andnibbling at anything they found. I contacted Neoncory and found that he had beenexperimenting with this method in his own tanks for quite some time and found the shrimp to beexcellent egg cleaners.In experiments with some Orange Laser Cory eggs I found that an individual shrimp in a plasticcontainer and air bubbler did best with no more than 20-25 eggs. Beyond that I don’t think oneshrimp can keep up with the egg cleaning duties. Also, keeping the air bubbler to a minimumseems to be more agreeable with the shrimp. Once the eggs hatch the shrimp pay no attentionto the fry and I was not able to see any loss of fry over the first few days when I left shrimp inthe hatching containers. I typically remove the shrimp back to their own tanks once the Cory fryare free swimming.This method is preferable to the addition of chemicals and even easier than the other relativelynew method with alder cones, which need to be changed daily.
The Medina County Aquarium
Society extends our extreme
appreciation supporters appreciation to our supporters
Ray "Kingfish" Lucas / King-fish Services …...Wardley’s8 in one pet productsSan Francisco Bay Brand
Tetra
Zoo Med Laboratories inc
Ocean Nutrition…………………………..Members, please remember these manufacturers
and businesses when you shop for your pet supplies. They all support us and we
should in turn support them. For without them, our club raffles, Show, and Annual
Auctions would be very bleak indeed… A bigger and better year for them all!
MEDINA COUNTY PARKS DISTRICT6364 Deerview Lane, Medina, Ohio 44256(330) 722-9364, (330) 225-7100 ext. 9364Website: http://www.medinacountyparks.com
Medina County Aquarium Society
We meet the 2nd Friday of Each Month atPrince of Peace Lutheran Church
3355 Medina Rd. (Rt.18) Medina, Ohio8:00pm
All are Welcome!!!
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