** Virginia Chapter - October 2 Meeting! **

First topic message reminder :

The next meeting of the Central Virginia Chapter will be on

Sunday, October 2 at 2:00 PM

Place:
The home of member
TankGirl.

Here she is!

This will be our
FALL Kick-Off Meeting!

Burgers! * Hot Dogs! * Side Dishes!
Enjoy a burger from the grill and relax around the
*** OUTDOOR CHIMNEY *** on the deck, where a cozy fire will be lit just in case we have cool weather.

*** SWAP! ***
Got something you don't need anymore?
Got too many fry?
Then bring it to the Swap!
[Details on page 4 of this thread.]

Meet up with other area hobbyists and renew acquaintance with old friends.
Talk fish all afternoon! It's a great time. Start planning now and SAVE THE DAY!

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HOW TO GET THERE:

For details and directions to TankGirl's house,
please pm TankGirl or Ben.

Note: the address will NOT be posted here; please pm TankGirl or Ben to get it.
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Hope you can make it!
Central Virginia Chapter

DON'T MISS IT!

PHISH HEAD wrote:

Myself and my girlfriend would like to Thank TankGirl for hosting the meeting at her home we felt right at home the food was great and the atmosphere was relaxing.TankGirls tank setups were amazing very very nice. I'd like to thank Jd for all the awesome fish we got from the auction my girlfriend and I have been researching all we can about the "Honduran Red Points"these fish are truly amazing I have never heard of them and am excited to keep them.All the fish we brought home have all aclimated well into our quarintine.And will soon be introduced into our other setups.Thanks to all who showed up it was nice seeing everyone and chating we appreciate and enjoy being able to be apart of VA Chapter and USAFishbox.

Your very welcome.

TankGirl's tanks are amazing! I remember when she had the 150 set up as an "Amazon" tank. There was a beautiful group of rare wild-caught Leopoldi angelfish, and schools of sterbai Corydoras and cardinal tetras. What a sight! She even had one of the most unusual catfish I've ever seen in person, a giant whiptail catfish, Planiloricaria cryptodon.


Here it is with its very cool spoon-shaped head in the sand. I loved this fish!

I wish I would have been able to see it. I don't see to many Amazon set ups around here.

This was how it used to look before I turned it into a barren wasteland, lol!

I still hope for the day when the large frontosa are cruising around, but I fear I still have a bit of a wait....

P.S. Please forgive the fact that most of the plants in this setup are NOT Amazon at all, and Heiko scolded me for keeping those leopoldi angels in a tank like this, with high light and non-Amazon plants. They came from waters with not too much vegetation, but with floating plants, vertical reeds and sticks, sand, and definitely very dim lighting. He was a fan of the sand, though that's about all he liked...

I was going for an attractive setup rather than a true biotope.

It was beautiful! Those fronts will be there before you know it. Patience is a virtue. So what happen to the live stock?

Well just 1 week since the meeting and I already have a ton of eggs from 2 of the platinum angels I got from Jd.

Flippercon wrote:

It was beautiful! Those fronts will be there before you know it. Patience is a virtue. So what happen to the live stock?

I moved the angels upstairs and in a freak accident with the 37 I lost all but 2 angels, then not too long ago I lost another, so I'm left with only one now, and he's in the 40 breeder, but when people come over he hides behind the plants. Deborah can tell you that even when she would come over when they were in the 150 they'd all turn their bodies towards the back of the aquarium as if to hide their eyes from the stranger, lol. They have always been very skittish.

I sold the C. sterbai and gave away the cardinals and other tetras to my sister, and sold what I could not keep.

Ben wrote:

Well just 1 week since the meeting and I already have a ton of eggs from 2 of the platinum angels I got from Jd.

I thought they were at an age where they could spawn! Way to go, Ben. Those are some gorgeous angels.

I want to get some of his rams but it is hard to coordinate getting together to get them.

I don't expect anything from this batch because I will be turning the lights off in the tank at nights since it is located in the bedroom. I will move them to a tank in the garage where I can keep it lighted for them so they won't get spooked. Nice to see their is a pair between the 3 angels though.

TankGirl wrote:

Ben wrote:

Well just 1 week since the meeting and I already have a ton of eggs from 2 of the platinum angels I got from Jd.

I thought they were at an age where they could spawn! Way to go, Ben. Those are some gorgeous angels.

I want to get some of his rams but it is hard to coordinate getting together to get them.

I will get in contact with him and let him know when I see him.

Ben wrote:

Well just 1 week since the meeting and I already have a ton of eggs from 2 of the platinum angels I got from Jd.

Darn i timed it a little off I thought 1 pair had formed but wasn't sure well its all good I will steal some babies from you lol I like the babies more than the big ones haha. And for not thinking they would spawn shame on you , I breed horny fish apparently lol the rams I gave striking spawned less than a week into there new home hahah.

Tankgirl , I will try to get you these fish since I'm 100% looking to empty the tank they are in : )