President Message
Here it is March already! Last month we had Tom Mason talk on Costa Rica, who did a fantastic job. This month we have Barry McGee from the Durham Club, some of you may be familiar with him, he tagged along with Tom Mason at our meeting last month. Myself, Dudley and Ken attended the supper in Durham, it was very informative and we really enjoyed ourselves. The Jar Show is going very well however we need more fish entered. There are a lot of things going on in the near future with shows and auctions at the clubs in Hamilton, London, Durham and Kitchener. Hopefully we have some members attend them. If anyone would like to visit any of the fish stores in Toronto and surrounding area send me an e-mail and we can see what we can come up with. The tank at the child care centre is nearly finished but we also need a few more fish, if you have some to spare and would like to help out the kids you can call me at 905-227-5008 or email me at tom.hillier@hotmail.com. And finally with the Easter season fast approaching we have a couple more meetings to collect food for the local food bank. Let’s make a special effort this season to help out those less fortunate then ourselves in our community with a can or two of non-perishable foods to be collected at our monthly meetings.
President Tom Hillier
Hot news item
We have purchased a new plant reference book: Aquarium Plants by Christel Kasselmann, Link to book info. This book is recently translated from German and is largely regarded as the best book available for plant identification and also includes specific culture information. It will be available in the library anytime now.
Who we are and what we do.
Hello and welcome to the St. Catharines and Area Aquarium Society. We are are a club. We get together and talk about Aquariums and what ever else long time friends will talk about as we are also a group of friends. We are an open minded and easy going group who look forward to meeting and talking about aquariums with anyone who comes to the meetings.
This site provides information to our members and to the curious public about our great aquarium club. We strive to provide information to members and the general public about events and history related to our club and the Aquarium hobby in general. We have a lot to offer anyone interested in aquariums. At our monthly meetings, we have guest speakers, mini-auctions (where you can buy or sell aquarium related items such as tanks, fishes and plants), jar shows, raffles, refreshments and a great opportunity to ask aquarium questions.
Memberships are inexpensive and include a monthly newsletter "The SCAT", with articles by hobbyists, and information about upcoming events in our club and other clubs in Canada and the U.S.
If you have questions please e-mail or call us from our contact page. (link)
Thanks and have a great day!
OUR MISSION STATEMENT: The Society, established in 1958, is a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the task of promoting interest in the breeding, raising, maintenance and study of tropical fish, both at the beginner and advanced levels.
WHERE TO FIND US
Meetings of the St. Catharines & Area Aquarium Society (S.C.A.A.S.) are held on the first Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m., at the Seafarers' Union and the Teamsters' Union on 70 St. Davids Rd East (see map on Monthly Meetings page) Thorold, Ont., L2V 4V4 On holidays, meetings are held on the second Monday. There are no meetings during the months of July and August.
Membership form available here
The St. Catharines & Area Aquarium Society is a charter member of the Canadian Association of Aquarium Clubs Inc. (C.A.O.A.C.) www.caoac.ca and a member of the Federation of American Aquarium Societies www.faas.info
Below we see a nice picture of Anebleps which were spawned and raised by members Tom and Pat Bridges
(Picture of Anableps anableps by Tom and Pat Bridges)
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Show 2011 Brief ReportSet up went amzing this year. We had lot's of help. We also had, courtesy of some excellent members, some home baked treats and meat balls on a bun for everyone to keep thier energy up. From food to the kids doing the running everyone did a great job.
Turn out was great with approximately 150 attendees with 400 auctioned items and 158 show entries. Auction started just after 10:00am and was complete and awards given out by 3pm much like last year.
Show classes were almost all sponsered thanks to a great effort by our own members as sellers and as sponsers. The early tally looks like we will put a bit extra in the bank versus last year.
Lot's of fun was had including trying to fix the microphone which it turned out needed a new battery. there were amazing fish and animals in the show with a lot of fairly uncommon and interesting fish.
Thanks for a great day
Ken