** Virginia Chapter - May 22 Meeting! **

First topic message reminder :

The next meeting of the Virginia Chapter will be on

Sunday, May 22 at 2:00 PM

Place:
Cichlid Solutions
6405 Dickens Place, Suite D
Richmond Va.
23230

Come out and meet your fellow hobbyists in Virginia!
Hear what your fellow hobbyists are doing in the hobby today!

*NEW* at this meeting - A short presentation by a club member.
Come out and hear the owner of Cichlid Solutions,
Mark Snead, give a talk on Aquarium Maintenance!
As Cichlid Lover, Mark is also a USAfishbox sponsor!

Take a tour of Mark's shop. socialize with your friends - old and new! - eat some snacks, and then get ready for our popular ...

Mini-Auction!
Many of our members have gently-used or NEW items to donate!
Check it out:

DRY GOODS!

• Marineland Eclipse 6 system set-up,
  5 Gallon reptile tank,
  6.5 foot siphon with large diameter uptake tube,
  Real river rocks,
  pleco breeding boxes/caves,
  homemade caves for cichlids or any fish,
  T-shirts!

... and more!

From Central Aquatics ... *new*

• 25" aquarium scraper kits
  Cord organizer kits

... and more!

From CaribSea ...

• South Seas Base Rock
  African Cichlid Mix substrate - 5.0mm-10.0mm grain size
  African Cichlid Mix substrate - Sahara Sand fine grain
  Coco-Soft Reptile Bedding

...and more!

Purple-Up! - 4 oz. bottles!
Blue Iguana Cal-Stron 10u powder - 6 oz. JARS!
2,000 (seems like it) cans of fish food from TETRA!

LIVE FISH!
3" to 5" mbuna
2" Albino Malawi eye-biter! Dimidiochromis compressiceps *new*
red zebra cichlids - Pseudotropheus or Metriaclima estherae - juveniles and fry!
Possibly some sunset platy fry - Xiphophorus maculatus - Pretty!
...

LIVE SNAILS!
Yes, Snails! Very useful in the aquarium and make interesting pets, too.
- Pomacea bridgesii (effusa) - baby GOLD Mystery snails! *new*
- Melanoides tuberculata - Malaysian trumpet snails (MTS) - the famous substrate-turning snail, keeps the sand or gravel aerated!
...

PLANTS!

• Salvinia minima - free-floating water fern!
  Taxiphyllum barbieri AKA Java moss, a useful favorite! Great for fry.

Live fish and plants!
Donations of fish and plants will be listed here as the list is finalized!
Keep checking back for new items.

Vendor donations!
More items from API, SeaChem, CaribSea, and TETRA have arrived!
Check the list for updates.

75/25 split!
Proceeds from the auction will be split a fair 75/25, with 75% of the sale going to the seller!

Donations Welcome!
Donations of aquarium related items are welcome!
Post your donated item on this thread
or pm parkmond 131 or me.

Don't miss it! It's a great time!
You'll meet some new folks, share your ideas, learn something new, and maybe leave with a great bargain!

Hope you can make it!
Virginia Chapter

DON'T MISS IT!

The 8th would actually be the second sunday!!

jb1edlover wrote:

The 8th would actually be the second sunday!!

So you can easily see how this confusion gets started.... ;-p

My momma is 500 miles away and she voted: "move it"!... She's a dear... Bill

Ok, how about may 1st or 15th? Any votes?

I vote: either works for me!.. although that'll muck up my plans for the driftwood!.. Bill

I figured it should be 1 or the other... just seeing what people think...

Looks like 5/22 might be more likely. Thoughts?

1, 15, 22 all work for me.. So I vote "present".. awww.. I shouldn't have said that... oops.. Bill

The 22th works for me OK.

May 22 it is!
The topic is updated.
Save the date!

Virginia Chapter

The 22nd sounds good to me.

22 of May sounds good to me!.. Although it is a long time between "fixes" of hooking up with the crew in real life!.. Bill

williemcd wrote:

22 of May sounds good to me!.. Although it is a long time between "fixes" of hooking up with the crew in real life!.. Bill

Well, we can always have another board meeting, if that will do it for you!

So it's been rescheduled on account of Mothers' Day, then?

Ryan.. .that's what it looks like!... Deborah!... I was thinking of our northern and southern contingent!.. Another board meeting?.. Heck, I'm sick of seeing me!

williemcd wrote:

Heck, I'm sick of seeing me!

Amen to that

Hope to see all of you again, and new friends too. Last meeting was fun, and I'm looking forward to continued growth of the club

Looking forward to seeing you as well again at the meeting. Can't wait to meet the new people and figure out a way to interest some more. See you at the meeting Ron if I don't run into you at Mark's first lol.

Hi, Ron! Nice to hear from you and we look forward to seeing you again in May! (If not sooner!)

We're hoping to attract lots of area hobbyists - central, coastal, or wherever! A great meeting is planned and our format is geared to the interests of the hobbyists who attend!

Also, there will be a "suggestion box'" in the reception area but any ideas for improvement or innovation are welcome at any time and can be communicated in many ways. Just speak up during the Q & A session, or take someone aside, it's all good!

The club is for the members! So, whatever the members want to do we'll talk about it, vote on it, and put it into place if we can.

Right now we're about meeting, talking, eating, hanging out, doing auctions or TRADES & SWAPS, and just generally getting to know each other.

Hey all,

You can add some pleco breeding box/caves, and some homemade cichlid/fish caves to the auction list. I also have some 3" to around 5" mbunas if anyone is interested. More to come!!!

JB

Nice JB!

Hey all,

Could y'all do me a big favor and let me know what kind of fish you keep. I have to decide what kind, and how many of each item to put in the auction, it will help me to get items in the auction that everyone has an interest in or need for, and make the auction more enjoyable for all.

Thanx in advance,

JB

JB if you want to bring some Mbuna's i'll most likely take them haha. Always looking to expand the Mbuna tank!

Nice, JB! Thanks!

Thread is updated.

I'm hoping I'll be able to make it! It was so much fun last time.