Minnesota Aquarium Society Show April 26-27, 2008

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.