2024 HAAS Schedule
Jan – January 20th Steven Waldron Aquarium Zen “The Aquascape Evolution: Creating a natural aquascape by learning from nature”
Feb – February 10th Plant Sale Plants donated by Florida Aquatic Nurseries Workshops -
Mar – March 9th HAAS Spring Auction
Apr –April 13th Mike Gaines NWAAS Nano tanks
May – May 11th Swap
Jun – June 8th –Alexander Williamson History of the hobby
Jul – July 13th Lawrence Kent TBD
Aug – August 10th Summer swap
Sep – September 14th Spencer Jack Cichlids
Oct – October 12th Fall Auction
Nov- November 9th Joel Antkowiak TBD
Dec – December 14th Potluck Xmas party and 2024 Planning Session
Here is the Tentative schedule for next year. There may be some changes over the course of the year but here is where we stand now. I am also working on 2025 HAAS' 75th anniversary year. I think we need to do it up big if we can. Think about any ideas you have or things you think would be fun to do extra. Here is what I have so far. I am just sticking to our current format, but we can change that and add extra events etc.
Jan – January 11th Meeting
Feb – February 8th Plant Sale Plants donated by Florida Aquatic Nurseries
Mar – March 8th HAAS Spring Auction
Apr –April 12th Meeting
May – May 10th Swap
Jun – June 14th – Meeting
Jul – July 12th Jeremy Basch Amazon tropics TBD
Aug – August 9th Summer swap
Sep – September 12th Meeting
Oct – October 11th Fall Auction
Nov- November 8th Meeting
Dec – December 13th Potluck Xmas party and 2026 Planning Session
If a tbd isn't available I'd like to see if we could get someone from the CARES Preservation Program. That is if others are interested.
we can always add speakers via zoom, has any speakers shown interested in doing a zoom talk?
is that for a regular meeting or an off date?
regular meeting the church had a conflict with our normal second Saturday, so we had to move our normal meeting to the 20th but if someone can find a Zoom speaker for the 13th we can have 2 events for Jan.
I cannot figure out how to change the original post so the Jan meeting is on the 20th instead of the 13th. I no longer lets me edit it.
Is it possible for someone to share the bowl competition schedule too? I am still not familiar with it.
2024 HAAS Bowl Show Schedule
Jan – January 20th Steven Waldron Anything goes (any living thing from an aquarium)
Feb – February 10th Plant Sale Plants donated by Florida Aquatic Nurseries Pond and Aquarium plants
Mar – March 9th HAAS Spring Auction trial bowl show Anything goes (Let's show the public what we do)
Apr –April 13th Mike Gaines NWAAS Nano tanks fish and inverts from a nano tank
May – May 11th Swap no bowl show
Jun – June 8th –Alexander Williamson Anything goes (any living thing from an aquarium)
Jul – July 13th Lawrence Kent anabantids
Aug – August 10th Summer swap no bowl show
Sep – September 14th Spencer Jack Cichlids new world cichlids
Oct – October 12th Fall Auction no bowl show
Nov- November 9th Joel Antkowiak Killifish
Dec – December 14th PotLuck Xmas party and 2024 Planning Session no bowl show
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@Jeff, we should make add a note that bowl shows for auctions and swaps setup can be done the night before to save time.
September speaker update
Spencer Jack's talk is titled "Humberto and Friends. A Canadian Wandering Through Colombia". The talk is on his collecting trips in Columbia.
We need to pick the talk that our November speaker will deliver during the meeting Here are the options:
CARES, Splitfins and More!
This program will briefly discuss the CARES Preservation Society and focus on the family
Goodeidae, a group of live bearing fishes where nearly all species are addressed in the CARES
program. I will also share some insight into some of the other species of fishes that are currently
on the CARES Priority List that I have kept over the last 40+ years.
Komments on Killiekeeping-The Plant Spawners
This program is an introduction to keeping killifish and is loosely based on my column
“Komments on Killiekeeping.” Some basic care and breeding information is shared, as well as
some interesting – at least I think so - trivia on certain species. I also give a brief run down on
some of the various groups of killifish and touch on some of the new nomenclature. There is
always something new added to this program every time I present it. Though not a CARES centric
program, all CARES species are noted during the presentation.
Experiences with CARES Priority List Species
This program also introduces the audience to the CARES program and then goes on to discuss
various experiences with many CARES Priority List species that I have kept in over 40 years of
fishkeeping. Another program that constantly changes, unfortunately it is usually due to species
being added to the CARES Priority List
Experiences with CARES Priority List Cichlid Species
This program also introduces the audience to the CARES program and then goes on to discuss
various experiences with CARES Priority List cichlid species that I have kept in over 40 years of
Fishkeeping.
Introduction to Rainbows and Blue-Eyes
This program introduces the audience to the care and breeding of the various species of
rainbowfishes and the blue eyes of the genus Pseudomugil. I share some of my experiences with
these fishes. Again, not a CARES centric program but all CARES species are noted during the
Presentation.
Uku iʻa i Hawaiʻi (Fish-Heading in Hawaii)
This program reviews my recent trip to Hawaii and the various “fish and sea life related” activities
and experiences encountered along the way, including a trip to a seahorse farm and the Waikiki
Aquarium. There is some non-fish related content as well.
@jcurts I've been very interested in CARES and would love to hear more. I've focused on their list and other endangered species.