Aquamania Comments Blog

[zenins]

Post here any comments or observations as they happen ( or shortly there after   )

[zenins]

Well, we arrived just after 3pm

Traffic was no problem, even across the top of Toronto

Heading out shortly to visit some shops.

See you tonight around 7pm for the USB Fish night

[Shawn84]

Glad you made it safe and sound. Ill be seeing you soon. Ill be there around 5ish

[jarmila]

We arrived a few minutes ago. Our drive was fine too.

[FishBuddy]

Just a curiosity, how many of you are coming down for USB Fish Stick Night???

[fischkopp]

See ya later!

[zenins]

Just a curiosity, how many of you are coming down for USB Fish Stick Night???

I am here with some photos of my fish at home, as well as some at Big Al's Kanata
from this afternoon.

The more, the better, bring your USB Fish Stick tonight !

[zenins]

Well, lots of vendors/manufacturer reps are setting up.

I would have liked to see more fish in the USB fish night.
Was cool to see Ron's various public aquariums from around the world.

Going to breakfast now.

First speaker presentation is at 10 am.

[zenins]

We arrived a few minutes ago. Our drive was fine too.

Wow, you brought a lot of stuff !

I will have to check it all out later today ...

[Peekay]

My son and I attended Dr. Hernandez' talk on fish collection in S.America.  Very interesting!  Great attendence too.  Good to see everyone out.

Remember to visit Rah in vendor room B!   

[cdylnicki]

Hey Peekay!  Were you the lady with the cutie about 10 years old?

I was the lady with the baby!

I bought ramshorn snails ($1 for about 25 snails) to put in my frog/paramecium tanks!

[NjOyRiD]

I really enjoyed my time there today!!

[zenins]

Well, since Stephan Tanner  had airplane trouble and could not make it to speak today,
the organizers asked if I would do a presentation.
So I gave my Loaches presentation, it was a real test since I had not looked at it for about two years.
I hope everyone in attendance learned something about loaches and will keep
more of these fun fish in their aquariums

[zenins]

Terry and I went to La Niche over in Gatineau and to Big Al's Aquarium Services on Innes today.
La Niche was a beautiful shop, but no Rift Lake African cichlids ??
Many plant tanks.  Lots of nice marine display tanks there and Terry liked the birds there too.
BA's on Innes has some interesting fish, including 3 different Madagascar cichlids.
Some nice display tanks.  The Rift Lake African male tank looked awesome.
The Shark tank had no marine fish in it just a few Rift Lake Africans, not sure what will be going on there soon ?

[Peekay]

Hey Peekay!  Were you the lady with the cutie about 10 years old?

Yes, that was me!  He's 9, and will be thrilled you guessed 10.   

If he knew that you keep frogs, he'd have wanted to hear about them .. always asking to set up another tank for amphibious creatures. 

[joeyt66]

made it up from Kingston . Had a great time. Bought a few things. met some nice people  Hoping this is going to be an annual  event .

[tigger]

We are only half way through Aquamania and already it has been great. It will be awesome by this time tomorrow.
Thanks to all those who contributed to make it happen!!

[charlie]

Well, since Stephan Tanner  had airplane trouble and could not make it to speak today,
the organizers asked if I would do a presentation.
So I gave my Loaches presentation, it was a real test since I had not looked at it for about two years.
I hope everyone in attendance learned something about loaches and will keep
more of these fun fish in their aquariums

We are gratefull that you stepped up & did a fantastic job A BIG THANK you from all of us at OVAS, this kind of camaraderie reinforces why i choose this hobby.
Thanks

[charlie]

On behalf of the execs. i`d like to thank you to all that came out today in your numbers, thanks for taking the time to express your gratitude & the positive reinforcement, it was a breath of fresh air, also to all the folks who journeyed from Montreal & Kitchener Waterloo club.Hope to see you all tomorrow at the auction.
Kind Regards

[charlie]

As mentioned in this blog , Dr Tanner ran into some travelling issues due to no fault of him or us, this prevented him from getting here in time for today, we apologise to any one who was disappointed in the cancellation of his presentation, i`m positive he will join us soon.
Regards