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We have a NEW Photo Gallery! I really do hate to change but I was unable to solve some of the problems I had setting up the old gallery. So I checked this one and although I am sure we will find some issues, I have found it much easier to work with. For now, anyone can view the photos in the gallery but adding photos is restricted to club members. If you are a member and would like to add your photos, please download the instructions that you will find at the link below and give it a try.
Saturday, February 20th - Are Sunfish Bizarro Cichlids, orAre Cichlids Bizarro Sunfish?
This is an introduction to the Centrarchid family of fish, with a comparison of the many features this family has in common with cichlids. Bob Bock enjoys writing and speaking about aquarium fish and aquarium-related topics.He writes a column for the Biotope, the newsletter of the Capital Cichlid Association.Bob also is the author of the “Meet the Hobbyist” column, which appeared in Tropical Fish Hobbyist.He has also contributed articles to Aquarium Fish International, Freshwater and Marine Aquarium, and In Fisherman.Bob is Past President of the North American Native Fishes Association and his interest in aquarium fish began at the age of 7, when he collected mummichog from the HackensackRiver marshes, in his home town of Jersey City, New Jersey.Through the years, Bob has kept and bred numerous native and non-native species in his Washington, D.C. area fish room, including sunfish, mollies, Limias, cichlids, and killifishes. He belongs to nearly all of the Washington area’s aquarium clubs, and attends meetings regularly.
President's Message - February 2010
Written by Kurt Johnston
Fellow Members,
Wow, what a start to the New Year!A great speaker, a big crowd, and lots of great auction items. Despite the small little technical problems we had, I think it was a successful start to 2010!It was really gratifying to see so many members come out, especially those that we haven’t seen in a while.I was a little overwhelmed and did not get a chance to talk to everyone I wanted to but, I will make a point of finding you next meeting.A BIG Lancaster County welcome to the SEVEN NEW members that joined. If you haven’t already done so, please register here on the website.We have a forum that is becoming more active every day and you will find that information is posted there before anywhere else.
Thank you, Kurt, for your kind words in the December issue.I am happy to take over authoring this column, however, you left some very big shoes for me to fill!For starters, you did a lot more reading and reviewing than I’ll be able to do at this point in time, but I’ll do my best.
As always, if you find anything in this column that you would like to read for yourself, please notify our Tank Tales editor and he will happily supply you with a copy.Specify the title and date of the newsletter with each request.If you find something that stirs your interest that you’ve read in any other publication, I invite you to “talk fish” and be included as a guest writer for this column.I will gladly share this space with you.
Okay, let’s get started………
In the April 2009 edition of GRAVEL GOSSIP, the Diamond State Aquarium Society, the state I was born and raised (Delaware), Bob Berdoulay wrote about The Gold “Mickey Mouse” Platy.This interested me because I recently acquired a trio of these cool looking platies.The platy does well in a community tank, it’s peaceful and friendly. Bob writes that these fish are exceptional as to the well-defined pattern that gives them their nickname.These are the gold variety with the black spot on
Every month we are going to try and have a video based on something our speaker that month will be talking about. Enjoy this video showing some Longear Sunfish spawning then, come out to That Fish Place on the 20th and listen to our speaker!
Changes
ACLC Changes for 2010
NEW Meeting Day, Time & Place!
Starting with our January 16th 2010 meeting, the ACLC will be meeting on the 3rd Saturday of each month at 1:00PM at THAT FISH PLACE! The only exception will be the April meeting, which will be held on April 24th due to the Anniversary Sale at That Fish Place being held on the previous weekend.A special thanks to Chris Cornell for putting me in touch with Craig Beauchamp of That Fish Place. Craig has been a pleasure to work with and is very excited about hosting our club meetings. He is now on our forum (User ID: CBeau) and will be posting many new and exciting items as they come into the fishroom at That Fish Place.The store will also be giving all ACLC members a 10% coupon that will be honored for any item on the day of our meetings.The entire staff of That Fish Place is very enthusiastic and has gone out of their way to assist us in many ways. This has made me feel very confident that this will be a very good relationship for many years to come!
This is an introduction to the Centrarchid family of fish, with a comparison of the many features this family has in common with cichlids. Bob Bock enjoys writing and speaking about aquarium fish and aquarium-related topics.
Fellow Members,
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