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Next NEC Event: 4th Q NEC Board Meeting November 4th @ 7:30 PM

Conference Call: (319) 527-2766, (Access code: 880396)

2017-2018 CALENDAR

Non-NEC Events are shown in Italics

Oct 21-22

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NECA Cich-tober Fest (link/flyer) TFCB Guppy Show, Bowl Show & Giant Auction (link/flyer)

Jan ’18

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DAAS Annual Auction (link/flyer)

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BAS Fall Auction (link/flyer) 4th Q NEC BOG Meeting (CC) 4th Q NEC General Meeting (Hybrid-F2F & CC)

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TFSRI Spring Auction (link/flyer) JSAS Spring Auction (link/flyer) NEC 43rd Annual Convention (link)

(F2F)= Face to Face (CC) – Conference Call *General NEC meetings are held at NOON and BOG meetings are held at 7:30 PM (unless otherwise noted)

Jul 14-15

SJGG IFGA Guppy Show & Auction (link)

The NEC does not coordinate dates for club events, but does publish this monthly calendar for your convenience. Prior to selecting a date for your club’s next event, please check the NEC calendar for availability, and then notify me of the new date immediately at BRomeo1234@optonline.net or by phone @ 914-433-2556. The NEC advertises for NEC clubs and National/International Organizations in the NEC calendar.

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NEC Convention Update

Our 2018 convention is shaping up to be another great event. Mark your calendars and join us at the Sheraton Hartford South Hotel in Rocky Hill, CT, from March 16 -18, 2018 – It’s being held on St. Patrick’s Day weekend! Speakers – We have speakers coming from many locations this year, from Canada, to Florida, Colorado to Virginia! We welcome first time NEC speakers Jim Cumming (Canada), Christine Keys (DC), Kyle Piller (LA), Karl Trochu (FL), Mike Tuccinardi (CO), and Emily Voigt (NY), and welcome back Adam Harris (CT), Shane Linder (VA), Richard Pierce (MA), and Kris Weinhold (MD). Speaker Sponsors – Speaker sponsorships are available for $100.00 each. If your aquarium club, organization, or company would like to sponsor a speaker, please send payment to NECConvention@northeastcouncil.org . Speaker sponsors will be thanked on the speaker page on our website, in the convention booklet, and during the convention itself in signage and in the speaker introductions. Please consider sponsoring one of our 2018 convention speakers! Hospitality Room – David and Janine Banks are our Hospitality Room Chairmen. I know they are working on this year’s hospitality sponsor. Who will it be? Will we have green beer as part of the hospitality room? Vendors – We have already heard from several vendors that they want to come to our convention, including returning vendors as well as new vendors! Our vendor room will be hopping, so make sure to plan on visiting all our vendor tables. Nancy Villars/Hallgring, our Vendor Chairman, will be contacting all the vendors from last year, as well as any new vendors who are interested in joining. Donors and Sponsors - Barbara Romeo is our Donor and Sponsor Chairman. If you wish to make a product donation, or be a Gold, Silver or Bronze sponsor of our convention, please contact her at bromeo1234@optonline.net .

Jim Cumming

Christine Keys

Adam Harris

Shane Linder

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NECA Cichlid Show – NECA will be holding their annual show at the convention. The show is a 4-class, 36-entry show. Each year, we are treated to some amazing cichlids, and this year will continue this wonderful experience. Publicity – Ted Coletti has been promoting our “Green Convention” and our speaker line-up. The responses by hobbyists have been very exciting! More News – More updates coming soon. Check out our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Northeast-Council-of-Aquarium-Societies-NEC-243913172321/ and at our website www.northeastcouncil.org . Volunteers – We are always looking for volunteers, from working behind the scenes, volunteering to introduce a speaker, be a runner at the Sunday auction. Remember, YOU are the NEC! As Ted Coletti says “Get Thee to the NEC!” That’s all for October! Leslie

Richard Pierce

Kyle Piller

Karl Trochu

Mike Tuccinardi

Emily Voigt

Kris Weinhold

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What’s New on New Hampshire Aquarium Society’s Website NHAS is offering the software “GOFISH” – it’s a sales program for fish club auctions. The demo is available as well as the program in a zip file. Go to: http://www.nhaquariumsociety.com/AuctionSoftware.html for more information. News from Connecticut Betta Club (CBC) From CBC FB Page Sept 12: We are planning on putting on a show for the 2018 Calendar year. If you are an IBC member and live close enough to Hartford CT and want to help put on a show please contact us at mailto:connbettaclub@yahoo.com. Stay tuned for further news. Did You Know?

is a nonprofit international network of non-governmental organizations that provides technical support and technological tools to other nonprofits. If your club is classified as a 501(c) organization go to: http://www.techsoup.org/about-us/what-we-do for more information and to join.

2017 ACA Breeder of the Year Program Congratulations to the NEC member clubs CCY, DAAS, and GCAS as well as all the aquarium clubs who participated in the American Cichlid Association (ACA) Breeder of the Year Award Program. For more information, go to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kingandqueencichlids/1951174438468901/

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Updated NEC Program List – David Banks

“Rent a Speaker” Video Program for NEC Member Clubs! All video and slide presentations are available to any NEC club to use as their monthly meeting program. Any other use should be discussed with the NEC slide and video chairman prior to the request. Please make requests as far in advance as possible to allow for scheduling and regular mail delivery. The NEC club requesting the program is responsible for actual shipping charges in both directions. Failure to return the program will result in a $50 replacement charge. Please return programs within 14 days after the scheduled meeting. Requests should be made to: David Banks 315 US RT 2 Grand Isle, VT 05458 dbanks@together.net or 802-372-8716 NEC DVD LIBRARY: 2016 NEC Convention seminars ( app. 1 hr each ) Joe Ferdenzi – An Abbreviated History of the Aquarium Hobby in America Joe Ferdenzi – Killifsih Demystified Bill Gill – The new Guppy Group

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Ian Harrison – Distribution and Conservation of Fishes in the Congo River Ian Harrison – Assessing Biodiversity for conservation and Management of Freshwater Resources Lawrence Kent – Intriguing Ditches – Looking for Labryrinth Fish in Cambodia and Malaysia Lawrence Kent – Will your wife and kids help you collect tropical fish? Family trips to Nicaragua, Peru and Ecuador Lawrence Kent – Seeking Cichlids in East Africa Beyond the Three Rift lakes Dr Paul Loiselle – What –if Anything – is a Barb Dr Paul Loiselle – Aquarists and Conservation Steve Lundblad – Repopulating the Past Steve Lundblad – A Cichlid for Everyone John Lyons – Little Known Gems from your Local Streams and Lakes John Lyons – Conserving Endangered Mexican Goodied Livebearers, the Critical Role of the aquarium Hobbyist Stephan Tanner – Xingu River Plecos Stephan Tanner – A Science Based Approach to Filtration 2015 NEC Convention seminars ( app. 1 hr each ): Shane Linder – Exploring the natural habitats of Loricariidae Shane Linder – Collecting Uganda Brian Perkins – Killifishes of the Madre de Dios Peru Brian Perkins – Peruvian Biodiversity: the Flora and Fauna of the Madre de Dios Region Brian Perkins – Tropic Beauty: Dart frogs of the forest of Peru and Beyond Mike Hellweg – The Great Tetra Renaissance Mike Hellweg – Miniature Cyprinids Mike Hellweg – Working with the Livebearing Halfbeaks Mark Denaro – Nano Aquariums 101 Mark Denaro – The Namesakes Ariel Bornsteind – Uruguay: Hot and Cold Ariel Bornsteind – Gabon: Boumango or Bust 2014 NEC Convention seminars ( app. 1 hr each ): Rick Borsetein - Spawning Cichlids Rick Borsetein- 60 Tips

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Rick Borsetein- Digital Imaging Ted Coletti -Xiphophorus Ted Coletti -Water Gardens Ted Coletti -Wild Livebearers Ted Coletti -Montezuma swordtail Ken McKeighen -Evolution of Fish Ken McKeighen -Pupfish Ken McKeighen -Geology/Paleontology of Abo Pass, NM Matt Pedersen -Aquarium Ark Matt Pedersen -Marine Fishrooms Roxanne Smolowitz - Anatomy/Physiology FW Fish Mark Soberman -African Catfish Mark Soberman -Cory/Aspidoras/Brochis Kris Weinold -NA native plants Kris Weinold -Aquascaping 2013 NEC Convention seminars ( app. 1 hr each ): Andre Carletto- "Killifish - The Little Known Jewels of the Hobby Andre Carletto -"Brazilian Annual Killifish - Ecology and Conservation Status" Charles Clapsaddle- “American Gambusia” Charles Clapsaddle -“Hatchery Operation” Charles Clapsaddle- “Raising Show Quality Fish” Mark Denaro - "Fishes for the Reef Aquarium " Mark Denaro - "Wild Bettas and Other Labryinth Fish" Todd Gardner -"Gems of New York: Collecting Your Own Marine Fishes in Long Island Waters" Todd Gardner- “Carnivorous Plants: Ecology and Propagation” Lee Finley-“Foods and Feeding of Loricariidae catfishes” Rachel O’Leary - "Freshwater Invertabrates, a Primer" Rachel O’Leary - "Freshwater Nano Diversity: More Than Just a Small Tank “ Rich Pierce -“Filtration – Making a DeBruyn Filter and a Working Mattenfilter Demo" Greg Steeves -"Lake Victoria CARES" Amanda Wenger - “Nano Planted Tank Workshop” 2012 NEC Convention seminars ( app. 1 hr each ): Hans-Georg Evers- Sulawesi Hans-Georg Evers- Rio Xingu Spencer Jack - Bolivia Spencer Jack - Urugauy

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Klaus Steinhaus – C.A.R.E.S. Klaus Steinhaus - Tropheus Patrick Donston – Healthy Fish Ken Normandin - Panama Ken Normandin - Rivulus Scott Fellman – nano tanks Scott Fellman - Biotope Scott Fellman – Workshop, Saltwater Rhonda Wilson – Easy Plants Rhonda Wilson – Native Plants Tony Terceira- Workshop, Photography 2009 NEC Convention seminars ( app. 1 hr each ): Bruce Turner – Pupfish Justin Credabel – Coral Propogation Rusty Wessel – Thorichthys Stephan Tanner – Loricarid Nutrition Wolfgang Staeck – Charachins Wolfgang Staeck – Tropheus Ghazanfar Ghori – Cryptocorynes Karen Randall – Collecting in Thailand Les Kaufman – Conservation Ole Pedersen – The Algae-free aquarium Ole Pedersen – Uptake of CO2 by plants 2008 NEC Convention seminars ( app. 1 hr each ): Luis Navarro - aquascaping Eric Do - freshwater crustaceans Eric Bodrock - cory breeding made easy Charles Clapsaddle - new livebearer strains Chuck Davis - Showing and Judging fish 2007 NEC Convention seminars ( app. 1 hr each ): Ingo Seidel - Plecos Anton Lamboj - Rheophilic African Cichlids Dr Frank Marini - Marine Fish Jeff Cardwell - Collecting in Uruguay Evening with the Legends April 7-8, 2006:

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2 ½ hrs, ongoing conversation Bonus disk with interview footage 2006 NEC Convention seminars ( app. 1 hr each ): Disk 1: Mark Soberman - catfish Claus Christensen - Aquatic Plants Bob Goemans - Reef Aquaria Larry Jackson - Reef Aquaria Rosario LaCorte - Characins Wayne Leibel - Amazon Waters Disk 2: Ad Konings - Malawi Cichlids Sallie Boggs - Anabantoids Alan Fletcher - 3/16/2000, hobby history Chuck Davis – Banquet 2005 and 2003 NEC Convention seminars ( app. 1 hr each ): Vol 1: 30th Convention - 2005: Christel Kasselmann - Aquascaping Paul Loiselle - Lake Victoria Update Rosario LaCorte - Killifish 28th Convention - 2003 Pam Chin - Lake Tanganyika Chichlids Paul Turley - Reproduction of Catfish Vol 2: 30th Convention - 2005: Christel Kasselmann - New Plants Ian Fuller - Breeding Corydoras Gary Lange - Rainbowfish Anton Lamboj - West African Characoids 28th Convention - 2003: Karen Randall - Aquascaping

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Randy Carey - Spawning the Scatters Anthony Calfo - Coral Propagation NEC VIDEO TAPE LIBRARY: Aquatic Maestro #1, Equipment and setup Aquatic Maestro #2, Set up and water quality Aquatic Maestro #3, Feeding, food, nutrition Aquatic Maestro #4, livebearers Aquatic Maestro #5, salt water Aquatic Maestro #6, Barbs and Tetras Aquatic Maestro #7, Disease Aquatic Maestro #8, Gouramis Aquatic Maestro #9, Live Plants Aquatic Maestro #10, Catfish and Bottom gang Aquatic Maestro #11, Cichlids Aquatic Maestro #12, Aging Aquarium Aquatic Maestro #13, trickle filters Tetra Cichlid Aquarium, 20 minutes Tetra fish Nutrition, 12 minutes Tetra’s video for a Successful Aquarium, 27 minutes Tetra’s video for a Successful Garden Pond, 22 minutes Tetra’s video for a Successful Marine Aquarium, 30 minutes Raising Livebearers Fry, by Mike Reed, 35 minutes How to Setup and Maintain Marine Aquariums, 20 minutes Aquarium Maintenance 1 & 2 Wet Dry Filtration Koi Handling #1 Koi Classification Get the Most out of Your Reef Aquarium Harro Heironomous, Catfish Harro Heironomous, Rainbowfish Derek Lambert, Livebearers Peter Lewis, Shell Dwellers Dan Logan, Northwest Natives Kathy & Erik Olson, Amazon Adventure Dave Sandford, Killifish

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Stan Weitzman, Characins 2003 NEC Convention Seminars, each approx 1 hr: Anthony Calfo, Reef Gardening- Coral Propagation Randy Carey, Patterns for Spawning the Scatters Ed Champigny, Koi Pam Chin, Lake Tanganyika Dr Paul Loiselle, Aquarists and Conservation Dr Paul Loiselle, Madagascar Rainbowfish Dr. Gene Lucas, Update of Variation in Betta splendens Charlie Nunziata, Plant Spawning Killifish Karen Randall, Sunken Gardens Mike Schadle, Banquet Paul Turley, Reproduction of Catfish Additional videos available (TFCB library): Fish People, BBC production TFCB beginners video ACA, ICC video of selected speakers ( Stawikoski, Bleher, Ribbink, Barlow, Konings, Dieckoff) ANGFA, 1998 Convention (Hieko Bleher, Gerry Allen, Neil Armstrong) ANGFA, 1998 Convention (3 presentation by Gunter Schmida) Collecting in Townsville and Queensland, Australia, Kevin Hosmer Dandy’s Orandas, tape 10, 120 minutes Dandy’s Orandas, tape 11, 120 minutes Dandy’s Orandas, tape 15, 125 minutes

Lending library also available on the NEC website at http://northeastcouncil.org/basic-page/nec-lending-library

If you would like to advertise your monthly meetings or special events, please forward the information to Barbara Romeo @ mailto:bromeo1234@optonline.net by the tenth of each month. Be sure to include all pertinent information (location, time, contact person or website for additional information) in your announcement.

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NEC Website Category Privileges:

Have you visited the NEC website? If you do not have a login that you are viewing whatever the public is allowed to see. If you are a NEC club representative or BOG member, you are missing a whole lot more to the site. We encourage you to create an account and an administrator will review your request and grant privileges accordingly. The category privileges are currently set up as follows with more web privileges as you go down the category list:

• Public: This is what all view if he/she does not login to the website. The more common pages that fall into this category are the NEC home page, calendar of events, newsletter, sponsors, vendors, and member club pages.

• Authenticated User: Person must “Login” to the website (link is located on the bottom right on the home page screen under “Quick Links”-see photo on next page) Person can view all Public privileges plus their own account information. This is useful if you purchase on the NEC site. For example, purchasing an NEC Convention registration, meals, etc.

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• (NEC) Club Representative: Login required. Access includes Public, Authenticated User category privileges plus the NEC general meeting minutes and full speaker list. The NEC speaker list currently has over 350 speakers in the database and is topic searchable. This access is very useful if you are a Program Chair for your NEC member club.

• (NEC) BOG Member: Login required. Access includes the above 3 categories plus NEC BOG minutes.

• Administrator: Login required. Has full access to the site. Please note: Creating an NEC website account does not grant web privileges immediately. The NEC Website Administrator will review all requests and will authenticate / confirm all access requests from the NEC member club or the NEC BOG before granting login privileges.

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Navigating the NEC Website Calendar & Upcoming Events

Have you looked at the NEC web calendar lately? It is getting jammed packed with NEC member club events. Below is an example of how to navigate the site using the month of October to demonstrate a monthly calendar view, the NAS’s October auction as an example of an auction view and GCAS’s monthly meeting as a typical event view that has a speaker program. See all the events on the calendar below. A green line represents an auction, a brown line is a meeting, a red line is a fish show (including a bowl show). One-day events have a yellow background while multi-day events have a blue background. A particular event can be accessed from the calendar by clicking on the day.

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When you click on NAS’s auction on October 1st, the window opens and you view the following screen:

Under NAS Fall Auction you are instructed to view the auction flyer. Blue lettering represents a link. Therefore if you click on “Norwalk Aquarium Society (NAS)”, this will lead to NAS’s website. If you click under “downloadable material” this is the NAS auction flyer.

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As you scroll down you will see the address of the auction and expanded map:

Now lets look at GCAS’s October 4th meeting. Click on GCAS meeting and the following window is viewed:

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The program begins at 19:30 (7:30 PM) and the title is “Discus”. The speaker is James Perrenod. Notice the blue lettering below. Let’s click on his name (see next page).

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This is James Perronod’s speaker page. Please note Mr. Perrenod has presented 2 programs regarding discus that we have in our database. If you would like to contact Mr. Perrenod to present at your club, please contact the NEC web administrator and if we will contact him regarding your request.

If we go back to the October calendar, you can change the view to only show auctions, meetings, fish shows, etc. by changing the “event type” at the top of the calendar. See screen on next page.

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You can also change the view from monthly to week, day, or even year. So we encourage you to browse the NEC website, there is a ton of information! If there is information missing about your NEC member club or NEC member club events, please contact Barbara Romeo at mailto:Bromeo1234@optonline.net and we will correct. Remember to inform Barbara about your club events by the 10th of each month to ensure the information is shared in the NEC newsletter and at the NEC website.

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NEC Articles Competition Reprint Our next reprint won 2nd place for the 2015 open class article titled “Easy Rider and the Foureye Butterfly Fish” by Stephen Sica. It was published within the March issue of Greater City Aquarium Society (GCAS)’s publication Modern Aquarium. We intend to reprint the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winning entries from the Breeder Article, Junior, Humor and Open Classes categories of the NEC Articles Competitions. We will reprint in the newsletter as space permits and as we receive approval by the author or per club newsletter policy. If you have won a past NEC Articles Competition no matter how “old” and would like us to reprint it, please contact me at mailto:bromeo1234@optonline.net. Thanks Barbara

NEC Articles Competition Winner Entry Reprint 2015 Open Class – 2nd Place Winner

“Easy Rider and the Foureye Butterfly Fish” – Stephen Sica

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Monthly Meeting

Saturday, October 21st @ 1PM

“Cyprinids" by Bob Bock

In this talk, Bob surveys the cyprinids, a vast group of fishes native

to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. He offers tips on caring for cyprinids in aquaria, reviews field studies on spawning behaviors of North American and European cyprinids, then applies these findings to breeding barbs, danios, rasboras and other cyprinid species in the home aquarium Bob Bock has been collecting and keeping fish since he was 7 years old, when he brought home two mummichog from the Hackensack River Meadowlands of New Jersey. Bob likes writing and speaking about aquarium fish and belongs to all the Washington, D.C. area's freshwater aquarium societies. He is past president of the North American Native Fishes Association and wrote the "Meet the Hobbyist" column of Tropical Fish Hobbyist. Cyprinids are his main interest, but he has also bred sunfish, cichlids, corydoras and brochis, livebearers, loaches, and killifish. When he's not busy in his fishroom, Bob likes collecting native fishes. Every two years, he leads the native fishes collecting trip for the Potomac Valley Aquarium Society's All Aquarium Catfish Convention

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Please note that all NEC clubs are listed on the NEC website’s homepage, and have a link to each of the local club’s websites if you need additional information for any of the club meetings.

October 2017

Oct 16

Boston Aquarium Society (BAS) Scott Dowd & Russ McAndrews

“Project Piaba/Collecting in the Rio Negro” More info:

http://www.bostonaquariumsociety.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=112:project-piabacollecting-in-the-rio-negro&Itemid=57

Oct 18 Central New York Aquarium Society (CNYAS)

TBA “Paludariums”

More info: https://cnyas.org

Oct 18

Tropical Fish Society of Rhode Island (TFSRI) Richard Pierce

“Fishy Jeopardy” More info: http://tfsri.net/tfsri-wp/tfsri-monthly-meeting-

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Oct 19

Norwalk Aquarium Society (NAS) Lou Dell

“Water Testing and Water Quality Meters” More info: http://www.norwalkas.org/xoops/

Oct 20

Long Island Aquarium Society (LIAS) Tom Allison

“History of Zoo Med: 40th Anniversary” More info: http://www.liasonline.org

Triple Crown Fish AuctionSaturday, March 16, 2011

The Tropical Fish Society of Rhode Island presents

TFSRI’s split is $3 per bag sold, all the rest goes to the vendor.No limit on the number of lots submitted. All lots must be live sh, plants or aquarium-related items. See rules for complete details.

Preregister by March 11th and get a red dot sticker to bump one bag to the start of the auc-tion.

All lots open at $3. Lots not selling for the minimum bid of $3 are returned to the seller. Lots selling for only $3 are considered dona-tions to TFSRI.

Vendor Fee: $2Bidder Card: $2 (Waived for Vendors)Bump any lot $2 Rebagging fee: $2The Tropical Fish Society of Rhode Island

meets on the third Wednesday of each month (except December) at 7:30 PM. Meetings are free and all are welcome to attend. Go to www.tfsri.net for meeting location

BRING YOUR BEST FISH!For a $1 fee you can put a reserve on any lot! YOU set the minimum bid, if the lot doesn’t sell for your price or better, you get it back!

Doors will be open at 10:00 AM.The auction starts promptly at 12:00 PM

Free Admission! All are welcome!

Visit www.tfsri.net for complete rules and auction forms.

St. Joseph’s Parish Center1303 Mendon Road (Rte. 122)Cumberland, RI

DIRECTIONS TO THE AUCTION:Route 295 to Route 122, (exit 10). Take a left off the ramp, proceed past the Burger King on your left and Route 116 on your right. Continue on route 122 for approximately one mile. St. Joseph’s church will be on your left. Turn left into the driveway immediately before the church, and follow the driveway around the rear of the church and proceed to the top of the hill. The Parish center will be on your right.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Al Wagonblott 401-619-7805 mr_wiggles_sr@hotmail.com

or visit us on the web at: www.tfsri.net

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Oct 21 Aquarium Club of Lancaster County (ACLC)

Bob Bock “Cyprinids”

More info: http://www.aclcpa.org

Oct 27

Danbury Area Aquarium Society (DAAS) Artie Platt

“Surprising Stuff For Your Fish Room” More info: http://northeastcouncil.org/daas-home-page

Oct 28

The Cichlid Club of York PA (CCY) Christine Keys

“Evolution of a Fish Room: The Adventures of a Lazy Fishkeeper”

More info: http://www.cichlidclubofyork.com

November 2017

Nov 1

Greater City Aquarium Society (GCAS) Karen Pattist

“Koi Appreciation – Kohaku” More info: http://www.greatercity.org

Nov 9 Tropical Fish Club of Burlington (TFCB)

Ken Boorman “Rainbow and Blue Eyes of Australia”

More info: http://www.northeastcouncil.org/events/tfcb-meeting-21

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Nov 14 Nassau County Aquarium Society (NCAS) NEC Video Presentation: Lawrence Kent

“Seeking Cichlids in East Africa Beyond the Three Rift Lakes”

More info: http://www.ncasweb.org

Nov 16

North Jersey Aquarium Society (NJAS) Spenser Jack

“My Favorite Fish Farms” More info: http://www.njas.net

Nov 16

Norwalk Aquarium Society (NAS) Gary Lange

“Collecting Trip” More info: http://www.norwalkas.org/xoops/

Nov 17

Long Island Aquarium Society (LIAS) Michael Marcotrigiano, Ph.D.

“Guppies” More info: http://www.liasonline.org

Nov 20

Boston Aquarium Society (BAS) Jim Cormier

“West Africans” More info:

http://www.bostonaquariumsociety.org/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=111:west-africans-by-jim-cormier&Itemid=57

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NEC MEMBER CLUBS: Aquarium Club of Lancaster County ACLC Boston Aquarium Society BAS Brooklyn Aquarium Society BASNY Central New York Aquarium Society CNYAS Cichlid Club of York CCY Connecticut Aquatic Plant Enthusiasts CAPE Connecticut Betta Club CBC Danbury Area Aquarium Society DAAS Greater City Aquarium Society GCAS Greater Hartford Aquarium Society GHAS Jersey Shore Aquarium Society JSAS Koi Organisation International K.O.I. Long Island Aquarium Society LIAS Long Island Killifish Association LIKA Metropolitan Area Killifish Assoc. MAKA Nassau County Aquarium Society NCAS New England Cichlid Association NECA New England Fancy Guppy Assoc. NEFGA New Hampshire Aquarium Society NHAS Northeast Livebearers Association NELA North Jersey Aquarium Society NJAS Norwalk Aquarium Society NAS Otter Valley Aquarium Society OVAS Pioneer Valley Aquarium Society PVAS Pioneer Valley Water Garden & Koi PVWG&K South Jersey Guppy Group SJGG Southern New England Killifish Assoc. SNEKA Tropical Fish Club of Burlington TFCB Tropical Fish Society of Rhode Island TFSRI Upstate NY Killifish Association UNYKA Worcester Aquarium Society WAS NEC Board of Governors 2017-2019 President: Rich Pierce (SNEKA) president@northeastcouncil.org Vice President: Russ McAndrews (BAS) marksdonnam@hotmail.com Treasurer: Tom Koba (NECA) kobatom60@hotmail.com Recording Secretary: Jim Kenniston (NECA) jkenniston@sbcglobal.net Corresponding Secretary: Barbara Romeo (DAAS) Bromeo1234@optonline.net

Past President: Joe Masi (DAAS) thinkpad1a@optonline.net Members At Large 2017-2019 Leslie Dick (DAAS) David Giza (NELA) Linda Giza (PVWG&KC) Karen Pattist (K.O.I.) Nancy Villars (JSAS) Standing Committees: Corporate Agent …………. Dan McKercher Competititve Events (NEC

Sponsored) ……………... Mike Liu Constitution and By-Laws .. Joe Masi Judging & Standards …….. Anne Broadmeyer Legislation ……………….. Dave Giza Planning (Council Mtg. Prog.) Linda Giza Programs (Slides & Videos) .. Dave Banks Public Relations (Society

Relations) ……………… Open Organization (Assist / New

Groups) ………………... Open Raffles (Fund Raising) …… Open Shows …………………….. Open Workshop ………………… Leslie Dick Non-Standing Committees: Advertising ………………… Ted Coletti Articles Competition ………. David Hardenbrook Auction …………………….. Joe Masi / Dave Giza Betty Mueller ……………… Joe Masi Breeder Participation Program.Richard Pierce JJW Memorial Conservation..Dave Giza Donations ……………...…. Barbara Romeo Exhibitor Competition…… Open Historian …………………… Dave Banks Newsletter ………………… Barbara Romeo Nominating ……………….. Open Photo Contest ……………. Rich Pierce Speakers ……………………Open Sunshine ……………………Open Webmaster …………………Justin Tucker

NEC Member Clubs (click on individual logos to go to the respective website or contact info)

OTTER VALLEY

AQUARIUM SOCIETY

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OFFICERS

PRESIDENT Scott Craig scraig1012@charter.net

VICE PRESIDENT Ben Belancikbenjaminsr@belancik.com

SECRETARY Mike Liumike@berkshiredesign.com

TREASURER Don Hennemannmodelrrbug@aol.com

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Linda Giza

BOARD MEMBERS

Michael Luceyhummingbird7515@comcast.netJerine Blissetticegriller@hotmail.comWilliam Maier

COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS

AUCTION CHAIR Linda GizaMEMBERSHIP Linda Giza & Don Hennemann

PROGRAMS Linda Giza MUSEUM LIASON Linda GizaLIBRARY Bill Maier REFRESHMENTS Scott Craig & William MaierSUNSHINE Linda GizaNEWSLETTER Jerine Blissett BYLAWS Linda GizaEXCHANGE EDITOR Linda GizaNEC DELEGATE Will Fontaine NEC ALT. DELEGATE Martha Morris

The Underwater News is the official publication of the Pioneer Valley Aquarium Society, Inc. and is published either monthly or bimonthly except for July and August. The views and opinions printed herein are those of the individual authors, and are not necessarily those of PVAS. The Underwater News is provided free to our members as part of their membership. Unless otherwise indicated, original articles and drawings may be re-printed in other non-profit publications, as long as credit is given to the author and The Underwater News. Two copies of the publication in which the reprint appears should be sent to PVAS. Address all exchange bulletins and correspondence to the Pioneer Valley Aquarium Society, Inc. c/o Michael Liu, 14 Indian Hill, Florence, MA 01062.

IN THIS ISSUE

3 WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE CLUB

Minutes from our General & BOD Meeting, Treasurer’s Report &

Up Coming Events

5 How I Raise Anabantoid Fry

By Kevin Thurston

From CAS Newsletter and Aquarist, Colorado Aquarium Society

Aquarticles.com

7 PVAS PROGRAMS & CONTEST

Breeder Awards, Bowl Show Results, & Photo Show Contest

9 BUSINESS DIRECTORY & TRADING POST

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Triple Crown Fish AuctionSaturday, March 16, 2011

The Tropical Fish Society of Rhode Island presents

TFSRI’s split is $3 per bag sold, all the rest goes to the vendor.No limit on the number of lots submitted. All lots must be live sh, plants or aquarium-related items. See rules for complete details.

Preregister by March 11th and get a red dot sticker to bump one bag to the start of the auc-tion.

All lots open at $3. Lots not selling for the minimum bid of $3 are returned to the seller. Lots selling for only $3 are considered dona-tions to TFSRI.

Vendor Fee: $2Bidder Card: $2 (Waived for Vendors)Bump any lot $2 Rebagging fee: $2The Tropical Fish Society of Rhode Island

meets on the third Wednesday of each month (except December) at 7:30 PM. Meetings are free and all are welcome to attend. Go to www.tfsri.net for meeting location

BRING YOUR BEST FISH!For a $1 fee you can put a reserve on any lot! YOU set the minimum bid, if the lot doesn’t sell for your price or better, you get it back!

Doors will be open at 10:00 AM.The auction starts promptly at 12:00 PM

Free Admission! All are welcome!

Visit www.tfsri.net for complete rules and auction forms.

St. Joseph’s Parish Center1303 Mendon Road (Rte. 122)Cumberland, RI

DIRECTIONS TO THE AUCTION:Route 295 to Route 122, (exit 10). Take a left off the ramp, proceed past the Burger King on your left and Route 116 on your right. Continue on route 122 for approximately one mile. St. Joseph’s church will be on your left. Turn left into the driveway immediately before the church, and follow the driveway around the rear of the church and proceed to the top of the hill. The Parish center will be on your right.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Al Wagonblott 401-619-7805 mr_wiggles_sr@hotmail.com

or visit us on the web at: www.tfsri.net

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