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FINformation
March 2015
Phipps Conservatory Outdoor Ponds
Amanda Westerlund
The Greater Pittsburgh
Aquarium Society, Inc. Newsletter
March Meeting - Mar. 27, 2015
Contents
2015 GPASI Officers
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6-7
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Event
Otothyropsis piribebuy
By: Regina Spotti
8-11 Panaqolus changae Success!
By: Eric Bodrock
12-13 Meet the Members By: Darlene Madarish
14 Breeders Award Program
17 National/International Sponsors
18 Calendar
19 Local Sponsors
Board of Directors
President………………Steve Okabayashi
412.401.7573
president@gpasi.org
Vice President………........….Roberto Prati
vicepresident@gpasi.org
Treasurer ………………….Eric Bodrock
412. 491.0311
treasurer@gpasi.org
Recording Secretary ……...Regina Spotti
secretary@gpasi.org
Membership Secretary………..Joe Doyle
724.602.7564
membership@gpasi.org
March’s Monthly Meeting
Wayne Toven
“My Experience with Pond Plants”
This presentation will about some
of the plants he has kept over the
years. He will also talk about some
of the problem weeds you might
encounter and some of the fish he
has spawn for him in the outdoor
tubs that do not spawn for me in the
fish room.
Bio: I started keeping fish in 1989,
Joanne thought I needed a hobby and bought me a 20 gallon
started kit, and she didn’t know what she was doing! I didn’t
start with the outdoor plants until 1994, when I brought home
some yellow irises we collected locally, the club used to have
an annual collecting trip that was when I started collecting
native plants. My first pond was an 8 foot diameter 18 inch
deep kiddie wading pool, from Big Lots, I think it cost me
$10. The first lily I ever bought was a white one; I still have
some descendants from it. Depending on your point of view
things just snowballed or blossomed from there. I currently
have fifteen above ground 110 gallon tubs, three 35 – 40
gallon tubs, seven preformed plastic in ground ponds ( 90 –
265 gallon), and one natural (mud bottom) 10’ x 13’ pond. I
put fish out in the 110 gal. tubs for the summer, and they
usually look so much nicer than when they are kept indoors. I
retired from Chrysler 10 years ago on April 1st. So now my
job is taking care of the fish and ponds, and believe me it is a
lot more work. I am currently running 140 aquariums in my
fish room ranging from 2 ½ to a 265 gallon that I bought from
a guy over by Pittsburgh.
March 27, 2015
Doors open @6:30pm, Meeting starts @7:30pm
Phipps Garden Center
1059 Shady Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232
BOD Term 2016 ………....... John Barnes
BOD@GPASI.org
Grant Beatty
Brandon Blobner
Scott Voelker
BOD Term 2017 ……....Howard Jernigan
Steve Kingsley
Sean Phillips – Jr. Member
Rich Terrell
Amanda Westerlund
Committee Chairs
AHAP………………….............Tim Gross
madmax@chemlab.org
Bill Wells
Auction………….…….…...Roberto Prati
auction@gpasi.org
BAP………………...............Chuck Bialon
BAP@gpasi.org
Facebook……………...........Roberto Prati
Amanda Westerlund
FINformation............Amanda Westerlund
finformation@GPASI.org
Forum……………….……Shaun Howard
GPASIforum@verizon.net
Fundraising………....................Joe Doyle
Mailing...........................Steve Okabayashi
Programs…………………...Eric Bodrock
Raffle…………………........ Eric Bodrock
Regina Spotti
Rich Terrell
Refreshments......Steve and Judy Kingsley
Webmaster………………....web@gpasi.org
GPASI.ORG
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Message from the President
Members:
Reminder our night at the PPG Aquarium has been rescheduled for Sunday
March 29 from 5pm - 8pm. Thanks to Rich Terrell for finding this date. Rich
will also give a brief presentation on C.A.R.E.S. Program at our general
meeting and if this is a program we want to start at GPASI. Take a look at
the link for more information.
http://www.carespreservation.com/
Our Spring Auction is fast approaching on April 26 at the DoubleTree Hilton
in Cranberry. We need volunteers for multiple jobs. See Roberto Prati for
the sign up board at our March Meeting. Also, thanks to member Tom
Ashwood who donated a 10 gallon tank and two nice metal stands that will
be auctioned off at the Spring Auction. Tom and his wife are moving back to
Tennessee. Glad you were able to join us for a couple of years Tom.
Steve O
President
April newsletter submission deadline: April. 10, 2015
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Summary of March 2015 BOD meeting
Regina Spotti - Recording Secretary
The following items were discussed:
• One BOD member was absent, all others were present.
• The Treasurer’s Report was read and accepted without incident.
• Rich Terrell has been able to book us for March 29th
• Roberto Prati provided us with updates for our Spring Auction.
• We voted to print new invites for our Fall Auction.
• We need someone to volunteer to man our Tee Shirt Sales. Please speak with any BOD
member if you would like to handle this.
• We discussed possibilities for different raffles for our Spring and Fall auctions. For the time
being, we will stick with 50/50 raffles along with our regular big ticket item raffles for those
ventures.
• Discussed GPASI sponsored road trips. This has been tabled for now.
• Rich Terrell has offered to handle GPASI’s C.A.R.E.S. program. Rich will provide us with
more info at our March meeting. Information can also be found on
www.carespreservation.com
• Eric Bodrock provided an update on speakers for 2015.
• FinFan voting has been extended through April 20, 2015. The voting form is found on our
website under the Publications tab. You must be logged in to access this form. Please vote!!!
• While the Board continues to search for a suitable meeting place for the BOD meetings, we
invite any member to attend the BOD meetings. All are welcome!
Hank Marzina Fund
The Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society, Inc. is starting an endowment fund. This fund will be
referred to as the “Hank Marzina Fund” for all future reference. All proceeds of this fund belong solely
to the Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society, Inc, and will be used for education of juniors in the hobby,
education for other hobby related projects and for conservation projects involving the tropical fish
hobby. All proceeds will come from donations specified to the fund specifically and will be kept in the
funds own account. These funds will not be used for anything other than the specified topics and cannot
be used as GPASI funds unless the club comes under dire times. None of the proceeds will be used
without permission of the GPASI Board of Directors upon voting on the topic for its use.
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Members,
A big thanks to Rich Terrell for setting up this night for us.
Be on-time!
The Pittsburgh Zoo's PPG Aquarium will be hosting GPASI for an evening to
view the exhibits and see some behind-the-scenes areas. Though the behindthe-scenes experiences will be more limited than in past years because of
construction and animal health concerns, this is still a great benefit of your
GPASI dues. PPG Aquarium Aquarist (and GPASI member), Rich Terrell, will be
giving a brief presentation on the important conservation work at the PPG
Aquarium.
GPASI members and immediate family are to gather at the Main Pittsburgh Zoo
gates at 5 pm SHARP on Sunday, March 29 to be escorted up to the PPG
Aquarium. Rich's presentation will start soon after the group arrives at the PPG
Aquarium, followed by time for club members to wander the building and
experience some behind-the-scenes areas. The event will end at 8 pm.
Important notes:
Only paid GPASI members and their immediate families will be permitted to
attend.
ABSOLUTELY NO LIVE ANIMALS OR PLANTS are permitted to be brought on
zoo grounds. So please do not bring BAP fish, fish or plant trades, etc. You will
not be allowed to bring them into the zoo and the weather may not be
appropriate to leave them in your vehicle.
We are looking forward to seeing you all!
Steve O.
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Otothyropsis piribebuy (Calagary, Lehmann, & Reis, 2011)
BAP report by Regina Spotti
Why do some fish always seem to have such difficult to pronounce names? I suppose if we all spoke Greek or
Latin, we’d be much better suited to knowing the answers to that old question. But, I digress. This is a really
neat little fish, regardless of the difficult name!
Measuring just barely over one inch in size, you could put these into nearly any size tank.
From Paraguay, this fish was collected at two locations-the Rio Piribebuy and the Rio Aguaray, both tributaries
of the Rio Paraguay. They are found in vegetation, which is why they do so well in planted tanks, causing no
harm to the plant-scape.
I obtained these fish on a trade with Jeremy Basch of Columbus Ohio. He always has great fish and they are
unusual, hard to find fish to boot. My group of six youngsters went right into a sparsely planted forty gallon
breeder. They were housed with some cory cats and some tetras. When I thought they were fully grown, I
moved two pair into a five and a half gallon tank.
Furnishings are a potted crypt, a floating Anubias barteri, and some Java moss. A Poret® Foam filter is in the
back of the tank with the air flow on high to create a current in the tank. Weekly water changes are made using
RO water and the pH is at 6.4.
These fish do well on an algae-based diet. I feed mine algae tablets and spirulina pellets daily with an evening
feeding of live baby brine shrimp. Occasionally I will give them a treat of thawed frozen bloodworms. They
also tolerate pH values from 6.4 to 7.2. Spawning, however, will only take place at a pH of 6.4-6.8. This tank is
77F always.
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Sexual differences are straightforward, in my opinion. Adult females, like the one in the photo, are plump, and
have a broader body. Males are slimmer in the body. All eggs are laid on the plant leaves and are clear,
measuring 1mm in diameter. I always move the eggs by pinching the leaves off of the plant and put them into a
plastic shoebox with an airstone on high flow. I have found the parents will predate the eggs and their fry. The
eggs hatch two days later and the growth rate is very fast. Fry are provided with Sera powdered fry food for the
first week. Afterwards, I introduce banana worms. It is around the third week that I provide them with live baby
brine shrimp. They will eat the bbs once it settles to the bottom of the tank or container. At eight weeks, the fry
are nearly half of an inch! That’s practically full size! Of course, daily water changes are given to the fry after
their first week of life. This part is tricky since the fry are extremely sensitive to changes in water chemistry.
Since I use straight RO water to incubate the leaves, this is what they hatch out to. So for the first month, they
get daily water changes with that. After that, I use half RO and half carbon filtered tap water. This ensures the
fry are able to withstand the change in pH. After another month, they get acclimated to straight carbon filtered
tap water. Any other regimen and I lose fry. Better safe than sorry, right?
All in all, this little fish is a keeper!
RLS/2014
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Panaqolus changae success!
by Eric Bodrock
So I get a call one day from a friend who owns a local pet shop and he says he has an incredible pair of
rare plecostomus for me, one I’ll surly want to spawn! So, in the blink of an eye, I jump in the car and
head over to his shop. What I find, is in fact, two incredible plecostomus, but my heart quickly drops
and I notice both fish covered with odontodes, from their pectoral fins, across their backs and down
their sides to their tails!
My buddy was not pleased when I
told him that they were going to be
impossible to spawn since they were
both males! He paid a lot of money
for them as a pair, but, as so often
happens in our hobby, one guy’s idea
of a pair is simply two fish and not
one male and one female as it should
be. My buddy offered me one of
these beauties (as you can see in the
photo above) and I quickly took him
up on the offer, thinking that I might
someday be able to find a mate for
him.
As I start my research to find the
proper identification of the fish, I quickly stumble across some photos of Panaqolus changae aka L226
on Planet Catfish and in the 2008 book Back to Nature Guide to L-Catfishes and think this is the fellow
I may have. Oddly, I had kept L226 in the past and this fish didn’t strike me as being the same, as this
fish has much more color to it and the vermiculated pattern on the top of the head and area in front of
the dorsal looked much different. Further research leads me to an article, “The Dwarf Loricariids of the
genus Panaqolus”. On page 13, image by Mark Walters in Vol.14, Issue 1, January 2013 of CatChat,
the publication on the Catfish Study Group where it tells of another kind of group of tiger plecos, that
includes the first import to Pier Aquatics (UK) in 2012 of Panaqolus sp. "Rio Mazan", approx 10-12
cm in size, from the Rio Mazan, tributary of the Napo River, Peru. As my research deepens, I contacted
Dr. Stephan Tanner and run my theory past him about the possibilities of my fish actually being
Panaqolus sp. "Rio Mazan". His reply was: “The Rio Mazan (entering the Napo at Mazan) is northeast
of the Rio Momon (which enters the Nanay just before that enters the Amazon), where L226 comes
from, so it could be a separate but closely related species. However, the two rivers are less than 10 km
apart, and during flooding, they might be exchanging water regularly, so my gut feeling is that this is
the same species”. In addition to contacting Stephan, I also contacted catfish expert, Julian “Jools”
Dignall, who has successfully spawned Panaqolus changae and his reply was: “On the Panaqolus
front, I think this thing is probably within the description of P. changae. So, while it’s not L226, it’s
probably P. changae. However, Christian Cramer is working on the whole genus at present and may
split things up further so keep it separate. Striped versus spotted caudal is one thing I look at with these
things – I am not sure the amount of red or the patterning is otherwise very useful for ID.” So with all
this being said, I am comfortable, for now, calling my fish Panaqolus changae, but my research
continues!
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I placed a post on Planet Catfish stating that I had a lone male P. changae and was looking for females.
Much to my surprise, I received a response fairly quick from a friend, Jen Williams in Virginia, who
said she had some she could part with. She sent me some photos of her fish and sure enough, the same
as mine! Not wanting to take any chances with shipping adult fish, I jumped in the car and drove four
hours to meet up with Jen to get the fish, which was in June of 2013. Six beautiful adult wild fish that
looked to be three pairs….awesome! She received her fish from adventurer/hobbyist George Richter
who brought them back from one of his many trips to South America. George picked them up at
Stingray Aquarium in Iquitos, Peru several years earlier.
I placed my group of seven fish in a fifty five gallon tank, on the top row of one of my racks, which
keeps them away from a lot of foot traffic and keeps the tank on the warmer side, averaging about 82°F
(27.7°C). When possible, I try to keep a lot of my breeder sucker mouth cats away from areas where
there is a lot of movement, I think this keeps them a little more comfortable and relaxed and this helps
to reduce stress on them. The filter used on their tank was an air driven, 3”/20 ppi, Poret® foam
Hamburg Mattenfilter with moderate flow. Water changes of 50% or so a week was done on them, this
kept the water at a pH of 7.2-7.4 and a total dissolved solid reading around 200 ppm.
I feed them usually twice a day and their varied diet consisted of frozen bloodworms, frozen mysis
shrimp, live blackworms and occasional live daphnia, assorted Repashy® foods and various sinking
pellets and tablets. Chopped earthworms (live or frozen) were added on occasion and the several pieces
of wood mixed amongst the rocks and caves that made up the aquarium décor seemed to be eagerly
grazed upon. They are not an active fish even at feeding time. The males seem to prefer to remain in
the caves and the females take refuge under rocks or wood….. down right shy they are!
On Dec. 19, 2013 I was fortunate to find some eggs lying on the bottom of the aquarium that had been
kicked out of a cave! They weren’t hard to miss as they are huge in size, about 6 mm in diameter and
orange in color! There
were a few whole eggs,
a couple eggs that had
been broken and a few
eggs that had just
recently hatched. I was
able to collect them
without causing any
damage to them by
using a piece of large
vinyl tubing as a dip tube. As I inspected the caves in the tank, I found the one with the male who was
still guarding some eggs. I could see that some eggs had hatched and without giving any thought to
removing them, I simply thought I’d poured them into a shoe box as I would
with any of my other plecos …..a big mistake!!! A few of the just hatched eggs came right out, so I
dipped the cave back into the water to fill it, gave it a little shake, then a pour and out came a few eggs
along with a mass of scrabbled egg yolks! What I didn’t realize was that with the eggs being so large
and the sharp odontodes covering the males, and in a tight narrow cave, they would get busted up doing
this! (Hey, live and learn right?). I was still pleased that I was able to successfully collect eleven good
eggs.
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The eggs were placed in a hang on the side
breeder box which tank water flows thru. This
breeder box was bare bottomed but contained
several pieces of seasoned wood. As typical
with recently hatched sucker mouth catfish,
they all congregate to one corner. It isn’t until
about day six or seven they start to move away
from the corner. By day ten they are already
hanging on the wood and starting to graze on the thin layer of bio-film, or Aufwuchs as you will
commonly see this bio-film called, that coats the wood. This point in their development is critical as
their diet needs to be greatly enhanced as they have just about completely absorbed the rich contents of
their egg yolk.
Live baby brine, microworms, various Repashy® foods and assorted pellets and tablets are offered in
fairly large amounts to make it easy for the fry to find. The less they have to move in search of food the
better off they are. Care must be given
to remove uneaten foods on a regular
basis by using a turkey baster. I good
way to know if the fry are feeding is to
inspect the container they are housed in
and look for their thin, string like pieces
of waste. Once their egg yolks are
completely gone, a nice full belly is also
a good indicator they are feeding well.
As these fish grow, they go thru
incredible color and marking changes. I have shown some of the better looking stages in this article,
but at times, they can look downright
ugly and sickly even! As adults they can
show a wide range of colors and
intensity, and my guess is that diet plays
a big part of this. The original male I
acquired and the other adults I received a
couple of months later have changed a
good bit as they have acclimated to
residency in my fishroom. Their brighter
orange and gold colors have changed as
you see in the last photo of this article. They do intensify as spawning activity increases, as the males
put on a show for the females. I must note, as I have
mentioned spawning, the males can get very, very
aggressive towards the females either during or after
the courtship. I have never witnessed the aggression,
but have found females with much of their bodies,
mainly on their sides, severely damaged with what I
would guess were bites from a male chewing on
them. The damage was so bad in two incidents, after
my second spawn of them on Jan. 22, 2014 and third
spawn on Mar. 23, 2014, the females did not recover
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and died! Interestingly, I recently had
the chance to observe some spawning
activity when a female entered, head
first, into the popular spawning cave.
A male, who was stationed just in
front of the opening, would not allow
her to exit. In addition, he continually
tired to enter alongside of her, but the
cave was too narrow and he just could not fit. This went on for hours and I assumed that she would
simply release a cluster of eggs and the male
would “squirt” his milt into the cave to fertilize
them. I left them alone for several hours and
when I returned, the female was out of the cave,
undamaged, and the male was in and appeared
to be fanning eggs, but there were no eggs to be
found! Not sure what to think about this “false
spawn”, one idea being that they spawned and
ate the eggs. Or possibly, since the female was
not beaten up, a spawn never took place. Could
it be the male only shows aggression towards
the female to get her away from the cave or the eggs once she releases them? My work with them
continues and I still find myself fascinated as the approximately forty young continue to grow out. A
beautiful fish for sure and one that will likely end up on many hobbyist wish list! JEB12/2014
Random Membership Drawing
March Pot Total = $50
During each of the monthly meetings, a random membership number will be drawn! The winner of this drawing
will receive the total amount in the current month’s pot, either $25 or more! The winner must be present, signed
in, and a paid member in good standing. Family memberships do apply. If a family member in good standing is
present (including spouses and children) the winning prize may be claimed, and then the pot will reset to $25 for
the next month.
If the winner member is not present, the prize will be place back in the pot and a new member will be drawn the
next month. The prize will increase monthly by $25, until a winner is present. The pot will rollover until the end of
2015.
This is a contest that all members can take part in, but remember the winner must be
signed in and present when the number is drawn.
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Meet the Members
by Darlene M. Madarish
Featured member: Shaun Howard
GPASI members may know Shaun best for the cherry
shrimp and aquarium plants he brings in for club
auctions. Shaun is also a member (and often a Board
of Directors officer) of the Pittsburgh Area Planted
Aquarium Society, and is a member of the GPASI
Aquatic Horticultural Award Program (AHAP)
Committee helping our club members with checking in
bags of plants for the award program or confirming
their identification.
Shaun has been a member of GPASI for 7-8 years,
but first became interested in keeping aquariums
“...back when bell-bottom pants were popular the first
time, shirts were polyester with wide lapels, and the hot music to listen to on your transistor radio was
disco.”. He credits his father with starting him in the hobby, thanks to two ponds in his family’s back yard
and a 55 gallon tank in their game room. When Shaun moved out on his own, he found he missed having
an aquarium and ended up with a 29 gallon tank in his Navy barracks room. Then when he moved back
to PA in 1991, he immediately got a 55 set up, and it’s still going to this day along with two 8.9 gallon nano
tanks and a 20 gallon.
Shaun has worked as a patternmaker for Matthews Bronze for many years, and recently started as the
maintenance man for Calvary Preschool Center part time in the evenings. He is a resident of Larimer,
PA (North Huntingdon Township).
What types of fish, plants, invertebrates are you currently keeping?
I’m mostly interested in plants and creating a balanced ecosystem, the fish are more a fertilizer source
and moving backdrop for my aquascapes, so my fish selections are rather limited, small barbs, tetras and
common bristlenoses in the 55, and ricefish, endlers and microrasboras in the others, however, each tank
also is a working Neocaridinia (genus of dwarf freshwater - ed. note) colony, 3 of Cherry’s and a small
Carbon Rili group. The plants on the other hand are a bit of a constantly changing mess. I’m currently
working with nine different aquatic mosses, 3 varieties of Bucephelandra, numerous stem plants, and
have been farming Narrow Leaf and Trident java ferns for a couple of years. Beyond the java ferns and
mosses, I seem to change which plants I keep as often as Joe Doyle changes fish species. ;)
What species, family, or group of fish/aquarium inhabitants interests you the most?
The shrimp. I can’t really put a clear cut single reason why, they’re fascinating to watch, getting the colony
to start can be a serious challenge, but once they start, it becomes self sufficient with minimal oversight,
and working with color morphs, genetics, and such is a very condensed time frame compared to most fish
and plants. With working two jobs and raising an active teenage son, the amount of time I can dedicate to
this hobby is limited more than I would like, so the rapid succession of generations is a plus.
What species, family, or group of fish/aquarium inhabitants do you consider as having been
your biggest challenge?
Definitely the mosses! The fact that they are so low maintenance, but some are so slow growing, it can
take well over a year to get some of the species to grow enough to get enough for an AHAP submission.
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What topic related to keeping fish do you wish you knew more about?
The influence of water chemistry and how it affects the life in the tank.
What item would you consider indispensible in keeping/spawning the fish you have?
I’d have to say it would be the Repashy gel foods. Since shrimp are perpetual grazers, and flakes,
pellets and such can foul the waters rather quickly if not completely consumed, the Repashy has
allowed me to simplify feeding the shrimp with minimal fuss over an extended period of time. A few
small pieces scattered throughout the tank once or twice a week is plenty for a colony of almost a
hundred shrimp. The other nice bit about it is they have to actively work on it, therefore they’re not
overeating by passively picking it up, but instead work to gain their meals.
If you could spend an afternoon with anyone in “the fish world” to pick their brain about
fishkeeping, who would you choose and why?
This is where I have to say I’ve been blessed in my pursuit of the hobby! The incredible depth of
people with great knowledge right here within GPASI and PAPAS is a pretty rare thing. I’ve learned
so much from the members here, and the clubs bringing in people from all over the world as speakers
have given me the opportunity to “pick the brains” of so many already. Not to mention I regularly work
with my biggest influences in my chosen little corner of the hobby by serving as an AHAP committee
member and officer of PAPAS. If pressed to name someone else, I’d like to spend another afternoon
with Dino Hicks from just outside Knoxville, TN. The fish house the he built is a sight to behold!
If money, time, space, equipment,
physical ability, etc. were not a factor,
what would you like do related to
keeping fish?
That’s an easy one! A planted tank large
enough to require snorkeling equipment
to do the maintenance on would be just
the ticket.
Do you own any pets besides fish? If
so what are they?
Oh yeah, it’s quite the menagerie at my
house. There are two beagles, a beagledachshund mix, two awesome guinea
pigs (they have more space than the
aquariums, dangit,) and a mouse named
Mortimer.
Besides keeping fish and your day job, how else do you spend your leisure?
I have some pretty widely varied pastimes, I enjoy sport touring on my motorcycle, play a LOT of
Minecraft with my son and my motorcycling friends, and enjoy discovering new music that is outside
the mainstream, progressive rock, jazz, classical, and even a little electronica.
How has being a member of GPASI influenced you as an aquarist?
Oh wow, you don’t have enough space. Thanks to GPASI, I’ve gone from a poorly maintained 55 with
fluorescent gravel, plastic plants and cheesy ceramic ornaments to four well-balanced thriving little
slices of nature. The wealth of speakers GPASI has presented over the years has expanded my
appreciation of a number of topics, from ecology and preservation to giving me the reassurance that
I’m not the only aquarium geek around here.
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Breeders Award Program
Spawns turned in February 27, 2015
Member Name
First
Last
Genus
Species
BAP
BAP
Class
Points
*
Common Name
Charles
Bialon
Phallichthys
Quadripunctatus
1
5
Joe
Doyle
Trichopsis
Vittatus
2
15
croaking gourami
Robert
Fullmer
Cyprinodon
Varigatus
15
10
Sheepshead minnow
William
Montgomery
Melanotaenia
Trifasciata
4
10
Goyder River
Charlie
Mueller
Aphyosemion
Australe
9
10
orange
Charlie
Mueller
Fundulopanchax
Gardneri
9
5
innidere
Charlie
Mueller
Tatia
Intermedia
11
20
Charlie
Mueller
Elassoma
Evergladei
15
10
Regina
Spotti
Archocentrus
Nanoluteus
8
5
dwarf golden blue eyed
cichlid
Regina
Spotti
Laetacara
Araguaiae
8
10
Buckelkopf
* = First time spawn by any BAP participant!
Congratulations to:
William Montgomery for completing the
Minnow and Rainbowfish Class
Note: If you have questions about published information - Email Chuck - bialon@comcast.net
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2014 Fin Fan Contest Voting Form
It’s time to vote for your favorite FINformation newsletter submissions!
There are 4 categories to pick your favorites in. Just follow the directions per section.
Prizes in each category are:
1st place $75
2nd place $50
3rd place GPASI T-shirt
Voting is due by April 17, 2015
Prizes will be awarded at the April monthly meeting.
Aquatic Life Specific Articles
Fish, inverts, aquatic plants, ect. This includes BAP and AHAP articles
Please vote for your top 5 submissions (Mark 1-5, 1 = Best)
Spawning Hypancistrus sp. L333
Persicaria praetermissa
Corydorus weitzmani (Two-saddle catfish)
Peacock Gudgeon
Hatching Rainbowfish Eggs
Pygmy Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia pygmaea
Betta channoides “Snakehead Betta”
Corydorus leopardus
Spawning the “real” Ancistrus sp.
“Honeycomb”
Fundulopanchax avichang GEML 00/16
Nguba II
Rineloricaria hasemani
Geophagus steindacherneri
Spawning the Blue Gourami
Eric Bodrock
Tim Gross
Stan Chechak
Stan Chechak
Gary Lange
Eric Bodrock
Roberto Prati
Stan Chechak
Mar. 2014 – pg. 7-8 _______
Apr. 2014 – pg. 7
Jun. 2014 – pg. 7-8
Jul. 2014 – pg. 5-6
Sept. 2014 – pg. 5
Oct. 2014 – pg. 5-6
Oct. 2014 – pg. 7-8
Nov. 2014 – pg. 5-6
Eric Bodrock
Nov. 2014 – pg. 7-8
Roberto Prati
Roberto Prati
Stan Chechak
Leslie Ernst
Nov. 2014 – pg. 910
Dec. 2014 – pg. 4-6
Dec. 2014 – pg. 7-8
Jan. 2015 – pg. 4
How-To Articles
“Hands on” and DIY
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The Binomial Nomenclature Conundrum
Some Commonly Made Beginner Mistakes
with a
Freshwater Aquarium
Get Ready for Rainbowfish Eggs!
Helpful Hints for the Advanced Hobbyist
Pests?
Amanda
Westerlund
Feb. 2014 - pg. 7
Eric Bodrock
Aug. 2014 – pg 5
Gary Lange
Eric Bodrock
Aug. 2014 – pg. 7
Sept. 2014 – pg. 4
Oct. 2014 – pg. 910
Stan Chechak
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Artwork, Comics, and Novelty
Individual photographs, paintings, comics, and puzzles
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Neolamprologus brevis mtoto
Roberto Prati
February 2014 Cover
Photograph
Amanda
Betta splendens Male Photograph
Feb. 2014 - pg. 11
Westerlund
Enantiopus melanogenys Photograph
Roberto Prati
Feb. 2014 - pg. 14
Amanda
Apistogramma cacatuoides Male
March 2014 - Cover
Westerlund
Betta splendens Dragon Scale
Roberto Prati
Mar. 2014 - pg. 3
Bumblebee Gobies
Joe Doyle
April 2014 – Cover
Laetacara araguaiae “bucklekopf”
John Barnes
May 2014 – Cover
Amanda
Epiplatys dageti Eggs
May 2014 – pg 11
Westerlund
Amanda
Apistogramma cacatuoides Pair
May 2014 – pg 11
Westerlund
June 2014 – Cover,
Collecting Trip with Mike Drawdy
Eric Bodrock
pg. 4
Mustard Gas Dragon Scale Betta
Amanda
July 2014 – Cover
splendens
Westerlund
Loricaria sp. “Rio Atabapo”
Roberto Prati
August 2014 – Cover
September 2014 –
Rainbowfish
Gary Lange
Cover
Archocentrus nanoluteus “Yellow
Eric Bodrock
October 2014 – Cover
Convict Cichlid”
Cyathopharynx foai karilani copper
Roberto Prati
Oct. 2014 – pg. 6
Amanda
November 2014 –
Botia kubotai juvenile
Westerlund
Cover
Amanda
December 2014 –
Corydorus trilineatus
Westerlund
Cover
Amanda
Corydorus pygmeaus
January 2015 – Cover
Westerlund
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Please submit this form either by hand, email, or snail mail to:
Amanda Westerlund
4759 Little St.
Munhall, PA 15120
WesterlundPhotography@gmail.com
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Upcoming GPASI Events
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Wayne Toven – “My Experiences with Pond Plants”
April 24
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April 26
Spring Auction
May 22
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June 26
Monthly Meeting
July 31
Monthly Meeting
August 28
Monthly Meeting
September 25
David Banks – “Aquarium Fish as Postage”
September 13
Fall Auction
October 30
Felicia McCaulley – “Seahorses in the Aquarium”
December 11
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BOD Meetings: March 9
Other Aquarium Club’s Upcoming Events
March 22
Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society Auction
April 12
Erie Aquarium Society Auction
May 1-3
American Livebearer Assoc. Convention
May 9
Medina County Aquarium Society Auction
June 13-14
Greater Akron Aquarium Society Show/Auction
September 20
NEO Fish Club Auction
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