President's Message
December was a great month for the club we had new members join which shows the hobby is doing well. I would like to thank everyone who brought food to the Christmas party which was a great success. Everyone who attended won a prize. I would also like to thank everyone who brought a food item for the food bank, The tropical Fish room for their $25.00 gift certificate which we sold tickets on for the food bank and Bruce for his $25.00 food card which was greatly appreciated.
The auction was also very good. Our meeting was very well attended by our members and I hope they had a good time. Santa took time out of his busy schedule to join our meeting to meet with the young and the young at heart.
Oh by the way the jar show was great keep up the good work.
2011 was a great year for the club I would like to thank all the members who volunteered for our show and auction which was a great success, and the members who are there all the time for the club you know who you are and to executive for they do a lot of work behind the scene. Thank you very much. Our members are our greatest asset and thank you all.
Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. See everyone in the New Year 2012.
Tom, President
Let's have another great year. Happy New Year!
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