The Greater Seattle Aquarium Society is a non profit corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Washington. The primary purposes of the society are to promote interest in the aquarium hobby, and to provide a forum for the exchange of information among aquarium hobbyists.
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The GSAS Plant Auction is coming!
Been inspired by all the recent Nature Aquarium discussion to set up a new aquascaped tank?
Are you a beginner, looking for some easy plants to start out with?
Advanced aquarist, hoping to find a plant you've never heard of?
Is that new T5 light causing your plants to grow faster than you can trim them?
All of you are welcome!
Where: Falcon Lounge, Royal Brougham Pavilion, SPU
(across the street from our usual meeting location)
When: February 14th, 2012.
Registration starts 6:30, auction begins at 7.
What: Aquarium Plants, Fish and Invertabrates
Non-members welcome!
If you're a member, you may sell up to 20 items -- please come early to register, or use this handy web interface to enter your items beforehand. Please also read the auction guidelines for more information. Note new requirement: no more than three of the same item!
We have a printable poster to put up in stores. We're also in need of volunteers: baggers, runners, recorders, and general help with setup and tear-down. Contact erik AT thekrib.com to volunteer.
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As always, the dates and topics are subject to change:
Don't forget to mark your Calendar for Christel Kasselmann, Saturday September 15th 2012!
What: GSAS Holiday potluck, white elephant gift exchange, craft and Fish-o
When: WEDNESDAY, December 14th, 2011, doors open at 7pm.
Where: SPU Falcon Lounge (across the street from our usual meeting space)
What to bring: a dish to share, present for the white elephant gift exchange, your family/friend
RSVP: cranegger@msn.com by December 10th, 2011
It’s almost time for our annual Holiday Potluck meeting in December. Please note that the date is WEDNESDAY, December 14th. This is not a typo, the Falcon Lounge was not available on our regular day.
The doors open at 7pm, come early and help set up!!
We will have a potluck dinner, for which the club provides a couple of hams, drinks, paper plates and plastic utensils. PLEASE bring a dish to share, sweet or savory…Your choice.
If you would like to participate in the White Elephant gift exchange, bring a wrapped gift ($15), fish themed item and see what you can take home.
We’ll also play FISHO, a roaring game of fishy themed bingo where you can win great prizes.
Plans for a holiday/fish themed craft activity are also under way.
Oh, and BAP awards will be given out too!
We hope to see you there, and bring the family!!
If you could drop me a line at cranegger at msn.com to let me know you are coming and how many will be in your party, that would be very much appreciated! We want to make sure to have enough utensils, drinks and ham for all!
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Chuck Rambo will be speaking on Rare and Unusual Dwarf
Cichlids
at our next
meeting, November
8th, 7:30 PM, Chuck has been keeping tropical fish as
pets since 1967. His interest in fish got him started
working in pets shops and fish stores while in high
school to directly importing fish from South America and
Asia, while attending college. After graduation he got a
real job as a geotechnical field engineer and is still
currently working as one today. When Rift Lake cichlids
were first introduced into the hobby he was immediately
taken by them and had a strong interest in all cichlids
ever since. He is a past Chairman and current Fellow of
the American Cichlid Association. He is also the past
president of his local club, the Pacific Coast Cichlid
Association. He has been diving in Lake Malawi and Lake
Tanganyika with Ad Konings. In 2009 he led a group of
local club members to Florida to collect feral cichlids
and visit tropical fish farms. His other interests
include collecting antique aquariums and maintaining his
collection of carnivorous plants. This will be Chuck’s
first visit to Seattle and is looking forward meeting new
aquarists and making new friends.
We are grateful to Zoo Med, who has sponsored Chuck's talk.
Chuck will also be giving a second, members-only, presentation on Lake Victoria and its Cichlids on Saturday night 6:00 PM, at a secret undisclosed location.