Tank Tales December 2017

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\PUBLISHED BY: Aquarium Club of Lancaster County, Inc. 590 Centerville Road #318 Lancaster, PA 17601

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MANAGING EDITOR: Tim Brady

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ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Kurt Johnston

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Tank Tales™ is the official publication of the Aquarium Club of Lancaster County, Inc. (ACLC). Ten issues of Tank Tales are published annually. Anyone using original material from any issue of Tank Tales must return two (2) copies of the publication in which the article is published to our exchange editor at exchange@aclcpa.org. The views expressed in any material appearing in Tank Tales are those of the authors, and do not necessarily express those of the ACLC.

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The Aquarium Club of Lancaster County is a Federally Registered 501c3 Non-profit public charity and a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Non-profit Corporation under the provisions of the Non-profit Corporation Law of 1988. “ACLC”, “Tank Tales”, Piscatorial Pearls” and the fishdrawn buggy logo are all Trademarks of the Aquarium Club of Lancaster County, Inc.

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President’s Message ACLC, we have one more meeting left this year. We will not be having a speaker in December, but you should remember that we are having an “Open Mic” meeting. If you are feeling outgoing, please consider in presenting a topic of your choice. We will all listen with open ears. No presentation will be too short to present.

At last month’s meeting, our great speaker (Larry Jinks) brought in several fish for donation to the club. His donations brought in several hundreds of dollars to our club. We are very thankful for that. A lot of behind the scenes bills and expenses go on behind the curtains at fish clubs that many members are unaware of. So next time you see Larry, send him your thanks for both his informative presentation and donated fish to the club. I am sure he will greatly appreciate it.

Also, please remember that December is the last month in the year and thus the last month to participate in all our special programs (HAP, BAP, CARES, WAAP).

On December 16th at 1:00, we will meet at Bird-in-Hand Fire Company for our special Open Mic meeting. Since we are rapidly approaching the wintery weather season, I want to remind everyone in the ACLC to please make sure you check your email or Facebook if winter weather occurs on one of our meeting dates. This will ensure you do not waste a trip to the club in case the Board of Directors decides that the weather conditions are too harsh to drive in.

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Editor’s Notes ACLC Members, We now bring to a close another great year for the ACLC and Tank Tales. There are very few club newsletters that have the contributions from members that we do, both in quantity and quality. As editors, we are very proud to be able to publish the articles and photos that our members have submitted over the past year. We look forward now to 2018 and want to encourage everyone to just take a few minutes and write one story this year or take some photos (after cleaning the glass) and send them to us. Don’t wait till the last minute, make it tough for us to decide what to publish each month. We love a challenge! Next meeting you attend, write down your experience, next time you get some fish at the auction or at a local fish store, write down the where, what and why of the day and take some pictures. We will be looking for your email.

It’s Your Club, Your Tank Tales!

Thank you Tim & Kurt

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This month is our Annual Member's Presentation Meeting. Come celebrate a great 2017 and the upcoming Holidays. Members and guests will have the opportunity to spend a few minutes talking about their fish, plants, tanks and methods. BAP participants can earn some extra bonus points by talking about the way they spawned the fish they submitted for BAP points . We already have several great presentations planned so don’t miss it.

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ACLC Notes Keystone Clash Planning for the 2018 Keystone Clash has begun and we could always use your help! If you have some ideas or just want to get involved contact Kurt at the next meeting or send him an email at : kurtj@keystoneclash.com

Do you know what these letters mean?

BAP, HAP, CARES, WAAP They all stand for more ways to enjoy the hobby!!!

Just ask Gary, Mike B., Clair or Kurt

Get Involved!

September 14-16, 2018

What do you want to hear about?

Do you have a topic you would like to hear presented at one of our meetings? Let us know! We want to provide you with the knowledge you are interested in acquiring.

Send us your ideas :

coordinator@aclcpa.org Would you be interested in doing a group buy from one of the USA’s largest suppliers of tropical fish?

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Aquatic Life Education Fund November 2017 Report We have had a great start to the ALEF funding year thanks to the generosity you, our members. The very deserving students and educators at North Penn High School will benefit from your donations and be able to expand their education in Marine Science.

Please keep up the good work!

If you have any questions, please contact me at ALEF@aclcpa.org.

Thank you Kurt Johnston ALEF Chair

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Blasts from our Past Corydoras: More Than Scavengers -by Kerry Teats Sr. This article was first published in the December 1982 Issue of Tank Tales™ and was reprinted from “Bits & Pisces” the newsletter of the Memphis Aquarium Society There is really one thing that sets me off when I hear some aquarists (make that hobbyists-or maybe beginners) talk about needing some “scavengers” for their aquariums, so they think they’d better get some Corys. Corydoras are not “scavengers”, they’re fish, just like guppies, livebearers, cichlids, etc., and as such they should not be treated as “scavengers”!

If you want a scavenger, buy a buzzard or vulture, or even a crow. Scavengers are carrion eaters: call them “survivors” IF YOU LIKE, BUT DON’T CALL THEM CORYDORAS! Now I’ll admit that Corys seem to be scavenging constantly on the bottom of the tank, but using them as scavengers is a sure-fire way to slowly kill them. Corydoras simply cannot survive on the left-overs of your fish, nor do they eat the wastes (mulm) from these other fish. I suppose if you are the type who grossly over feeds your tanks – like six ounces of food for six fish – then you could let the corys clean up the mess, but this is the exception, not the norm. I have nothing against keeping Corys with your other fish, but please feed them.

Make sure enough food makes it to the bottom of the tank to give the corys a good meal.

Also give some thought to the aquarium itself. Corydoras have a few special requirements, just as your other fish do. Just as you leave space for your open water swimmers in the middle of your tank, you should leave as open area on the bottom for your corys. They need room to swim and exercise too.

This open area serves a dual purpose, as it is also an excellent area in which to feed your corys. When you put their food right out in the open, you can be assured they will find it – and you can make sure they are getting plenty to eat.

Another consideration is the gravel and decorations. Keep sharp gravel and sharp objects out of any tank containing Corys. Sharp objects play havoc with the barbels and mouths of Corys. Fine gravel or aquarium sand works great. Leave sharp, slate type rocks out: rather use river-worn racks and/or aged driftwood. Make sure that all plants are well anchored, or be prepared to periodically replant them.

My idea of an ideal Cory tank looks like this, a shallow tank (ten or twenty long) with the bottom covered with about three inches of # 1 or # 2 red flint gravel (in my area, # 1 or # 2 is a real fine gravel. To this add a small piece of driftwood to the right or left of center, and plant the back one

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third and both sides with corkscrew Vallisneria, leaving the center front open. Once this tank has had a chance to establish itself and the val roots, add ten corys to a ten or twenty long plus a few dither fish (livebearers or small Tetras) and then enjoy.

Watching the corys and their antics is a delight; and this type of set-up shows them off to the utmost.

Feeding Vorydoras poses no major problems.

They will standard aquarium foods. Watching them chase live adult like watching a three-ring circus of all clowns! Another live tubifex worms. Don’t worry about a few escaping into corys will hunt them out. Look Ma, live spaghetti!

eat any of the brine shrimp is favorite food is the gravel – the

Like food, water conditions for corys are not really critical. However, they do best at temperatures of 72-75F. One thing to watch for is the salt content. It is best not to use salt in the tank with Corys, as they have a very low tolerance for it.

I could go on and on about Corys, but I’ll quit for now so I can save some for future articles. Just remember, Corydoras are more than scavengers.

~ Special Editor’s Note In August of 2016, the Aquarium Club of Lancaster County lost its last remaining founding member when F. Wayne Calender passed away. Wayne’s son David got in contact with me this summer to let me know that there were some ACLC related items in the house that he thought we might appreciate having. After, bringing these boxes home, I have found a small treasure trove of interesting ACLC history including several articles written by Wayne, other ACLC members and even some exchange articles that were sent to Wayne. I am going to reprint these articles and I will include any information I have with the article. For those of you that did not have the pleasure of knowing Wayne, he was “The Scaly Thumb”!

Kurt Johnston Associate Editor

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C.A.R.E.S. Registration We at ACLC are continuously trying to improve our programs.

Our C.A.R.E.S. program is in a renewal stage, we are updating our database so that we can improve this program. The goal is to have breeding colonies of endangered and vulnerable species that provide further dispersing of their progeny into the hobby. Our report allows us to see who has what species within our member group. Please help us be more accurate in our reporting if you desire to participate in this goal by notifying us of additions and deletions to your C.A.R.E.S. species collection at cares@aclapa.org , or contact Clair Klinedinst, our C.A.R.E.S. liaison, at one of our monthly meetings.

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Cory Experience Hello all! My tropical fish experience goes back decades and, yes, I have kept various species of catfish in the past. Just recently, however, I have gotten very interested in corys. Interested to the point of wanting to learn to breed them and raise fry.

I wanted to gain as much knowledge as I possibly could, so I started reading every article I could on breeding corys, and then watched hour upon hour of You Tube videos. Then I set up a few 10-gallon tanks in my fish room, complete with fine sand, a handful of Java moss, and a sponge filter.

I started to look around for breeding groups online and finally found what I was looking for, a young group of Albino Aeneus. I bought them and anxiously waited for them to arrive. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, 3 days, I received them. I took my time acclimating them to their new home, and they quickly settled in. Twice a day, I fed them color flake, grow pellets, brine shrimp, and Repashy. My information gathering had taught me corys like 76-degree water, which is where I kept their tank temps. Every week, they received 30% water changes with slightly cooler water.

All this attention to detail paid off about 3 weeks later. As I was giving them their evening feeding, just after a water change, I saw them. EGGS! There on the glass were patches of clear, amber hued eggs! A pair of corys were in the middle of spawning! I sat and watched them for a few minutes just to be sure that was what Tank Tales™ | December 2017

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was really going on. I left them alone for a few hours to finish breeding quietly. I came back 2 hours later to use a razor blade to scrape the eggs from the glass, as I had learned to do from my research, and deposit 300 of them in a small viewer that hangs on the side of the tank. I added 2 drops of methylene blue and an airstone to keep the eggs from fungusing. I read that frequent water changes were needed to keep the ammonia levels down, so I used water from the breeder tank and changed 80% of the water in the viewer each day. In a few days the eggs hatched, and in a few more days they became free swimming. I was elated, to say the least, as I had just successfully bred corys! I was told by a fellow breeder to feed the fry Pearls Fry Food and baby brine shrimp. I did as he had instructed and within a week they had doubled in size. I slowly introduced them into their own 10-gallon tank.

Over the course of the next several months, these tiny corys grew into young adults and I placed them in all my tanks to help eat up any excess food on the bottom. The Albinos have spawned about every 10 days since then.

Over time, I bought various breeds of corys to try to breed, and as of this writing, I am successfully breeding Albino Aeneus, Paleatus, and Black Schultzei. I am growing out a group of green lasers, and have added a group of Venezuelanos that were purchased at the auction of our last meeting, to my collection.

I am finding quite a bit of satisfaction in breeding corys. I was always a cichlid man, raising discus, angels, and many others in my past breeding operations. I hope to expand my breeding of corys to encompass many other species, and after listening to and watching Larry Jinks’ presentation, I am now, more than ever, set to explore all I can on these beautiful, small catfish known to us as corydoras.

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Piscatorial Pearls This month we begin our piscatorial journey in the midwest with 4 articles in the September/October 2017 issue of the Missouri Aquarium Society’s The Darter.

The first article is titled “One man’s trash...is another man’s treasure” by Rick Renfro that is an Aquabid how-to that explains how Rick got into selling his surplus plants, snails and live food online. The next article is a review of the “Aquatic Experience” by Phil Nixon that takes us on a short tour of this great event. Next is “Some Fish Tank Basic for People who Have Never had One” and Kathy Deutsch gives a good walk through of items we may have forgot to remember. The final article in this issue is a very detailed description of Mike Hellweg’s experiences with “Danio erythromicron”, the Emerald Dwarf Danio from Lake Inle in Myanmar.

Our next stop is in New Jersey for a couple of stories in the September 2017 edition of the North Jersey Aquarium Society’s Reporter. The first story is Dr. Paul’s Fish of the Month, “Scriptaphyosemion guignardi” and Paul Loiselle does not disappoint with his detailed description of his experience with this beautiful African killifish. Story #2 is titled “Striped or Spotted...Gotta Luv ‘Em” by Chuck Davis that gives us a good idea of what to expect when keeping the Raphael catfish.

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Florida, we stop for 2 articles in the September issue of the Tampa Bay Aquarium Society’s The Filter. The first article is titled “Discus...Water...Gargas!!!”

by Joe Gargas that gives us a very good explanation of the water chemistry that Joe is famous for. The second article is titled “Outside Tub Aquariums” by Bill Little that is basically a book review on Ted Coletti’s Tub Pond Handbook that praises Ted’s book, despite misspelling Ted’s name!

Staying down south we stop for a story in the September 2017 issue of the Atlanta Area Aquarium Association’s Fish Talk. This story is titled “Water Lilies—Center of Attention” by Bob Major and give a good description of the different types of Water Lilies and how to care for them.

We head back out to the midwest for an article in the September 2017 issue od the Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association’s Fin Flap. The article, titled “Breeding Inpaichthys kerri and Nematobrycon palmeri” by Lee Van Hyfte is a very detailed description of Lee’s success with the Emperor Tetras.

Staying out in the nation’s heartland we stop in Indiana for 4 stories in the October 2017 issue of the Circle City Aquarium Club’s Fancy Fins. The first story is titled “Breeding Ancistrus sp(4)” by Bob Hargis that is brief description of Bob’s experience with the Black Eyed Yellow Ancistrus. Next (Continued on page 21)

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we have a story by Lillia Miller, “How to Help Your Betta Feel ‘Betta’”. Lillia appropriately subtitled this story Betta splendens 911 because she details the 12 most common health issues that these favorites are susceptible to and how to treat.

Story #3 is titled “How I Got Into Breeding Fish” by Chris Eichrodt that details Chris’ journey that is not much different than many of ours, but a very interesting read.

The final story in this edition is titled “Breeding Xiphophorus helleri” by Tam Bain that gives us a brief account of Tam’s swordtail experience.

Our next stop will be in the Pacific Northwest for an article in the October 2017 issue of the Greater Seattle Aquarium Society’s Northwest Aquaria. This article is titled “North American Native Fishes Association” Part One by Kat Hentsch andgives us a great description of what NANFA is all about.

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Our final stop this month is back home in Pennsylvania for a story in the October 2017 edition of the Bucks County Aquarium Society’s Buckette. This story is titled “Follow the Worms” by Brian Cush. Brian gives a great, detailed description of how he set up for vermiculturing that both benefits his fish and plants. Kudos Brian!

See you on the 16th!

Kurt Johnston – Exchange Editor

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Alan & Karen’s Excellent Adventure Part 4: Fishroom Racks & DooDads

BY Karen Haas

In the old fish room most of aquariums were on If we try the cinder block route again, I think we will limit its use to 12 inch wide tanks and use Edsal steel warehouse style racks purchased 2x4’s on end instead. from Lowes. A few years ago they sold individual pieces so that you could customize the width and length of the shelves. Now they only sell sets that are 24 inches side and 6 feet in length. We had a 125 gallon on an iron frame and a 2 section 2x4 stand that was intended for an 8 foot long acrylic tank which I never had time to repair.

When we were planning the new fish room, I was hoping to build 2x4 racks that would fit the tanks better and not waste as much space but didn’t have the time to do so. Getting the house ready to sell and getting rid of stuff took too much of my time. We tried building cinder block stands in the new place for the four 125 gallon tanks. I thought that using 4x4’s would be better than using 2x4’s to span the six foot length. That was a mistake. The 4x4’s started twisting and warping before we set them up.

The stack of cinder blocks seemed rickety, particularly since we had to break blocks in half to span the 18 inch width. Each course of blocks had one full and one half block. We went ahead and set up a couple tanks because we needed to start emptying the steel racks at the old place. I picked the best 4x4’s we had. We put an inch thick piece of rigid foam between the 4x4’s and the tank. Even with the foam, the 4x4’s started bowing more and left a gap under the middle of the tank. The tank started to leak. Shoving some shims under the foam to support the tank was a short term solution and stopped the leaking. We eventually had to go to plan C, drain the tank, take down the cinder block stand, and use the steel racks from the old place.

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37 gallon column aquarium that the black rubber eels, Typhlonectes natans, were that the six foot long lengths are actually an inch occupying. Amazonas magazine had an article short of six feet between the uprights. 125 about them in their current issue. 2 over/under gallon aquariums are a little over six feet when iron stands that hold 20 high tanks and a metal they have a plastic frame around them. If you framed Juwel aquarium set occupy the use a 6 foot long rack, you have to use the 24 remaining space in the fish room. inch up rights. The tank can fit between the I’ll finish this series with some miscellaneous uprights but there will be three inches of unused space behind and in front of the aquarium.

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things I recommend for a fish room. A small table that can be easily moved or a cart on wheels is very handy. We are currently using an old TV tray table that can be folded up and put away when not in use. We also keep a couple of shims between the rail and the thick sheet of folding chairs and step stools close by. We plywood to support the tank in the center. The placed a couple of peg boards on walls and gap isn’t as bad as the 4x4’s were. For the 125’s doors to store nets, algae scrapers, tools, and we decided to use the 8 foot long rails with the other doo-dads. We use a couple of garden hose 18 inch uprights (which are actually 17 inches). hangers to store the Python hoses. One Python Next to the tank on the bottom, we have enough is always connected to the bilge pump for space for two canister filters. Next to the upper draining and the other to the faucet for filling 125’s we have a 20 gallon cube and a wine fridge tanks. The bilge pump saves us a lot of time under a dehumidifier. when doing water changes. The downside is The rest of the steel racks hold tanks ranging that it is powerful enough to suck up snails from 5 to 75 gallons. The two part 8 foot long which get stuck and clog the Python. Buy some wooden stand was repurposed to hold a six foot electrical timers for your lights. Use the long 180 gallon tank. The stands were placed in (Continued on page 27) an L configuration which allowed us to fit in a | 23 | T h e A q u a r i u m C l u b o f L a n c a s t e r C o u n t y , I n c .

Writer’s & Artist’s Award Program Once again, this has been a great year for the W.A.A.P.! Three more articles submitted this month from Karen Haas, Paul Tangredi and NEW member Dan Taylor as well as a great cover photo of Hypsolebias ellneri by Gary Haas. The Mighty Fin standings are coming down to the wire and I will be reviewing all reprints and reviews for 2017 just to make sure I didn’t miss anything so….you will find out at the January meeting just who is the “Mighty Fin”! ~ Kurt Johnston WAAP Chair

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Horticultural Award Program Monthly Report-November 2017 Propagator of the Year

Gardener of the Year

Folks, we only have one more month to go to earn points and gain species for the 2017 award year. If I was a betting man, I would bet that Wes Bahrt is going to to take both the 2017 Propagator of the Year and the 2017 Gardener of the Year award. However, it is possible for a member to come out from hiding and flood the HAP program with points. You never know! ~Michael Buchma—HAP Chair

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Species Propagated—November 2017 Julie Lovell 15 Total Points Wesley Bahrt 10 Total Points Charles Vickery 10 Total Points Bressler Family 10 Total Points

Danny Corman 5 Total Points

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grounded ones that control two or more outlets.

We don’t have to worry about accidentally leaving the lights on overnight anymore. I use cheap or old magnetic algae scrapers as pleco feeders or tank divider holders. I rubber band the zucchini to the interior part of the algae scraper and then slide it down to the bottom of the tank. Try to find some space for a radio or other music system. Being able to listen to music helps make water change day more enjoyable.

We’re still not done unpacking, sorting through stuff and trying to shoe horn things into a smaller space. We’re also still learning how to share the fish room between two people. That’s a unique challenge that most fish keepers don’t get to experience. I hope this helps you if you’re considering building a fish room.

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Ahhh the BBS! The easily bred food for small Recently I found a YouTube video of a homemade hatchery that I set up and have fry. We all know and, have probably bred BBS. Even before we knew what they were (Sea Monkeys). Baby Brine are from the Genus Artemia, which has about 5-7 species.

The most common in the United States is Artemia Franciscana which come from the Great Salt Lake in Utah. They can withstand the large temperature fluctuations and salinity of the Great Salt Lake. Most of the time this is the 1st live fry food beginning aquarists try. had fairly good success with it. This consists of 5 individual liter bottles put in a rack made so the bottles can be inserted into holes drilled just a little smaller than the bottle. I built the rack (no small task since I

BBS are great 1st food for small fry. They are packed with protein which helps with faster growth. More importantly their eggs or cysts can be stored for a long time and easily shipped. Hatching Brine Shrimp is easy.

Saltwater, a buffer (baking soda) and aeration, that's it. There are probably as many ways to hatch the cysts as there are aquarists. Unless you’re rich and can buy one of those fancy brine shrimp hatcheries, (which I confess I have tried) you only need a 1 or 2 liter soda bottle. For me, these worked as well as the commercial hatchery I tried.

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have no carpentry skills), cut the bottoms of the bottles & save them, they will be used later as the tops to help with evaporation.

Replace the soda caps with caps that have 2 airline attachments (CO2 caps are perfect).

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with a valve attached to drain off the brine shrimp when ready to feed. I start 2 one liter tbsp. of salt and bought a cheap salinity bottles every other day, that way I have a tester to make sure I have the right salinity continuous supply of the little critters. for hatching. About .018 - .023 is a good When harvesting I turn the pump off and put range. I have a regular incandescent light the light on so all the shrimp will congregate near the hatchery to raise the temperature to at the bottom, and then I can siphon them about 80. The fish room is kept at 75 so the off easily.

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Breeder Award Program Monthly Report BAP News as of November 29th, 2017 November was a busy month for BAP. BoY leaders Karen Haas and Alan Rollings checked in with SEVEN spawns, including three CARES fish (the Paralabidochromis, Pundamilia, and Cryptoheros fish); a Group D fish, Aulonocranus dewindti , a Lake Tanganika featherfin; and a Group C Geophagus mouth-brooder. (The Group letter corresponds to the difficulty of spawning the fish, and also the number of BAP points awarded.) The fry were all auctioned at the November meeting, so those of you who missed that meeting will just have to wait. I’m sure that more of them will be available next year.

Danny Corman registered a spawn of a Goodeid, surpassing my humble BoY point total and leaving me in last place for this year’s BoY trophy.

And we welcome Wesley Bahrt to the BAP ranks, as he registered spawns of a snail, a shrimp, a cichlid, and a catfish. A versatile aquarist.

Don’t forget, the last chance to claim BAP points is 16 December at the ACLC December meeting.

Spawns registered after the meeting will count toward the 2018 BoY competition, not the 2017.

Bring those BAP donations to the meeting and claim those points. And claim a few extra points by just talking at the meeting about how you bred a BAP fish. ~Gary Haas, BAP Chair

2017 Breeder of the Year Haas/Rollings

215 points

Clair Klinedinst

65 points

Gary Boyer

53 points

Wesley Bahrt

2017 Species Bred Haas/Rollings

14 species

Clair Klinedinst

5 species

Gary Boyer

4 species

47 points

Wesley Bahrt

4 species

Bressler Family

40 points

David Tangredi

2 species

David Tangredi

20 points

Bressler Family

2 species

Danny Corman

20 points

Gary Haas

2 species

Gary Haas

17 points

Danny Corman

2 species

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BAP Lifetime Achievement Awards Currently Active ACLC Members

2 Star Breeder

F. Wayne Calender Breeder Bressler Family Wayne Calender

Gary Haas* Clair Klinedinst* J/N Dickel

1950 pts 1593 pts

Grand Master Breeder Paul Bricknell David Stephon Pedro Sanchez

1 Star Breeder

2003 pts 1120 pts 1050 pts

Gene Regener Glenn Davies* Dave Frehafer David Tangredi Scott Shenk Robin Antkowiak Kurt Johnston

Expert Breeder Bob Kulesa*

812 pts

Advanced Breeder Joel Antkowiak* 1278 pts Haas/Rollings* 935 pts Gary Boyer *Expert Breeder 715 pts 812 pts Bob Kulesa*

245 pts 140 pts 90 pts 87 pts 70 pts 57 pts 56 pts

Other Participants

3 Star Breeder

Danny Corman*

534 pts 235 pts 178 pts

518 pts

*Breeder has enough points for next higher class award but needs to complete one or more classes to achieve the award.

Sam Jones Wesley Bahrt Charles Vickery Julie Lovell Ashley Antkowiak Mackenzie Dalton

66 pts 47 pts 39 pts 26 pts 21 pts 14 pts

November Species Bred Haas/Rollings Aulonocranus dewindti Paralabidochromis sp Fire Uganda Pundamilia pundamilia Senga Point Geophagus sp Alto Sinu Cichlasoma bimaculata Cryptoheros septemfasciatus Amatitlania kanna Wesley Bahrt Melanoides tuberculata Neocaridina davidi Ancistrus cirrhosus

Amatitlania nigrofasciata Danny Corman

Goodea atripinnis

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Specialist Breeder Awards Currently Active ACLC Members

Class 1—Livebearers

Class 2—Catfish

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Class 4—Characins

Class 9—Rainbows & Blue-eyes

Class 11—Other Aquatic Animals

Class 5—Killifish

Class 12—U.S. Native Species

Class 6—Anabantoids

Class 7—New World Cichlids

Class 14—All Other FW Fish

Special Notes Class 8—Old World Cichlids

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