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VOL. 53 ISSUE 10October, 2014
October 26. Tropical Fish Club of Burlington, VT. In addition to their regular auction, the estate of long-time AKA Member John Wubbolt will be auctioning his aquarium-related collection. There will be a large col-lection of books, of all types of fish, tank covers and hoods, at least one linear pump and a large assortment of bags with filters and other assorted fish tank items. 75% of the auction proceeds for his items will go to the John Wub-bolt fund, while the rest of the auction is a 60/40. All monies received will go directly to John’s family.The auction starts at Noon at the VFW Hall, 73 Pearl St Essex Junction, VT. www.tfcb.org
Upcoming Events
November 1 – 2 . Wisconsin Area Killifish Organization. 46th Anniversary, 34th Annual, Egg laying Toothcarp Jamboree. RAMADA Hotel-Airport 6331 South 13 St., Milwaukee, WI (414)-764-1500.Featured Speaker: Tyrone Genade Ph.D.AKA Sanctioned Show, Killifish Auction and more.www.aka.org/wako
October 24 – 26. The Federation of Texas Aquarium Societies 2014 Convention. Includes an 8 class AKA Sanctioned Killifish Show, which qualifies for KEY and KHY points. Mail-ins welcomed. No entry fee, all mail-ins auctioned. Mail-in deadline: Thursday October 23, 2014. Contact Art Leuterman : [email protected].
October 17 – 19. The Portuguese Killifish Association invites all interested parties to attend its 14th International Convention at Nersant, Torres Novas. For general questions please contact: [email protected]
November 22, 2014. Killi Club Argentino. Convención Argentina de Killis. Museo Argentino de Cien-cias Naturales. www.killiclub.org.
New PublicationsAustrolebias araucarianus, a new seasonal killifish from the Iguaçu river drainage, southern Brazilian Araucarian Pla-teau Forest (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) Wilson J. E. M. Costa, Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 97-101, 2 figs., 1 tab., September 2014.
Nothobranchius chochamandai, a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) Béla Nagy. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 167-183, 11 figs., 3 tabs., September 2014.
Six new species of seasonal killifishes of the genus Cynolebias from the São Francisco river basin, Brazilian Caatinga, with notes on C. porosus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) Wilson J. E. M. Costa. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 79-96, 7 figs., 3 tabs., August 2014.
November 1 – 2. San Diego Tropical Fish Society Annual Show. Includes the AKA Sanctioned Show (qualifies for KEY and KHY points) of the San Diego Killifish Group. Visit http://sandiegotropicalfish.com/ for more information. Contact Ron Harlan: [email protected] For mail-in instructions.
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Chairman’s Message
The BOT discussion topic for the month -D-2014-20: AKA Web Site – generated a great deal of discussion as expected. Specifics included:
Acknowledgement of the ‘magnitude of effort’ provided by the previous web gurus;
Recognition that the AKA needs to move forward in this arena of com-munication to broadcast its message/potential appeal to current and future members by getting outside opinions/help from external website experts.
Additionally, the other topic of conversation was generated by the inad-vertent and “unnoticed until ballots were released’ mistake on the bal-lot itself. The conversations were as expected – how to correct, how to properly acknowledge and how to move forward with the least amount of discomfort for the members of the AKA that do take the time to vote.
Board of TrusTees Business updaTe
arT LeuTerman – aKa secreTary
Hello Everyone,
I would like to thank everyone who voted in the elections for the new Board of Trustees members and for the changes in the AKA Bylaws. I don’t have the results yet, or even know how many of you voted, but I should be able to announce the results in next month’s BNL.
I would also like to thank Tom Grady. Tom has retired as web-master so he can focus on his writing and on building his pub-lishing company, which helps other independent authors complete and publish their books. Tom has done too much for the AKA to list here, but since I have known him he has been an import part of UNYKA and one of the driving forces behind the Northeast Weekend, brought the BNL from paper to the internet, hosted or co-hosted numerous AKA national conventions, and served as webmaster. I met Tom at the first Northeast Weekend Killifish (NEW) Convention in 2004. Although I have been keeping fish since I was a kid, I had only “discovered” killies a couple of years earlier and had only joined the AKA in 2003. Tom was one of the the first killienuts I met in person, and warmly welcomed me to the Northeast Weekend. I had arrived early and by myself, and ended up going out to dinner with Tom, Ron Schulz and probably Jim Randall. I met a lot of great people that weekend, many of whom have become close friends.
On the front page you will see that there are a number of killie-related events this month. If you are in Texas, the Federation of Texas Aquarium Societies is having their annual conventeion. While it is an all species convention, it has an AKA Sanctioned Killifish Show and gladly accepts mail-ins, which qualify for KEY and KHY points. The Wisconsin Area Killifish Organization (WAKO) has a Killifish Convention com-ing up and is also sanctioned by the AKA. There are also events in Argentina and Portugal. If you have never been to a fish convention any of these are within travel range, I strongly recommend attending. That first NEW convention was one of the first conventions I attended and it was a life-changing event. Since then I have at-tended as many conventions as I have been able, made many friends and improved my fishkeeping exponentially. I have also had the change to see and own more fish than I ever though possible.
Best wishes,Rich Pierce
2014 A.K.A. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHAIRMANRichard Pierce (2014-2016) 171 Broad St. North Attleboro, MA 12060 508-643-4603 [email protected]
SECRETARYArt Leuterman (2014-2016) 742 Bison Dr Houston, TX 77079-4401 281-493-0363 [email protected]
Matt Kaufman (2012-2014) PO Box 6586 FDR Station New York , NY 10150 425-698-5452 [email protected]
Charles Harrison (2012-2014) 319 Martigney Drive St. Louis, MO, 63129 314-894-9761 [email protected]
Brian Watters (2012-2014) 6141 Parkwood Drive, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9T 6A2 Canada 1-250-760-0564 [email protected]
Ron Harlan (2013-2015) 1735 Premier St. Fallbrook, CA 92028 (818) 298-6740 [email protected]
Russ McCabe (2013-2015) 14027 Silver Valley Rd Maple Ridge, BC V4R 2R3 Canada (604) 463-5570 [email protected]
Chris Weatherford (2013-2015) 408 Mt. Moriah Rd. Bonnerdale, AR, 71933 (501) 520-1093 [email protected]
David Hemmerlein (2014-2016) 5028 Old Colony Road Portage, MI, 49024 269-350-5674 [email protected]
BOT ADVISOR Charles Nunziata
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Membership Committee Chairman: Jim Randall
[email protected] – 518-729-5360
AKA COMMITTEE REPORTS
New & Reinstated Members
Membership Renewals for October 2014
AKA CommitteesAffiliate Clubs: Mike Jacobs [email protected]: Lowell Patrick [email protected]: Joe Ferdenzi [email protected] Award: Bill Shenefelt [email protected]: Charlie Nunziata [email protected] Assistance: Jack Heller [email protected] Maier Fund: Charles Nunziata [email protected] Committee: Tom Grady [email protected] Editor: Robert Goldstein [email protected]: Art Leuterman [email protected] Chairman: Keith Cook [email protected] Chairman: Kent Russell [email protected]: Jim Randall [email protected]: Ken Lazara [email protected] Nominations: ad hocPublications: Dick Martino [email protected] Committee.: Currently OpenWild Collections: David Mikkelson [email protected]
The Business Newsletter is the official monthly publica-tion of the American Killifish Association, Inc. All contents are property of the AKA and cannot be reproduced without written permission of the BNL Compiler. Redistribution of the BNL or any information contained within without ex-pressed permission is strictly prohibited. Send F&E listings to the Fish & Egg Listing Chairperson by the 25th of the month, KEY show announcements to the KEY Chairperson by the 25th of the month. Send letters or busi-ness announcements for publication to the BNL Compiler by midnight the last day of the month prior to publication. The Members Letters Section is an opportunity to voice concerns, propose agendas, solicit participation or question authority in a democratic forum. Letters for this section should be marked as “AKA BNL Letter” and sent to the BNL Compiler. Please note that unconfirmed letters cannot be considered, but names will be withheld upon request. Let-ters may be edited due to space considerations. Access the AKA on-line: http://aka.org . Many of the AKA’s goods and services can now be ordered on-line from the website at www.aka.org .
Send all BNL submisions to: Richard Pierce
The following memberships are due for renewal in the month of Septem-ber. If you have recently renewed your membership,you can ignore this remind-er. Members that have a current (active) subscription with Pay Pal should check to make sure it was paid. Also it is for the correct amount. The fees for US mem-berships are: $29. (US funds). All of the membership fees are listed on the AKA web site.
You can renew your membership on line at the AKA web site or you can send me a check made out to the AKA to this address: Jim Randall (AKA membership), 823 Park Avenue, Albany, NY. 12208. If you are mailing your dues and have inter-net access please send me a note that you are doing so at: [email protected] . If you have an exchange membership that is on this list contact the person you are do-ing the exchange with and let them know it is due and whether you will be paying for it. If you are paying for an exchange please let us know exactly who the pay-ment is for. The same applies to a “gift” membership .We need to know exactly who the payment is for. If you have any questions, please contact me.
PLEASE NOTE ALL PAYMENTS NEED TO BE IN US FUNDS!
If you are not going to renew your membership please inform me. It will save you getting remind-ers emailed to you. Also if you have a pay pal subscription canceling it will not tell me if you are not re-newing.
Please inform the membership committee in any changes in your mailing address or your email ad-dress.
Please check your mailing infor-mation on the new web site for ac-
curacy. It is used for all AKA mailings.
Here is a list of new and reinstated members. If you live near any of them or your local club is nearby please contact them. Welcome them to the AKA, in the club instance, invite them to your next function or meeting. We all can use new members!
These members bring the total membership to 729! Please note that this number does not include affiliate memberships.
New Members:09970 Barry Durst, Gowen, MI [email protected] Richard Lucas, Staten Island, NY [email protected] Ronn O’Brien, Milwaukee, WI [email protected]
Returning members:06410 Frank Joseph Vokoun III, Columbus, OH [email protected] John Metzger, Princeton, IL [email protected] Howard Wu, Bishop, CA [email protected]
00502 McCuen,Ronald 00634 Sadler,Patrick 01237 Schwamberger,Eric J.03688 Hlavaty,Mark 03969 Hartig,Glenn S. 06204 Michal,Lincoln 06838 Bellemans,Marc 08646 Brown,Diane 08823 Kurtz,Jeremy 08836 Carter,Paul 08988 Nejlund,Torben 06522 Cheswright, Chris 09197 Weatherford,Chris 09216 Marceau,Peter 08086 Anderson,Ronald 09489 Podrabsky,Jason09503 Kostich,James M. 09570 Nikiforov,Andrei 09592 Claffy,Bob 09608 Furness,Andrew 09672 Sasabe,Masao 09917 Yoder,David 09858 Lo,David 09860 Cruz,Jared 09914 Rozsavolgyi,Attila 09916 Desilets,Michel 07518 Grady,Phillip 09912 Zemp,Rick 09913 Phillips, William 09915 Pereyra,Carlos 09905 Powers,Carrie
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AKA COMMITTEE REPORTS
Current Key Standings
This year’s show season kicked off with a show in Texas hosted by our TAKO affiliate club. When the dust set-tled, Art Leuterman posted an unprecedented number of points. His point total for this one show would have put him in fourth place overall at the end of last year’s show season. In the words of another Texas citizen, “Mission accomplished.” Way to go, Art! Following are the current top standings.
1. Art Leuterman 2702. Gary Greenwood 1003. Jim Kostich 584. David Mikkelsen 475. Gary Pack 476. Gerald Rosenbeck 447. Stephen Rabke 248. Allan Semeit 229. Sue Katz 2110. Keith Cook 1711. Charlie Nunziata 15
The next show will be hosted by the Michigan Killifish Association, Sept. 27 and 28. Complete KEY stand-ings are available on the AKA website and include all people entering fish in shows. To get to the results, click on the “AKA Programs” link, then on the “KEY Program” link.
Keith CookKEY Chairman
Killifish Exhibitor of the Year (KEY)
Chairman: Keith [email protected]
AKA Digital Presentation Program
September 2014 Update:
Members continue to download the presentation. We now have a new presentation, “Introduction to Killi-fish for Advanced Hobbyists”, we feel certain will go over well at general fish clubs or killifish clubs. Contact [email protected] for more details.
Sample slides from the new presentation:
How it works:
To obtain the presentation, simply e-mail your name and e-mail address to [email protected]. The coordi-nators will send you a link you can use to download the presentation, in Powerpoint format. A typical presenta-tion is around 30-40 megabytes, so you'll need a little free space on your computer for the download.
When you present a program to a club the AKA will do-nate a free membership to that club (limit one per club per year). The host club may give, raffle, or auction that membership to someone at the meeting.
Once you have the contact information for the new member, send that to [email protected]. Please be sure that the contact information contains the recipi-ent's name, address and e-mail address.
Wild Killifish Collection Commit-tee Seeks Latest Updates
David Mikkelson is requesting anyone who does a collection of killifish anywhere in the world contact him with their latest in-formation. The Killifish Collection Committee plans to update the listings. Dave can be contacted through Facebook (Killish Wild Collections) or his NEW email address [email protected]
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George Maier FundAttention Students, Scientists and Researchers
The George Maier Fund is now accepting grant proposalsRequest application instructions via e-mail from:Charles Nunziata at [email protected] refer to GMF A-14 in all correspondenceKey Dates:Application Deadline: Applications are due by January 31, 2015Grant Awards: Grants will be awarded no later than Feb-ruary 28, 20152014 Grant Summary:Total Available Funding: $7,500Length of Project Period: Up to 2 yearsEstimated Number of Awards: Up to three (3)a. a.Multiple grants whose sum is equal to or less than the maximum amount may be made.
The George Maier Fund, created to honor the memory of George Maier, founding member of the American Kil-lifish Association and the Chicago Killifish Association, is the only charitable fund dedicated exclusively to the study of killifish. The Fund provides financial assistance to proj-ects that enhance the knowledge of killifish, especially as applied to their reproduction, life cycle, maintenance, nutritional requirements and food sources, biology, ecol-ogy, habitat, conservation, nomenclatural and biological relationships.
Back Issues of A.K.A. and D.K.G. journals are now available:
Our generous donors have provided the Fund with many years of back issues of both JAKA, and the German Killifish Association DKG Journals. There are year sets as well as individual issues available, all in good to excellent condition and all available at very attractive prices. The list is much too long for this publication; just send an e-mail requesting either or both lists to [email protected] and take this opportunity to round out your jour-nal library. 100% of all proceeds go to the Maier Fund treasury.
We wish to thank all our generous donors and the par-ticipants in our fund raising efforts for their continued support in 2014. Remember that 98% of your donation goes directly to finance projects, certainly one of the high-est rates for any charitable fund.2014 Donation Goals
Although we continue to lag our 2014 goals, we look forward to another active fourth quarter, typically the pe-
riod over which we receive our largest number of dona-tions. Considering a donation ? Now is the time to make that tax deductible donation and join us in achieving our 2014 revenue goals.
Donations are accepted through the A.K.A. website, or directly via Paypal or check. Send direct Paypal dona-tions to [email protected], or your check to our Treasurer, Jack Heller, 14212 Trail Top Drive, Chester-field, MO. 63017. The Fund also accepts books, periodi-cals and hobby related items for our revenue programs. For additional information on donating such materials, contact Charlie at [email protected]. The Maier Fund is a 201(c)3 public charity. All donations are tax exempt.
Notice: IRS EIN: 80-0531667. Fund Documen-tation and reports at Document Location Number: 17053243357000. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Registration #: CH33046, Ex-piration: Date: 9/3/15. A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the divi-sion of consumer services by calling toll-free (800-435-7352) within the state of Florida. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval, or recommendation by the state of Florida.
We are pleased to announce that volume 2 of eJAKA is now
JAKA CD 2 Is Available
available. This volume contains Killie Notes and JAKA from 1971-1980 in PDF format. It also contains an index based on the one prepared by Lee Harper.
You can purchase both volume 1 and volume 2 from the AKA web site Online Store:
http://www.aka.org These are interesting and valuable historical archives of the AKA’s early years. Buy yours to-day!
The Price is $20.00 for AKA members plus $5.00 S&H.
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Marketing/Communications Coordinator: We are still looking for someone to fill the marketing/communica-tion coordinator position that was formerly held by Dave Suffia. This task involves communicating with other con-servation groups, arranging for articles for both this news-letter and for JAKA, and to disseminate the promotional materials. If interested in this challenge, please contact me.
Aplocheilus lineatus: We are dealing with a few impor-tant issues that were not resolved in 2013. The first of these is our search to find the “original form” of Aplochei-lus lineatus and adopt it as the core species representing the genus Aplocheilus. The term “original form” may be inaccurate as we are having trouble determining just what that is. We have rather arbitrarily defined the “original” as the essentially green fish so common in the 1970’s, the one that were then commonly available in local tropical fish stores. The currently available “Golden Wonder” and “Red” forms are the selectively-bred product of commer-cial Asian breeders. Given the large and inexpensive avail-ability of these commercial forms, collection and distribu-tion of wild stock appears unlikely. As a result, the KCC has abandoned the effort to re-establish a wild form of Aplocheilus lineatus in the hobby.
Epiplatys lamottei Re-launch: Rick Ivik, our new E. la-mottei coordinator has organized a new team for this ven-erable species. If interested in joining this team, please contact Rick at: [email protected].
We are also attempting to identify whether any of the various populations of E. lamottei remain within the hobby. In addition to the aquarium strain, we included three populations in the original breeder program. They were: Nzérékoré and Simandou from Guinea, and Sala-yea, Liberia, the most common in the hobby. If you are maintaining any of these populations, please send me an e-mail at [email protected].
Fundulopanchax oeseri and Fp. walkeri GH2/74 Kutun-se: These species have declined precipitously over the last several years and we have gotten increasingly concerned that they are in trouble in the hobby. We are asking those members holding these species to contact the committee and indicate their status.
Active Breeder Teams: Maintaining any of the following species? Consider joining one of our active breeder teams and help your fellow members in guaranteeing that they will be available to the future generation of killi-hobbyists.
Aphyosemion australe BSWG 97-25 Port GentilArchiaphyosemion petersi Banco ParkCampellolebias bruceiEpiplatys chaperi AngonaFundulopanchax sjoestedtiFundulopanchax gardneri MisajiPlataplochilus ngaensisPachypanchax Group – all members P. arnoulti: Vulnerable P. omalonotus: Least concern P. patriciae: Vulnerable P. playfairii: Not yet evaluated P. sakaramyi: Critically endangered P. sparksorum: Endangered P. varatraza: EndangeredRachovia aff. brevis Plato COL 2009-09Scriptaphyosemion etzeli Yek Bir Scriptaphyosemion liberiense CalabaricaSimpsonichthys marginatus
The following teams are currently in planning or are being re-staffed.Epiplatys ansorgii MassanaEpiplatys zenkeriFundulopanchax oeseriFundulopanchax walkeri GH2
Please send all requests to Charlie Nunziata at [email protected]
Killifish Conservation and Species Maintenance Committee Notice October, 20214
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The A.K.A. Fish & Egg Listings
A.K.A. Fish and Egg Listing Guidelines Fish and egg listings are due on the 25th of the month before publication by e-mail to Eric Beyer at [email protected]
Postage must be added to all orders. Use the shipping rates described in the seller’s listing, or contact the seller in advance to agree on the amount of postage to include with your order.
Ads are limited to killifish, killifish eggs, spawning media, plants, food cultures and killifish-related items. All fish are sold by pairs and all eggs are sold per dozen (12), unless otherwise noted. Week’s spawn (WS) means an undetermined number of eggs laid usually into peat over a period of at least one week. Please return boxes promptly unless noted. Live Delivery is GUARANTEED during the months of April through October. Genus and species in italics conform with KMI 4 (or descriptions published thereafter), and may have been edited to standardize these listings.
The use of the BNL F&E Listings is restricted to members only. Adherence to the Code of Ethics is mandatory. The Code of Ethics can be found in the Roster and on the AKA Website.
Fred Behrmann37 West Bridge StreetCatskill, NY 12414email:[email protected]
AVAILABLE FISH:A. poliaki Monea $10.00A. schoetzi Ngombe Z91/1 $15.00A. splendopleure Tiko Green $10.00A. striatum (Aquarium strain) $10.00Aplocheilus panchax (Aquarium strain) $10.00Epiplatys fasciolatus $14/trio Epiplatys togolensis Palime $12.00Fp.gardneri Jos Plateau $10.00Fp.gardneri NSukka $10.00Fp. cinnamomeus Supe $15.00Fp. scheeli (Aquarium strain) $12.00N. rachovi Beira 98 $15.00N. korthausae $12.00N. hassoni Bukeya DRCH 2008/10 $12.00N. foerschi Dar es Salaam $10.00N.guentheri red & gold $10.00N.guentheri yellow tail $10.00Neofundulus splendidus $15.00Pachypanchax playfairii $12.00Simpsonichthys constanciae Barro de Sao Joao $10.00Simpsonichthys carlettoi $15.00
Please add $12 postage for ANY size order.Live Delivery Guaranteed. Keep thebox. Personal checks,PayPal and M.O. acceptedas payment. Trades are welcome(WHY{What Have You}).
Ruth Warner151 Lilac LaneMachesney Park, IL 1115(815) 877-8847e-mail: [email protected] website address: www.killiesbyruth.com
AVAILABLE FISH:A. ogoense pyrophore Komono Yellow $12.00A. striatum Lamberene $12.00A. splendoplure Ekondo Titi $12.00N.palmquisti Pangan $12.00N. korthausae Yellow $12.00Fp. gardneri Innidere $12.00Fp. gardneri Misaje $12.00
Shipping $12.00 for the 1st pair and $1.00 for every pair thereafter. List substitute fish. I do not sell eggs. Fish shipped weather permitting only, and USA only. Ed’s book “Success with Killifish” $12.00 postpaid
Joe Scanlan MD175 Pike Road TrailPike Road, AL 36064334 279-8318
Available Fish:N. rachovii Beira 98 -- $10 Pr. or 3 pr. for $25.Simpsonichthys constanciae ----$10 pr. or 3 pr. for $25.
Shipping cost is $15 for East coast and $20 for West coast. You keep a thick walled styrofoam box! Please call if you have any questions. I have a small collection of captive bred and raised Jordanella floridae, Fundulus chrysotus (pigmented), Fundulus cingulatis, and Lucania goodei. Please inquire if you desire these fish. I never sell wild caught fish.
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Wisconsin Area Killifish OrganizationWAKO’s 46th Anniversary, 34th Annual,Egg laying Toothcarp JamboreeNovember 1–2, 2014RAMADA Hotel-Airport 6331 South 13 St., Milwaukee, WI (414)-764-1500Featured Speaker: Tyrone Genade Ph.D.
Beyond the Basics:Fishrooms, Breeding and Nothos”
Sat. Nov. 1st 1:30-3pm
Everyone seems to keep and breed their killifish differently but still em-ploying the “basic” methods of mops, peat, live foods etc... This talk will fo-cus on different approaches at getting “difficult” fish to spawn when you want them to spawn.
Tricks for breeding stubborn Aphyose-mion will be discussed as well as South American Annuals. For Nothobranchius the important issue is adequate feeding during early development so that you get large adults for spawning. There are tricks to accomplishing this and these tricks can be applied to multiple species and genera.
The setting up of a fishroom is not a simple matter. Many considerations need to be taken into account. Sev-eral setups that Tyrone has employed, as well as those of friends, will be dis-cussed with respect to their pros and cons. An account of Nothobranchius scientific research will be given. The sci-entific studies of Nothobranchius aging has revealed some useful information for the Nothobranchius hobbyist (as well as general public).
For more info & read Tyrone’s bio, visit: www.aka.org/wako email:[email protected]
Join us the first weekend of November for this 2 day A.K.A. sanctioned show. In addition to the judged Killifish exhibit and auction, our show will feature: seminars, live foods, huge raffle, supplies, publications and a large selection of aquarium plants.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday Nov. 1St9 AM Doors open9 – 2 PM Box Sales in Garden Room11AM – 4 PM Display of Killifish12:30 PM “Keeping & Breeding Kil-lifish” by Jim Gasior1:30 – 3 PM “Beyond the Basics: Fishrooms, Breeding and Nothos”, by Tyrone Genade2 PM Deadline to register / bench show fish4 PM Start of Judging (Show room CLOSED to public)4 – 10 PM Open Hospitality Room 7 – 10 PM Viewing of Judged Fish10 PM Breakdown of Display
SuNday Nov. 2Nd8:30 AM Doors open10 AM Deadline to register Auction items10: 30 AM Awards Presentation11AM AUCTION starts
KILLIFISH AUCTION WAKO attracts some of the best breeders in the U.S. so you can always count on purchasing many of the best and hard to find Killies at our show. Visit our web site for a list of anticipated fish for Sunday’s auction: www.aka.org/wako The auction split is 60/40, the 6o% going to seller.
REGISTRATION
Entry fee is $1.00 per pair which is waived for fish that are put into our auction. Pre-registration of show and auction fish is strongly encouraged. See reverse side for more info.
MAIL-IN ENTRIES
All mail-ins will be auctioned. There will not be an entry fee. We cannot accept mail-ins for Box Sales. Priority post¬age will be re-imbursed for mail-ins of 8 pairs or more. All mail-ins should arrive by Thurs. Oct. 3o Include list of fish and contact info in box.
Ship to:Jim or Gis Gasior6420 S. 116 St.Franklin, WI 53132(414) 425-7754 [email protected]
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Awards/Classes15 classes with trophies for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place in class. Also Best of Show, Reserve Best of Show and WAKO’s own Peoples’ Choice Cash Award.Class 1 All Other New World Class 2 Non-annual Rivulins Class 3 South American Annuals Class 4 NothobranchiusClass 5 Fundulopanchax (except gardneri)Class 6 Fundulopanchax gardneri Class 7 Mesoaphyosemion - except “calliurium types” Class 8 Mesoaphyosemion - “calliurium types” Class 9 ChromaphyosemionClass 10 Callopanchax, Archi aphyosemion & ScriptaphyosemionClass 11 Aphyosemion - Diapteron Class 12 Aphyosemion - KathetysClass 13 All Other AphyosemionClass 14 EpiplatysClass 15 All Other Varieties – Old World
ramada HoTeL & conference cenTer – miLwauKee airporT
6331 S. 13th Street, Milwaukee, WI 414-764-1500
This is the same show site as last year. All show activities will be at this one location. The show site will feature a nice sized fish display/pre-sentation room and a separate hos-pitality suite.
We also recommend this hotel for lodging. The hotel offers a free shuttle service from the Milwaukee airport, free hot breakfast, pool, ex-ercise room and business center for guests. The room rate is $79 + tax for a double when you mention our WI Killifish Show. Make your res-ervation by calling: 414-764-1500. Please use the code and reserve your room by October 17th to receive the discounted rate.
Pre-Registration of FishPre-registration of “show fish” and
“auction only fish and plants” is strong-ly recommended. Please use our on-line registration at www.aka.org/wako.
We will also accept email and postal mail registration provided you include your name, address, phone and list each item for either sHow, sHow & aucTion,or aucTion onLy. Deadline is 6pm Thurs. Oct. 30th
Email: [email protected]: WAKO Registration, c/o Gis Gasior 6420 S. 116th St., Franklin, WI 53132.
Display Tanks2 1/2 gallon tanks will be provided for all fish and dividers can be used to pro-tect the entries. Mops and plants are not allowed in the tanks. You may bring your own water.
Benching FishAll fish are to be benched no later than 2:00pm on Saturday.
Auction SplitSunday’s auction split is 60/40 with 60% going to the seller.Proxy Bids accepted, see website.
Hospitality RoomThe hospitality room, located in the hotel, will be open from 4 pm-10:00 pm. The club will be offering hos-pitality in the way of free food and beverages, and plenty of good killi-conversation. As a courtesy to the other hotel guests, the hospitality room will close at 10:00pm.
Box Sales Box sales will be allowed on Saturday 9AM – 2PM although we ask that they be conducted in the Garden Room near the show display. There will be no fees. Sorry, no “mail-in” box sales.
For more show informationContact : Jim & Gis Gasior 414-425-7754 E-mail: [email protected]
Driving Directions from North, South or West: Take Interstate 94 to the College Ave. exit (Exit #319). Go east one block to 13th St. Turn right onto 13th St. The hotel is ½ block on the right (6331 S. 13th St.)Driving instructions from Airport (Remember there is a free shuttle from the Airport!) : Exiting airport, go left on Howell Ave. (South) about 1 mile to College Ave. Go right onto College (West) 12 blocks to 13th Street. Turn left onto 13th Street. Hotel is ½ block down on the right.
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XIV International Convention of the Portuguese Killifish AssociationThe Portuguese Killifish Association invites all inter-
ested parties to attend its 14th InternationalConvention to be held between the 17th and 19th of
October, at Nersant, Torres Novas.There you'll find killies with amazing colors and enjoy
being with national and foreign breeders of recognized value.
In addition to killifish and photography exhibition, you will also find several types of live food, Raffle tickets for killifish-related prizes and a strong social component.
If you want to improve and discuss your killifish knowledge do not miss both scheduled lectures.
Finally, you can bid your most desired species in the auction to be held on the final day.
Bookmark in your calendar, come and bring a friend. We will do everything to host you well.
PROGRAMFriday, 17 October 2014
9.00 – Home reception and registration of fish (not pre-registered and pre-registered)12.00 – Closing reception and registration of fish not pre-registered15.00 – Tour to Museu Etnográfico de Riachos (free entrance)http://www.ribatejo.com/ecos/tnovas/museuriachos/mu-seu.html(Required pre-registration until 14 October)19.00 – Buffet reception (11 € / person) (Required pre-registration until 12 pm on 17th October)
Saturday, 18 October 2014
9.00 – Home Reception and registration of fish pre registered10.00 – Opening of the exhibition Public10.30 – Workshop “Live foods breeding techniques Part 1: liquid medium” (Gonçalo Costa, APK)11.00 – Closing reception and registration of fish pre-registered14.00 – Workshop “Live foods breeding techniques Part 2: solid medium” (Gonçalo Costa, APK)
15.00 – Lecture "Long term Aphanius breeding” (Man-uel Zapater, SEK)16.00 – Lecture “ Killifish keeper’s wife” (Christine Piroux)20.00 – Closing of the exhibition20.30 – Gala Dinner and awards ceremony (22.5 € / person) (Pre-Registration Required)
Sunday, 19 October 2014
8.00 – Exhibition dismantling11.00 – Auction (free entrance)13.00 – Farewell Buffet
Accommodation and restaurant informationHotel de Torres Novas (Torres Novas) www.hoteltorresnovas.ptHotel dos Cavaleiros (Torres Novas) www.hoteldoscavaleiros.com.ptHotel Gameiro (Entroncamento) www.hotelgameiro.comResidencial Rui (Bairro do Nicho - 2350 Torres Novas) E-mail: [email protected] “Nersant” – Convention siteFast food Restaurants – Torres shopping – 2.2kmMac Donalds – 1.5km
ACCESSCar:
From Lisbon and Porto: A1 - A23 (Torres Novas)From Spain: A23 (Torres Novas)Train:
Entroncamento train station To confirm schedules and prices access: http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=a4f6f9e12a584010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRDWe provide transportation between the train station and the location of the Convention, if requested by email to: [email protected] general questions or clear any doubts please contact: [email protected]
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Help us make a convention to remember. Collaborate with the organization doing the pre-registrations in a timely manner. During the Convention always look for support and aid from the members of the organization.We'll be waiting for you!
REGULATION
1 INTRODUCTION
The International Convention of the Portuguese Killifish Association (APK) aims to contribute to the pursuit of the objective of the APK and is the most proeminent annual event of the Association. In addition to other activities, in the course of this Convention an exhibition, a contest and an auction will be held and are covered by this regulation.
2 RESPONSIBILITIES
The board of directors of the APK is responsibile for the organisation of the Convention. It is also responsible for deciding on any occurrence during the event and this organ is to be presented any and all claims. Decisions of the Board on these matters are final and without possi-bility of appeal.It is the responsibility of all competitors and participants in the Convention full compliance with this Regulation
3 EXHIBITION
3.1 The International Convention of APK will host an exhibition of photographs and fish.3.2 Registration of fish and photographs in the exhibi-tion is free.3.3 All oviparous fish belonging to the order of Cyprin-odontiformes will be accepted at the show.3.4 Species not currently included in 3.3 but that already have been in the past (e.g. species belonging to Adrianic-tids including Oryzias and Xenopoecilus) may be accepted at the exhibition. These species will not be admitted to the contest.3.5 The fish for exhibition must be pre-registered until Wednesday, October 15th by 10:00 pm, and must be delivered until Saturday, October 18th by 12:00 pm. The pre-registration should be made to the mail: [email protected] Fish that are not pre-registered must be delivered by Friday, October 17th, at 12:00 pm.3.7 Fish registration for exhibition must be accompanied by the following information: name and competitor's
Association; identification of the species; sub-specie population collecting code (when applicable). The organization reserves the right to change data proven to be incorrect and will update the nomenclature of the species presented, in accordance with the current no-menclature and for ease of comprehension on the part of the participants the genus to which the species were formerly placed in parenthesis (for example: Ophtalmole-bias (simp.) constanciae...).3.8 Fish included in the exhibition will not be returned and will be auctioned. Revenues revert to the APK.3.9 Fish should be sent to:Luís Oliveira Rua Luis Sommer, 23 2330-177 Entroncamento, Portugal
3.10 All photos somehow related to Killifish will be ac-cepted at the exhibition.3.11 Photographs included in the exhibition will not be returned and will integrate the photographic archive of the APK, reserving the right of the Association to make use of them freely in any publication.3.12 Images are accepted and evaluated on photographic paper with dimensions close to A4. They should, howev-er, be accompanied by a copy in digital format to be sent to the e-mail address [email protected]. This file should be accompanied by the identification of the author, of the Association to which he belongs and the species photographed.
4 CONTEST
4.1 Fish may be presented in the contest by all persons belonging to at least one Killifish Association.4.2 In the contest only fish born on the premises of competitors will be accepted. Wild fish or any other fish acquired by the competitors after birth are excluded.4.3 Lots presented by two different competitors are accepted as long as each competitor complies with the above listed in 4.1 and 4.2.4.4 Contest categoriesGroup I - Fundulopanchax Group II - Aphyosemion I Group III - Aphyosemion II Group IV - Epiplatys Group V - Rivulus Group VI - Nothobranchius Group VII –South American Annual killies
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Group VIII-Other genera Group IX - Non-Annual killiies breeding groups Group X - Annual killies breeding groups Group XI – Photography4.5 Genus and sub-genus integrated in the contest categoriesGroup I – Fundulopanchax, Callopanchax and Aphyose-mion (Raddaella) Group II – Aphyosemion s.s, Mesoaphyosemion, Scrip-taphyosemion, Archiaphyosemion, Episemion and Nimba-panchax Group III – Chromaphyosemion, Diapteron and Kathethys
Group IV – Epiplatys, Pseudepiplatys, Aphyoplatys, Aplo-cheilus and Pachypanchax Group V – Anablepsoides, Atlantirivulus, Cynodonichthys, Kryptolebias, Laimosemion, Melanorivulus, Prorivulus and Rivulus Group VI – Nothobranchius, Fundulosoma, Pronotho-branchius and Paranothobranchius Group VII – Aphyolebias, Austrofundulus, Austrolebias, Campellolebias, Cynolebias, Cynopoecilus, Gnatholebias, Hypsolebias, Llanolebias, Leptolebias, Maratecoara, Micro-moema, Millerichthys, Moema, Mucurilebias, Neofundulus, Nematolebias, Notholebias, Ophthalmolebias, Papiliolebias, Pituna, Plesiolebias, Pterolebias, Rachovia, Renova, Simp-sonichthys, Spectrolebias, Stenolebias, Terranatos, Trigo-nectes, Xenurolebias and Yssolebias
Group VIII – Aapticheilichthys, Aphanius, Chriopeoides, Crenichthys, Cualac, Cubanichthys, Cyprinodon, Empetri-chthys, Fenerbahce, Floridichthys, Fluviphylax, Fundulus, Garmanella, Hylopanchax, Hypsopanchax, Jordanella, Laciris, Lacustricola, Lamprichthys, Leptolucania, Luca-nia, Megupsilon, Micropanchax, Orestias, Oxyzygonectes, Pantanodon, Plataplochilus, Platypanchax, Poropanchax, Procatopus, Profundulus, Rhexipanchax and Valencia
4.6 Awards1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes for groups I to X and 1st Prize to group XI will be awarded. A prize for the Best Lot on display will be awarded, as one prize for the competitor with more lots in contest.4.7 Judges4.7.1 Each group is evaluated by two judges appointed by the APK board of directors. 4.7.2 No judge may classify contest categories where their own fish are present.4.8 Classification4.8.1 Classification of lots entered in groups I to X shall
be from 0 to 10 points. The judges must classify the lots regarding to the following aspects: coloration; size; male-female size ratio; general appearance-health; fins condi-tion. The judges shall indicate the top 3 contestants in each group. 4.8.2 In group XI the judges just designate the winning image, valueing the technique used (image quality), composition, visual impact, originality and color fidelity.
4.9 Miscellaneous4.9.1 In the IX and X groups the concept followed by APK is that breeding groups will be made up of three couples or two males and four females. Fish should be young with sex already well apparent. The classification should penalize both individuals too young and too old.
5 AUCTION
5.1 Bidding basis for the lots belonging to the groups I to VIII is 3 € and for the lots belonging to the groups IX and X is 5 €.5.2 Auctioneer will increment the value of the bid at € 1 up to 25 € and 3 € above 25 € whenever there are two or more bidders bidding.5.3 When only one bidder remaining arm lifted the auctioneer will start the count from 1 to 3.5.4 If no one else bids until the auctioneer say "3" lot will be won by the last bidder and by the last value an-nounced by the auctioneer.5.5 Lots will be delivered to the last bidder against im-mediate cash payment. Lots will be re-auctioned If this does not happen.5.6 Lots not bid will be sold after the auction to their respective base price (3 € Group I to VIII, 5 € Group IX and X). Lots not sold this way will be returned to its breeders. If this cannot be done, they should be saved for delivery to upcoming members.5.7 Any doubt or disagreement arising from the auction will be subject to the final decision of the APK board of directors.
Alberto ReisPortuguese Killifish Association (A.P.K.)Foreign AffairsPhone +351 21 0924726 +351 21 7603080 Mo-bile +351 96 2615188
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PROGRAMA15:00 hs.- Apertura 7ma Convención Argentina de Killis. “Pasado, presente y perspectivas del Killi Club Argentino”.15:30 hs.- Conferencia de Roberto Petracini “Introducción a la cría de killis”.17:00 hs.- Receso y apertura de la sala de exposiciones:Exposición fotográfica.Exposición de Acuarios Biotopos de KillisMesa de canje.Exposición de pósters (trabajos de investigación del KCA).17:20 hs.- Entrega de Premios Concurso Fotográfico.17:30 hs.- Conferencia a cargo de Pablo Calviño. “Metodología y Técnicas para el relevamiento de las poblaciones de killis”.18:30 hs.- Conferencia de Ignacio García: “Rasgos de historia de vida de Austrolebias (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivuli-dae) de la Región Pampeana y su relación con las variaciones estacionales de los ambientes acuáticos temporarios que habitan”.20:00 hs.- Cierre de sala.22:00 hs.- Cena de camaradería.
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