October 2017 Volume 46, Issue 9
The official Publication of The Aqua oCfl uLbaon s atset r Coou nutn yc,. I n c . | r | iTuhm e AC q ulau r ibu m f Lcaa nc er C y , tI n
Table of Contents Tank Tales™ 3 4 10 ON THE COVER: BoS Winner William Peragine and Reef to Rift Aquarium Store owner Scott Maurer
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Inset photo by William Peragine \PUBLISHED BY: Aquarium Club of Lancaster County, Inc. 590 Centerville Road #318 Lancaster, PA 17601
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MANAGING EDITOR: Tim Brady ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Kurt Johnston 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. 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 Ahhh, the Keystone Clash was great last month. If you didn’t go, you missed a good one. Every one of the speaker talks was unique and very informative. The auction was huge and there were many rare and uncommon fish. I would definitely plan on coming next year. Next month, the ACLC will be holding its yearly election. You must be in attendance to vote, so I strongly urge all to come. Also, please consider running for an elected position. You may choose to run for President, Vice-President, Treasurer, or Secretary. Let’s make it fun and interesting and see an election where we have members running against each other. This is all in good fun of course! On October 21st at 1:00, we will meet at Bird-in-Hand Fire Company to welcome this month’s speaker, Bob Bock. He will be speaking about cyprinids. See ya there!
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Editor’s Notes ACLC Members, This month is a little disappointing with only one article being submitted to the editors for October. I am holding out high hopes for November and December. We had a lot of members that entered fish in the Keystone Clash Show and many lots of fry at the auction. That means we have quite a few members who are sitting on some great stories about raising and showing fish as well as some potential breeding articles. Remember that you earn bonus BAP points when you write an article about those fish! You are also helping out your fellow member by telling them about your experience. It will also help boost the price of your fry in the auction since there will be more people that will be as excited about your fish as you are. And all you have to do is write! It’s Your Club, Your Tank Tales! Thank you Tim & Kurt
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In this talk, Bob surveys the cyprinids, a vast group of fishes native to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. He offers tips on caring for cyprinids in aquaria, reviews field studies on spawning behaviors of North American and European cyprinids, then applies these findings to breeding barbs, danios, rasboras and other cyprinid species in the home aquarium Bob Bock has been collecting and keeping fish since he was 7 years old, when he brought home two mummichog from the Hackensack River Meadowlands of New Jersey. Bob likes writing and speaking about aquarium fish and belongs to all the Washington, D.C. area's freshwater aquarium societies. He is past president of the North American Native Fishes Association and wrote the "Meet the Hobbyist" column of Tropical Fish Hobbyist. Cyprinids are his main interest, but he has also bred sunfish, cichlids, corydoras and brochis, livebearers, loaches, and killifish. When he's not busy in his fishroom, Bob likes collecting native fishes. Every two years, he leads the native fishes collecting trip for the Potomac Valley Aquarium Society's All Aquarium Catfish Convention
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Aquatic Life Education Fund First 2018 Report Another great year the ACLC can truly be proud of. We surpassed our goal of $600 and raised a grand total of $605.00! The check was presented to WAHS Aquarium Science teacher, Larry Flint at the Keystone Clash Banquet. We are currently in the hunt for a recipient for the 2018 ALEF . I am entertaining nominations and will keep you updated as to any progress. If you have any questions, please contact me at ALEF@aclcpa.org. Thank you Kurt Johnston ALEF Chair
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The 2017 Keystone Clash has come to a close and by all accounts, it has been a great success! We had close to 100 registered attendees and more than 225 entries in the fish show from 9 different clubs! A room full of great vendors, 50 combo raffle prizes from more than 40 sponsors! More than 70 seats filled at the awards banquet and we finished the weekend with an auction that sold close to 600 lots! There are too many people to thank in just one article but, we do want to than all the vendors, sponsors, speakers, judges, registrants and auction buyers and sellers for helping to make the 2017 Clash a success. A very big Thank You goes out to all the help that was provided by club members of the ACLC and the CCY as well as some members from our sister clubs that donated their valuable time and energy to help us make this event a worthwhile venture. (Continued on page 15)
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event . It is a great deal of fun and an experience that you will be happy to have We are always looking for any suggestions been involved with. Please take a moment to think about how you can get involved you have as to how to improve the event and let the members of the ACLC Board going forward. A meeting will be held soon to go over the 2017 Keystone Clash know that you can help and how you feel and to make decisions regarding the 2018 you can help us make the 2018 Keystone Keystone Clash. We also would like to see Clash the best yet! more members get involved in the planning and the execution of the next (Continued from page 14)
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2017 Keystone Clash Show Results Class 1—Angelfish Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
1-7
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Angelfish
2nd
1-8
Dave Weitzel
CCY
Angelfish
3rd
1-2
Liz Walker
CCY
Angelfish
Class 2—Discus Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
2-1
Gregory Biggiani
NA
Discus
2nd
2-3
Gregory Biggiani
NA
Discus
3rd
2-11
Alan Rollings
CCY
Discus
Class 3—New World Dwarf Cichlids Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
3-3
William Peragine
CCY
Apistogramma cacatuoides “Wild Blue”
2nd
3-9
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Apistogramma trifasciata
3rd
3-4
William Peragine
CCY
Apistogramma cf oretegai (Pebas)
Class 4—South American Cichlids <= 6” Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
4-12
Bill Sensor
GPASI
Guianacara gaeyi
2nd
4-13
Bill Sensor
GPASI
Guianacara sp. Rio Caroni
3rd
4-7
Tom Gillooly
BCAS
Crenicichla sp. (female)
Class 5—South American Cichlids > 6” Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
5-6
Bill Sensor
GPASI
Aequidens sp. Jennero Herara
2nd
5-7
Bill Sensor
GPASI
Aequidens sp. Jennero Herara “Rio Itaya”
3rd
5-11
Christine Keys
CCA
Cichlasoma dimerus
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2017 Keystone Clash Show Results Class 6—Central American Cichlids <= 6” Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
6-16
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Cryptoheros sajica
2nd
6-12
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Cryptoheros cutteri
3rd
6-14
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Amatitlania kanna
Class 7—Central American Cichlids > 6” Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
7-6
Scott McLaughlin
CCY
Amphilophus red isletas
2nd
7-7
Matt Hand
NJAS
Amphilophus labiatus
3rd
7-11
Mike Mull
CCY
Amphilophus citrinella
Class 8—Flowerhorns Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
8-3
Charles Rubbo
NA
Flowerhorn
2nd
8-2
Frank Phelan
NA
Flowerhorn
3rd
8-1
Anthony Sylvester
CCY
Red Dragon Flowerhorn
Class 9—Haplochromines Victorian Basin Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
9-1
Lisa Hoeber
CCY
Harpagochromis cf vonlinnei
2nd
9-4
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Ptycochromis sp “Red Rock Sheller”
Class 10—Haplochromines Malawi Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
10-2
John Morgan
BCAS
Placidochromis phenchilus mdoka
2nd
10-1
Dwayne Walker
CCY
Otopharynx tetrastigma
3rd
10-3
John Morgan
BCAS
Protomelas steveni Taiwan Reef
Class 11—Peacock Cichlids Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
11-4
Jennifer Kimmel
NA
Aulonocara sp. OB
2nd
11-5
Lisa Hoeber
CCY
Aulonocara baenschi
3rd
11-1
Kristina Bryson
NA
Aulonocara stuartgranti mbenji
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2017 Keystone Clash Show Results Class 12—Mbuna Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
12-2
Dwayne Walker
CCY
Pseudotropheus sp. Williamsi North
2nd
12-1
Dwayne Walker
CCY
Labeotropheus fuelleborni
3rd
12-3
Christine Keys
CCA
Labidochromis caeruleus
Class 13—Tanganyikan Cichlids Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
13-5
Gary Haas
KKG
Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2nd
13-1
Christine Keys
CCA
Neolamprologus boulangerie
3rd
13-2
John Morgan
BCAS
Neolamprologus leleupi
Class 14—Other Old World Cichlids Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
14-8
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Coptodon bythobates
2nd
14-7
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Coptodon snyderae
3rd
14-2
Christine Keys
CCA
Hemichromis stellifer
Class 15—Corydoras & Related sp. Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
15-8
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Corydoras habrosus
2nd
15-3
Tom Gillooly
BCAS
Corydoras haraldschultzi
3rd
15-5
Tom Gillooly
BCAS
Corydoras virginae
Class 16—Pleco Types Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
16-3
Jennifer Kimmel
NA
Scobinancistrus aureatus L014
2nd
16-1
Anthony Sylvester
CCY
Calico Ancistrus
3rd
16-2
John Morgan
BCAS
Leporancanthicus cf galaxias Vampire
Class 17—Other Catfish Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
17-3
Lisa Hoeber
CCY
Synodontis angelicus
2nd
17-7
Bill Sensor
GPASI
Loricaria similima
3rd
17-5
Wesley Bahrt
ACLC
Farlowella acus
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2017 Keystone Clash Show Results Class 18—Other Bottom Dwellers 1st
Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
18-1
Callie Parker
BCAS
Brachygobius doriae
Class 19—Old World Killifish Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
19-6
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Aphyosemion austral Cape Esteria
2nd
19-4
Gary Haas
KKG
Aphyosemion austral
3rd
19-3
Gary Haas
KKG
Nothobranchius melanospilus
Class 20—New World Killifish Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
20-4
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Cyprinodon brontotheroides
2nd
20-5
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Rivulus frommi
3rd
20-1
Gary Haas
KKG
Gnatholebias zonatus
Class 21—Guppies & Endler’s Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
21-2
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Lazuli Guppy
2nd
21-1
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Tanaka Maple Leaf Guppy
3rd
21-3
Liz Walker
CCY
Tanaka Guppy
Class 22—Xiphophorus Domestic Types Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
22-3
Manuel Moro
CCA
Red Tailed Blue Variatus
2nd
22-6
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Black Lyretail Swordtail
3rd
22-4
Ted Coletti
Ali Shan
Tuxedo Swordtail
Class 23—Xiphophorus Wild Types 1st
Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
23-1
Bill Sensor
GPASI
Xiphophorus hellerii
Class 24—Other Poeciliids Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
24-3
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Gambusia holbrooki
2nd
24-4
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Brachyraphis rhabdophora
3rd
24-2
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Phallichthys tico
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2017 Keystone Clash Show Results Class 25—Other Livebearers Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
25-7
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Xenotoca doadrioi
2nd
25-6
Wesley Bahrt
ACLC
Dermogenys pusilla
3rd
25-4
Ted Coletti
Ali Shan
Chapalichthys encaustus
Class 26—Rainbowfish Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
26-4
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Melanotaenia ogilbyi
2nd
26-5
Danny Corman
ACLC
Glossolepis incisus
3rd
26-3
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi
Class 27—Betta splendens Males Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
27-12
Matt Hand
NJAS
Betta splendens
2nd
27-8
Jennifer Kimmel
NA
Betta splendens
3rd
27-9
Jennifer Kimmel
NA
Betta splendens
Class 28—Other Anabantoids Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
28-4
Ted Coletti
Ali Shan
Macropodus opercularis
2nd
28-6
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Trichogaster trichoptrus
3rd
28-5
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Trichogaster trichoptrus
Class 29—Other Freshwater Species Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
29-12
Wesley Bahrt
ACLC
Devario annandalei
2nd
29-5
Gary Haas
KKG
Mogurnda mogurnda
3rd
29-2
Roy Allen
NJAS
Dawkinsia rohani
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2017 Keystone Clash Show Results Class 30—Freshwater Invertebrates Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
30-1
Scott McLaughlin
CCY
Neocaridina davidi
2nd
30-3
Tom Gillooly
BCAS
Neocaridina davidi “Blue Ruby”
3rd
30-6
Dave Weitzel
CCY
Caridina
Class 31—Other Aquatic Animals Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
31-3
O’Reily Farrish
CCY
Ambystoma mexicanum
2nd
31-4
Sarah Miller
CCY
Ambystoma mexicanum
3rd
31-1
Liz Walker
CCY
Ambystoma mexicanum
Class 32—Aquatic Plants Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
32-4
Gary Haas
KKG
Cryptocoryne lutea
2nd
32-2
Wesley Bahrt
ACLC
Anubias barteri
3rd
32-1
Alan Rollings
JSAS
Lemna minor
Class 33—Arts and Crafts Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
33-3
Christine Keys
CCA
Fish Pendant
2nd
33-2
Christine Keys
CCA
Recycled Glass Fish
3rd
33-1
Ted Coletti
Ali Shan
Puzzle
Class 34—Photography Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
1st
34-11
John Morgan
BCAS
Placidochromis phenchilus Mdoka
2nd
34-13
Matt Hand
NJAS
Flowerhorn
3rd
34-8
Wesley Bahrt
ACLC
Photoshootus Lilliana
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2017 Keystone Clash Show Results Division Winners Division I —New World Cichlids Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
3-3
William Peragine
CCY
Apistogramma cacatuoides "wild blue"
Division II—Old World Cichlids Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
13-5
Gary Haas
KKG
Neolamprologus multifasciatus
Division III—Catfish & Loaches Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
15-8
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Corydoras habrosus
Division IV—Cyprinodontiformes & related Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
19-6
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Aphyosemion austral Cape Esterias
Division V—All Other Fishes Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
29-12
Wesley Bahrt
ACLC
Devario annandalei
Division VI —Other Aquatic Life Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
32-4
Gary Haas
KKG
Cryptocoryne lutea
Division VII —Aquatic Expressions Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
33-3
Christine Keys
CCA
Fish Pendant
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2017 Keystone Clash Show Results Grand Prize Winners Best of Show Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
3-3
William Peragine
CCY
Apistogramma cacatuoides "wild blue"
Reserve of Show Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
19-6
Joel Antkowiak
ACLC
Aphyosemion australe Cape Esterias
ACA Show Cichlid Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
7-4
Scott McLaughlin
CCY
Amphilophus amarillo
Best Cichlid Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
3-3
William Peragine
CCY
Apistogramma cacatuoides "wild blue"
Peoples Choice Entry #
Registrant
Club
Description
5-5
Manuel Moro
CCA
Andinoacara rivulatus
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Blasts from our Past Scientific Names (they can help)
No, this is not another article on how scientific names came about, or why we need them. Like you, I have difficulty in the pronunciation of these names. probably will never be able to keep up with all the name changes.
Plus, I
But had I known a certain scientific name, it could have saved me money and fish. But let me start at the beginning. While in Philadelphia on a fish buying trip, in a shop there, I saw a fish in a tank with the following names, Asian Nightmare, A bad dream, Dragon fish. It was eel-like, about ten inches long. It had a bluish sheen, small beady eyes and a bug mouth with small teeth. Well needless to say I had to have one of them. The shop had no other information on them. After I got home with my Bad Dream, I tried to find out what I had. I have six good reference books, but not knowing where to start, I decided to start with the clue Asian, in the shops name Asian Nightmare. Well, this clue led me nowhere. The name will have to wait until later, now I have to house and feed this Nightmare. With the big mouth and small teeth, I figured he just might eat small fish, so into a tank with small livebearers. After several days, no fish were eaten, so I tried tubifex worms. Success, he ate them. So having solved his eating requirements for the moment, I will still keep looking for more information on this fish. What a bowl show entry he would make. The water in his tank was city tap water, not too hard with a Ph. of 7.0. But in three weeks, he was dead. What a disappointment. After some weeks had passed, I lucked into the same type fish at a local shop. Now I tried to find out more about this fish, but to no avail. Well, I decided to try again. At least I know what he will eat. Well at some time, the water had turned on the acid side. Result, one dead fish. Now I know why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called an Asian Nightmare. But while reading the August issue of T.F.H., the section, Mail Call. I find out that this fish is sold as a freshwater dragon fish. But it is a brackish water fish, and not from Asia at all, as the first name had implied. But it comes from the marshes of the Southern Atlantic and the Gulf Coasts of the (Continued on page 25)
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United States. Bearing the name of the Violet Goby, scientific name of Gobioides broussonneti, a real tongue twister. Now if I had only knew that name before, maybe I could have saved the two fish that had died. It’s now October and I am back in Philadelphia and in the same shop. I am in luck, there in the same tank are my Asian Nightmares, but now I know different. This time I know I will need some salt in his tank and tubifex worms to feed. After some time, I find out he likes adult live brine shrimp even better. He is now doing very good and is even active. Now you can see how a scientific name can help! THE SCALY THUMB
~ 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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Corydoras eversi Corydoras sp. “Guarana” Or
“The Soda Pop Cory”
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here is a soft drink that is popular in Brazil that is made from and named after the Guarana plant, which gives the drink an attractive yellow/orange color. It’s only fitting that a Corydoras catfish found only in an isolated spot in the same region and sharing the same attractive color should have the nicknames “Guarana”, and “Soda Pop Cory”. Corydoras eversi is named for the editor of Amazonas magazine and long time Corydoras enthusiast, Hans-Georg Evers. It’s said that Evers was the one that originally collected the fish and brought it to Europe from an isolated, undisclosed location. Originally is went by it’s nicknames or the C65 designation, but in 2016 Tencatt and Britto did the description and honored Evers with the official name. This is a very attractive catfish. They are mid-sized as far as Corydoras go, with the males reaching an inch and a half, with the females achieving slightly more. They have a rounded head and snout, much like C. sterbai or C. aeneus. Their color pattern is similar to many, with a light background covered with darker dots on the head, forming haphazard horizontal lines down the body and dorsal fin and faint vertical lines on the tail. The belly is white but the big feature of the fish is the yellow/orange base color; it’s very distinctive. I found this color can be brighter or more pale depending on the fish’s diet, lighting, and surroundings.
Corydoras eversi—1 day old
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Corydoras eversi spawning
Another thing that is strikingly obvious once and four females, if you get used to these my guesses were beautiful fish is how correct. I brought the slowly they grow. They fish home and grow painfully slowly. settled them into a If you’re used to the 40-gallon cube-style tank with about 80% rain growth rate of the C. aeneus or C. elegans water and 20% well water. They made complex, you will wonder what the heck is themselves at home and seemed to adapt wrong with C. eversi! quickly to their new surroundings. Once used to the smaller feedings, I found the fish very easy to care for. They got a 40 to 50 percent water change once a week, mostly to Filtration was accomplished by two large make sure they had enough clean water to bubble-up sponges and no supplemental keep them healthy and growing. Like most heating was used. The floor of the tank was covered with about an eighth of an inch of fine Corydoras, they were more active after the sand and the only other pieces included were lights went out for the night. “Flashlighting” an hour or so after lights-out showed them two floating and two bottom yarn mops (I digging around in the sand for the last of the found some camo yarn on special at a craft store and they make really cool mops!) The pH food. was at around 6.2 and the dissolved solids at around 70 ppm. Just a FYI: my pH tester is Once I’d had the fish a few months I noticed a the old-school eye-dropper type so any few eggs on the glass while doing a weekly readings are going to be approximate. The water change. They were behind one of the tank was unheated and the temperature varied floating mops, right in the bubble stream of between 70° and 76°F. one filter. This was a surprise to me as I didn’t think the fish were mature enough to spawn. I removed the eggs to a hatching container and Feedings were twice daily: flake or other dry prepared food in the morning and live, frozen, searched for more. In all, there were 10 eggs or freeze-dried food in the evening. One of the on the glass and in the floating mops: none in the bottom mops. The hatching container was first things I noticed was that this species didn’t eat as much as many of the Corydoras a plastic shoe box with water from the breeding tank, a bit of java moss, and a small that I’d kept in the past. They didn’t even go after some of the favorite foods other species air stone. An alder cone was added to help keep any fungus from spreading. devoured with much gusto. This caused a minor problem for me, as I overfeed most every tank and the small appetites of these fish After a few days’ time it was clear that the eggs left food to spoil and foul the water. A few self- were not going to hatch. They’d turned white taught lessons in self-control were necessary some had grown hair. Disappointing as it was, to keep the water clean. The fish just don’t it also gave incentive to keep trying. Every day seem to need as much food as many the tank sides and mops were checked for any Corydoras. (Continued from page 26)
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sign of eggs and almost every day there were a few eggs on the wall again behind the floating mop. Again, I set them up into hatching containers and again they all went bad. This went on for a couple weeks and no eggs had hatched.
or try to move 20 or 30 tiny fry to another container. They’d been there at least a few days and hadn’t been devoured, so I decided on the former: leave them. So, I got busy making more yarn mops and lined the entire bottom of the tank with them: let the fish take care of things on their own.
The adults and young fish did well in the common tank. Decapsulated brine shrimp eggs and Golden Pearls powdered food supplemented the feedings so that all would be fed. I found that the young fish have no better appetites than those of the adults and are easily overfed. This made it necessary to clean out the mops almost daily. Every time the mops were pulled from the bottom to be cleaned, more and more fry would rush away from underneath. Eventually, it became clear that there were going The fish spawned again, which they seem to do to be far too many fish in the tank, even though almost continually, and out of 14 collected eggs, I’d been selling off a few every once in a while. one hatched; not a very good average so far! The As the oldest of the youngsters were a little over next few spawns averaged about the same. Just an inch long at almost four months of age, somebody had to move out. to try a different approach, I did another large water change with rain water and left out the acidifier in order to keep the TDS down. Once There was a group of tetras growing out in the done, the pH read 5.8 and TDS 23. It may have tank next to my C. eversi and the water was been my imagination, the group seemed more nearly the same, so It was no great task to get it active than before. ready. By removing the heater and allowing the water a while to cool, I had a great place to Because sometimes work and life get in the way, house the adults and give the young fish more it was over a week before I had a chance to check room to grow. Some of the oldest young went with the adults to add to the breeding group. for eggs again. There was evidence that there The tetra tank had been clogged with java moss had been a spawn, but the eggs were gone. It was another disappointment, but only for a few and was left that way for the Corydoras. As many of the tetras that I could catch were seconds. The floating removed, but quite a few mops contained nothing, eluded capture and but when I pulled up the stayed with the catfish. It first bottom mop, about a was two days later that I dozen tiny fry scattered! noticed eggs on the front The same thing glass of the new tank. happened with the other There isn’t much information on these fish on or off the internet, at least not that I could find with many searches, but Eric had given me hints on caring for the fish when I picked them up. With a nearly 100% water change using rain water, the pH dropped to 6.0 and TDS to 35. This wasn’t as acidic as he’d suggested, so I added an acidifier to drop the pH further to 5.5. This, however raised the TDS.
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tank. With so many fish in the tank, water changes had to be frequent and I only have so much storage for rain water. Slowly, over a couple week’s water changes, the water was replaced with my tap water, which is around 7.4 pH and 140 ppm TDS. This didn’t set well with the catfish. They were less active, ate even less than usual, and just didn’t act right. Once they got back to about 75% rain water, all was back to normal. At one point, I found a can of Tabimin tablets in the freezer that had been hidden behind some other fish foods. Just to see, I dropped a couple tabs into the grow-out tank. The fish liked them! The adult fish went for them as well, so Tabimin became a steady part of the fish’s diets. I’m not trying to push any product, but these guys didn’t go for any prepared foods and very few live foods with as much gusto as they did with the Tetra tablets. It may work out different for others, but as for me, I ordered a big bottle just for the C. eversi. At this writing, the oldest of the young Corydoras eversi are nearly five months old, and not quite an inch and a quarter. They’re active, healthy, eating little and growing so, so, slowly. The good news is, during a water change in the new breeding tank, I noticed a bunch of fry hiding under all the java moss. In a half years’ time they should be ready. Just as an aside, an odd thing happened in the second breeding tank set up. A few days after the adults and a few of the young were moved into the new tank, I was “flashlighting” the tank after the lights were out and couldn’t believe what I saw. There were white spots with small filaments on all the Corydoras. There were still a few tetras and some pencil fish in the tank and they all looked fine: no spots. I could not believe it! It looked like Ich. I don’t get Ich! I was offended. The catfish acted fine even though they looked awful which made me feel a bit better. I dumped a cup or so of rock salt into the tank which brought the TDS up to 600 and in a couple days they all looked good again.
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C.A.R.E.S. Registration A Warm Welcome to the CARES Preservation Program! There is not a continent on earth whose waters and fishes have not been affected by the devastation and destruction caused by deforestation, pollution, agrochemical run -off, overfishing, global warming, and political unrest, all to the great misfortune of those fishes that remain in their natural habitats. As these tragedies to earth are occurring more rapidly than even the most paramount attempts at intervention can match, captive breeding of species at risk, both within the country of origin and outside the country of origin, has become the quintessential answer for both shortterm and long-term preservation goals. Through the sovereign work of dedicated scientists such as conservation champion Dr. Paul V. Loiselle, the hobbyist now plays a critical role in the favorable outlook of conservation priority fishes. If each one of us dedicates at least one existing aquarium or sets up one new aquarium with the intent of devoting that tank space to a species at risk, the aquarium hobby as a whole has the opportunity to make a major impact in ensuring a positive future for these fishes. The CARES Preservation Program is a universal means by which, together, we can achieve this goal of success. As your society or organization embarks on CARES, please know that we are here and always happy to help you in any way we can! Thank you for your invaluable contribution towards preserving our fishes for generations to come! We can and we are making a difference!
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This month we start our journey north of the border with 4 articles in the June 2017 issue of the Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society’s Fins & Tales. The first article is titled “Neolamprologus hecqui” by Catherine Salmon and gives us a good description of Catherine’s methods for spawning this Tanganyikan shell dweller. Next we have a DIY Moment from Dr. G titled “Quick Lids” that tells us how to make tank lids from corrugated polycarbonate. The next article is titled “The Science of Longfins” by Karen Murray. Karen explains to us how she found out about the longfin genetics after a moment of panic. Final article in this issue is Zenin Skomorowski’s recap of the “CAOAC Aquatic Expo”, a very good reason for heading to our neighbors in Canada for a weekend.
“Memoirs...Fun to Remember the Old NJAS” by Chuck Davis is a short trip back to what Chuck remembers as the good old days. Finally we have a story titled “Getting New Fish Acclimated” by Oscar LaVista [sic] that gives us some good tips when bringing new fish home. We now go to Florida for a couple of articles in the July 2017 issue of the Tampa Bay Aquarium Society’s The Filter. The first article is Part 2 of “R/O: All You Need to Know” by Joe Gargas that finishes answering all the questions you may have regarding Reverse Osmosis. The other article in this issue is titled “Fundulus grandis” by Bruce Lilyea. Bruce gives us a good description of collecting and subsequently maintaining, spawning and attempting to raise the fry of this brackish water native species.
Our next stop is in the state of Georgia for a story in the July 2017 edition of the Atlanta Area Aquarium Association’s Fish Talk. This story, by David Ramsey, is a great story that tells us about David’s experiences “Buying Fish Eggs Online”. This is part 1 so, sty tuned for the sequels. We now head to the State of Iowa for 2 articles in the July 2017 issue of the Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association’s Fin Flap. The first article in this issue is titled “Breeding the German Blue Ram” by Lee Van Hyfte . Lee gives one of the best descriptions I have seen regarding the experience he had in spawning and raising the fry of this hobby favorite. Lee also wrote the next article titled “Breeding the Jewel Killies” in which he describes in detail his successful methods used to maintain and spawn both Diapteron georgiae GWW86/2 and D. cyanostictum Makokou. Heading back to the east coast we stop in New Jersey for 3 stories in the July 2017 edition of the North Jersey Aquarium Society’s Reporter. First story is this edition of Dr. Paul’s Fish of the Month, and this month we have a very detailed decription of “Scriptaphyosemion guignardi”, a beautiful killi from West Africa. The next story is titled
Our final stop is back here in Pennsylvania for 2 stories in the August 2017 edition of the Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society’s Finformation. The first story is titled “Green Laser Corydoras” by Dan Simanek. Dan tells us about his successes with this great little Cory. Nest we have a story by Joe Doyle that briefly describes Joe’s experience with “Pachypanchax playfairi”. See you on the 21st!
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Writer’s & Artist’s Award Program Don Kinyon is starting to pull away from the pack with a 45 point lead but, we still have the November and December issues for you to get your articles and pictures in! This month was a little scarce on submissions with only Don’s great article about Corydoras eversi being submitted by our members. Lets see if we can get enough articles and photos submitted to have an article and photo of the month contest in both months and challenge Don for the Mighty Fin Award! ~ Kurt Johnston WAAP Chair
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Charles Vickery 20 Total Points Gary Haas 20 Total Points
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NEC Bowl Show League The Northeast Council of Aquarium Societies has initiated a new “Bowl Show League” and the Aquarium Club of Lancaster County’s Board of Directors has decided to join in at our November 2017 meeting. This is an OPEN Class Peoples Choice Bowl Show and is open to any member of an NEC affiliate Club. All attendees will get a ballot and we will have a number of 3 gallon Kritter Keepers available to be used. If you need something larger or have questions see me at a club meeting or send me an email at vicepresident@aclcpa.org . Below you will find the information provided by the NEC. Kurt Johnston To increase participation in the Exhibitor Competition and revitalize interest in fish shows in general the NEC has formed a bowl show league for 2017-2018. Any NEC member club in good standing can hold up to two sanctioned bowl shows during bowl show season. Criteria and Rules: 1. League shows must have a single open class. 2. Exhibitors may enter as many as three exhibits per show. 3. Participation in league shows is open to members of all NEC clubs. 4. Winners are to be determined by peoples choice. (See procedure below) 5. Each club is allowed two NEC sanctioned bowl shows per season. 6. Shows can be held at either a monthly meeting or annual event. 7. Season 1 begins Sept 1st 2017 and runs through January 31st 2018 8. Club must notify Bill Gill of show/meeting dates by August 15th. 9. Club are required to take photos of the entries as well as the show set up to be emailed to the league within one week after the show along with results. 10. Awards will be presented at the 2018 NEC Convention. NEC Bowl Show voting and scoring procedure. Each attendee is given a ballot in which they vote for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Each exhibit earns 3 points for each 1st place vote, 2 points for each 2nd place vote, and 1 point for each 3rd place vote. Exhibitor Points for NEC Bowl Shows First entry in own club’s show - 2 points Each additional entry - 1 point First entry in sister club’s show - 5 points Each additional entry - 2 points 1st place - 25 points 2nd place - 20 points 3rd place - 15 points | 37 |
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Breeder Award Program Monthly Report BAP News as of September 30th, 2017 In September, we had spawning reports from three members. Karen Haas and Alan Rollings, our current points leader for Breeder of the Year, increased their lead with spawnings of three species of cichlids. These broods include their 12th from a New World cichlid, earning them the title of Advanced Breeder of New World Cichlids. This is the second Advanced Class specialist award these two have earned, their first being for the Livebearers class. Congratulations to Karen and Alan. Rich Bressler checked in with the first of this year’s summer barrel broods. A class C tetra, no less, bringing in 20 points, including the donation bonus. I failed with my attempt at harvesting points from my summer barrel, for the third year in a row. The Betta rubra I put in the half-barrel disappeared within days. Frogs? Snakes? Racoons? Too small for herons, I think. Jumped out, maybe? But I did get some indoor fish to reproduce for me. A gorgeous pair of high-fin swordtails from Clair Klinedinst’s stock proceeded to fill up their 55-gal with little ones. I didn’t realize that it takes a LONG time for them to reveal their gender. At least I can see that a lot of them will have highfins. And a pair of Amantitlania myrnae provided me with two broods of fry. I raised them up with the intention of donating them at the Clash, but managed to kill all but two in the days before the event. Ouch. Hope to see more summer barrel fish next month. Get them fish in out of the cold, there’s still time. ~Gary Haas, BAP Chair
2017 Breeder of the Year Haas/Rollings
95 points
Clair Klinedinst
65 points
Gary Boyer
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Bressler Family
2017 Species Bred Haas/Rollings
7 species
Clair Klinedinst
5 species
Gary Boyer
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David Tangredi
2 species
David Tangredi
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Bressler Family
2 species
Gary Haas
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Gary Haas
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BAP Lifetime Achievement Awards Currently Active ACLC Members
F. Wayne Calender Breeder Bressler Family Wayne Calender
1 Star Breeder
1950 pts 1593 pts
Gene Regener Pat Kelly* Glenn Davies* Dave Frehafer David Tangredi Scott Shenk Tony Kline Robin Antkowiak Kurt Johnston
Grand Master Breeder Paul Bricknell David Stephon Pedro Sanchez
2003 pts 1120 pts 1050 pts
Expert Breeder Bob Kulesa*
812 pts
Advanced Breeder Joel Antkowiak* Haas/Rollings* Gary Boyer *
Other Participants
1278 pts 815 pts 715 pts
Sam Jones Charles Vickery The Moyers Lonny Langione Julie Lovell Ashley Antkowiak Mackenzie Dalton
2 Star Breeder Gary Haas* Danny Corman* Clair Klinedinst* J/N Dickel
245 pts 165 pts 140 pts 90 pts 87 pts 70 pts 60 pts 57 pts 56 pts
534 pts 498 pts 235 pts 178 pts
66 pts 39 pts 37 pts 35 pts 26 pts 21 pts 14 pts
*Breeder has enough points for next higher class award but needs to complete one or more classes to achieve the award.
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Specialist Breeder Awards Currently Active ACLC Members
Class 1—Livebearers
Class 2—Catfish
Class 3—Barbs & Minnows ACLC Sponsor Advertisement
Class 4—Characins
Class 5—Killifish
Class 6—Anabantoids
Class 7—New World Cichlids
Class 9—Rainbows & Blue-eyes
Class 11—Other Aquatic Animals
Class 12—U.S. Native Species
Class 14—All Other FW Fish
Special Notes Class 8—Old World Cichlids
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