Greater Seattle Aquarium Society

GSAS Talk Archive and Videos

Here is an index of all known recorded meeting presentations available to our members. They are available in three formats, DVDs, high-def Blu-Ray, and downloadable .mp4 files.

Ad Konings speaking on Lake Tanganyika sand dwellers, May 2010 (above). Steev Ward speaks on fish diseases, September 2009 (right)

DVDs can be checked out from our library at most monthly meetings, and should be playable on most computers or modern DVD players. For ease of location, we’ve included the DVD Volume number with each talk here.

Most recent talks are also available as .mp4 files for download here via the BitTorrent protocol and other means. The links are provided for paid-up members only, except as noted. Still confused? Read our Downloadable Video/BitTorrent FAQ.

Some speakers have explicitly requested that their talks only be available on the DVD in the club library (i.e., not for download).

We are able to make these talks available to our members due to the generousity of the speakers, and also because of the club’s good reputation: you as members have been excellent at respecting the rules. Please don’t copy the DVDs, and please don’t share the downloadable files or .torrent links. This will insure that future talks will be able to join this library.

Videos shot in Widescreen/multicamera - also on Blu-Ray
Date .mp4 torrent link DVD Vol Description
May 2013 torrent not yet Greg Sage: Livebearers
May 2013 torrent not yet Greg Sage: Selective Breeding. A special second talk, devoted to line-breeding.
Mar 2013 torrent not yet Ted Judy: Raising Fry.
Mar 2013 torrent not yet Ted Judy: Pelvicachromis. In a bonus talk to members, Ted talks about the genus Pelvicachromis, its sordid taxonomical history, husbandry and collecting.
Feb 2013 torrent not yet Home Show!
Jan 2013 torrent not yet Lawrence Kent: Cichlids of East Africa - Beyond the Big Three Rift Lakes. Lawrence travels to Africa and collects fascinating cichlids from the lesser-known Lakes Edwards, Kivu and Magadi.
Oct 2012 torrent not yet Waylon Pon: Freshwater Shrimp for Dummies
Sep 2012 n/a single Christel Kasselmann: New and Unusual Aquarium Plants
Aug 2012 torrent not yet Dr. Labbish Chao, freshly retired founder of Project Piaba, unexpectedly dropped by to talk about his Experiences in the Amazon over the past 20 years.
June 2012 n/a Vol 14 Matt Kaufman - Keeping and enjoying Killifish
May 2012 torrent Vol 14 Home Show!
May 2012 torrent n/a Alex Lee did a mini-presentation on raising and releasing Salmon at his local elementary school and creek in West Seattle.
Mar 2012 n/a Vol 14 Dick Au gave two talks, Raising Fish for Fun and Profit and Angelfish Breeding
Jan 2012 torrent Vol 13 Allen Fertuna: Fancy Goldfish
Nov 2011 batch torrent Vol 13 Chuck Rambo: Rare and Unusual Dwarf Cichlids
Nov 2011 batch torrent Vol 13 Chuck Rambo: Introduction to Carnivorous Plants
Nov 2011 batch torrent Vol 14 Chuck Rambo: Lake Victoria and its Cichlids
Oct 2011 batch torrent Vol 12 Oliver Lucanus gives an in-depth presentation on the fish and ecology of two drainages in the Amazon: the Rio Tapajós and the Rio Xingú.
Sep 2011 batch torrent Vol 12 Karen Randall made a fourth trek to GSAS, showing us how to have Fun with Nano Tanks.
Sep 2011 batch torrent Vol 12 Karen Randall went off to Taiwan in 2010, again with Christel Kasselmann, in search of aquatic plants. She presented her trip for the first time ever at an intimate members-only meeting, slides projected on a sheet.
June 2011 batch torrent Vol 13 A circus of seven small presentations and live demonstrations of Live Food Culturing from various members.
May 2011 batch torrent Vol 12 Gary Lange presents the trials and tribulations of his trips to Papua New Guinea in search of Rainbowfish. Also included: rainbowfish egg hatching instructions.
May 2011 batch torrent Vol 12 Gary Lange gives a bonus detailed presentation of his third and most recent trip to Papua New Guinea, and the new fish they discovered.
Mar 2011 batch torrent Vol 11' The 2011 Home Show. 275 miles of driving around Puget Sound, visiting eleven aquarists, who talk about their tanks.
Jan 2011 batch torrent Vol 11' Jen Reynolds: Aquatic Conservation in Brazil. Observing fish in two vastly different drainages, Project Piaba, effect of dams, etc.
Nov 2010 batch torrent Vol 10' Pleco Barbie Fiorentino: Spawning Loricariidae catfish
Oct 2010 n/a Vol 8' Dick Au: Discus Basics
Sep 2010 batch torrent Vol 9' Tom Barr delves into the finer points of the Light Limited Planted Aquarium, showing how increased CO2 and less light can be used quite effectively to keep a moderate-growing aquarium with little algae. Also: Tom’s slides as PDF, and bonus feature: home video of Tom poking around some local waterways, pointing out possible aquarium and terrarium plants.
Jun 2010 batch torrent Vol 9' Karen Randall discusses the finer points of Aquascaping, and then the entire GSAS membership in attendance that night uses what they’ve learned by becoming impromptu judges! Rated by at least one longtime member as the best meeting he’s ever been to.
Jun 2010 batch torrent Vol 9' Karen Randall collected aquatic plants on two trips to Thailand with Christel Kasselmann. We got her to present a special second talk on a Sunday afternoon.
May 2010 n/a Vol 8' Ad Konings: Lake Tanganyika Sand Dwellers
Mar 2010 batch torrent Vol 11' The 2010 Home Show. Fourteen homes. Five judges. Two photo geeks. Two days (January 30-31). One van. Plus commentary on awards night (March 9).
Jan 2010 batch torrent Vol 8' Jen Reynolds, Senior Biologist at the Vancouver Aquarium, on Travelling to Lake Tanganyika, and her research with Neolamprologus pulcher.
Nov 2009 batch torrent Vol 10' Shango Los and Jimmy Lo on Keeping Freshwater Shrimp.
Oct 2009 batch torrent Vol 9' Paul Wallace, on Planted Aquaria.
Sep 2009 batch torrent Vol 10' Steev Ward on Identifying Fish Disease.
Jun 2009 batch torrent Vol 11' 2009 Home Show Presentation
May 2009 batch torrent Vol 10' Adopt-a-Stream, presented by Tom Murdoch of the Adopt-a-Stream Foundtation. Conservation in the local North Creek Area.
Mar 2009 batch torrent Vol 8' Lawrence Kent Travels Around Africa as part of his profession; goes exploring in his spare time there!
Jan 2009 batch torrent Vol 9' Ghazanfar Ghori shows how to grow, flower and reproduce Emerse Cryptocoryne.
Nov 2008 batch torrent Vol 10' Phil Lacefield, Jr. on Saltwater for Dummies
Sep 2008 batch torrent Vol 10' Steev Ward delves into detail on three Common Fish Diseases.
May 2008 n/a Vol 8' Steve Lundblad, owner of The Cichlid Exchange and The Wet Spot in Portland, shows his photographs from Travelling to Lake Malawi.
Mar 2008 batch torrent Vol 11' Luis Navarro shows how to Aquascape a planted aquarium.
Older presentations (4:3, generally single camera, standard definition)
Date .mp4 torrent link DVD Vol Description
May 2006 n/a Vol 7 Mike Hellweg on Anabantoids
Mar 2006 n/a Vol 7 John Lyons on Travelling to Mexico and livebearers
Jan 2006 n/a Vol 7 Klaus Kallman on Travelling to Mexico and livebearers
Sep 2005 n/a Vol 7 Tom Watson on American Native Fish
Oct 2004 n/a Vol 6 Jim Atchison (of The Bug Farm) talks about Live Food Culture
May 2004 torrent n/a 2004 Home Show video
Mar 2004 n/a Vol 6 Yohan Fenando: Wild Bettas
May 2003 n/a Vol 5 Ad Konings: Lake Tanganyika Cichlids (given at GPAS, the Portland club)
May 2003 n/a Vol 5 Ad Konings: Lake Malawi Cichlid Research
Jun 2002 n/a Vol 6 Karen Randall Sunken Gardens (Aquatic Plants). Karen’s first talk in 1998 was so popular, we flew her out again!
May 2002 n/a Vol 6 Randy Carey: Characins
Mar 2002 n/a Vol 4 Gary Lange: Rainbowfish
Jan 2002 n/a Vol 5 Dr. Beverly Dixon: Fish Stress and Health
Oct 2001 torrent Vol 4 Dr. Peter Lewis: Lake Tanganyika Shell-Dwellers. This was a great talk, as Peter spent the entire hour just on on this one type of cichlid. It was probably his last presentation, as he unexpectedly passed away later that month.
Jun 2001 torrent Vol 4 Dorothy Reimer: Aquatic Plants My Way. Dorothy has been in the hobby longer than most folks in the club have been alive. Her slide-less presentation style is unique in the hobby (with the exception of Jack Whatley).
Mar 2001 n/a Vol 3 Dick Au is a reknowned Discus breeder from the Bay area. He shares his tricks for keeping and rearing these fish.
Oct 2000 n/a Vol 4 Eric Hanneman: Collecting in Mexico. Eric and his rag-tag group of hobbyists from Portland and elsewhere go on safari to bring back Mexican Cichlids and wild livebearers.
Jun 2000 torrent Vol 2 Wayne Leibel: A History of the Aquarium Hobby. In addition to being a college professor and an authority on Cichlid Genetics, Wayne is a collector of old aquarium memorabilia and antique tanks. Wayne outlines the last 100+ years of our hobby.
May 2000 n/a Vol 3 Lee Newman, curator of Freshwater Fishes at the Vancouver Aquarium, raises and breeds Satanoperca, a beautiful South American Cichlid.
Mar 2000 n/a Vol 3 Longtime GSAS guru Dave Sanford presents a Killifish Basics talk at the Kitsap Aquarium Society (a once proud club, at that time in its dying days). This presentation is notable for being the first use of injected powerpoint slides in a video!
Spr 2000 torrent n/a Kathy and Erik Olson, along with Karen Randall and some other aquatic plant enthusiasts, went to Brazil in April 1999. We brought back fish, plants, and hours of videotape, which Erik distilled down into a 50-minute show.
Oct 1998 n/a Vol 2 Karen Randall: Aquatic Plants
Jun 1998 n/a Vol 2 Lee Finley: Corydorus and Loricarid Catfish. We were so impressed with Lee at the Portland Club, we flew him out from Rhode Island the following year. Our board couldn’t agree on whether he should give his Cory talk or his Pleco talk, so he did a bit of both. Lee is a longtime contributor to the hobby and has authored a billion columns in the magazines.
May 1998 n/a Vol 1 Dan Logan: Pacific Northwest Native Fish
Mar 1998 n/a Vol 1 Heather Candelaria: Fancy Goldfish. Heather was president of GSAS for a year or so, and also one-time owner of Crystal Aquarium in the International District.
Oct 1997 n/a Vol 3 David Soares: Dwarf Cichlids. David is an Apistogramma breeder from Sisters Oregon. He’s also good friends with Dr. Uwe Romer from Germany.
May 1996 n/a Vol 1 Kurt Zadnik: Dwarf Cichlids. Kurt’s talk is what got us (Erik and Kathy) really into the dwarf cichlids. It’s also the only presentation we’ve ever seen that uses two projectors side-by-side to show the male and female of each species. Unfortunately, between the early miking, analog video camera, the quality is not so good.

This page was last updated Tuesday, May 21 2013