Please join us Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 7:00 for this month's meeting of the Tropical Fish Society of Rhode Island.
Our speaker this month is Peter George. His talk is titled "The Fishes of NECA"
Over the past 12 years The New England Cichlid Association has been involved in collecting and importing fish from Central America, South America and Africa. Our focus has been new species and in particular, rare and unusual cichlids. Working primarily with Oliver Lucanus in Montreal, Marco Welss in Germany, and Kim Pedersen in Denmark, we’ve managed to acquire some very special species, many of which have never been in a North American fishtank and some were totally unknown. The stories are entertaining, frustrating and often disappointing, but in most cases the results were worth the effort. On Wednesday I’ll provide a slide driven review of these collections, and tell some of the stories attached to these very special fish. I look forward to this opportunity and hope to see you in Rhode Island!
I’ve been in the hobby for more than 6 decades, and I’ve kept and bred just about everything you can imagine that will live in a fishtank smaller than an Olympic pool. For the past 15 years I’ve focused almost exclusively on African cichlids, and in particular, cichlids from East Africa, but I still keep catfish from Africa as well. But I’ve imported cichlids, characins, catfish, barbs, killies, fresh water rays and rainbows, so the talk will address pretty much every kind of fish you might want. I’ll hopefully see you all on the 18th.
We also have our usual meeting activities. You may bring any fish or plants you are submitting for the BAP or HAP for auction. You may also bring up to 3 lots for a Buck-a-Bag auction. We plan to have refreshments, a raffle and a short business meeting.
The address of our Wednesday meeting is 19 Mohawk Drive, Riverside, Rhode Island. Mohawk Drive is directly off of Rt 114, the Wampanoag Trail in Riverside. Route 114 is a divided road at the entrance to Mohawk Road. If you are coming from the North you need to go past it to the next turnaround, which is on the left just past the "Welcome to Barrington" Sign. After you turn around, Mohawk Road will be on your right a short distance past the "Anchor Bay Assisted Living" sign. There is a Blue and White sign at the entry of Mohawk Road for the Riverside Sportsmans Association. The building is at the end of the road.