eBulletin of the San Diego Tropical Fish Society

May, 2010

Contents

Upcoming Events
Devil's Hole Field Trip was a great event
Mail Call

Editor's Message

Our membership meetings are always the second Sunday of the month, beginning at 6:30 p. m. in room 101 of the Floral Building in Balboa Park.

When planning to attend any event in our schedule, always check the web page just prior to attending to look for possible changes.

We hope to see you at the Sunday night meeting.

Charles Pratt

Upcoming Events at SDTFS

May 9, (Yes, this is Mother's Day. So bring your mother.)"Ask the Experts" panel of speakers. Victor Tongco will be moderator of a panel composed of John Pitcairn, Mark Ferguson, and Pat Carolyn. As part of the program David Huie will demonstrate removal of scratches from Plexiglas tanks. Bring your plexiglas scratches if you wish and join him in the process.
May 22, Field Trip to Aquarium of the Pacific, which is the Long Beach Aquarium. Call Bill Cline, (619) 423-0162 for more information. We will meet at the Park and Ride at 805 and Governor Drive at 9:00 a.m.
June 13, Justin Beaver will speak on Aquatic Gardening with the NPK ratio (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium). He also will discus the "Discus Debate" in planted tanks.
June 19, Home Aquaria, Fish Room and Hatchery Tour - Please attend the May or June membership meeting to pick up a flyer outlining the tour.
July 11, Vin Cutty

August 8, Keeping Healthy Fish, Paul A. Curtis M.Sc. Paul Curtis completed a Master of Science in Fish Reproductive Physiology/Aquaculture at the University of Guelph in Ontario in 1992. He is now owner of AquaSolver LLC in Escondido, CA which is an Aquatic Husbandry Consulting company. AquaSolver produces MinnFinn, a revolutionary new treatment for fish disease. He is also an Associate Professor at Saddleback Community College. Prior to starting AquaSolver he was a Research Biologist and Hatchery Manger at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute. and prior to that he was a Hatchery Supervisor and Research Associate for Kent SeaTech Corporation here in San Diego. You can find out more about him and his company at www.aquasolver.com

September 12, Charles Pratt "An Update on Guppies, Varieties, Breeding and Showing"

October 2, Fall Bash and SDTFS Board Meeting at John Flanagan's home. Members invited. LFSs/friends/family. Attend a membership meeting for more details.

October 10, Bob Fenner will speak on "Livestock from Around the World, Where Our Fish, Plants and more Come From".

November 5, 6, 7, Annual Show

December 12, 2010 - Potluck, Room 101 (Our normal meeting room) Single people bring one hot item, if two people, bring one hot and one cold. Awards/Elections.

Devil's Hole Field Trip

Our Devil's Hole field trip was a great event. We had 14 attendees and most of us spent both Friday and Saturday at the LongStreet Casino Hotel.

Here are some photos sent in by David Palmer, a longtime friend of Bill Cline who came over from Phoenix for the trip.

Here are five of us right on the edge of Devil's Hole, looking down at the endangered Desert Pupfish.

This is most of the group in front of the fence surrounding Devil's Hole.

There are also Pupfish of other species in the vicinity. Here we are looking down into a pond at Point of the Rocks and there is a blue Pupfish in the lower left corner.
This is a beautiful clear pond, bottom covered by bright green algae and viewing it was one of the highlights of the trip.

Mail Call

I live in Poway and recently set up a tropical tank for my kids to enjoy. I'm interested in meeting someone fairly local who would be willing to trade with me for live plant cuttings. In exchange for the cuttings, I could give you outside plants (like succulents - aloes, jades, various), oranges from my garden, or red worms from my vermicompost. Please email me to discuss a trade! Thanks. greengfgarden@gmail.com

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	Here are five of us right on the edge of Devil's Hole, looking down at the endangered Desert Pupfish.
	This is most of the group in front of the fence surrounding Devil's Hole.
	There are also Pupfish of other species in the vicinity. Here we are looking down into a pond at Point of the Rocks and there is a blue Pupfish in the lower left corner. This is a beautiful clear pond, bottom covered by bright green algae and viewing it was one of the highlights of the trip.