It has been a summer to remember! We had a blast during the American Cichlid Association (ACA) convention a few months ago. It was great to see old faces and new. A big thanks to Greater Cincinnati Aquarium Society (GCAS) for hosting! You did a fantastic job as usual.
And while we dealt with some presentation issues, we were excited to share our journeys to South America. One aspect that I really enjoyed, was judging the catfish group in the fish show. The ACA now has a few catfish classes which makes sense as many folks keep catfish with their cichlids. This idea was first done by the Ohio Cichlid Association (OCA) and has been adopted.
We hope fish shows can continue but we do realize it is stressful for both the fish and the aquarist. Hauling a prized fish to just share it in a show for a few days requires a lot of preparation as well as a watchful eye during the convention. Thankfully GCAS had tanks ready to go for all the show fish. The water quality was pretty perfect, and we cannot recall seeing many issues. Again, a great job by everyone involved! We look forward to the next big convention.
Speaking of which, the OCA Extravaganza is fast approaching. We plan to be in attendance for this event and can bring fish. If you have not been to this event and are within driving distance, please try to attend. This is a great event with around 400 attendees. This is not just a cichlid convention either as there are a number of catfish speakers and vendors that carry everything from plants and shrimp to killifish and livebearers. For more details, please visit their website: https://www.ohiocichlid.com/extravaganza/extravaganza-info.
The other event we plan to attend is the GCAS Fall Auction. If you are looking for rare fish, this is a great auction to attend that always has a great variety of fish, plants and inverts. If you see anything on our availability list you are interested in, please contact us at: jeremybasch@gmail.com. We can make arrangements for pick up at either event.
And that brings us to our last announcement. For serious buyers only, we are going to sell a group of 1 1/2-1 3/4″ Hypancistrus zebra. These fish are F1/F2 crosses! That’s correct, these fish have wild Zebra Pleco genes from a fish we imported before the ban many, many, many years ago. There will be up to 8 fish available. Please check our Fish Availability page for further details. Below are some images of the fish available for purchase. These fish are for pick up only at either the GCAS Fall Auction or the OCA Extravaganza. We will not be offering shipping so please do not ask.
