HOTEL
The official
hotel of the GPASI 2006 Fish Spectacular and Auction was the Comfort
Inn East (800) 230-8982, 699 Rodi Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15235.
SCHEDULE
OF EVENTS AND SPEAKERS
Friday,
March 24
10 am Set up: table layout, main air lines, vendors, etc.
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Registration of entries
7 p.m. GPASI Monthly Meeting at Comfort Inn East
Speaker: Jim Robinson on Killies.
Saturday, March 25
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration of Entries
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fish Room Open to Public
12:30 Speaker: Charley Grimes Cuatro Cinegas (diving in
Mexico's natural aquarium)
2:00 Speaker: Discus Hans: A Picture Show from Holland to
The U.S.: His Quest for the perfect Discus with many pictures from
the Stendker Hatchery.
4:00 Fish Room Closed for Judging
5:00 Speaker: Jim Robinson on Catfish
7:00 Awards Banquet with speaker Charley Grimes: “Dead
Fish Talk”
Sunday, March 26
9 a.m. Buyer and Seller Auction Registration
9 a.m. Fish Room Open to Public
11 a.m. to finish Huge Auction
4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Show entries may be removed
BANQUET
AWARDS BANQUET
REGISTRATION
was $25.00 per person.
Dinner Buffet
included these foods:
Tossed Mixed Greens Salad with Assorted Dressings, Fresh Fruit Salad,
Cole Slaw, Tortellini Salad, Marinated Mushroom Salad, Redskin Potato
Salad, Chef Carved Roast Prime Rib of Beef, Vegetable Lasagna, Baked
Breast of Chicken over Rice, Fresh Vegetable Medley, Whipped Potatoes
with Gravy, Oven Fresh Rolls and Butter, Assortment of Cakes and
Pies, Coffee, Tea, Decaf, Assorted Soft Drinks
We
were proud to have these speakers:
Charley Grimes
has been seriously keeping tropical fish for 40 years. He currently
has over 100 aquariums in his fishroom (with another 40 or 50 in
a storage barn). Additionally, he has 3 large yard ponds that he
maintains for tropical fish in the warm months (about 5 months in
Indianapolis). In addition to culturing lots of live foods in his
fishroom, Charley set up a 1000-gallon daphnia pool in the back
yard. The daphnia pool was a fantastic success for about 2 months
and then, thanks to his daughter’s13 "pet" ducks,
was an impressive failure. This year, with a new plan involving
"less biologically active" ducks, promises to be a banner
year for daphnia in his back yard. He maintains about 60 cichlid
tanks—mostly African Rifts & Dwarf Cichlids (mainly Apistos),
with the rest mainly housing killies, tetras, and livebearers. Additionally,
with the onset of warmer weather, he usually gets NATIVE FISH FEVER
and does quite a bit of collecting locally and through the Southeastern
U.S. In addition to collecting native fish, he has been to South
America three times and once to Mexico. His other hobbies are photography
and gardening.
Jim Robinson, BA, MSc ED, has been keeping tropical
fish for 36 years. He is a retired teacher who has spawned over
800 species of fish and propagated over 180 species of aquatic plants.
He has written many articles for local, national & international
clubs and has written articles for Tropical Fish Hobbyist
(spawning Synodontis) and FAMA (spawning Altum
angels). He has lectured all over the US and Canada at club meetings
and national conventions and has been a senior judge for AKA and
CAOAC and an auctioneer. His other interests include orchids, bonsai,
and Nepenthes, as well as coaching tennis and volleyball.
He has been married for 36 years and has 3 children and 2 grandchildren.
Jim will talk to us about killies Friday night and catfish on Saturday.
Discus Hans has been involved with Discus for more
than 30 years, from keeper, to breeder, to reseller of "the
Stendker - Germany Discus" in Holland. Two years ago, he moved
to the USA as Senior Promotional Sales Manager for Diskuszucht Stendker
- Germany. With his wife Joanne, he started Discus Hans USA in May
2005, which has grown out of the basement and into a 2,000 square
foot fish house with 100 x 65 gallon tanks for Discus only......and
Stendker Discus only. Hans will provide a slide tour of Discus Hans
in Holland and Discus Hans USA in Baltimore, MD, with many pictures
from the Stendker hatchery. You can visit his website at www.discus-hans-usa.com.
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