Posted by Sarah on April 28, 2008
We made it back safely from the Tropical Fish Show – I still can’t believe that it snowed so much here.
Jeff is a raffle addict, and he won enough fish stuff to fill a huge bag – and I’m sure he’ll tell you about it later.
I got some purple shells for my bumblebee gobies from the show, and some moss balls from Terrequatics, a fish store in Champlin, MN.
Here’s a picture of one of my Bumblebee Gobies perching on a shell a few hours ago. I still haven’t seen any of them in the shells, but I’m hoping they’ll get in there soon.
I want some Bumbleebee Goby fry!
Jeff got a cave system from Tiffany of Salty’s Digz, a gorgeous piece of driftwood, and some Ultra Color Fish Food from Pretty Bird (the fish part of the website is still under construction).
We also saw some beautiful fish – I was really impressed with the discus!
They are a lot larger than ours are!
I was a little disappointed in the one talk we attended because I didn’t fully understand what it was supposed to be about.
Since the talk was titled “Oddball Fish for Aquaria” I thought that it would provide information about fish that aren’t commonly found in aquariums, but it mainly focused on breeding fish that are commonly found in aquariums, but aren’t commonly bred. I think we have or have had most of the oddball fish that were mentioned that aren’t commonly found in aquariums, like the Australian Desert Gobies, Bumblebee Gobies, and Dwarf Puffers, although he called them pea puffers.
Since there were weather problems (the roads that normally take to get from Moorhead to Minneapolis were closed Friday, and Saturday, but we managed to get through ok while they were open, we decided to leave early, so we missed the Plants in the Aquaria talk, which I was looking forward too.
If you made it to the show this year, I’d love to hear what you thought about it, so leave a comment and tell me.
Here’s a picture of Jeff’s driftwood in the Discus tank.
The Discus really seem to like it, and are trying to figure out who gets to live behind it.
Posted by Sarah on April 25, 2008
We’re headed up to the Minnesota Aquarium Society Tropical Fish Show this weekend.
I’m excited!
The show is free, but it costs two dollars to get into the swap early – which I’m planning to do because someone is bringing in some crowntail and plakat bettas.
I’m going to try not to buy any though, but I’d like to see some nice ones!
Jeff is planning on buying a cave system for 8-Ball, our Figure 8 puffer, and the bumblebee gobies.
We’re also looking for a spawning cone for the discus, and some moss balls for the fry tank.
How exciting!
Northernlightsaquatics.com (Hey, that’s us!)is also sponsoring the Marine and Brackish class at the show, so we’ll be listed in the program, and on the awards.
I hope someone actually enters that class!
We aren’t taking any fish to enter in the show – it’s just too much of a drive.
Hope to see you there.
Posted by Sarah on February 5, 2008
The Minnesota Aquarium Society show is coming up.
We’ll probably go this year, because we went last year and we had a lot of fun.
In fact, we ended up winning a raffle for some marine stuff, and we ended up buying a salt water aquarium the next week.
Of course Jeff had been wanting one for a while, so he was happy.
We also ended up getting some “pita” breeding caves at the show, and 3 days after we moved them into the tank with our bristlenose plecos we had bristlenose pleco eggs.
The Minnesota Aquarium Society Show is also a great place to go if you like to look at fish.
There were tons of fish that I’d never seen before there last year, and there was a pair of albino clawed frogs laying eggs all over their tank.
That’s something I’ll probably never see again.
Here’s the information about the show, I’d love to know if you’re going, or what you thought about it if you’ve been before!
The 2008 Minnesota Aquarium Society Show will be held on April 26-27, 2008. The show will feature more than 200 entries in categories from various fish to aquatic plants, to aquatic photography and art. Informative talks will be held in conjunction with the show, including presentations from Mike Hellweg, a frequent contributor to various aquatic magazines and to the hobby in general, and Joe Olenik of famed Joe’s Fish Room at Hoffer’s Tropic Life Pets in Milwaukee, WI. Demonstrations on how to set up an aquarium, a coloring contest, and raffles will be held throughout the weekend. A swap meet featuring aquatic hobby supplies and livestock will also be held on April 26th from 10 am-1 pm. Admission to the show room is free, and is open to the public on April 26th from Noon-5 pm and on April 27th from 10 am-3 pm. A social hour and banquet will be held April 26th starting at 6 pm. Tickets to the banquet will be available for sale after January 1, 2008, and can be purchased by contacting the show chair.
The 2008 Minnesota Aquarium Society Show will be held at:
North Air Banquets
6831 Highway 65 NE
Fridley, MN 55432
Entries for the show must be set up on Friday, April 25th. For more information about the show, or to obtain an entry form, please visit the Minnesota Aquarium Society home page at www.mn-aquarium.org, or contact the show chair, Bob Randall, at bobrfish@yahoo.com.
