Please join is in welcoming recent Wisconsin Academy Fellows Award winner and MAAH member Dr. John Lyon, Adjunct Curator of Fishes of the University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum, to the April meeting. Johh will be presenting on the Conservation of the Mexican Goodeid Livebearers: the Critical Role of the Aquarium Hobbyist. After the presentation stick around for the auction. He will talk about what the Goodeid fishes are, where they occur, the many threats to their survival in the wild, their current dire status, and the conservation efforts that are being made, with emphasis on how aquarium hobbyists can contribute through captive maintenance of rare species. John has been a fish nerd most of his life, observing, catching, and keeping fish for well over 50 years. Until he retired in 2017, John was also a fisheries research scientist and supervisor for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, where he worked for over 32 years. He originally from New York State, and came to Madison, Wisconsin, for graduate school in 1979, loved the area, and never left. He received a B.S. degree in biology from Union College in Schenectady, NY, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, all with an emphasis on the study of fish. Although interested in all fishes throughout the world, John's specialties are the fishes of Wisconsin and the upper Midwest and the freshwater fishes of Mexico. He made 39 (and counting) scientific trips to Mexico and other parts of Latin America, working on a wide variety of species in many different habitats and locations. Currently, much of his focus has been on the conservation of Goodeid livebearers and other fishes in central Mexico. He currently maintain four species of rare Goodeids at home and at the Zoological Museum. The April meeting will be on the 21st in the basement of the Hody Bar and Grill, 1914 Aurora Street in Middleton. Doors open at 12:30.
I'm looking forward to coming. I can't get to as many meetings as I use to, so I get pumped when I get a chance. I hope to get a chance to visit more this time around.
The April auction is up on mygroupauctions.com, please list items you intend to bring as early as possible so people can have tank space prepared. Don't forget to add a photo of the item if possible, it does help!
Looks like anlivebearer month. Green wag swords Green swords Velvet swords Japan blue guppies Neon blue platys Blue platies Hi fin blue and orange platys Cardamine lyrata Crypt uesterina Amazon sword
The beginning of my list is posted on My group auctions. Trying to get pictures of the actual fish that will be in the auction so folks can get a better idea. Hope others will post theirs soon. Also if anybody is looking for anything ( particularly plants). I will add to or trade out items as needed. I'm pretty full of plants right now but don't want to bring in more of the same. I'm looking for Italian Val and Corkscrew Val right now.
If you are going to the Milwaukee swap on the 15th, I will have some Italian Valisneria, could save out some for you.
I am going to try to bring a pair of Ameca splendens, Xenotoca eisensi, and Zoogoneticus tequilla- all Goodeids and all CARES species Also will have Labidochromis caeruleus and albino Aulonocara jacobfreibergi for BAP Maybe a few plants as well
I attended a Wabi Kusa workshop today presented by Chicago Aquatic Plants Society (CAPS). They were nice enough to donate some plants for the auction. You might have the name in the listing.
Just a heads up, I'm planning on BAPing axolotl's this weekend, so there will be a group of 5 coming across in case that interests anyone,
BAP: (They're actually old enough this month) Geophagus steindachneri Cryptoheros panamensis Tropheus moorii Ikola Neolamprologus brichardi Haplochromis brownae I ended up with a lousy four fry from my Rosy Reds, and then the male died. I'll try that again later.
Agendas for the general and EB meetings General Meeting Agenda April 21, 2018 Welcome and Introductions Executive Board Communications Volunteers needed Officers wanted Cataclysm 2019 Programs BAP GARP CARES Grimey Award Speaker- John Lyons- the Goodeid Guru Intermission Auction MAAH Executive Board Agenda April 21, 2018 Call To Order/ Roll call Previous Meeting Minutes Officer Reports (if any): President’s report (Sean) Vice President’s report (Steve) Treasurer’s report (Mike) Committee Reports (try to keep reports to 2 minutes or less): Cataclysm 2019 Deadlines and Actions Cataclysm Separation (Mike) Membership (Beth) BAP (Steve) GARP (Mike) CARES (Sean) Program (Randy) Speaker chaperone/ lodging/ etc. Auction (Beth) Website (Randy/ Megan) Promotion (Nicholas) Library (Chris) Bylaws review (Randy) Recommendations Old Business Official government/ legal documentation Any updates? WPT Garden Expo Aquascaping event. Tanks and leftovers 2019? Forum rights- Is this complete? July meeting- Is this officially dead? Storage Rental- Nicholas New Business Meeting venue Election Board- Presentation of candidates Honorariums Other new business Adjournment
Anyone able to bring microworms, I just hatched a bunch of crested newts and my brine aren’t hatching
