Friday, May 15th

Hello All!

Another great meeting with many new members! I think that if all the members ever show up at once, there would be standing room only. You guys are a very happy group, and the laughs and jokes do not stop all night. I feel our meetings are a tremendous stress relief for all. Everybody is always smiling and having fun. Even though there are all the jokes we are still serious about our fish and learn a lot from each other. I want to thank the members that helped with getting the meeting set up and taking it down.

My presentation about what to do with your fish on vacation went well and it created lots of input and questions that I like to see. The basic medication part also did the same thing, and I received many more questions from emails days after the meeting. Our next meeting presentation is being worked on by both Henry from O’Henrys Tanks Alot and I, but mostly Henry. I will announce the topic in next week’s email and on Facebook. It will be our last presentation before our Hero party in June and summer break.

At our meeting Ken took third in the fish show. Ed took second and Kosta and Mary took first. C’s Aquarium donated a bottle of their signature wine that we auctioned off. There were also some vintage Penn Plax Plants that Gerry and Mike looked at that brought back memories of the plastic plant era. And, I must thank Ed, our auctioneer and all his runners for the help and fun at the meeting!

Hope to see everyone at the next meeting. I think the presentation will be very informative about live plants. Plants seem to be on the upswing with hobbyists setting up more natural freshwater aquariums.

Tom Keegan

President LIAS

Hello All!

Another great meeting.  I hope everyone enjoyed my presentation about my Florida trip and Imperial Tropicals.  It just so happened one of our members is a photographer and took some great pictures at the meeting.  I must thank everyone that helped out.  Pretty much my whole regular crew could not show, and I did not know how I was going to do it all, but the new crew did amazingly well.

As you can see from the pictures it was almost a full meeting.  I think if all the members show up at one time it will be standing room only.  Mary and Kosta took first in the fish show with a pipefish and Ed took second with an Emperor Tetra.  I have to tank Henry from O’Henrys Tanks a lot for his generous and excellent quality plant donations for the auction.  You must visit his website.  Also, Aqua Hut with his fish donations every meeting.  I also have to say thanks to all our younger generation fish keepers for their help at every meeting.  There are some pictures of our new members and younger members, even one enjoying his Krispy Kreme donut.   We are probably one of the only clubs with three generations of fish keepers attending and having fun.

My visit to Imperial Tropicals was so impressive I had to do a presentation about it.  Mike Drawdy, the owner who gave me a personal tour is not only a great businessman but an excellent fish keeper and breeder.  He really takes every aspect of the farm and fish to heart.  He runs a really tight ship being the third generation in the business at the facility and truly cares about the fish.   I hope to be able to put together a group order soon.

I will send another letter before the next meeting for a reminder.  I’m not sure what the presentation will be about but will work on it.  Any Ideas, or if you have a presentation you would like to do, please contact me. Check out all the great pictures from the meeting!

Tom Keegan

President LIAS

Hello All!

      Sorry for the delay with the letter and for not making it to the last meeting. I had the flu really bad, then had to deal with the snowstorm and super cold weather. The koi ponds and the cold weather have also been quite a chore. Hope our members with ponds are doing OK. If you have any questions about your ponds, please call or email me.

      I must thank Nick and Carla and many others for stepping up to the plate to make the meeting come off without a hitch. I think the meeting went better than when I was there! It looked like everyone had a great time in the pictures. Henry from O’Henrys Tank a Lot gave another great presentation with his talk about filtration. Ed received a plaque for Supreme Auctioneer. He not only does the auction for our club but also the fish auctions in most of the clubs in the tri-state area. Carla won Fish Show winner for the whole year! She also won the same night, working on points for next year. She took first and second place with a dwarf cichlid and a placket betta. Maxx took third place with his lyretail molly. What a great award night!

     I am working on the next meeting right now. I’m not sure what it will be about but will send out another mail before the meeting.

LIAS President,
Tom Keegan