Yes, our holiday party is this Friday the 20^th! Hard to believe that the new year is upon us in just a couple of weeks. We are going to have heroes, salads, and all the fixings as usual. There will be a dollar-a-bag fish auction where one dollar goes to the club and the rest of the money you get to keep. Bring fish, lots of fish! Make room in your tanks or set up another to make sure you’ll have space for all the great fish that will go in this auction. Many times, I have set up a five-gallon pail or two before an auction to put fish that I won into when I get home. The next couple days I will try to figure where I am going to put them which is most times difficult LOL.

There will be no fish show, but the winner of this year’s show will be announced. I thank all those who participated and the clock will be resent for the next meeting in January, so be ready and line up some fish for the year. As they say, you have to be in it to win it, plus it’s nice to see show fish during the meetings.

In my craziness and trying to do new things the raffle will be totally different this time. I ran my idea past Nick, and he agreed that we should give it a try. I will announce how it will run at the party. I think it will be fun, and you will be able to even win something for someone else and gift it to them.

If possible, try to arrive early so we can talk and have more time to put fish in the auction and set up. I will be there at 6:30 for those that want to help or talk. I would like to start around 7:30 instead of 8. If you cannot make it by then no problem. I know it’s a busy time of year, but this will be some relaxation before the last-minute shopping weekend.  Sometimes it seems like there is not enough club time to mingle and talk and besides this is the holiday meeting!!

Here’s a Google link to the location:
https://goo.gl/maps/R1mvrKVPFGJeYzDj7

Hello All,

We had another fun meeting! There were a lot of moving parts and Nick, our treasurer, had his hands full between Polo shirts, Fish Food, Raffles and of course the fish auction. Elections were held which went very fast considering nobody else ran except the incumbents. We also had more new members join, and they were impressed with the club and all the things we do! The presentation by Tony Siano about his raising of guppies and angels in his fish room was informative. It was nice to see his fish room where he breeds and takes care of his fish.

The Ken’s fish food we are offering for sale was a big hit! Bigger than Nick and I anticipated. For the next meeting we will expand the line to include some other items. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to call or email me. If I do not get back to you in two or three days do not hesitate to reach out again. Many of your emails go into my junk folder the first-time emailing. Also remember that our polo shirts are in and for sale. I would like to see people wear them to the meeting and outside the meeting too. You would be surprised how many people are into fish but do not know about us.

The winners of the fish show were Ray taking second and third with his guppies. He raises some amazing guppies and has been doing it for years. Carla took first with a spectacular Praecox Rainbow. One of the most colorful of all the rainbowfishes. I am working on getting bowls for the fish show. I understand that they are in short supply and quite expensive. I have a lead on getting them much cheaper but need some input as to how many people want one or two and what size. Call or email me before the next meeting.

Our next meeting is our Annual Holiday Meeting. We are going to try something different with our big item raffle. Also, it is our dollar a fish bag auction where you get to keep all the proceeds from the fish auction except one dollar that goes to the club. Please bring fish. Save the date December 20^th! See you there!!

To see photos from the Nov. Meeting, click here. Our next meeting is Friday, Nov. 15. See you then.

Tomfish4@hotmail.com

Tom Keegan
President

Link to the Fish Show Rules

Here’s a Google link to the location:
https://goo.gl/maps/R1mvrKVPFGJeYzDj7

We are going to have a very busy meeting with elections, club shirts, and flake food. There will also be a small presentation that I’m keeping as a surprise starring one of our club members. Also, our usual, door prize, fish show, raffle, fish auction and of course refreshments. Please bring fish for the show and auction.

For our election, if everyone runs unopposed, then there will be no need to have ballots and voting. There are some open spots that I would like to fill and will explain during the meeting, if someone wants to step up for those spots just give me a shout. Nefes and I have been actively campaigning and I welcome any opposition lol.

We ordered three different types of Ken’s premium flake food that we will be selling at a lower price than you can buy it from Ken’s because we ordered it in bulk. There will also be pleco tabs available.

Link to the Fish Show Rules

Here’s a Google link to the location:
https://goo.gl/maps/R1mvrKVPFGJeYzDj7

Hello All!

Our last meeting went well, as usual. I was very happy with the fish show.  We had many entries.  The raffle and the fish auction were also amazing.  Sorry I didn’t have the T-shirts on time, but I will have them for the next meeting.  They came out nice and I think you’ll like them. They will be $25 each and I have enough of all the sizes

This next meeting we will also hold elections for all the positions.  If you would like to run for a position or nominate somebody for a position, we will do that before the voting.  The voting will be done by paper ballot.  If everybody is running unopposed, then we don’t need an election.  I will be nominating people for certain positions. Hopefully they will accept.

The club has ordered flake food to sell at the meeting, so you do not have to pay shipping.  There will be tropical flakes, angel flakes and guppy flakes.  We will also have pleco tabs for sale.  The angel flake is really a cichlid flake, and the guppy flake can be used for all live bearers.  The pleco tabs are also excellent for baby fish to pick on all day

At our last meeting we had a tremendous fish show with over 12 entries.  The winners were as follows: Evelyn with 1st and 2nd with her show bettas, and Buzz taking 3^rd with one of his amazing killifish.

Jeff gave an excellent presentation on selling on Aquabid and packing and shipping fish.  It was an interesting and informative presentation, and I think most people learned a lot from it.  Jeff also brought in jujubes from his garden.  It’s an interesting fruit and the whole bowl was gone before the end of the meeting.

To see photos from the Oct. Meeting, click here. Our next meeting is Friday, Nov. 15. See you then.

Tomfish4@hotmail.com

Tom Keegan
President

Link to the Fish Show Rules

Here’s a Google link to the location:
https://goo.gl/maps/R1mvrKVPFGJeYzDj7