Brooklyn Aquarium Society 10/12

[Heartnet]

Originally Posted by MeowKitty49

Picture time!

Obligatory group shot by the Walrus (I love this Walrus).

Is that...a real walrus? :0

[Heartnet]

I thought it looked kind of wet. Thats a real shiny replica then. Lol

[furnfins]

Originally Posted by haterr

I was there last night, didn't realize so many TPT members would also be. I won 4 of the raffles with my cousin but they ended up being 75% used, expired and mostly trash in those raffle bags.

Glad everyone had fun!

yah, there's never anything too great in those bags, I just buy raffles to support the club, I am a member. I was hoping I'd hit the 50/50 instead

[sunyang730]

I really want some small Cory is Rachel coming to NY for the next meeting?

[DeLaFe]

Where are you in NYC? If possible, I can pick some up for you next time I go to Yonkers and pass by Pet Goods. They always get them in and they have two different types! I picked up six for myself the last time I went.

Alfred

Originally Posted by sunyang730

I really want some small Cory is Rachel coming to NY for the next meeting?

[sunyang730]

Is that where Rachel is?

I am in Brooklyn.

[Qckwzrd]

If you are a cichlid lover this was the auction for you. From African cichlids to angels and discus. It also made me wish I had a marine tank again. The prices for the fish and frags was great! I ended up getting some killifish and I donated a few bags of plants. Overall I enjoyed myself but was looking for more not so common fish and plants. I showed up what I thought was late but ended up being right on time.

[acitydweller]

Originally Posted by haterr

I was there last night, didn't realize so many TPT members would also be. I won 4 of the raffles with my cousin but they ended up being 75% used, expired and mostly trash in those raffle bags.

Glad everyone had fun!

My jaw dropped as you kept going up to pickup the raffle prizes. Glad you guys had fun. We should seriously get name tags as a whole bunch of us sat in the adjacent row to you.

Originally Posted by furnfins

yah, there's never anything too great in those bags, I just buy raffles to support the club, I am a member. I was hoping I'd hit the 50/50 instead

That 50/50 auction may bring lots of folks out of the woodwork however, judging by the crowd, it seemed to be more of a salt/brackish dominant community there with a smaller fresh water and even smaller planted tank keepers. I was really surprised at the size of livestock being auctioned but there were definitely some great frag and salt water deals that night. I just wished they auctioned schools of fish rather than individual fish... Just seemed really odd having a small tetra being sold separately.

Originally Posted by DeLaFe

Where are you in NYC? If possible, I can pick some up for you next time I go to Yonkers and pass by Pet Goods. They always get them in and they have two different types! I picked up six for myself the last time I went.

Alfred

That would be really cool and maybe if you could for a few of us for the next meet franks aquarium currently sells the pygmae too but it would be either a Brooklyn or long island pickup.

Originally Posted by sunyang730

Is that where Rachel is?

I am in Brooklyn.

She is far from Brooklyn. You can either get them from pet goods or from franks aquarium for local pickup or have Rachel ship to you.

Originally Posted by Qckwzrd

If you are a cichlid lover this was the auction for you. From African cichlids to angels and discus. It also made me wish I had a marine tank again. The prices for the fish and frags was great! I ended up getting some killifish and I donated a few bags of plants. Overall I enjoyed myself but was looking for more not so common fish and plants. I showed up what I thought was late but ended up being right on time.

I'm sorry we didn't meet on the night. hope you can come out to our next event.

Special thanks to matt "mrbrongher" for getting us together for this event. it's Always great to see everyone.

[Qckwzrd]

Hopefully I can make it out to Queens on the 7th of Nov.

[FlyTekk]

DAMN I MISSED THIS! Anyone know if there were geophagus tapajos available at the auction?

Also does anyone know where i can still get some?

Also interested in bandit cichlid and denison barb.

Thanks. Must attend next one!

[furnfins]

Originally Posted by FlyTekk

DAMN I MISSED THIS! Anyone know if there were geophagus tapajos available at the auction?

Also does anyone know where i can still get some?

Also interested in bandit cichlid and denison barb.

Thanks. Must attend next one!

I put up a G. Steindachneri but there were quite a few very
nice cichlids this time around. I believe the next one is a 50/50
auction, should bring out all the breeders in the club.

[FlyTekk]

Whats a 50/50 and whens the next one.

[furnfins]

A 50/50 is when you bring in fish for auction and you get half and they get half as long as it's $5 and up. The next meeting is Nov.9th, the speaker is Gene Ritter on Reef Diving which I normally wouldn't attent SW but I believe the 50/50 auction is next month. I'll post a question on the forum today, didn't have time when I got home yesterday. I'll post back here later.

[Qckwzrd]

I checked the BAS site and facebook page but didn't see anything about the 50/50. But I do remember them saying something about a 50/50.

[furnfins]

Originally Posted by Qckwzrd

I checked the BAS site and facebook page but didn't see anything about the 50/50. But I do remember them saying something about a 50/50.

I posted the question on their forum and the 50-50 is in November.
I'm definately going to that, that last one there were some really
nice fish and plants.