President’s Messages

Hi Everyone
Thank you Larry for your presentation on Lake Malawi. Our presenter on Thursday November 9th is Randy Seufert. His topic “I want that fish” sounds really fun. As a person who enjoys looking at different tanks and loving fish I can often hear myself saying just that!

At our meeting on Thursday please remember to bring your $5 if you signed up for the Fish Growing Contest. The amazing Koi Swords are from our very own Charlie Drew’s stock. This should be an exciting competition with several prizes to be won. Will your fish be bigger than mine?

Next month we celebrate the Holiday Season with some games and treats. We will have a Neighbour to Neighbour Food Drive. We ask that everyone help out with this. Sarah is setting up a raffle table with all monies raised supporting N2N. If you’d like to bring a dessert please let us know, that would be amazing. Pizza and wings will be provided.

January is election month. All positions are open. If you are interested please come see me or message me.

Thanks so much. Hope to see you on Thursday.

Carla

Hi Everyone

What a great season Fall has been this year. I’m sure many of you with ponds are starting to get ready to protect your fish this winter. I know that’s my plan.

I hope everyone is enjoying the many Fall auctions. Our auction was a great success. Thank you to everyone that came out to the auction and a huge thank you to everyone that volunteered a portion of their day to help our club out. The Kitchener-Waterloo auction is on October 22, St Catherines October 29, and Peel November 5. The Durham Club is celebrating their 50th Anniversary with a speaker dinner on October 14. More information is on the CAOAC site.

Our speaker this Thursday October 12 is Larry Johnson presenting his Malawi Safari 2016. You can sign up for the fish growing contest at the meeting as well. Charlie Drew will be providing beautiful Koi Swordtails for the contest. (5 for $5).

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Hope to see you Thursday.

Carla

Hi Everyone!

I hope you had a great summer. It seems summer is the season that goes so quickly. My ponds did really well and my Koi are growing really large. Luckily the raccoons and skunks in my neighbourhood didn’t get them.

It’s a new season for all us fish lovers too. We have a few new ideas for the 2017/18 year. We will be having a Fish Growing Contest for our members. Sign up at the September 14th or October 12th meeting for pick up on November 9th. We will be providing beautiful Koi Swordtails generously provided by Charles Drew. Come out to our meeting for details.

Our fall auction is on Saturday September 30th at the Waterdown Legion, 79 Hamilton St in Waterdown. Doors open at 8am, the auction will begin at 10am. If you are interested in renting a table to sell used goods please contact me (president@hdas.ca). A limited number of tables will be available. The sellers sheets and auction rules are available on our website.

Our guest speaker this month is Karl Schwarze. He will be completing his presentation “My Seven Ponds”. Karl is an amazing speaker with loads of pond experience. Please bring your questions.

Hope to see you at our meeting on Thursday,
Carla

Hi Everyone!

Well, that was so much fun! I can’t believe the CAOAC Aquatic Expo 2017 is over. Whatever will the H&DAS team do with all their free time. There are not enough words to thank this team for all their hard work. You made this look so easy. I hope those of you that came out to the Burlington Holiday Inn had as great a time as I did. I really enjoyed this experience.

Our speakers Ian Fuller, Eric Bodrock, Regina Spotti, Lawrence Kent, and Gerald Griffin were amazing. The Convention hosted the First Canadian Biotope Competition, thank you Frank Aquirre for making that happen. To Betta Breeders Canada, Trans Canada Guppy Group, Shrimpers and Southern Ontario Killifish Society – thank you all for your participation. We had incredible fish shows and auctions throughout the weekend. Thank you to all our sponsors and to those that donated products to help support us. Thank you to our vendors throughout the weekend. What should we do next???

Our June speaker is Ken Boorman and his presentation will be on Australian Aquarium Fish (other than Rainbowfish and Blue-Eyes). Our Jar show classes are Killifish and AOV. Karl S had an really great pond program last month. He will be presenting the 2nd half of his presentation in September. Please let us know if you have a program you’d like to see. We are always looking for suggestions.
See you at the meeting,
Carla

Hello Everyone,
A big “Thank You” to Jessica B for her awesome presentation ‘Made in Hamilton: A Fishroom Tour’. Amazing! Our May program is on “Ponds” and will be presented by our own Karl Schwarze. I’ve seen Karl’s ponds and I look forward to this presentation.

I just can’t believe it’s May already. A year ago our club decided we’d like to host the 2017 CAOAC Convention. Since then it’s been so exciting working with our team to make the ‘CAOAC Aquatic Expo’ a reality. We have a great speaker line-up: Ian Fuller, Eric Bodrock, Regina Spotti, Lawrence Kent, and Gerald Griffin. Each speaker is individually wonderful but to have the opportunity to share this group with all our ‘fish friends’ is amazing. We have the 1st International Betta Show and Auction, Trans Canada Guppy Group Show, Shrimp and Killi specialty classes, Biotope Competition, and hopefully you attending. There will be several vendors to help accommodate our wants and needs. So many sponsors and donations (please visit our site) and therefore lots of prizes and raffles. You don’t want to miss out. The Vendors, Auctions, and Show Rooms are open to the public at no charge. Betta Show at 4pm Sat and CAOAC Aquatic Expo Auction at 11am on Sunday May 21. If you haven’t purchased your full convention or speakers ticket yet you can still do so. Please check our site for more details.

Hope to see you at our meeting or the 2017 CAOAC Aquatic Expo.

Carla

Hi Everyone

I’d like to thank Frank Aguirre for his presentation last month on his “Big Tanks”. I heard that everyone enjoyed it. Our presenter on Thursday March 9th is Zack Brideau from the Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society (KWAS). I’m very excited to learn how to set up a saltwater tank. It’s on my list. The Jar Show classes for March are cichlids and AOV.

They say that Spring is just around the corner…well our Spring Auction on Saturday March 25th at the Waterdown Legion is just around the corner. Our club has the first auction of the spring season and it’s always a great auction. I’ve had a few inquiries for vendors tables; if you are interested please contact me.

H&DAS is also hosting the CAOAC Aquatic Expo May 19 to 21 at the Burlington Holiday Inn. Our presenters include Ian Fuller, Eric Bodrock, Regina Spotti, Lawrence Kent and Gerald Griffin. You don’t want to miss the presentations on Friday night and Saturday during the day, our banquet dinner with speaker and awards, fish shows, biotope competition, vendors, and a giant auction on Sunday. The show room and vendors tables will be open to the public throughout the weekend. (Will be closed for judging). All are welcome to the Sunday auction. Please visit hdas.ca/convention for more information or to purchase tickets.

I hope to see you at our meeting on Thursday,

Carla

Hi everyone!
I can’t believe it’s February already. I’d like to thank Zenin for his great program on filtration at our January meeting. Our program on February 9 will be presented by Frank Aguirre. Frank is no stranger to large tanks and he’ll be showcasing some of his super large installations. He will also be presenting information on biotope aquarium design and how we can participate at the 2017 Aquatic Expo.

Have you signed up for the Home Show?
We will need everyone participating to register by the end of our February meeting as this presentation is for April. Everyone is able to enter, near or far, our team is willing to travel, and everyone wins a prize!

Our Spring Auction is Saturday March 25 at the Waterdown Legion. Come on out and enjoy the first weekend of spring. Come help us out as we can always use the help.

The 2017 Aquatic Expo is coming along well. Have you bought your ticket yet? Last year I bought tickets for Valentines Day as a gift. Our first raffled ticket was won by Peter DeSouza.

Hope you enjoy the meeting!

Carla

Hi everyone!
Happy New Year 2017 and what an exciting year we have ahead of us, including some great speakers:

Thursday January 12 – Zenin Skomorowski – Filtration – a hands on presentation. Jar show classes are Plants and AOV.

Thursday February 9 – Frank Aquirre – introduction to Biotope and his tank creations over the last 10 years including at “Google”. Frank will be setting up the Canada Biotope Competition at the Aquatic Expo 2017.

Thursday April 13 – Home Show. This program is one of my favourites because you help to create it. Please sign up for our Judging Team to come take some pictures/videos of your tank. Share your beautiful creation with the club. And there are Prizes too!

Our spring auction is on a Saturday March 25 at the Waterdown Legion. This is always a great auction so be sure to “save the date”. Our club is hosting the 2017 CAOAC Aquatic Expo – May 19 – 21 at the Burlington Holiday Inn. Guest speakers include Ian Fuller, Eric Bodrock, Regina Spotti, Lawrence Kent and Gerald Griffin. Information about our speakers, pricing, hotel info is on our website.

Hope to see you at our meeting on Thursday, Carla

Hi everyone!
Big Thank You to Nancy Egelton for her presentation on Guppies last month. I didn’t realize there were so many different types of Guppies. I look forward to having the Trans Canada Guppy Group participation in the CAOAC Aquatic Expo 2017.

Our guest speaker for our November 10th meeting is Ron Bishop. His presentation on Axolotls is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Our Jar show classes will be Guppies/Mollies and AOV.
December will be our Christmas Party with a Neighbour to Neighbour Food Drive. Sarah will have a Fishy Draw table. It always feels good to help others at this time of year. We will supply pizza and wings. Bring a dessert to share if you like.

Our club is hosting the CAOAC Aquatic Expo 2017 -May 19 to 21. If you have any ideas or suggestions to make this event the best it can be please come out to an executive meeting or speak with a member of the executive.

Hope to see you all at the meeting on Thursday Nov 10th at 7:30pm.

Carla