TFCEC newsletter Jan2015 - Tropical Fish Club of Erie County

Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 1 January 2015
Upcoming Events
Tuesday January 20 TFCEC Monthly Meeting at
The Chicken Coop, VFW Post 8113, 299 Leydecker Road, West Seneca NY.
Meeting Starts at 7:00 PM
Mini Auction, Raffles, Program BAP/HAP/WAP 101
Bowl Show: Goldfish, Koi, and AOV
http://www.tropical-fish-club-of-erie-county.com/home/
February 15, 2015 Tropical Fish Club of Erie County Spring Auction
March 1, 2015 GAAS Spring Auction Tallmadge Community Center 80 Community Rd. Tallmadge, Ohio
April 12, 2015 Erie Aquarium Society Spring Auction at new location Perry Hi-Way Social Hall 8281 Oliver Road, Erie
Pa 16509.
April 25, 2015 Central NY Aquarium Society Spring Auction St. Matthew Over the Rainbow Child Care Center
214 Kinne St., East Syracuse, NY 13057
April 26, 2015 Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society, Inc. Spring Auction
http://www.gpasi.org
December People’s
Choice
L002 Plecostomus by
Donna Czarnecki
November People’s
Choice Juliodochromis
Transcriptus by
Nicolaus Jensen
Inside This Issue:
Listing of Officers and Committee Members
Chairman’s Message
Bowl Show
BAP/HAP/Membership/Artwork by Kim Ball
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Breeding Syno. Petricola by Teri Seufert
Pages 6,7
Picture Page
Pages 8,9
Classified Ads
Pages 10,11
Auction Flyer/Rules
Pages 12,13
Officers
Chairman
Tom Heisler
656-1892
[email protected]
Vice Chairman
Tom Rizzo
627-2275
[email protected]
Secretary
Kim Ball
648-1606
[email protected]
Treasurer
Ex officio
Ed Osika
Randy Seufert
892-9648
649-9165
[email protected]
Peter Reukauf
949-0945
[email protected]
Jack Mullen
Mike Culkowski
Larry Gibbs
491-6187
523-4928
826-6755
[email protected]
[email protected]
John J Williams
341-6300
[email protected]
Antonio Martina
492-0540
[email protected]
Jim Fitzgerald
544-0588
[email protected]
Bill Wroblewski
598-3578
[email protected]
Breeders Award Program
Tom Rizzo
627-2275
[email protected]
Breeders Award Program
Bill Wroblewski
598-3578
[email protected]
Horticultural Award Program
Chuck Mule & Bill Duzen
549-5039
[email protected]
Writers Award Program
Bill Duzen
549-4281
[email protected]
Fed. Of American Aquar. Soc.
Bill Duzen
549-4281
[email protected]
Membership
Chris Hardy
724-415-7852
[email protected]
Library
Bill Wroblewski
598-3578
[email protected]
Bowl Show
Larry Gibbs
826-6755
Exchange Editor
Chuck Mule
549-5039
Ways & Means
Russ Arnst
Aquarist of The Year
Chuck Mule
549-5039
[email protected]
Newsletter Editor
Tom Heisler
656-1892
[email protected]
Programs
Randy Seufert
649-9165
[email protected]
Annual Auction
Randy Seufert
649-9165
[email protected]
Awards Banquet
Larry Gibbs
826-6755
Club Picnic
Teri Seufert
649-9165
Fishy/Fishy Club
Ed Osika
892-9648
Raffle/Prizes
Bill/Spencer Wroblewski
598-3578
Christmas Party
Larry Gibbs
826-6755
Web Moderator
Josh Vito
208-5596
[email protected]
Refreshments
Mark and Mary Ann Baumgart
Photographer
Donna Czarnecki
207-1250
[email protected]
Board of Directors
Committee Chairpersons
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Meetings
The Tropical Fish Club of Erie County, Inc., meets the third Tuesday of the month at The Chicken Coop, VFW Post 8113, 299 Leydecker Road, West Seneca
NY. Meetings start at 7:00PM. All are invited.
Our Purpose
The purpose of the Tropical Fish Club of Erie County is to bring hobbyists of tropical fish and aquatic plants together, those who are interested in breeding,
raising, showing, or just plain looking at fish and aquatic plants. Also to aid members through lectures, films and slide presentations on different aspects of the
tropical fish hobby.
Exchange Policy
The Tropical Fish Club of Erie County will send a copy of this newsletter to any club who sends us a copy of their publication.
Reprint Policy
Any article may be reprinted by another aquarium society, providing the source and author are given credit, and a copy of your publication is sent to us.
Web Address
www.tropical-fish-club-of-erie-county.com
Chairman’s Message
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 3 January 2015
By Randy Seufert Tom Heisler
Welcome to the newly changing Tropical Fish Club of
Erie County, Inc. I would like to thank Randy and Teri
Seufert for their lifetime of service to the club. It takes
great people like them to unselfishly donate their time
and energy to keeping a club running smoothly. Good
luck in your ‘fish-tirement’ and new breeding
adventures!
I hope you all had quality time with your family and
friends over the holidays. I have talked to a lot of
people over the last few weeks and ideas are flowing
like a tropical river after a heavy rain. Hopefully we as a
club will change into something better than we already
have and move on to a higher level of growth and
excellence. We have new members joining every
month.
As you know, Randy now has the title Ex officio and
Chris Hardy has stepped up to take over the
Membership Comittee for Teri. Kim Ball has replaced
Donna Czarnecki as Secretary and Ed Osika will
continue to serve as Treasurer. Congratulations to the
re-elected and newly elected members of the Board of
Directors Peter Reukauf, Jack Mullen, Mike Culkowski,
Larry Gibbs, and John J Williams. I think the club is well
represented and I look forward to working with you all.
Thank you to all the participating members for all you
have done and all you are continuing to do.
Participation makes this club great. I was amazed at
the size of the bowl show last month.
There have been some questions as to the BAP, HAP,
and WAP. We will have a short introduction and a
question and answer time on any of your concerns.
There are a lot of members breeding different fish
and plants and I welcome articles and pictures for
the newsletter. I would also encourage you to come
and speak about your efforts, successes, challenges,
and trials at a meeting. I am sure the other members
would appreciate you taking the time to tell us about
your fishy adventures. That is all for now,
Tom
Randy giving his final speech as Chariman.
Me roasting Randy a little bit
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Bowl Show
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 4 January 2015
Unofficial Year End Standings
Fish of the Month Totals
Bill Wroblewski
Donna Czarnecki
Peter Reukauf
Nick Jensen
Josh Vito
Bob Fessler
Bonnie Gifford
John Buckaczeski
Renae Johnson
Tom Mason
Jason and Kim Ball
46 points
41 points
31points
21 points
11 points
13 points
10 points
9 points
5 points
5 points
4 points
Any Other Variety Totals
Peter Reukauf
Bob Fessler
Donna Czarnecki
Bill Wroblewski
Nick Jensen
Tom Heisler
John Buckaczeski
Tom Mason
33 points
27 points
25 points
20 points
19 points
9 points
8 points
6 points
Bowl Show Classes
January 2015: Goldfish and Koi
* Every month, there will be an ‘any other variety’ class as well as the class featured for the month
November Bowl Show Results
Anabantids
1st place Female Crowntail Betta, Bob Fessler
2nd place Pearl Gourami, Kim Ball
3rd place Albino Paradise, Nicholaus Jensen
Any Other Variety
1st place Emperor Tetra, Donna Czarnecki
2nd place Juliodochromis Transcriptus, Nicholaus Jensen
3rd place Albino Pearlscale Angel, Bob Fessler
December Bowl Show Results
Red Fish
1st place Red Passion Discus, John Bukaczewski
2nd place Red Iranian Rainbow, Bill Wroblewski
3rd place Cherry Barb, Donna Czarnecki
Green Fish
1st place Ruby Green Cichlid, Donna Czarnecki
2nd place Green Dragon Pleco, Bill Wroblewski
3rd place Florida Flagfish, Peter Ruekauf
Any Other Variety
1st place Cyprichromis Leptosoma, Peter Reukauf
2nd place L002 Pleco, Donna Czarnecki
3rd place Firefish Peacock, Bob Fessler
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BAP Lifetime Total Points
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 5 January 2015
Data submitted by Tom Rizzo
Josh Vito 170
Robert Fessler 140
David Perez
20
Tom Rizzo 630
Randy /Teri Seufert 765
Peter Reukauf 285
Tom Heisler 340
Mark Baumgart
10
Donna Czarnecki 125
John Burdick 200
John j Williams
40
Bonnie Giffford
30
Kim Ball
95
Nick Jensen
65
Mike Culkowski 955
Bill Duzen 1960
Dick/Rudy McEniry
320
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Chuck Mule
840
Ed Osika
210
Paul Piduch 675
Antonio Martina
50
Bill Wroblewski
35
Membership Report
HAP Lifetime Total Points
Data submitted by Chuck Mule
Jason and Kim Ball
30
Mike Culkowski 375
Donna Czarnecki 130
Dawn Domagala
10
Bill & Liz Duzen 870
Christopher Hardy 160
Tom Heisler 120
Nicolaus Jensen
40
Renae Johnson
70
Chuck Mule 1265
Casey Newton 175
Ed Osika 360
Paul Piduch
455
Peter Reukauf
75
Randy & Terri Seufert 995
Josh Vito 710
Bill Wroblewski 230
HAP Submission for December
Chuck Mule - Bolbitis heudelotti
Original Pencil Drawing Submitted by Kim Ball
By Teri Seufert
After 27 years of Membership Chairperson, I
am stepping down. So this is my last report,
Christopher Hardy will now be the Membership
Chairman.
Welcome New Member: Brenda Romanaw
Dues now due: James Mule, Richard
McEniry, Russ Arnst, Bonnie Gifford, Casey
Newton, Brandon Vernon and Brenda
Tschetter
Final Notice: Jodi Ghianni, Nathan Pieroni
and Tom Mason
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Breeding Synodontis
Petricola
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 6 January 2015
By Teri Seufert
We got a couple of
young Petricolas at a
local auction a few years
ago. At another auction
a year or so later, they
had pairs of Petricola’s and
we bought one, only thing is they both
turned out to be females. We already had 2
t
females from the others
we had bought. So
the search for a male or two was on. Several
young ones were at auctions, but was not
sure of sex, we needed a male. Finally last
fall after talking to a friend in Erie, Pa., he
said he had a couple spare males. So in
November of 2013, I had my first spawn of
Syno eggs. Nobody told me they were the
size of pin dots and nobody told me how to
care for the eggs or fry, if I ever get
Spawning was
easy, I had got a
breeding box at
one of our clubs
mini auctions. It
is a 5 inch acrylic
Fry at two weeks of age
square that
separates in the middle, it is clear on the
bottom and black color on top, with a hole in
the side and one on the top. Then you fill the
bottom with marbles, but it was difficult to
see if you had eggs and also hard to get eggs
out. After seeing how small these eggs are I
put a piece of plastic canvas cut to fit inside
the cube. Now it was very easy to see when I
have eggs and to remove them.
Care of the eggs is a challenge, they have to
be in the dark, so I wrapped a small catch cup
in foil, set inside a large catch cup and put in a
tank at 78 degree water with an air stone,
with a large air flow. After a day and a half,
eggs hatched, they are ready to eat in 5 days. ,
but still remain in
the dark until they
are eating, I got a
few to live (5) but
lost all of them in
the week that
Fry at 45 days of age
followed.
After many months of getting eggs and
hatching them only to have them all die the
day they hatched or the next day. I finally
found out the foil was oxidizing the water and
killing them. Now to find something else to
make it darker. Randy works with flowers and
plants and they have a foil that is plastic
coated. I tried that and it works, so in April I
had my first spawn last more then 1 day, but
lost them due to another auction we attended
being away too long from home. Being the
day they needed to be fed, I lost most, but did
have a few survive. Now more determined to
raise synodontis, I got more eggs in May and
hatched and had around 300-350 eggs, I put a
drop of methylene blue in the water. They
hatched in 18 hours. Estimate about 225-250
hatchlings. Did a small water change to take
out the
methylene blue and the fungused eggs. At
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Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 7 January 2015
Fry at six months of age
and vegetable pellets.
At 2 months of age I moved them into a
larger tank. I have 165 babies in a 10 gallon
and 15 gallon tanks. I have been getting
spawns monthly, but not as many as the
spawn in May. Parents still get fed black
worms, Catfish pellets and vegetable pellets.
It was a challenge, but I have enjoyed
spawning the Synodontis petricola.
day 5 after hatching, I began feeding them 3
times a day with walter worms and golden
pearls ( a powder formula for babies) and 1⁄2
water change witht the same temperature
aged water, for the first couple weeks. Newly
hatched brine shrimp are bigger then they
are. Between 2-3 weeks old, stopped feeding
the powder and started to feed
decapsulated brine shrimp. At about 2
months old started to put in catfish pellets
Picture of the parents
A nice shot of the Seuferts long fin bristlenose pleco guarding eggs
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Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 8 January 2015
Picture Page
Got a nice picture? Send it to [email protected]
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Picture Page continued
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 9 January 2015
Got a nice picture? Send it to [email protected]
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For sale:
Bristlenose Plecos: Brown or albino. 100's
available. $1 each
Hap. Species 44: 1.25 inches $4 each
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 10 January 2015
Tom R. 713-4279 or [email protected]
For sale:
Hap, Burtoni Males 3” 2 avail $5 each
Pundamilia Nyererei Crimson Tide Males 3-4” 2
avail $7 ea
Breeding Group of 9 Petricola Catfish $115
Petricola catfish up to 1” $3 ea
Bumble Bee Catfish adults $5 ea
Enterochromis paropius approx 1" $7 each Rare
Lake Victora Cichlid.
Tom H. 408-6540 or [email protected]
Nice Tip: Heater, light, pump, power filter, etc.
Book Order
LAST CHANCE! I am organizing a one time
group order for the book The 101 Best
Freshwater Nano Species which was written by
a friend in the hobby, Rachel O’leary. If we get
enough people to sign up, she will take off the
shipping charge. The price is 18.95 and she
has also agreed to autograph them. If you
would like a copy of this book, I will have a
signup sheet at the January meeting. You may
also email me at [email protected]
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Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 11 January 2015
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 $1
6.00
PER POUND
*Pricing subject
to
change.
See Bill Duzen.
Live Black worm
Group Order
I am organizing
a group order o
f live
black-worms fro
m Eastern Aquat
ics. If
you would like to
get in on the ord
er, I
will be collecting
orders/money u
ntil the
Wednesday bef
ore the next mee
ting.
The worms will
arrive and be del
ivered
at the next mee
ting.
Pricing:
1lb of worms =
$24.00
0.5lb of worms
= $13.00
0.25lb of worms
= $7.00
If you are intere
sted or have qu
estions,
send me an em
ail, or leave a vo
icemail
on my phone.
716-208-5596 Jo
sh Vito
Club T-Shirts
The shirts are gr
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with black silk
screen
Sizes available:
Large $8
xl $8
2xl $10 --sold ou
t
3xl $11 --only on
e left
We can also mo
nogram a small
club
logo on your t-sh
irt, polo, hoodie
,
jacket, etc. Pleas
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en if
it is new. The cu
rrent price is $7
for
each monogram
on the clothing
you
provide. Thank
you for support
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the club.
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Tropical Fish Club of Erie County
Presents
26th Annual Spring
Giant Tropical Fish, Aquatic
Plant
And Supply
AUCTION
February 15, 2015
At
VFW Post 8113,The Chicken Coop
299 Leydecker Road, West Seneca , NY 14224
Registration 9:30 am.
Auction 11:00 am.
70/30 Split, 10 Table System
After Table 3 is complete a lottery will be held for the remaining 7 Tables. The order in which they are picked will
be the table that will be sold next. No item may be renumbered or moved from it’s original position.
Any single item that sells for $50.00 or more, there will be a maximum club split of $15.00, all
other proceeds for that item goes to the seller.
Refreshments Available
Information
Website:Tropical-fish-club-of-erie-county.com
TFCEC Annual Tropical Fish and Supply Auction
The auction will be a 70/30 split auction, 70% of the selling price goes to the seller and 30% to the
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County Inc. All items will be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
PLACE: VFW Post 8113 “The Chicken Coop”, 299 Leydecker Road, West Seneca NY 14224
DATE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2015
TIME: REGISTRATION: 9 A.M.
AUCTION
11:00 A.M.
Procedures and Rules:
1. Each seller must register and receive ID letters before placing items in the auction. ITEMS
MUST BE NUMBERED CONSECUTIVELY 1-10, 11-20 ETC. The items will be auctioned off by number,
all #1, #11, #21 etc. items will be auctioned first, followed by all #2, #12, #22 etc. There will be tables for each
number 1-10. Sale items are to be placed on the corresponding tables. After table 3 a lottery will be held
for the remaining Tables. The order in which they are picked will be the table that will be sold next. No items
may be renumbered or moved from the original positions.
2. Buyers may register to charge their purchases, or pay cash at the time of the sale. Each buyer that
registers will be given a buyers ID number. These are to be used during bidding and purchase of an item.
3. All items must be properly labeled: item letter and number, brief description, type of species, quantity,
and also if the fish are a pair, trio, male or female, if known. On dry goods items, mark the condition of the
item. Sellers name and Phone number is suggested.
4. On dry good items only a limit of 5 like items will be accepted (ex. 5 bags of flake food) NEW:
ALL Used equipment must be clean or it will be rejected!!
5. We have established a sales limit for Duckweed and ramshorn snail. Not more then three (3) bags
Of these 2 items in any combination per seller will be allowed. Example 2 bags of snails and 3 bags of
duckweed.
6. Selling increments will be $1.00. NO ITEM WILL BE SOLD FOR LESS THAN $1.00--if it does
not sell, it will be returned to the seller.
7. Proper bagging is necessary. Fish and plants must be in proper fish bags (available from most fish
stores). NO BAGGIES, ZIP LOCK BAGS OR TWIST TIE BAGS ALLOWED. There will be a 50 cent
re-bagging charge if re-bagging is necessary. This will be deducted from your auction money. Double bagging
is suggested.
8. Minimum bid: Sellers may place a minimum bid on an item. This should be a reasonable price. Any
item with a minimum bid that does not sell at the minimum bid will be put to the side. If the seller so requests a
lower price, these items will be auctioned at the end of all the numbered 10 items.
9. New: Any single item that sells for more then $50.00 or more, there will be a minimum club split of
$15.00, all other proceeds from that item go to the seller.
8. The Tropical Fish Club of Erie County Inc. and the VFW Post 8113, will not be responsible for
any personal injury or any damages or losses incurred before, during or after the auction.
9. All unclaimed items become the property of the Tropical Fish Club of Erie County Inc.
10. Payment: The auction staff will keep track of all transactions throughout the auction. Buyers may
pay their tab anytime before leaving. Sellers may settle up after all of their items have sold or if the seller
chooses to leave early, a check will be mailed to the seller. However, all purchases must be paid for before
leaving. No checks will be accepted, CASH ONLY.
Tropical Fish Club of Erie County
5725 Herman Hill Road
Hamburg NY 14075