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Long Island Aquarium Society
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Paradise Press
The Official Publication of the Long Island Aquarium Society
March 2011
Table of Contents
President’s Message …………………………...2
Go For It!..........................………………...….…..4
Editor’s Notes…………………………………..6
Jim’s March Jumble……..……….…...…......….7
Country Critters………………………………...8
Lucky……………..…………………………...12
The View From the Other Side……………......14
Wish You Were Here……………………….....16
LIAS Officers and Chairpersons…………...….18
Directions to Endeavour Hall….……..…....…..19
Local Events………………………….…...…...21
NEC Corner …………………………………...24
Trading Post ……………………………..........30
Front Cover photo by Darryl Shaber
and that the actual start time is 8pm.” If you are not receiving an
e-card, please notify our webmaster, Don Frevele so that he can
verify your e-mail address. I am sure that you will find our “new
home” very comfortable.
I was a bit disappointed at the number of club members in
attendance last month for our annual silent auction. Those who
were able to attend went home with some extra special deals for
their aquariums. This was a great opportunity to empty out your
own homes of unwanted aquarium related items, make a little
extra money for yourself, and also for the club. It was a win/win
situation all the way around.
I do realize that this winter has not been kind to us; however,
we still have almost a month of it remaining before spring arrives
on March 20th. Let’s not hibernate as the club needs the support
of all its members, not just a few.
Please note that the LIAS board has voted to continue to
hold the club’s monthly meetings on the Stony Brook campus
Endeavour Hall, which is part of the Marine Science Research
Complex. We are so very grateful to Steve Abrams for his intervention and his assistance in obtaining this beautiful meeting
room for us.
The board does realize that for some folks, Jim & I included,
the drive may be a bit longer; however, the new location and the
accommodations available to us, far outweigh the few minutes
of extra of driving time. We feel that once you see the new
space; you can’t help but agree.
Note that the Holtsville Ecology Center/Town of Brookhaven
has been notified of our departure from their site. We do thank
the town of Brookhaven for providing a meeting place for us for
many years. It is time to move on from the Holtsville site into the
space at Stony Brook campus.
Please note our new start time for meetings is now 8 pm. On
our web site the e-card will say that the “doors open at 7:30 pm
Just a reminder that are meetings may still be affected by
inclement weather. In the event that you feel the club may not
meet due to weather conditions or you feel it is not safe to drive,
please check our website at www.liasonline.org for updates
regarding meeting cancellations. You will also find contact phone
numbers and any other information you may need concerning
our meetings.
This month, we welcome back Al DiSpigna to LIAS. Al spoke
to us last year on a marine topic, specifically, refugiums, and we
asked him to come again this year to speak to us on a freshwater
topic, livebearers. Al has been a longtime member of the
Brooklyn Aquarium Society and a well-known hobbyist. Many of
you have tanks at home with livebearers, fish that include guppies, platys, swordtails, and mollies.
As a point of interest, the American Livebearer Association
was founded in 1971 by Dr. Joanne Norton, from Ames, Iowa,
who was considered the country’s leading expert in fancy livebearers genetics and development. The ALA was the last of the
“Big 5” of the tropical organizations to be formed, which included
the International Fancy Guppy Association (IFGA), the American
Cichlid Association ACA), the American Killifish Association
(AKA) and the International Betta Congress (IBC). The ALA
convention takes place on April 8 – 10, 2011 in Cleveland Ohio
and details can be obtained through their web site at
www.ala2011.com
In closing, if you have not already registered for the annual
NEC convention on March 25 – 27th, please check the club’s web
site for the convention link so you won’t miss out on a wonderful
opportunity to hear speakers who are renown in the aquarium
world! Hope to see you there!
Margaret Peterson
GO FOR IT!
By Vinny Kreyling
This is a revised version of an article I wrote a few years back.
I think it bears repeating, especially since I have the opportunity
to reach out and touch more people now that we are mailing the
Paradise Press to other clubs and people around the country.
It was early morning, around 5 AM, I was awakened by my
wife who proceeded to inform me that there was something
wrong. Just what you need to hear on a morning you have to go
to work. “ It’s too quiet downstairs, better get up and see what’s
wrong.” So up I get and proceed downstairs thinking clearly.
Yeah Right!
Anyway there is no sound from the pump that supplies water
movement and therefore filtration and life-giving oxygen to my
aquarium. Must be a circuit breaker. Go to the panel in the garage to the one marked fish tank. Yeah Right! Try them all , one
doesn’t feel kosher, there is still no juice for the pump. Have to
get to work, try the pump in the outlet by the TV, NG. I figure
they are on the same circuit.
Pull out the extension cord, plug it into the laundry room and
the water starts flowing again. Upstairs to have breakfast and go
to work. On the way home I purchase a new circuit breaker. After installing the new breaker the darn pump still doesn’t work.
Check the panel again, all OK. Return scratching my head. Turn
on the TV, works fine.
Since I was using a power strip because like all of us there
are just too many wires when you have a fish tank, I again
plugged the strip into the receptacle by the TV, Snap! Off goes
the TV and on goes the light in my head. I have a short!
Years back, when I first set up my aquarium I had an unsettling premonition that I was electrocuted while working on the
tank. Not wishing to tempt fate and wanting a long life, I installed Ground Fault Interrupters behind the tank and by the TV
since it was right next to the tank. I reset the GFI and proceeded
to check each item on the strip. The heater was the culprit. Reset
the GFI behind the tank and buy a new heater.
Not enough of a short for a 15 AMP circuit breaker to trip, but
a short never the less. How many times do we all stick our hands
in the fish tank for maintenance or to catch a fish? I know I do it
all the time. Do we ever think about turning the power off?
YEAH RIGHT!
We need the lights to see what we are doing. I have even been
told of one who went after the lights that went for a dip. It’s
called a reflex action, second nature to all humans and very
costly. Death is not something we think about even when we
know water and electricity do not mix. How many times do we
see it in print on the equipment we buy ,the magazines we read,
and the appliances we use daily?
The newer homes here on Long Island have GFI outlets in
kitchens and bathrooms. How many of us live in the older
homes? If you do not know how to install one get an electrician.
Too expensive you say? Not nearly as expensive as the alternative.
GROUND FAULT INTERRUPTERS---- GO FOR IT!
Editor’s Notes...
Jim’s March Jumble
Hello my friends and fellow fish keepers.
The last thing I do before sending the Press off each month is write a
few lines for this column. It’s a good feeling to know that the job is
finished for another month but strangely, it’s becoming a bit sad too. Now
that I’m getting used to using the program, I’ve been finding myself
enjoying the process of putting it together more and more.
This month we are fortunate to have, along with our usual President’s
Message, an especially thought provoking article by Margaret Peterson
called, “It’s A Fact of Life.” None of us like to lose our fish but it does
happen to all of us from time to time. I found it helpful to read about this
from another fish keeper’s perspective.
Pat Smith has written a review of Country Critters, one of our local fish
stores and a LIAS sponsor. I think you’ll enjoy looking at all the pictures
she has taken there as well.
LIVERS
LASINFI
LEMOLSI
LEBUDO
TRYLLEAI
DROWSS
Place the letters from the words above in the correct order,
reading across. Use the underlined letters to make the hidden
word to fill in the blank below:
___________
(Answer on page 26)
In this issue we are reprising two of Vinny Kreyling’s vintage articles,
“ Lucky” and “Go For It.” Time may go by, but some things just do not
change.
The NEC convention is coming up later this month as Margaret and
Jim Peterson discuss in the NEC Corner .
Last, but not least, special thanks go to Darryl Shaber for this month’s
beautiful cover photograph.
Since we are already looking forward to the end of winter and the
coming of spring, why not take the time now to write that article or take a
few pictures of your favorite fish for inclusion in an upcoming issue of the
Paradise Press? Before long you will be mowing the lawn and pulling out
weeds and you’ll be putting it off for another year.
March, 2011. Paradise Press is published monthly (except July and August) by the Long
Island Aquarium Society, Post Office Box 873, Nesconset, NY. 11767. Copies are
distributed free to members at each monthly meeting. All original articles and art are
copyright by LIAS, 2010. Permission to reprint is hereby granted to other nonprofit
organizations, provided full credit is given to both the author and the Long Island
Aquarium Society and two (2) copies of the reprint are sent to the editor. Contact the
editor for permission before reproducing any content via electronic media.
Ziphophorus helleri ………Photo by Evelyn Eagan
Deadlines for the submission of letters, articles,
photographs, etc. for upcoming editions of the Paradise Press are as
follows :
Edition…………………………………..Date Needed
April 2011………………………...…….March 18
May 2011……………………………….April 18
Just email them to [email protected] or hand them in at a meeting.
pet environments. The staff makes sure
that all their animals are properly fed
with a healthy diet of foods specialized
for each animal and that the cages, tanks
and pens are always neat, clean, and very
well maintained.
A Pet Shop Review
By pat smith
I sat down and wrote up a pet shop
review for the Nassau County Aquarium Society, but after I thought about
it I realized I really needed to submit
something similar to the Long Island
Aquarium Society. After all, my
favorite pet shop is also the one that
was closest to our old meeting place at
the Holtsville Ecology Center. It is
conveniently located on Route 112, not far south off Sunrise Highway.
Country Critters is one of the most
unique pet sops I have ever been in. All
you need to do to see this is to walk in the
front door. The first things you see are the
large display tanks of sharks, rays, and
other unique fish.
Once you enter and spend some time
watching the beautiful tanks, you will find a wide display of pet supplies.
No matter what your pets are, I am sure they will have foods and supplies
to help you care for them. If you can’t find what you need, they will make
special orders to accommodate their customers. In this respect, it reminds
me of a pet shop I used a LONG time ago in New Jersey.
Established in 1984, Country Critters set out to develop a unique pet
store where quality care
would always be available.
Their dedication to quality
animal care has helped to
create one of the largest privately owned pet stores in the
nation. Country Critters
prides itself on the care taken
to maintain the quality of the
The
store
offers
over 12,000 square feet of the most
bio-diverse places under one roof.
Country Critters is a full service pet
store with thousands of species of fresh
water and marine fish from every continent and ocean on earth. They also offer
hard-to-find corals and invertebrates. In
addition to a wide variety of fish, Country Critters also offers a very large
selection of tropical pet birds, animals, and captive bred reptiles. You will
enjoy the variety.
At Country Critters you will also
find a huge, greatly diverse selection
of pet food and supplies for all of
your pets. In some cases you may be
surprised to find items you never
knew existed! Canned, frozen, and
live foods are available. I like finding
a variety of brands as well as the
variety of food types.
In addition to providing a
wide range of pets and
supplies, Country Critters prides
itself on having a well educated staff, as well as specialists who are always ready to
answer all of your pet questions with sound and responsible advice. For this reasons,
customers all over the tri-state
area have come to respect
(Continued on Page 11)
(Country Critters … continued from page 9)
the high level of care, expertise
and selection at Country
Critters and many drive long
distances admitting they would
shop nowhere else.
They have a fascinating bird
room and I love the Kookaburra,
but sometimes it keeps on chattering, which can get quite loud.
Cats and dogs are also available,
as well as hamsters, ferrets, and
other pets.
“Animals First” is their
philosophy.
Country
Critters aids in supporting
animal rights by donating to
animal rights and protection
agencies like The Humane
Society, the ASPCA, World
Wildlife Fund, and many
others.
To visit their website go to, http;//www.countrycritterspets.com. Or,
better yet, pay a visit to
their store on Route 112 in
Patchogue. It may well
become your favorite store.
I know it will at least be
one you find well worth
visiting.
This is my favorite pet
shop; tell us about yours!
Above is the pond set up near the front door.
Lucky
By Vinny Kreyling
If you subscribe to any of the aquarium magazines you no
doubt have heard this story before. It deserves repeating.
Bigger is better, right? I’m not so sure about this. Throughout
the business world there are so many businesses that are no
longer. WHY? Some have no one to blame but themselves for
lack of preparation, understanding or whatever. But, there are
others that have fallen by the wayside because they can not compete.
Is your favorite store still alive and well or is it just surviving?
Over the years I have traveled near and far to visit aquarium
shops. Many of these stores turned out to be no better than what is
in my own backyard. If I come across a good one I make it a
point to return.
give you the time, personal service and expertise we all feel we
deserve.
Take a look in the phone book yellow pages under tropical
fish. How would you like to find only one or two stores listed,
and not too close to boot. Living in the metro area we do not
have this situation. If we lived in a place away from a big city
this is just what we might find. Many hobbyists have to travel
for what the need, and I mean travel.
So if you’re lucky enough to have a store with all the right
stuff, you owe it to yourself to see that it is here to stay. Tell
your fellow fish nuts about the store. I usually get a business
card when I visit a store new to me for future reference. Some of
these stores don’t exist anymore. Some of them were Good
Ones. These are the stores that should be missed the most.
Does anyone know where I can get a vanilla coke these
days?
________________________________
What is a good one? A good one is not necessarily the
cheapest. I don’t expect to find someone with the all the right
answers in one of the now ever present superstores. Visit one of
these and spend some time there, give the store the once over.
Does the store carry the fish and equipment you want ? Is the
staff knowledgeable? Is there any of the newer high end stuff on
display? Do they even know what it is? Will they try to get what
you want? I don’t think you will be very surprised, you probably
know the answer already.
Is this the trend of the future? Well it just might be if we the
hobbyists don’t finally realize the economics of business. Sure the
local store is a little more expensive. They don’t buy in bulk like
the other guy. They don’t have the big bucks behind them in the
home office. They are the home office.
BUT, they are able to
Julidochromis marlieri…………………………………by Darryl Shaber
It’s a Fact of Life in
The View…From the Other Side of the Tank
by Margaret Peterson
This past week has been a difficult one because we have had
“casualties” among our families of fish. I am sure that it will seems
strange to you when I tell you that I have a very difficult time just
accepting the fact that as my husband says often, “Sometimes fish just
die for reasons that we will never know.”
This is one of the facts of life that I should not have trouble accepting
since I am both a nurse and a therapist. I also specialize in bereavement
counseling and have spent a great deal of time working with people who
are grieving the death of a loved one. I know people die. The difference
here is that usually, I know the cause of death for the person who died. I
would have to say because of my background that the cause of death
helps me to make sense of the death. With fish, this may not happen.
Let me share some specifics.
We were feeding the assorted fish in our den and talking about the
plans for the NEC convention weekend and we started to reminisce
about how we came to have just the one pair of very large frontosa that
now reside in the 180 gallon tank, along with a much younger offspring.
These fish had been a Christmas present from my husband to me after
our original frontosa had died unexpectedly.
We had a large number of frontosa in a 75 gallon tank and they were
breeding well. Then we had an addition done to our house and decided
upon having a popcorn ceiling in the den as the ceiling was 16 feet in
height and painting it was not going to be easy. With the popcorn
painted ceiling, it is a very long time before it would need to be
re-painted.
Unfortunately, even though we covered the tank, the lacquer spray,
which was a required preparation prior to applying the popcorn to the
ceiling, was toxic to the fish. We came home to find many of them
floating upside down at the top. These were fairly large sized fish and it
seems to upset me more, the larger the fish is when it dies. We had
those fish for many years. It took quite a while to find the same sized
replacements. Jim managed to do so. He saw an ad from a private seller
in Elmont who had frontosa for sale. He went to see them and just
before Christmas, my present arrived, seven new frontosa.
Needless to say I was very happy with my gift as I had come to
enjoy these fish after having them and caring for them for such a long
time. Though they are shy by nature, I find them to be very interesting
in their behavior.
We had decided to re-locate the new frontosa to a 180 gallon sized
tank that had recently lost its occupants as this would be a better home
for fish that tend to grow to a large size. Why not use the space if you
have it? So, they were acclimated to their new home, along with the
young frontosa baby that had survived the ceiling disaster. Everyone did
well for a very long time. As happens with fish and is the theme in this
story, Jim came home from fishing and noticed the smell that is well
known to all hobbyists and the one that causes the greatest amount of
concern.
It seems that one of the Fluval filters had stopped working in the 180
gallon tank, unbeknown to us. One of our frontosa had died and fouled
the tank water. It was just a matter of time before the others followed
suit. We were left with just two fish and the younger frontosa who had
survived the last disaster. I guess I should have named that little one
“survivor” or “lucky” after all he’s been through in his life. We hoped
we were lucky enough to have a male and a female survive but that was
asking for too much. Of course, two males survived as is obvious by the
very large “bump” on their heads; a feature commonly found in males
of this type of fish. Would you believe that even our youngest
“survivor” is starting to show off his “bump?”
We are now getting ready for the NEC weekend. Who knows;
maybe we’ll be lucky enough to find mates large enough and reasonable
enough for our frontosa males; who have been without females for quite
a while now. These fish are now between nine and ten inches in length.
When Jim & I first met, I began naming fish. I gave that up when
fish started to die without a cause as it was less personal to me if they
were nameless. You may remember that we have a large variety of
animals throughout our acre of property so they have plenty of room.
My rabbits all have names. Their having a name makes it more difficult
for me to cope when any of them die. Not too long ago, one of my
dwarf bunnies, Chocolate Chip, died without showing any signs of
illness. He was only two years old. That does not bode well with me.
(Continued on page 27)
Wish You Were Here
Pictures From Our February 2011 Meeting
LIAS Meetings are now held at SUNY Stony Brook's
Maritime Science area.
LIAS Officers
President
Margaret Peterson
Vice President
Jon Schweikert
Treasurer
Jim Peterson
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Recording Secretary
Tracy Marcus
Corresponding Secretary
Nick Arettines
[email protected]
[email protected]
Trustees
Darryl Shaber
Margarita Shaber
LIAS Committee Chairpersons
Advertising
Paul Marcus
Webmaster
Don Frevele
Membership
Tim Duff
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
NEC Delegate
Jim & Margaret
Peterson
Editor
Roxana Tuohy
Printer
Nick Arettines
Breeder’s Award Program
[email protected]
Refreshments
Jim & Margaret
Peterson
Michael Weiner
Assistant to the Editor
Margarita Shaber
Publicity
Paul Marcus
Librarian
Glenn Peterson
Raffles
Paul & Tracy Marcus
Hobbyist of the Year
Glenn Peterson
FAAS Delegate
Steve Abrams
Bowl Show
Mitch Markowski
Esthetics
Tracy Marcus
Writer’s Award Program
Exchange Editor
OPEN
OPEN
Sergeant at Arms
OPEN
Monthly Auction
Rocco Wentz
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[email protected]
Ron Petrozzo
Room 120 in Endeavor Hall on the
State University at Stony Brook Campus, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Directions:
West onto South Drive off of Nicolls Road (County Rd 97). At the light, make
a right onto Marburger Drive and then make the next right (the street has no
name but there are signs indicating that you are near the Marine Sciences
buildings). Follow the road all the way to the back and you will see three
buildings - Discovery, Challenger and Endeavour – the last one is Endeavour
Hall.
To find the campus via GPS, enter the address "100 Nicolls Road, Stony
Brook, NY 11790."
For more information, see this map on the SUNY Stony Brook website (a
zoomed portion is shown below).
General Information:
Doors open @7:30 PM, meeting starts @8:00 PM (this may change in the
future)
Please park in parking lot stalls - not along curb.
Meeting is in Room 120 in Endeavor Hall. (After you enter building, take
hallway on the right. Room 120 is first room on the left)
Phone numbers: Campus info: 631-632-6000; Campus police: 631-632-3333
Local Events
Brooklyn Aquarium Society
2nd Fridays @ 7:30pm
(except July and August)
Education Hall at the NY Aquarium
Surf Avenue at W 8th St. Brooklyn, NY
www.brooklynaquariumsociety.com
Greater City Aquarium Society
1st Wednesdays @ 7:30pm
(except January and February)
Queens Botanical Gardens
4350 Main St., Flushing, NY
http://greatercity.org/
Nassau County Aquarium Society
2nd Tuesdays @ 8pm
(except July and August)
Kellenberg Hall at Molloy College
1000 Hempstead Ave, Rockville Centre, NY
http://www.ncasweb.org/
264R Middle Country Road
Coram, NY 11727
.
Long Island Aquarium Society would like to thank
Aqua Hut Aquarium
for their generous donations to our monthly meetings
Long Island Reef Association
1st Fridays @ 8:00pm
(except July and August)
Dickens Co., 75 Austin Blvd.
Commack, NY
http://www.longislandreef.org
EastCoastCichlids.org is proud to announce
Spring Auction '11!
Please come join us on Sunday, May 1st
Lyndhurst Elks Club
251 Park Avenue
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
Registration: 8 am – 10 am
Auction: 11am
There will be vendors, food provided by
The Lyndhurst Elks Club, great hobbyists from the East Coast and plenty of
quality fish, plants and dry goods
For more information please visit our
website:
EastCoastCichlids.org
From the NEC Corner….
by Jim & Margaret Peterson
The Northeast Council of Aquarium Societies’ 36th Annual
Convention is rapidly approaching! It will be held March 25-27, 2011
at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cromwell, Connecticut. Please check the
convention web site, www.northeastcouncil.org/convention for all the
convention details and information.
This year, a special on-line registration package will be offered
which includes Friday night’s dinner, Saturday morning breakfast, the
evening banquet, registration, a t-shirt, and a raffle ticket. Early
registration prices ended March 4th, and prices have increased after
that date, so we do hope your have already sent in your registration.
There is also a direct link for the NEC convention on the LIAS web
site @ www.liasonline.org.
New this year, is a flea market auction to be held on Sunday,
March 27th from 10 – 12 noon. As many of you may recall, Jim White
a long standing member of the NEC board and well-known hobbyist
and photographer, died this past summer. His parents have donated all
of Jim’s hobby-related equipment (tanks, stands, filters, etc) to the
NEC and the money collected will be donated to the James J. White
Memorial Fund, which this year, is raising money for two well-known
conservation efforts. One is the Stuart M. Grant Cichlid Conservation
Fund and the other is yet to be determined. Details for the Cichlid
Conservation Fund can be found @ www.cichlidpress.com. Many of
you recall Jim’s devotion to the C.A.R.E.S program and his dedication
to fish conservation within the hobby. This benefit flea market is only
for the specified time on Sunday so don’t miss out on some quality
items for you aquariums and you’ll be doing a “good deed” as well.
Jim would be happy to know you are there.
Photo Contest:
Many of you may recall that our very own Paul and Tracy Marcus
won a few awards in this category at last year’s NEC convention. I
hope they plan to enter pictures this year and that other club members
will do so too. I saw many beautiful pictures on this year’s calendar
that Nick Arettines prepared for our usage. Why not submit some of
the photos you have already taken and see the results? You don’t
know if you can win unless you enter your pictures! Cash awards to
the winners of the photo contest are as follows: first place - $20, second place - $10, and third place - $5. Good luck to everyone!
If you have any questions or concerns related to the convention
that cannot be answered by using the website, please contact Leslie
Dick, registration chairperson at [email protected] or Janine Banks,
convention chairperson at [email protected] or (802) 372-8716
Please take a few minutes to review the roster of speakers for the
convention. It’s quite an impressive listing of hobbyists. Hope to see
you at the convention!
(It’s A Fact of Life ...Continued from page 15)
2011 Programs
Having as many fish as we do; you can understand why I gave up
naming them.
March 18th, Al Dispigna, “Livebearers”
April 15th, Sal Sylvestri , “Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids”
May 20th, Mark Denaro “ The Planted Aquarium”
June 17th, Scott Dowd, "How the Aquarium Fish Hobby Can Be
One of the Most Powerful Tools of Wildlife Conservation".
The last of our discus from Discus Hans died this past week. We
also lost one of our newly acquired German blue angel fish, one of a
mated pair. Joining them for the journey to “fish heaven” was a marble
angel fish we have had for a while that seemed very healthy and a good
size to breed. I guess these fish had other ideas in mind.
We are now in the process of setting up a 45 gallon size marine tank.
I am looking forward to it being finished but I am a bit anxious about it
because I remember how badly I felt when I found that any of those
beautiful fish had died. Marine fish are usually very colorful and more
expensive than the freshwater variety and you so hope you don’t lose
any. We can’t will them to live.
The difficult lesson to learn here is that they are on loan to us to
enjoy in our tanks, to write about, to share knowledge about and to
share with one another. That’s the gift to be learned
(Continued from page 7)
Jim’s March Jumble
Answer Key
SILVER
SAILFIN
MOLLIES
DOUBLE
LYRETAIL
SWORDS
Hidden word: LIVEBEARERS
A. jacobfrebergi “Lemon Jack” …………………….Darryl Shaber
More Conventions, Shows, & Auctions…
March 25-27, 2011
Northeast Council of Aquarium Societies 36th Annual Convention
http://northeastcouncil.org/convention/
April 8-10,2011
American Livebearer Association, National Convention Cleveland, Ohio
April 10, 2011
Greater Chicago Cichlid Association, Swap Meet
http://www.gcaa.net
April 17, 2011
Great Pittsburgh Aquarium Society Inc., Spring Auction
http://www.gpasi.org
April 17,2011 Circle City Aquarium Society, Spring Auction
http://wwww.circlecityaqclub.org
May 7, 2011
Columbus Area Fish Enthusiasts, Spring Auction
http://columbusfishclub.org
May 21-23, 2011
Greater Chicago Cichlid Association Cichlid Classic
http;//www.gcca.net
TRADING POST
NCAS Fish Tanks; 2 ½ gallon stainless steel frame $2.00 each
½ gallon drum bowls $2.00 each.
Contact [email protected]
FOR SALE
ONE (1) 125 GALLON MARINE FISH TANK WITH CANOPY, LIGHTS AND
STEEL STAND WITH WOOD ENCLOSURE, INCLUDING BUILT-IN WESTINGHOUSE DE-HUMIDIFIER
ONE (1) TEEL STAINLESS STEEL MARINE UTILITY PUMP
TWO (2) FLUVAL #403 CANISTER FILTERS
ONE (1) LIFEGUARD #QL-25 ULTRA VIOLET STERILIZER
ONE (1) #400 RENO AIR PUMP
ONE (1) SEA CLONE #SCPS 150 PROTEIN SKIMMER
ONE (1) MAXI JET SUBMERSIBLE POWER HEAD & PUMP
ONE (1) VORTEX DIATOM MODEL XL WATER PURIFICATION FILTER
ONE (1) LIFEGUARD FLUIDIZED BED FILTER #FB-300
FIVE POUNDS DIATOMATIOUS EARTH, MARINE CORAL, PLANTS,
SHELLS AND FIFTY POUNDS MARINE SAND
120 Gallon reef ready tank. 48L x 24 W x 24 H with 40
gallon sump filter, Coralife pump, UV sterilizer, 200 watt heater,
protein skimmer, 48” light strip with 2 actinic, 4 LEDs, 4 stage
RO System….$500
Call Ben (631) 807-7059
Also, live rock …..$2.00 per pound and base rock at $1.00 per
pound
55 gal with stand and lights $80.00, 55gal with no light
and stand 60.00, 55gal with lights or stand $70.00. Some wood
stands and some metal. Some full hood w/lights and just lights.
Just taken down. Needs minor cleaning. This could be mixed
and matched.
Call Darryl at (631) 775-9574 or [email protected]
ONE (1) 30 GALLON HOSPITAL TANK WITH ROLLING CART
SALT WATER TEST KIT, HAG IMMERSION HEATER, BIO BALLS
CONTACT NUMBER: 631-406-6041
ASKING PRICE $750.00
LIAS
The Lo ng Island Aquariu m Soci ety, Inc. (LIAS) is th e old est organi zation d evoted to Tropi cal Fish in the Long Island area. I t is a non profit organizatio n dedicated to the stud y of aqu ati c life; to pr omo te in terest, ex change ideas an d en courag e th e breeding and sho wing of aquati c fish. Th e memb ership is m ade up of men, wom en and children of all levels of experi ence, includi ng nationall y reno wn ed individu als wh o are eag er to s hare their experiences and exp ertise in all ph ases of aquarium managemen t an d fish breeding.
LIAS m eets at 8PM on the 3rd Friday of each mon th (except Jul y and Augus t). Th e m eetings feature programs, cov ering all ph ases of tropical fish keeping, by noted gues t sp eakers. A so cial atmos pher e is enj oyed b y all during refresh ments. It is at this ti me that m em bers “talk fish”, ex change ideas an d secrets, trad e fish and establish friends hips. Th e m eetings resum e wi th free door pri zes and a raffle. Au ction s are held mon thly and all have th e op portuni ty to bid for rar e an d ho mebred fish or equi pm ent at b argain prices.
The Long Island Aquarium Society, Inc. (LIAS) is the oldest organization devoted
to Tropical Fish in the Long Island area. It is a non profit organization dedicated to
the study of aquatic life; to promote interest, exchange ideas and encourage the
breeding and showing of aquatic fish. The membership is made up of men, women
and children of all levels of experience, including nationally renowned individuals
who are eager to share their experiences and expertise in all phases of aquarium
management and fish breeding.
LIAS meets at 8PM on the 3rd Friday of each month (except July and August).
The meetings feature programs, covering all phases of tropical fish keeping, by noted
guest speakers. A social atmosphere is enjoyed by all during refreshments. It is at this
time that members “talk fish”, exchange ideas and secrets, trade fish and establish
friendships. The meetings resume with free door prizes and a raffle. Auctions are
held monthly and all have the opportunity to bid for rare and homebred fish or
equipment at bargain prices.
Visitors are always welcome and, may participate in the raffle and auction. The
nominal membership dues allow voting privileges, a subscription to the award
winning Paradise Press and a membership card, which entitles the member to
generous discounts at local pet shops.
How to Find Us!
LI Exp (495), exit 62 South, stay on Service road
at 2nd light, make right onto Blue Point Road
take 5th left on to Buckley Road.
The Holtsville Park will be on your Left.
~OR~
Sunrise Hwy (27), exit 52 Waverly Ave north.
at 2nd light, make right on to Buckley Rd.
The Holtsville Park will be on your right ~ 2miles
~OR~
Sunrise Hwy (27), exit 51 Nicholls Rd north at 2nd
Exit Patchoque- Holbrook rd,
turn right at 2nd light CR 99 turn left,
go to first exit Buckley Rd,
turn left, ~ 1000ft on the right
We meet in the Green House Room
Take the park road past the 2 lots on your right. Park
Telephone # 631 758 9664