Upcoming Events - Tropical Fish Club of Erie County

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Tropical Fish Club of Erie County. Inc. Newsletter Page 1 November 2014
Upcoming Events
Tuesday November 18 TFCEC Monthly Meeting at
The Chicken Coop, VFW Post 8113, 299 Leydecker
Road, West Seneca NY.
Meeting Starts at 7:00 PM
Office Elections
Program: BAP/HAP/WAP 101
Bowl Show: Anabantids
Mini Auction, Raffles
http://www.tropical-fish-club-of-erie-county.com/home/
Photo by Donna Czarnecki
October People’s Choice Award
Red Ruby Dragonet By Nick Jensen
November 21, 22, 23, 2014
Inside This Issue:
Bowl Show Results
Chairman’s Message
Membership Report
Note from the Editor
BAP/HAP
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 4
Page 5
WAP Rules
Emersed Setup by Chris Hardy
Picture Page
Secretary Notes
Classified Ads
Pages 6,7
Pages 8,9
Pages 10,11
Page 12
Page 13
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Bowl Show
October Results
Fish of The Month(Saltwater) Entries
1st place: Goldflake Angelfish, Tom Mason
2nd place: Red Ruby Dragonet, Nck Jensen
Fish of The Month(Plants) Entries
1st place: Anubias Nana Petite, Chris Hardy
2nd place: Mermaid Weed, Donna Czarnecki
3rd place: Anubias Barteri, Bill Wroblewski
Any Other Variety Entries
1st place: Silver Angel, Bob Fessler
2nd place: Red Empress, Bill Wroblewski
3rd place: Steatocranus Tinanti, Peter Reukauf
4th place: Percula Clown, Nick Jensen
Peoples Choice Award
Red Ruby Dragonet by Nick Jensen
Picture on cover page.
Current Standings
Fish of the Month Totals
Bill Wroblewski
Donna Czarnecki
Peter Reukauf
Josh Vito
Nick Jensen
Bonnie Gifford
Bob Fessler
Jason Nickaulus
Renae Johnson
Tom Mason
John Buckaczeski
37 points
33 points
26 points
11 points
11 points
10 points
7 points
7 points
5 points
5 points
4 points
Any Other Variety Totals
Peter Reukauf
Bob Fessler
Bill Wroblewski
Donna Czarnecki
Nick Jensen
Tom Heisler
John Buckaczeski
Tom Mason
27 points
21 points
18 points
16 points
14 points
9 points
7 points
6 points
2014 Bowl Show Classes
November: Anabantids
December: Red Fish And Green Fish
* Every month, there is an ‘any other variety’ class as well as the class featured for the month
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Chairman’s Message
By Randy Seufert
Been a busy few weeks, traveling to see our
friends in Olean, Erie, PA and also Akron, Ohio.
Always great to see many of our members
attending these events, and helping out. There
have been some nice fish and plants at the
auctions, so our BAP and HAP Programs should
show some flourishing.
So this month’s Program should help answer
those questions. What is expected, how do I get
my credit and what are the goals I have. Many of
us Old Timers, have had many fish spawn in our
tanks, propagated many plants, and it is great to
see so many new people joining in. Like in my
Livebearer Program, many of the fish we had
spawns of, we don’t see anymore. Hopefully we
as Hobbyists can help out keeping some of the
rare, endangered or extinct in the wild species
going.
This month we will elect our officers for 2015-16.
It is important that members vote for the
members that will make decisions on what way
the club will go. I know many of you thought I
should continue on as President, but after being
at the helm for 25 years, I sure will enjoy, just
attending a meeting without getting everything
ready. We have a great group of members, and
there are many new ideas to help make the
club grow. I ask that everyone help out with
club activities and keep TFCEC a strong club.
See you at the meeting
Randy
Slate of Officers nominations from floor and elections at November meeting.
President: Tom Heisler
V President Tom Rizzo
Secretary : Kim Ball
Treasurer: Ed Osika
Board of Directors (elect 4)
John Bukaczeski
John Williams
Jack Mullen
Chris Hardy
Mike Culkowski
Larry Gibbs
Bob Fessler
Peter Reukauf
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Membership Report
By Teri Seufert
Welcome New Members! Colton Peterson, Matthew Weiglein, Johnny
Newman, Jim Krywalski, and Joseph Skowronski
Welcome Back: Vincent Pause
Dues Now Due: Tom Rizzo, Jodi Ghiani, Nathan Pieroni, Tom Mason,
James Mule, Tom Nuwer, Richard McEniry, Russ Arnst, John Gurbacki, Bonnie Gifford, Casey
Newton, Brandon Vernon, and Brenda Tschetter
Editor’s note
By Tom Heisler
Thanks for your patience on the new
newsletter. Hopefully the wrinkles will
have been ironed out as of this printing.
Thanks to Chris Hardy for this
month’s article on Emersed Growing. As
you can see by his picture, he seems
pretty excited about growing plants.
Chris is very active in the hobby and is the
founder of the WNY Tropical Fish and
Aquarium Society Facebook page where
he frequently promotes our club.
I would also like to thank the
members that are consistently providing
pictures for the newsletter Donna
Czarnecki (official photographer), Tom
Rizzo, and Antonio Martina. This helps
make the newsletter great.
Last
month,
some
members
attended some auctions. Allegheny River
Valley Aquarium Society (ARVAS) had
good attendance and prices were at a
premium for livebearers, plants, angel fish,
and snails. I got some great bargains on
tanks and cichlids.
Erie Aquarium Society Auction had
good attendance from our club. It was
standing room only for a while. Prices
were moderate and I didn’t find any
bargains but I really wasn’t looking. I left
early so I am not sure what happened at
the end. I did manage to win some super
red bushy nose plecos submitted by Ray.
Wouldn’t it be great to have one of
your pictures, works of art, or article
featured in a publication? I need content
for the newsletter. Participation from club
members help to make this newsletter
great. Please call me or send by email to
TfcecTom@gmail.com
In order to publish the newsletter in a
timely manner, the deadline for each
newsletter is the first of the month.
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BAP Submissions for
October 2014
Tom Rizzo
Kimberly Ball
Altolamprologus Calvus
Ambystoma Mexicanum
Hemichromis Bimaculatus
BAP totals for some of our members
Ed Osika 210
Josh Vito 170
Robert Fessler 140
Donna C 125
Kim Ball 45
John J Williams 40
HAP Submissions for
October 2014
None reported for October
BAP Milestones
Congratulations to the following members
for their achievements!
Kim Ball
Tom Heisler
Teri Seufert
Peter Ruekauf
First target fish
2 target fish
Target fish
Achieved beginner Cichlid
200 points
Achieved beginner Livebearer
Regular barb and minnow
Tom Heisler
300 points
Beginner Catfish
Josh Vito
100 points
Donna Czarnecki
100 points
Tom Rizzo
600 points
WAP (writers award
program) coming soon.
WAP rules and points will be added to the
member handbook.
Starting January 2015 Two new programs will be put into place
The first will be an annual award for BAP, HAP and WAP in addition to the personal lifetime achievement
awards. This award will be based upon the total points earned in each program between January and
December, and will be presented at the annual awards banquet.
The second will be a monthly incentive where each entry for BAP, HAP, WAP and Bowl Show will earn a
raffle ticket that will be put into a drawing and the prize will be given at the end of the night.
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Writers Award Program Rules
The TFCEC Writers Award Program
The Writers Award Program (WAP) was created to encourage the writing of fish related
articles for the newsletter and to disseminate information from people of knowledge in the
club to other club members. The WAP program also exists to acknowledge the
accomplishments of TFCEC members to the hobby through their writing and artistic efforts.
Writers Award Program Rules
1. Points will be awarded based on the following schedule for articles first published in the
newsletter, from January to December in the same year.
2. All point awards are at the sole discretion of the WAP committee.
3. Co-authored articles will have the points split evenly.
4. Members who are in default of dues will have their points put into an inactive list until
such time membership is renewed.
BASIC POINTS
10 pts. Required BAP or HAP articles.(see membership package)
10 pts. Short articles of 100 - 200 words.
20 pts. Any article not required (in HAP or BAP) of over 200 words.
20 pts. Original hand drawn artwork of fish or plants.
10 pts. Original drawings or cartoons, hand-drawn, or computer assisted.
40 pts. A monthly or semi-monthly article submitted to the newsletter in the time frame above.
BONUS POINTS
10 pts. For any article or drawing reprinted in another club's newsletter.
40 pts. For any article or drawing reprinted in a "for profit" hobby publication or on line format.
10 pts. extra if original photo is submitted with an article.
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Writers Award Program Rules continued
The WAP committee will consist of the WAP chariman and the exchange editor and one
other person appointed by the Board of Directors(BOD). The committee will meet during a
BOD meeting as needed. The point total will be updated in each months newsletter.
Awards
In order to qualify for awards, submission of articles or drawings to the committee must
qualify to be printed in the newsletter.
Awards Classes
Writer's Award:
Participants must accumulate 50 pts. and 30 of which are from the basic point rules.
Author's Award:
Participants must achieve the Writer's Award level and accumulate 100 pts and 60 of which
are from the basic point rules.
Wordsmith Award:
Participants must accumulate 200 pts. of which 120 are from the basic point rules.
William T. Innes Award
Must have achieved Wordsmith award and have accumulated 400 pts. and 240 of which are
from the basic point rules. To complete the requirements needed to earn this award, one
(1) of the following conditions must be met.
1. Participants must have at least (2) articles reprinted in another club's newsletter.
2. Participants must have at least (1) article reprinted in a "for profit" publication.
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Emersed Plant
Growing
by Chris Hardy
What is an emersed set up?
Emersed plant growing involves growing plants in an
aquarium above the water level that are normally
aquatic and submerged but are grown with hydroponics
and constant root immersion. A few members have
been asking me about my emersed plant set ups, so I
figured I’d put together an article explaining the how-to
and the benefits of doing plants emersed.
the tank, you can put around 2 inches of water
in; you want to keep the water level below the
top of the soil.
As for lighting, I use shop lights hung over the
tank. Two 6500K Daylight bulbs works well for
me. however you can use more light if you
want. I choose this option since the bulbs are
cheap to replace, and using the 6500K lights
provides the most usable lights for the plants.
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Emersed means that the plants are growing above the
water level, to set this up you will need the following
supplies:
1. Tank and loose fitting glass lid
2. Plastic Container to fit in tank
3. Topsoil
4. Light
5. Spray Bottle
6. Drill with 1/8” drill bit
Setup:
When I set up my tanks I prefer a breeder style tank,
either 30g or 40g. The reason I like these tank sizes is
that is gives you plenty of space to work with. You can
really use any size, but the more room you have, the
more plants you can have. When I use my 30g Breeders,
I can fit three 16-qt sterilite storage (Home Depot $5.47
each) containers in it. Before putting the plastic storage
containers in the tank, you want to drill around 20 holes
around the sides of it one inch off of the bottom. This
allows for water to flow in and out of the containers
without flooding them.
Put around 2 inches of topsoil in the plastic containers, I
use miracle-gro organic choice potting mix (Home Depot
$9.97 for a large bag) because it contains only organic
fertilizers and nothing that will be a risk if put in a tank
with fish in the future. Once you have the containers in
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Maintenance:
Now that we’ve gone through all the supplies needed,
it’s time to talk maintenance. This is the biggest reason
I’ve chosen to have emersed set ups, typically you only
need to change the water out once a month, no filters,
no bubblers. Each day when I go downstairs to feed my
fish, I take my spray bottle and spray the plants just
enough to make the leaves moist. Some people use
automatic terrarium foggers, yet I fell this is an expense
that isn’t needed.
The types of plants that can be grown emersed is a very
long list, most anubias, crypts, swords and stem plants
can be grown emersed. In nature, if the plants are
typically found in shallow streams or on the edge where
they are subject to changes in water level they can be
grown emersed. Emersed setups mimic these
conditions, high humidity, low water level and plenty of
light.
Another common problem is fruit flies and/ or gnats.
These are attracted to the stagnant water and warm
moist conditions. There are two solutions, best to be
used together to prevent them.
1. Keep soil above water level
2. Use floating plants outside of the plastic
containers to fill up any water space not
being used
So why do an emersed setup? Why is it any better than
just growing plants in the tanks you have fish in? One of
the biggest benefits to an emersed set up is that the
plants have access to an unlimited amount of CO2,
something that is typically lacking in large amounts in
aquariums. Since the plants have access to plenty of CO2
(in the air), light (shop light) and nutrients (topsoil) the
growth they experience is usually much faster than in a
low-tech planted aquarium. This can lead to the plants
propagating faster and will usually lead to plants
flowering.
Problems that may arise:
A few problems that can arise while growing plants
emersed are fungus, mold, plants dying off and bugs.
Most of the time the problem comes from too much
moisture at the surface. Fungus and mold will grow on
the top of the soil, to treat this problem you can try one
of the following measures after removing as much of
the mold as you can:
1. Provide more openings in the lid – this
allows for more air exchange which can dry
the soil out a bit
2. Put java moss on the surface – the moss will
use the excess moisture and form a moss
carpet (win-win)
3. A new method I am trying is using baked
clay substrate at the surface; this doesn’t
hold as much moisture as the soil. So far it
has worked well for me.
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Picture Page
Got a nice picture? Send it to TFCECTom@gmail.com
Momma with baby. Photo by Peter Reukauf
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Fish Advisors from left to right: Our V.P. Tom Rizzo, Ad Konings and Willem Heijns
Steel Nebula guppy Photo by John J. Williams
Jr.
Red Shoulder Severum spawned on the outside and Nicaraguensis
spawned on the inside. Photo by Peter Reukauf
A spawn of gold gouramis by Kim Ball
Photo by Antonio Martina
“Go ahead human, make my day”
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Pictures from October meeting
Got a nice picture? Send it to TFCECTom@gmail.com
Randy giving a presentation on
livebearers
Cichlid people not paying attention.
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Fish Advisors from left to right: Our V.P. Tom Rizzo, Ad Konings and Willem Heijns
Some photos from the bowl show
Photo by Antonio Martina
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Secretary Notes
By Donna Czarnecki
Board of Directors Meeting
October 14, 2014
The meeting was called to order by
President Randy Seufert at 7:18 pm
Members Present
Randy Seufert, Tom Rizzo, Bill Wroblewski, Tom Heisler, Peter
Reukauf, Larry Gibbs, Josh Vito, Russell Arnst, Donna Czarnecki, Ed
Osika.
Auction
Randy gave the statistics from our fall auction (see attached). The
spring auction will be held at the Chicken Coop on Sunday February
15.
There was a discussion regarding auction labels, Randy said that
some of the seller initials are tongue twisters and said that he would
like the club to assign letters and provide labels to avoid this. He asked
board members to think about a better system, no decisions were made.
Newsletter
Thanks were given to Tom Heisler for taking over the newsletter. New
members will receive the newsletter via email, current members that have
been receiving via mail will be grandfathered in.
Secretary Minutes
Rather than reading the Secretary’s minutes, there will be a new column in
the newsletter, Secretary Notes; which will re-cap the previous members
meeting and highlight upcoming events.
Meetings: Holiday Party & Speakers
This year’s holiday party will be held during the December meeting 12/16 at
the Chicken Coop, Rick the caterer will drop off food.
A representative from Jack Watley Discus has been in contact with Randy
and has agreed to come in and speak to club members in this spring. There
is no fee for speaking however; he requested that we pay for hotel and
airfare. Randy is going to try to schedule him for May 16, 2015.
TFCEC Minutes of October 21, 2014 General Meeting
The meeting was called to order at 7:18 pm by President Randy
Seufert.
New Members
Matthew Weiglein, Vincent Pause, Johnny Newman, Jim Krywalski,
Colton Peterson and Joseph & Eileen Skowronski were welcomed.
Secretary’s Report
It was decided by the Board that the previous month’s minutes will not
be read at the meetings any longer. In the future, the Secretary will
prepare a synopsis of the monthly meetings and forward it to Tom H.
who will then put it in the following month’s newsletter.
Treasurers Report
The Treasurer’s Report was given by Ed Osika.
Tom Heisler has TFCEC t-shirts for sale and can make arrangements for
monogramming items brought in. He has about 10 shirts in stock.
Interested members need to contact him for details.
Randy informed members that he is working on lining up a speaker in May
or June 2015. He is trying to set it up to be a whole day event that will start
with a swap meet, then a local fish store tour and wrap up with the speaker
presentation. More details to follow.
Rob McCall is putting together another group order from Jack Watley
Discus, who has fresh water wild caught Altum Angels available at this time
also, see Rob if interested.
BAP/HAP
Tom Rizzo reported that there were three (3) entries this month.
Chuck Mule reported that there were two (2) items turned in for HAP .
Two new incentive programs will be put into place beginning in January
2015 to encourage participation in the HAP, BAP, WAP, and Bowl Show
programs.
The first will be an annual award for BAP, HAP and WAP in addition to the
personal lifetime achievement awards. These awards will be based upon
the total points earned in each category between January and December,
in any given calendar year, and will be handed out at the annual awards
banquet.
The second will be monthly incentive where each entry for BAP, HAP, WAP
and Bowl Show will earn a raffle ticket that will be put into a drawing for a
prize at the end of the night.
Ways & Means
Russ Arnst reported that he has some new leads on vendor donations,
letters will be mailed on Saturday 1025/14.
As a primer, the program for the November meeting will be presented by
the BAP, HAP, WAP, Bowl Show Chairman describing each program, and
how they work.
Bowl Show
Larry Gibbs reported there was a good turn out for the Bowl Show and
went over how the program works for the new members. This month’s
FOM were Marine fish and Aquatic Plants.
Up Coming Events:
10/26
Auction - (EAS) in Erie PA
11/2
Auction – (GAAS) Akron Ohio
Newsletter Publication
The deadline for the next publication of the newsletter will be
November 1, 2014. Anyone who did not receive his or her newsletter
was advised to see Tom Heisler or contact him at
tfcectom@gmail.com . The Board decided that current members
already receiving the newsletter via US Mail will be grandfathered in
and all new members will receive the newsletter via email.
Elections
Elections will be held in November for the following positions, nominees
are:
President – Tom Heisler
V. President - Tom Rizzo
Secretary – Kim Ball
Treasurer – Ed Osika
Board of Directors – John Bakasewski, Jack Mullen, Mike Culkowski, Bob
Fessler, John Williams, Chris Hardy, Peter Reukauf, Larry Gibbs.
Auction
Randy shared the statistics from last month’s auction.
The spring auction will be held at the Chicken Coop February 15,
2015.
Library
Bill Wroblewski will continue to rotate the three totes of books in the
clubs library.and bring them to the monthly meetings. A complete list of
the books available are on the clubs website, if any member wants to
borrow a specific book please contact Bill and he will bring it to the
next meeting.
Good of the Club
Randy gave thanks to Bob Fessler for his efforts in picking up and
transporting donated items to the auction.
Program
Randy did a presentation on “Livebearers”.
Raffle/Mini Auction
Fishy Fishy and Dry Goods Raffle were held prior to auctioning BAP, HAP
and other items for sale.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:55 pm.
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Book Order
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. I
will also try to get her to autograph them.
If you would like a copy of this book, I will have
a signup sheet at the November meeting. You
may also email me at TfcecTom@gmail.com by
November 21, 2014
Live Black worm Group Order
I am organizing a group order of live blackworms from Eastern Aquatics. If you would
like to get in on the order, I will be
collecting orders/money until the
Wednesday before the next meeting. The
worms will arrive and be delivered at the
next meeting.
Pricing:
1lb of worms = $24.00
0.5lb of worms = $13.00
0.25lb of worms = $7.00
If you are interested or have questions,
send me an email, or leave a voicemail on
my phone.
716-208-5596 Josh Vito
Bags for Sale
3x10x2mil $5.00/100
5x15x2 mil $ 6.50/100
6 x 16 x 2mil $6.75/100
6 x 24 x 2 mil $9.75/100
8 x 15 x 2mil $8.50/100
10 x 20 x 2 mil $11.25/100
DECAPSULATED BRINE SHRIMP EGGS
$16.00 PER POUND
*Pricing subject to change.
See Bill Duzen.
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Tropical Fish Club of Erie County
5725 Herman Hill Road
Hamburg NY 14075

Upcoming Events - Tropical Fish Club of Erie County

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