Wisconsinites - question for you

DMent · 03-31-2011, 04:21 AM

Thank you for the welcome. Should I reply here or on APC? A while ago (back when I was in college), a few friends and I started up the Champaign Area Fish Exchange (CAFE) in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. I would imagine that things are a bit different nowadays, but the experiences may help somehow (hopefully).

defiesexistence · 03-31-2011, 08:48 PM

APC's where the party transferred to, but feel free to keep this alive as well. Whichever you want.

Goodness, you're more experience than we do

So you'd swap fish and plants with your college buddies, and the organization is still around today? NICE.

DMent · 04-02-2011, 10:35 AM

Yeah, it is pretty hard to believe that the club is still going strong to this day. Had a lot of fun with it back in the day...

defiesexistence · 04-06-2011, 07:44 PM

Here's a major update! Wisconsin Aquatic Gardener's and Aquarium Society (WAGAS) now has a location on the web: http://wagasaquariumsociety.wordpress.com/

Our email: "wagascontact@gmail.com"

And the current discussion is here: http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...nsin-club.html

defiesexistence · 04-10-2011, 04:06 PM

WAGAS has a facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wiscon...ref=ts&sk=wall

RipariumGuy · 05-15-2011, 02:43 PM

FIRST MEETING TODAY!! Well, it isn't that big of a meeting, just a little group of us at the Central Library in Green Bay smoothing out a few bumps. We meet at two, so come if you can!

boyettk · 05-22-2011, 01:51 PM

I know that when I was first starting in the hobby again, I cruised craigslist like mad for tank stuff, free fish, ect..

Posting to the local pet pages might get you guys a larger base.

RipariumGuy · 05-24-2011, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boyettk

I know that when I was first starting in the hobby again, I cruised craigslist like mad for tank stuff, free fish, ect..

Posting to the local pet pages might get you guys a larger base.

Ahhh! Hadn't thought of that! Only forums and such. I'll look into it. Thanks!

RipariumGuy · 09-23-2011, 02:17 AM

I sent out a PM/Email to everybody interested in WAGAS. Let's get this thing going guys!

xxbenjamminxx · 04-02-2012, 02:49 PM

Whatever became of this if anything? Really wish I had someone more local to trade/BS with about the hobby.

RipariumGuy · 04-02-2012, 03:15 PM

It kind of fell apart over the summer... Things got busy for me and the other person trying to set this up and we lost contact. I've tried sending a message to him about this again, but got no response.

Maybe if we just said people come to this place and such and such a time to hang out and talk, and trade plant trimmings?

GOJIRADOR · 04-02-2012, 09:11 PM

I too am looking for local people to trade with

tenzero1 · 04-06-2012, 07:24 PM

I live in platteville wisc. currently but will be moving to milwaukee this summer I hear there is a lot going on there...

GOJIRADOR · 04-06-2012, 08:49 PM

could you point me in the right direction? I'm relatively new to the city

tenzero1 · 04-06-2012, 08:58 PM

I know nothing yet but I have googled the fish stores and there seems to be a few decent stores there. I know aquatics unlimited is a big store there and I have heard good things. I may be checking out some places when I take a trip there tomorrow so if I find any great things out I can update you. In terms of needing most things, however, you can find them in swap n shop on this site or online.

03-31-2011, 08:48 PM	#47
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	APC's where the party transferred to, but feel free to keep this alive as well. Whichever you want. Goodness, you're more experience than we do So you'd swap fish and plants with your college buddies, and the organization is still around today? NICE. __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau

04-06-2011, 07:44 PM	#49
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	Here's a major update! Wisconsin Aquatic Gardener's and Aquarium Society (WAGAS) now has a location on the web: http://wagasaquariumsociety.wordpress.com/ Our email: "wagascontact@gmail.com" And the current discussion is here: http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...nsin-club.html __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau

04-10-2011, 04:06 PM	#50
defiesexistence Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lost in thought Posts: 816	WAGAS has a facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wiscon...ref=ts&sk=wall __________________ But my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know. ~Alan Watts I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ~Henry David Thoreau

05-15-2011, 02:43 PM	#51
RipariumGuy Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin Posts: 3,614	FIRST MEETING TODAY!! Well, it isn't that big of a meeting, just a little group of us at the Central Library in Green Bay smoothing out a few bumps. We meet at two, so come if you can! __________________ "My next hobby is going to be tearing up $100 bills while simultaneously banging my head against a wall and flooding my basement." "Ask not what the hobby can do for you, but what you can do the the hobby" - ScapeFu The Jake-arium Wabi-Kusa Pimp #3

05-22-2011, 01:51 PM	#52
boyettk Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2011 Location: Brandon, WI Posts: 4	Getting members I know that when I was first starting in the hobby again, I cruised craigslist like mad for tank stuff, free fish, ect.. Posting to the local pet pages might get you guys a larger base.

03-31-2011, 04:21 AM	#46
DMent Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: West Allis, WI Posts: 3	Thank you for the welcome. Should I reply here or on APC? A while ago (back when I was in college), a few friends and I started up the Champaign Area Fish Exchange (CAFE) in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. I would imagine that things are a bit different nowadays, but the experiences may help somehow (hopefully).

04-02-2011, 10:35 AM	#48
DMent Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: West Allis, WI Posts: 3	Yeah, it is pretty hard to believe that the club is still going strong to this day. Had a lot of fun with it back in the day...

09-23-2011, 02:17 AM	#54
RipariumGuy Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin Posts: 3,614	I sent out a PM/Email to everybody interested in WAGAS. Let's get this thing going guys! __________________ "My next hobby is going to be tearing up $100 bills while simultaneously banging my head against a wall and flooding my basement." "Ask not what the hobby can do for you, but what you can do the the hobby" - ScapeFu The Jake-arium Wabi-Kusa Pimp #3

04-02-2012, 02:49 PM	#55
xxbenjamminxx Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (19/95%) Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Peshtigo, WI Posts: 715	Whatever became of this if anything? Really wish I had someone more local to trade/BS with about the hobby. __________________ Eheim Pimp Club #481 RAOK CLUB #29

04-02-2012, 03:15 PM	#56
RipariumGuy Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin Posts: 3,614	It kind of fell apart over the summer... Things got busy for me and the other person trying to set this up and we lost contact. I've tried sending a message to him about this again, but got no response. Maybe if we just said people come to this place and such and such a time to hang out and talk, and trade plant trimmings? __________________ "My next hobby is going to be tearing up $100 bills while simultaneously banging my head against a wall and flooding my basement." "Ask not what the hobby can do for you, but what you can do the the hobby" - ScapeFu The Jake-arium Wabi-Kusa Pimp #3

04-02-2012, 09:11 PM	#57
GOJIRADOR Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 65	I too am looking for local people to trade with

04-06-2012, 07:24 PM	#58
tenzero1 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Platteville, WI Posts: 258	I live in platteville wisc. currently but will be moving to milwaukee this summer I hear there is a lot going on there... __________________ I tried to just get my feet wet...but instead I dove in head first...planted tanks are addicting... The brandy bowl and pride rock

04-06-2012, 08:49 PM	#59
GOJIRADOR Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 65	could you point me in the right direction? I'm relatively new to the city

04-06-2012, 08:58 PM	#60
tenzero1 Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Platteville, WI Posts: 258	I know nothing yet but I have googled the fish stores and there seems to be a few decent stores there. I know aquatics unlimited is a big store there and I have heard good things. I may be checking out some places when I take a trip there tomorrow so if I find any great things out I can update you. In terms of needing most things, however, you can find them in swap n shop on this site or online. __________________ I tried to just get my feet wet...but instead I dove in head first...planted tanks are addicting... The brandy bowl and pride rock

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