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The Greater Akron Aquarium Society
Tank Topics
July/August 2013
Inside this issue:
President’s Message
Bud White
3
Editor’s Message
Dave Williamson
3
BAP/HAP
Wayne Toven
4
Bowl Show
Don Youngkin
5
Exchange Review
Wayne Toven
6
Fish Farm Tour
Dan & Vi McMonigle
7
Cloning Aponogetons
Dan McMonigle
9
Coming Events
10
Meeting Notice
10
Important Dates
for 2013
March 3
Spring auction
July 13 & 14
Ultra Aqua 2013
November 3
Fall auction
Check out Dan
McMonigle;s tour at
an actual working
Florida fish farm.
2013 GAAS Board of Directors
President ....................... Bud White .............................. (330) 848-3856/bud@gaas-fish.net
Vice President ............... Jeff Plazak .............................. (330) 854-5257/jeff@gaas-fish.net
Treasurer ...................... Rich Serva ............................. (330) 650-4613/rich@gaas-fish.net
Secretary....................... Dave Girard ........................................................... @gaas-fish.net
Editor............................. Dave Williamson ..........................................davew@gaas-fish.net
Special Activities ........... Don Youngkin ........................................... dyoungkin@neo.rr.com
BAP/HAP ...................... Wayne Toven..................... (330) 256-7836/wayne@gaas-fish.net
Membership .................. Bill Schake .................................................. wschake@neo.rr.com
Raffle............................. Phil & Tiffany Hypes ...............(330) 327-6316/phil@gaas-fish.net
Historian ........................ Russ Kirkendall ....................................... rkirkendall2@neo.rr.com
FAAS Rep. .................... Ken McGill ............................. (419) 677-3405/ken@gaas-fish.net
Refreshments ............... Bill & Linda Koleszar .............................................. (330) 626-5660
Publicity......................... Bob Miller ............................... (330) 928-6028/bob@gaas-fish.net
Program ........................ Dan McMonigle ................... (440) 476-4663/danm@gaas-fish.net
Check out our website: www.gaas-fish.net
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T H E G R E AT E R AK R O N AQ U A R I U M S O C I E T Y
W H O AR E W E ? W e a r e a l o c a l g r o u p o f a q u a t i c e n t h u s i a s t s . F o r me d i n 1 9 5 2 , t h e G r e a t e r A k r o n A q u a r i u m
S o c i e t y i s a n o n - p r o f i t , n o n - c o m me r c i a l o r g a n i z a t i o n . O u r me mb e r s h i p r a n g e s f r o m t h e b e g i n n i n g h o b b yi s t t o
t h e a d v a n c e d a q u a r i s t w i t h ma n y y e a r s o f e x p e r i e n c e . T h e g o a l s o f o u r c l u b a r e t o p r o mo t e t h e c a r e , s t u d y ,
b r e e d i n g a n d e xh i b i t i o n o f a q u a r i u m r e l a t e d a q u a t i c l i f e a n d t o p r o mo t e i n t e r e s t i n t h e a q u a r i u m h o b b y.
M E E T I N G S : O u r me e t i n g s a r e h e l d o n t h e f i r s t T h u r s d a y o f e a c h mo n t h a t 8 : 0 0 p . m . a t t h e M o g a d o r e
C o m mu n i t y / S e n i o r C e n t e r , 3 8 5 7 M o g a d o r e R o a d , M o g a d o r e , O h i o . I t i s l o c a t e d E a s t o f R o u t e 5 3 2 a c r o s s f r o m
M c D o n a l d ’ s i n t h e f o r me r p o s t o f f i c e b u i l d i n g . V i s i t o r s a r e a l w a y s w e l c o me , i t c o s t s a b s o l u t e l y n o t h i n g t o
a t t e n d a me e t i n g a n d l o o k u s o v e r .
MEMBERSHIP: The cost is only $7.50 for adults, $10 for a couple or a family (includes children under 10
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s o c i a l i z e w i t h o t h e r t h a t s h a r e yo u r i n t e r e s t s , a s u b s c r i p t i o n t o o u r b i - mo n t h l y ma g a z i n e , l i b r a r y u s a g e a n d
mo r e .
AG E N D A: O u r me e t i n g a g e n d a i s s i mp l e a n d i n f o r ma l . T h e me e t i n g w i l l b e g i n a t 8 : 0 0 p . m . w i t h a s h o r t
b u s i n e s s me e t i n g . I m me d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g i s t h e p r o g r a m f o r t h e e v e n i n g w h i c h u s u a l l y l a s t s a b o u t 4 5 mi n u t e s .
O u r p r o g r a ms c o n s i s t o f a s p e a k e r , s l i d e p r o g r a m , mo v i e o r p e r h a p s a p a n e l d i s c u s s i o n a l w a ys o n a p a r t i c u l a r
s u b j e c t r e l a t e d t o t h e h o b b y o r v a r i o u s s p e c i e s o f f i s h . F o l l o w i n g t h e p r o g r a m i s a s h o r t r e f r e s h me n t b r e a k .
After which the winners of the Bowl Show are announced, the Breeder’s Award Program fish are auctioned
and tickets are drawn for the raffle.
T H E B O W L S H O W : E a c h mo n t h me mb e r s c a n b r i n g i n f i s h f o r s p e c i f i c c l a s s e s t o c o mp e t e f o r f i r s t , s e c o n d
a n d t h i r d p l a c e a w a r d s . T h e c h a r g e f o r e a c h e n t r y i s o n l y $ . 2 5 . M e mb e r s a l s o c o mp e t e f o r a n n u a l a w a r d s b y
a c c u mu l a t i n g w i n s t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r .
B R E E D E R ’ S AW AR D a n d H O R T I C U L T U R E AW A R D P R O G R AM S : me mb e r s c a n r e c e i v e r e c o g n i t i o n f o r
s p a w n i n g s p e c i e s o f f i s h o r p r o p a g a t i n g a q u a t i c p l a n t s . A l l t h a t i s r e q u i r e d i s t o t u r n i n a m i n i mu m o f s i x f r y
f r o m t h e s p a w n t h a t a r e b e t w e e n 3 0 a n d 9 0 d a ys o l d . M e mb e r s e a r n c e r t i f i c a t e s f o r e a c h s p e c i e s a n d c a n
work towards plaques in different categories.
E Q U I P M E N T R AF F L E : T h e r a f f l e t a b l e h a s s u c h i t e ms a s t a n k s , f i s h f o o d a n d a q u a r i u m a c c e s s o r i e s t h a t a r e
donated by national manufacturers, area dealers or purchased by the Society. Tickets may be purchased by
a n yo n e a t t e n d i n g t h e m e e t i n g . S a v e y o u r l o s i n g t i c k e t s f o r t h e C h r i s t ma s P a r t y r a f f l e .
AN N U AL S H O W : T h e U l t r a - A q u a s h o w i s h e l d d u r i n g t h e s u m me r a t t h e T a l l ma d g e c o m mu n i t y C e n t e r . T h i s
h a s b e c o me o n e o f t h e l a r g e s t a l l - s p e c i e s t r o p i c a l f i s h s h o w s i n N o r t h A me r i c a . I t i s a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l g a t h e r i n g
o f h o b b y i s t s t o d i s p l a y t h e i r f i s h i n c l a s s c o mp e t i t i o n , t a l k f i s h a n d t o l e a r n a b o u t t h e h o b b y f r o m e a c h o t h e r .
T AN K T O P I C S : i s p u b l i s h e d o n a b i - m o n t h l y b a s i s f o r t h e me mb e r s o f t h e G r e a t e r A k r o n A q u a r i u m S o c i e t y .
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President’s Message
Hello Everyone,
JUST A REMINDER THERE IS NO JULY
GENERAL MEETING, SINCE IT FALLS
ON JULY 4. WE DID NOT THINK MANY
WOULD SHOW UP. AGAIN NO JULY
GENERAL MEETING!!!!!!!!
Once again it is almost show time, it is
July 13 & 14 and we need everyone to
participate to make it fun and successful,
bring something to enter in the show and
then stay for the Saturday night dinner
and talk, it is always fun to meeting and
be with new fish people, it is also great to
see and talk with old friends.
We will be setting up on Friday July 12 at
7PM, at the Tallmadge Community Center, same place we have had it for several
Editor’s Message
Here we go again, It’s SHOW TIME!
No, I haven’t taken up acting or run
away and joined the circus, I’m talking about Ultra-Aqua 13 which will be
here before we know it. Most of the
pre-show stuff is taken care of with
just the picking-up of items and arranging for things that will happen
during the show weekend left to go.
For something new this year to try to
develop some interest in people
sticking around on Saturday afternoon we are adding a swap-meet
sales area for vendors to sell items to
show attendees that may not be the
typical things you are used to seeing
in an auction. Something else we’re
trying to develop interest at the show
is to have a large tank (75 gallon with
stand and top) as part of the raffle
items. This is in addition to our usual
selection of Chinese Raffle items.
Having a larger tank is something we
used to always do, but over the years
we’ve gotten away from it. We’ll have
to wait and see if there is enough
interest in it to keep it going. We do
have an investment in it and it wouldn’t make a lot of sense to spend money on an item that doesn’t return at
least our investment.
Since we’re on the subject of the
show, I would be missing a great opportunity if I didn’t try to push the
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years now, we need people there to help,
the more we have the easier and faster it
gets done, there is something for everyone to do, just see me when you get
there.
We have started a new thing for the show
this year. We have swap meet tables on
Saturday from noon till 5 PM. Stop in and
check it out, there will be several people
there and lots of nice fish and items for
sale. We still have about 3 tables left, if
anyone wants one, call me at 330 848
3856 leave a message if I am not there or
email me at bwhite@neo.rr.com, they are
$25.00 each, you can pay at the show.
See you at the meeting
Bud White
Well I think that is about all for now, be at
the show and support your club.
Dave Williamson
idea of coming, entering and helping
out at your club’s show. I’ve enjoyed
the whole process for more years
than I’d care to admit. Granted it does
take a lot of work to put one of these
on, but to me it’s worth it. There used
to be a whole lot of these shows
around the area (at least an hour or
two drive), now we’re the only all species show in the area. I believe that
some of the other clubs didn’t have a
core group that was willing or able to
put a show together, and I’d sure
hate to see that happen here as well.
If you can spare a few hours to help
out, especially on Friday for set-up
and Sunday for the auction and teardown, it would be much appreciated.
I haven't’ done it lately, but the time
has come. . . I have to beg for articles! What you see in this issue is it, I
have no more in reserve. Now for
your homework assignment, you
have plenty of time since the next
issues has the show results in it and
doesn’t have much room for anything
else. I’ve had a couple of members
tell me they have something in the
works, so now is the time to get
crackin’! I don’t want to hear any lame
excuses like “My Oscar ate my assignment” either!
I’ll see you at the meeting and the
show!
For those people who have
ordered frozen foods, you
can pick them up at the
show on Friday and Saturday. Any extras will be
available on
a first come,
first served
basis.
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BAP/HAP
Report
Wayne Toven
Well it seems like everyone’s fish went on
summer vacation a little early this year. I
know mine have been eagerly awaiting the
short trip to the outdoor tubs, to get back to
nature, and hopefully start doing what
comes naturally. The water is finally staying warm enough for some of the
goodeids, who like slightly cooler water,
but it needs to get a little warmer and more
stable temperature wise for some of the
barbs, danios, and tetras.
Just a reminder that our annual all species
show Ultra – Aqua 2013 will be here before
you know it, the second weekend of July
the 13th and 14th . It is the largest number of
classes in an all species in all of North
America, best chance for some of those
freeloading fish (dependents you keep but
can’t claim on your taxes)to earn their keep
and win you some prize money. The Best
of Divisions have been raised to $50 instead of $25. There is a pair’s class and a
family class along with 63 other classes.
So get those fish into show condition, get
them used to being looked at with a flashlight, get the show tanks all cleaned up and
ready. The club is trying something new for
us this year; we are having a swap meet
Saturday during setup, from 12 noon till 5
pm. Then the dinner will be at 7 pm with a
guest speaker. The auction will be Sunday
from 11am till it is over, so lots of new fish
and breeder stock should be available,
then maybe the Breeder Award Program
will pick up a little.
It has been a very slow year for both the
Breeder Award Program and Horticultural
Award Program, it is over half done and we
are at the lowest number of spawns and
plant propagations I have ever seen. There
were two spawns and one plant propagation turned in at the May meeting, and then
June came along and there was nothing
turned in for either program. At this rate we
are not even going to reach last years dismal numbers, come on everyone let’s get
these programs moving along, you can do
it!!
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May 2013
BAP
Species
Common name
Class
Points
Half black pastel guppy
Livebearer
Sheephead minnow
Native
Sunset hygrophila
A – vegetative 5
Dan McMonigle
Poecilia reticulata
5
Wayne Toven
Cyprinodon variegatus
10
HAP
Wayne Toven
Hygrophila sp.
2013 Totals
BAP
Points
HAP
Points
Rich Serva
5
30
-
-
Joe Reich
4
35
-
-
David Girard
3
25
-
-
Wayne Toven
2
15
1
5
Dan McMonigle
1
5
2
25
Don Youngkin
1
15
-
-
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Bowl Show &
Special Activities
How the Point System works:
1st - 4 points
2nd - 2 points
3rd - 1 point
1 point per entry,
maximum 12 points per class
Don Youngkin
Wayne has passed Jeff to take the points lead. All are
invited to join the fun an bring in entries. Since there will
be no July general meeting, the July bowl show entries
will be skipped, and the rest of the schedule will continue
as published.
May
Goodeids
1st – Wayne Toven
2nd – Wayne Toven
3rd –
2013 Bowl
Show Schedule
January:
Goldfish, Male Guppies,
Minnows Danios &
Rasboras
- Xenotaenia resolanae male
- Xenotaenia resolanae female
Rift Lake Cichlids
1st – Wayne Toven - Neolamprologus sp.
2nd – Wayne Toven - Julidochromis transcriptus
3rd – Jeff Plazak
- Julidochromis dickfeldi
Aquatic Plants
1st – Wayne Toven - Cryptocoryne wendtii
2nd – Wayne Toven - Hygrophila sp Sunset Hygro
3rd –
February:
Suckermouth Catfish,
Swordtails, Characins
Annual Point Totals
Jeff Plazak
71
Wayne Toven
86
Don Youngkin
7
Dan McMonigle
3
June
Native Fish
1st – Wayne Toven - Cyprinodon variegatus
2nd – Wayne Toven - Jordinella floridae
3rd –
June:
Native Fish, Rainbowfish,
Male Betta splendens
July:
Synodontis Catfish,
Killifish,
Angelfish & Discus
Male Betta Splendens
1st – Wayne Toven - Blue & Yellow
2nd –Wayne Toven - Black Orchid
3rd – Jeff Plazak
- Betta
August:
AO New World Cichlids,
Amphibians,
Bog Plants
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Gouramis & Anabantoids,
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May:
Goodeids, Rift Lake
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Rainbowfish
1st – Wayne Toven - Chilatherina fasciata
2nd – Wayne Toven - Melanotaenia praecox
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Sunday 11-6
March:
Barbs, Mollies,
Corydoras Aspidoras &
Brochis
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Exchange
Report
Wayne Toven
Here’s how this works, incase you
forgot, I go through publications from
various fish clubs across North
America that our club exchanges
with, I read original articles from club
members, not reprints because I
have probably read them in the past.
If anyone would like to read one of
the articles that are mentioned below, let me know and I will get a copy
of it to you via email or a hard copy
at a meeting.
Greater Detroit Aquarium Society,
Tropic Tank Talk: Apr 2013
The Rio Beni Dwarf Whip-tailed
Catfish, by James K. Langhammer
Pacific Coast Cichlid Association,
Cichlidae Communique: Mar/Apr
2013
Collecting California Cichlids, by
Mark Tomassello
Copadichromis sp. “Virginalis Gold”,
My Adventures into Breeding the
Lake Malawi Haplochromine, by
Lauren Mazano
Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium
Society Inc. Finformation: Apr 2013
Spawning Hemiloricaria wolfei, by
Leslie Ernst
Spawning the Imperial Tetra,
Hyphessobrycon nigricinctus, by
Eric Bodrock
Hamilton & District Aquarium Society: May 2013
Spawning Corydoras
caudimaculatus, by Charles Drew
Greater Detroit Aquarium Society,
Tropic Tank Talk: May 2013
Subwassertang, by Mark Allar
Missouri Aquarium Society Inc.
The Darter: May/June 2013
Faowi Wowee – Exploring for
Rainbowfish in Papua, by Gary
Lange
Decapsulating Brine Shrimp Eggs,
by Gary Lange
Michiana Aquarium Society,
Michiana Tropical Times: May 2013
Amatitlania siquia, by Ben Slocum
Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society Inc. Finformation: May 2013
The Good the Bad and the Ugly,
Tatia
Intermedia, by Stan
Chechak
Lamprichthys tanganicanus, by John
Barnes
Michiana Aqaurium Society, Michiana Tropical Times: June 2013
Tanichthys albonubes (White cloud
mountain minnows), by Alexandra
Reed
Ambystoma Mexicana, by Kaitlin Williams
Skiffia lermae, by Deseree Eudave
Pelvicachromis pulcher, by Amy Wilkinson
Black Lyretail Molly Habitat, by Tom
Bartelmay
The Guppy, Poecilia reticulata, by Liz
Brennen
Swordtail Breeding, by Tim Turensek
Betta Fish Organism Library, by Dana Handley
The Cherry Shrimp, Neocaridina heteropoda, by Kasan Yuan
Guppies, Family Poecillidae, by Anna Graff
Marbled Crayfish, by Sam Bartelmay
Hamilton & District Aqauarium
Society: June 2013
Spawning Guianacara stergiosi, by
Jessica Bullock
Spawning the Dwarf Spotted Danio,
by Charles Drew
Pacific Coast Cichlid Association,
Cichlidae Communique: May/June
2013
Chocolates for All, by Daniel Spielman
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What We Did on Our Florida
Vacation (Visit a Fish Farm!)
Dan & Vi McMonigle
purest of water while neons breed in
any type of water. A small point important to Andres' breeding successes -- any oddball species require
green water either to breed or to
raise the fry.
The fish and shrimp and plants he
sells don't impact any natural habitats. He sells only tank raised fish
and shrimp. He finds that F2 fish,
the grandchildren of wild fish, are the
best breeders. There is no reason to
rely on obtaining wild fish. Their website is: http://bioaquatix.com
Heading down Citrus Blvd. in Sarasota, Florida, our trip ended at Andres
Ryan's fish farm. Andres is well
known as a wholesaler of tank bred
oddballs and difficult to breed fish.
With his masters in Marine Science
Aquaculture, he's a natural for this
challenge.
ing their workers "just a bowl of rice a
day". Andres gave us some interesting facts that the German, Czech
Republic, Indonesia, and Thailand
are also big in breeding fish. The
challenges of those countries vary
because of climate, demand and
other factors.
Imagine this setup, one outbuilding
and three plastic greenhouses, one
greenhouse filled with aquaculture
breeding vats and the other buildings
hold thousands of tanks from over 100
gallons to small tanks.
In America we too have our challenges. Some points of interest was that
Andres was able to develop a foolproof method for raising Garra flavatra (Panda Garra). His use of bits
of black plastic garland made with
stainless steel wire is a substitute for
the natural habitat. We saw how
eggs and fry are automatically siphoned into raising centers. Shrimp,
shrimp, shrimp! Red, yellow, blue,
orange, and a new yet unnamed color variety not yet released to the
aquarium hobby. Cardinals and neon
tetras are thought by many to be
similar, but cardinals breed in the
Popular fish in the hobby are clown
loaches and cardinals. If he raises
those species here, they make it from
breeder to pet shop to hobbyist with
nearly zero losses, but U. S. breeders
have to compete with cheap and wild
caught imports that have heavy losses
in transit and during acclimation. The
Asian countries can make a profit pay-
His older brother Tomas from Colorado has joined him for a while to
integrate computer technology developing a more comprehensive website and sales strategies. It was great
to see two bothers working together. We were both happy to receive a
warm greeting and a lively discussion and tour on a fish farm in America. Andres' warning is that the fish
breeding market in America is dwindling due to competition from overseas. The aquarium hobby is grow-
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ing, more fish and more aquariums
are sold in the US yearly now than
ever before, but ironically many US
fish farms have closed due to imports.
GAAS Ultra-Aqua Show and Auction
July 13 & 14, 2013
Tallmadge Community Center
80 Community Rd. Tallmadge, Ohio
Saturday Show Registration: 10-5
Sunday Auction Registration:10, Auction begins at 11
New this year:
Saturday Afternoon Swap Meet: Noon-5
For more information:
Bud White (330) 848-3856 (bwhite@neo.rr.com)
Wayne Toven (330) 256-7836 (wtoven@hotmail.com)
Rich Serva (330) 650-4613 (rjserva@gmail.com)
CA$H Awards!
Rare Fish Raffle!
and so much more!
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Cloning Aponogetons,
Aponogeton longiplumulosus
Photo 2, the fuzzy too-close up, tries
to show that there really are several
plants all attached to the same tuber.
Dan McMonigle
You don’t need Star Wars for a
Clone Army. Gardeners and farmers
have been cloning since the beginning of the Neolithic stone age. Cuttings, runners and bulb division all
produce genetic twins fo an existing
plant, not genetically new versions.
Nature has been cloning even longer
than us. Plants, obviously, spread
themselves more rapidly by cloning
themselves, but animal too, can be
clones. Flatworms (Planaria), amoebas, and sea stars break apart and
clone themselves. More advanced
aminals from shrimp and their relatives clone too. Daphnia are one example. Females give live birth to
clones of themselves every few
days, until conditions start turning
bad. Then males show up, fertilize all
the the females who then produce
eggs that fill up their body and they
die. Their carapace protecting the
eggs from heat, dryness or freezing
temperaturs until better times return.
Even animal high up the ladder of
complexity can clone themselves.
There are two species of fish that
have no males. All the members of
the species are female who produce
clones of themselves. Even humans
have natural clones which we call
identical twins.
Sometime an Aponogeton will produce a runner with a tring of tiny
bulbs and plantlets. Aponogeton natans clones by “bulb” division. I have
some of those reproducing now in a
few aquariums. Tose examples tend
to the small species in the genus, but
some larger ones do too. I have had
Madagascar lace plants do this several times, but it seems like the more
lace plants there are attached togheter, the better they do. They are susceptible to rotting at any cut or bruise
in the bulb.
Aponogeton longiplumulosus is one
of severl kinds of Aponogeton that I
buy new bulbs, more accurately tubers or even rhizomes, not true
bulbs, from various suppliers. I Plant
them in bare spots in planted tanks,
and bare no more! The stored energy int eh tuber gives these plants a
jump start to restore their leaves. It’s
not one of the species, like the lace
plant, A. natans, or A. rigidifolia that
are reported to grow new plants from
their tubers or rhizomes. And the
ones I’ve had before, never gave any
hint they could do this. But one of the
A. logiplumulosis I got last year was
different in that it started with a single
plant but soon looked like it had
more than one.
Photo 3 shows the same tuber, now
broken apart, as one larger piece on
the left with two distinct plants attached, and a “nose” on the left side
where I earlier this year broke off a
few plants.
In photo 1, you can see the plants
are so close together that it almost
looks like one plant.
In photo 4, the large piece is turned
so you can see the lighter scar on
the bulb where the plants had been
removed.
Internet rescources:
http://www.krib.com/plants/plants/
apons-randall.html
http://www.aquariumplants.com/
aponogetons_s/27.htm
The Greater Akron Aquarium Society
P.O. Box 494
Akron, OH 44309-0494
Meeting Notice - Do Not Delay
Meeting Notice
Thursday, July 4
Thursday, Aug. 1
NO
MEETING
Program: Orin McMonigle
“The Bug Man” brings us a new
program on a really big critter!
Enjoy the holiday
with your family
& friends!
Bowl Show: All Other Old Word
Cichlids, Amphibians, Bog Plants
All general meetings begin at 8:00 p.m. at the Mogadore Community/Senior Center
Coming Events
July 13 & 14 – Greater
Akron Aquarium Society Ultra-Aqua 2013 Show and
Auction
Tallmadge Community
Center, 80 Community Rd.,
Tallmadge, Ohio
For more information:
Bud White (330) 848-3856
(bwhite@neo.rr.com),
Wayne Toven (330) 296-6322
(wtoven@hotmail.com) or
Rich Serva (330) 650-4613
(rjserva@gmail.com)
September 22 Lorain
County Aquarium Society
Fall Auction
Pittsfield Township Hall
Corner of Rts 58 & 303
16940 Ohio 58, Pittsfield, OH
44090 Contacts:
Barbara: 440-774-4533,
heybarb@hotmail.com,
Ken: 419-677-3405,
kmcgill@neo.rr.com
www.lcas-fish.net
LCAS@LorainCounty.com
September 22—Greater
Pittsburgh Aquarium
Society Inc. Fall Auction
North Hampton VFD
5149 North Pioneer Road,
Gibsonia, PA 15044
Registration will open at 9:30
AM and close at 1 PM.
Auction will start promptly at
11 AM. WWW.GPASI.ORG
Wally Cox 412-420-7985
walmich@verizon.net OR
Joe Doyle 724-602-7564
BrokenBox@gmail.com
September 28, 2013 - GLCS
Fall Auction
Pipefitters Union hall, near
the I-480 and I-77 interchange.
Reg. 9 AM, auction starts at
Noon. All species, plants and
dry goods.
Contact Dean at dmersinas@gmail.com, 216-9061800, Marty at 330-650-0237,
Bill at 216-692-9296 or Ron
at 440-944-3245.
Web site: greatlakescichlidsociety.net