Well, every convention is under contract to sell so many rooms.
Therefore, until they fill the room order the hoist clubs really need to get reservations at their hotel.
If you order a Wisconsin's Visitor guide you can see all the hotels/motels and visitor attractions in the area.
Hello everyone and Happy New Year from the ACA!
I want to let everyone know what's new for 2010 and the ACA.
First off we have a new Board of Trustees! New BOT members are
Mo Devlin (Chairman)
Phil Benes, Vice Chairman
Dean Hougen, Secretary
Chris Borgese
Li Chih
Steve Edie
Eric...
Hello Everyone!
The American Cichlid association has just finished up a great convention in Cincinnati this year and it was a great time too! There was hundreds of fish fanatics buying, selling, and showing their fish along with many great speakers!
For those of you that did not make it, check...
HA!
You guys got to travel more!
These long trips are what college kids call road trips!
Make an adventure out of it!
My drive is 6 hours. I plan on leaving around 430am and getting there before 11am.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The American Cichlid Association (ACA) is seeking nominations for Board of Trustees (BOT). Trustees implement how the ACA impacts cichlid conservation and increases knowledge of Cichlidae by approving research grants. The BOT also determines how ACA members are served...
I see the open trachs that are figure 8 shaped all the time with great colors, but I rarely ever encounter the Lobo Wellsi shaped versions that are convoluted like this. When I do see them or hear about them they are either sold or are between $500-$1000 plus shipping! If you see one like mine LMK!
Actinics or T5 Blue lighting is something I am working on yet as I have not found the right 2 lamp fixture @72".
Yes, it is a Trach Geoffreyii.
These colors are because this is a cooler water, deep water species variant. It is believed to be collected from Japan. These rainbow versions are...
WOW! :(
Brutus is thoroughly offended by the Crab haters. He said that female would of made him very happy!
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Mine is my new Brain coral.
Here is a pic of it when it came in before it acclimated....
here it is with it's big brother...
and here is a close up...
I paid $320. I got it from AquaSD.com. It is the best looking coral I have seen in 25 years!
Hi guys,
Your Alk reading is the issue here and possibly phosphates.
So lets go thru this in order.
As mentioned already the chemical reactions of Alkalinity and Calcium balance each other out so if your Calcium is low your alk will be high and if you Alk is low your Calcium will be high. You...
Barbara it would be great to see a post at the ACA about your CARES species and your progress with them. I know it may inspire more people to get involved which would be awesome!