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Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 1 October 2014
Upcoming Events
September People’s Choice Award
Tuesday October 21 TFCEC Monthly Meeting at
The Chicken Coop, VFW Post 8113, 299 Leydecker
Road, West Seneca NY.
Meeting Starts at 7:00 PM
Bowl Show: Saltwater and Plants
Mini Auction, Raffles
http://www.tropical-fish-club-of-eriecounty.com/home/
Koi Angel submitted by Bob Fessler
Sunday, October 12, 2014, ARVAS ANNUAL
AUCTION, Columbus Day Weekend, at the John
Ash Community Center, 112 N. Barry Street,
Olean, NY, starting at 11 AM
Sunday October 26th 2014 Erie Aquarium
Society Auction Erie Scottish Rite-Valley-Erie
4701 Old Zuck Road
Erie, PA 16506
http://www.erieaquariumsociety.com/index.html
Photo by Donna Czarnecki
Inside This Issue:
Bowl Show Results
Chairman’s Message
Membership Report
BAP/HAP
Note from the Editor
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Playing Clue By Kim Ball
Visit to ARVAS By Kim Ball
Mollies By Bonnie Gifford
Picture Page
Classified Ads
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Bowl Show
September Results
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 2 October 2014
Fish of The Month(Old World Cichlid)
Entries
Any Other Variety Entries
1st place: Scarlet Badis, Bill Wroblewski
2nd place: Danio Erythromicron, Peter Reukauf
3rd place: Glowlight Tetra, Nicholas Jensen
4th place: Super Red Chili Endler, John Williams
1st place: Nothobranchius Ruudwildekampi Mbezi River,
ttttttttttttttPeter Reukauf
2nd place: Tangerine Discus, Donna Czarnecki
3rd place: Synodontis Greshoffi, Tom Heisler
4th place: Red Rainbowfish, Bill Wroblewski
Current Standings
Peoples Choice Award
Current standing data unavailable
Koi Angelfish, Bob Fessler
Picture on cover page.
2014 Bowl Show Classes
October: Salt Water And Plants
November: Anabantids
December: Red Fish And Green Fish
* Every month, there is an ‘any other variety’ class as well as the class featured for the month
Photo by John J Williams Jr
Apisto Cacatuoides Male
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Chairman’s Message
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 3 October 2014
By Randy Seufert
Well it sure has been a beautiful Fall, these
last few weeks. About time after the wet cold
summer we had. It was a nice day for an auction
too. We had a room full of people and lots of bags
of fish, plants and supplies. We moved through
them at a good pace and at the end 1140 items
were sold. Thanks to everyone who sold and all
that attended and purchased all the items. For
those that got the items up to the auctioneers, chit
writers and runners, thank you. For Ed and Jim
that took care of registration and computer work,
and Teri for sorting all the chits, thank you.
Thanks to Peter and Tom for running the Fishy
Fishy Raffle. Mark and Mary Ann did a great job
as usual in the kitchen, but who had much time to
eat, oh yea the 2 guys up front selling the stuff.
Thanks Bill for sticking in there all day with me to
sell all the items. It’s always fun, but is a long day.
I know my arm was hurting on Monday. It was
nice an hour after the auction was over, all in line
had been taken care of, and we all were out the
door. Great Job gang, guess we should have an
auction February 15th
As you all know elections are coming up in
November. We will be looking for some important
positons to be filled. It’s time for members to step
up, and help lead the club onward, and upward.
We have a great bunch of members, and after
hearing so many clubs get few members at
meetings, or participation in activities, it is nice to
have all of you on board. Let’s keep growing,
setting goals that we can obtain, and plan for the
future of the hobby. Nominations will be taken at
the October meeting and elections with
nominations from the floor will be in November.
Well time to wrap this up. See you at the meeting.
Randy
Membership Report
By Teri Seufert
Welcome New Members: Dave Binko, Joe Doyle and Joe Malikowski
Dues Due This Month: Tom Wlosinski, Tom Rizzo, Jodi Ghianni, Bob Fessler, Claudia and Richard
Carthew, Peter Reukauf and Donna Czarnecki, Tom Rosetti, Nathan Pieroni, Jack Mullen and Tom Mason
Final Notice: Robert Carney, Bob Sitek and Greg Loritz
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Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 4 October 2014
BAP Submissions for
September 2014
HAP Submissions for
September 2014
Bonnie Gifford:
Peter Reukauf:
Jason and Kimberly Ball:
Poecilia Sphenops
Heros Severus
Poecilia Wingei
P.f.f virginalis
Poecilia Reticulata
Amatitlania Nigrofasciatus
Trichogaster Trichopterus
Pterophyllum Scarlare
Planorbarius Corneus
WAP (writers award
program) submissions
coming soon.
Jason and Kimberly Ball:
Microsorum pteropus
Pistia stratiotes
Lemna minor
Taxiphyllum barbieri
Dawn Domagala:
Iris pseudacorus
Christopher Hardy:
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Phyllanthus fluitans-propagation
and flowering
Bacopa monnieri-propagation
and flowering
Chuck Mule' :
Sagittarius latifolia- flowering
Spirodela polyrhiza
Hydrocotyle tripartita
"japan
Utricularia macrorhiza
Josh Vito:
Spirodela polyrhiza
Photo by Tom Rizzo
Lepidiolamprologus Elongatus guarding fry
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Editor’s note
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 5 October 2014
By Tom Heisler
Special thanks to the members that
took the time this month to contribute
some great articles and pictures to the
newsletter. You will be seeing them in
the coming months.
I know I cannot please everyone and
I am trying to work out the kinks and
make the newsletter better with each
issue.
I will email the newsletter each
month as soon as it is finished and it
should be posted on our website shortly
after that ...most likely by 10th of each
month, so you can also look for it on the
website. The newsletter is attached to
the email in .pdf format. If you do not
have a .pdf viewer you may download a
free .pdf reader directly from adobe at
http://get.adobe.com/reader Logistically,
I have not figured out a way to have the
newsletter professionally printed and
delivered (economically) as fast as I had
hoped. Therefore, there will be a limited
supply of printed copies available at the
meetings for people that just love to hold
paper when they read, do not have email,
cannot get to a library, or does not know
a friend, relative, or neighbor that will let
them use their internet. If you fall into
this category and cannot make it to the
meeting, you may call me before the
meeting and I will try to save a copy for
you.
Wouldn’t it be great to have one of
your pictures featured in a publication? I
need pictures, articles, and content for
the newsletter.
If anyone has any
content (articles or information) for the
newsletter that would benefit the club,
please call me or send by email to
TfcecTom@gmail.com
The Deadline for each newsletter is
the first of the month.
Photo by Antonio Martina
Oscars guarding fry
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Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 6 October 2014
was a burgeoning bubble nest. Several of my
female gouramis are heavily gravid with eggs so
this made sense. As I watched one of the largest
flirted with our opaline male whom my husband
named Bruce and began breeding. Apparently I
was too late to catch that spawn. I stood there
watching the eggs getting eaten eagerly by
everyone in the tank, including my few angels left
in the tank. Bruce after uncurling from his lady
friend, spied his future offspring's' demise. He
rushed forward, ramming my unsuspecting
platinum right behind the gill and killing it
instantly. I would have never thought a fish even
in breeding prime would never have the strength
capable of killing an angel. But as I watched it's
lifeless body drifting down, there could be no
other conclusion. Now, anytime I see any sign of a
bubble nest in the corner Bruce is removed with a
lady friend for everyone's safety. I had lost my
game of Clue, the perpetrator wasn't the rope fish
in his rocky den with the sharp teeth, but Bruce
the gourami in the corner with his bubble nest.
Never underestimate the quiet ones!
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Visiting ARVAS(The Allegheny
Valley Aquarium Society)
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 7 October 2014
By Kim Ball
It was a beautiful drive to go visit
ARVAS and do a presentation on axolotl
care and breeding. I took my dad as copilot
and 6 of my best male axolotls.
When I got there the whole club
turned out to help me unload tank,
buckets, and other related equipment.
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Everyone was super friendly and asked
great questions.
While their club is smaller than ours it
was obvious that we all share the same
Gold Lyretail
Mollies
By Bonnie
Gifford
Photo by Donna Czarnecki
This is a great fish that does very well
in a community tank. I keep five of them in
a 15 gallon balloon tank. I usually get
about 80 fry. This time I got 79 the first day
and four days later, I got 63 more. A few
days after that she gave me 12 more.
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love for aquariums and the critters that reside
in them. October 12th is their annual auction
and I am definitely going to come back to see
what everyone has!
Both the fry and adults do well in
water that is 80-82 degrees farenheit.
They are very easy to breed but are very
prone to Ichthyophthirius multifiliis also
known as ick.
I have been mating these fish and am
trying to get all gold lyretails. The past two
spawns the mollies have come out black
and orange(gold) or all black. Of the five
mollies, two of them are all gold. I also
have a one albino, she is gravid now and I
am hoping I will get a few albinos.
Picture Page
Auction September 2014
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Got a nice picture? Send it to TFCECTom@gmail.com
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Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 9 October 2014
Bags for Sale
3x10x2mil $5.00/100
5x15x2 mil $ 6.50/100
6 x 16 x 2mil $6.75/100
6 x 24 x 2 mil $9.75/100
8 x 15 x 2mil $8.50/100
10 x 20 x 2 mil $11.25/100
DECAPSULATED BRINE SHRIMP EGGS
$16.00 PER POUND
*Pricing subject to change.
See Bill Duzen.
Club T-Shirts
The shirts are grey with black silk screen
Sizes available:
Large $8
xl $8
2xl $10 --sold out
3xl $11 --only one left
We can also monogram a small club logo
on your t-shirt, polo, hoodie, jacket, etc.
Please wash it first even if it is new. The
current price is $7 for each monogram on
the clothing you provide. Thank you for
supporting the club.
See Tom Heisler.
Live Black worm Group Order
I am organizing a group order of live blackworms from Eastern Aquatics. If you would
like to get in on the order, I will be
collecting orders/money until the
Wednesday before the next meeting. The
worms will arrive and be delivered at the
next meeting.
Pricing:
1lb of worms = $24.00
0.5lb of worms = $13.00
0.25lb of worms = $7.00
If you are interested or have questions,
send me an email, or leave a voicemail on
my phone.
716-208-5596 Josh Vito
Member Classified Ads:
Your ad here.
Send ad requests to TfcecTom@gmail.com
Emperor Tetra
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