The Vancouver Aquatic Hobbyist Society, formerly the Vancouver Aquatic Hobbyist Club, has been around for decades. We are committed to improving the hobby both locally and globally, and have a large active member base. Attendance at our meetings is free of charge. You can find the details for our upcoming activities below.
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VAHS T-shirts!
We now have Club t-shirts. If you don’t have one yet, you’re not quite as cool as you could be! Contact Spencer Rozell to get your own. T-shirts are available in most sizes, for $15.00 each. Check out the embroidery below.
VAHS December Social
December 14, 2011 at 7:15 PM
Place: Vancouver Aquarium Marilyn Blusson Learning Centre
Speaker: All y’all
Topic: It’s a social.
Welcome to the most informal meeting of the VAHS.
Come.
Socialize.
VAHS January Meeting
January 11, 2012 at 7:15 PM (Come early as the door locks at 7:15 PM)
Place: Vancouver Aquarium Marilyn Blusson Learning Centre
Speaker: Spencer Rozell
Topic: Quick & Dirty Aquarium Stands
Getting an aquarium is usually the first step to exploring the tropical fish hobby, but is quickly followed by the challenge of having a reasonable place to put it. Commercial aquarium stands are either expensive or flimsy, and often not even available. In this session Spencer will walk you through building both plywood and dimensional lumber aquarium stands with some very simple tools. The assembly of these stands are quick, and they may not win any awards for being beautiful, but they function well, and are inexpensive to build.
If you are interested in having a stand built at this meeting, and are prepared to pay the cost of materials and transporting the stand home, please contact Spencer Rozell at spencer@vahs.ca. Preference for stands will be given to newer members. One plywood stand will be built, and one dimensional lumber stand will be built.
Partner Announcement
The Greater Seattle Aquarium Society (GSAS) is pleased to sponsor a free lecture on rare and unusual Dwarf Cichlids by Chuck Rambo. Chuck has been keeping tropical fish as pets since 1967. His interest in fish got him started working in pets shops and fish stores while in high school to directly importing fish from South America and Asia, while attending college. After graduation he got a real job as a geotechnical field engineer and is still currently working as one today.
When Rift Lake cichlids were first introduced into the hobby he was immediately taken by them and had a strong interest in all cichlids ever since. He is a past Chairman and current Fellow of the American Cichlid Association. He is also the past president of his local club, the Pacific Coast Cichlid Association. He has been diving in Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika with Ad Konings. In 2009 he led a group of local club members to Florida to collect feral cichlids and visit tropical fish farms. His other interests include collecting antique aquariums and maintaining his collection of carnivorous plants. This will be Chuck’s first visit to Seattle and is looking forward meeting new aquarists and making new friends.
The lecture will be Tuesday, November 8th, 2011 at 7:30PM at Seattle Pacific University; Otto Miller Hall; Room 109; West Nickerson Street and 3rd Avenue West
Doors will open around 7:10PM; the meeting will start at 7:30PM
The lecture will be followed by a short auction
Guests welcome; no entrance fee
Family friendly but no childcare provided
Free parking, accessible building, no furry or feathered pets
Go to GSAS.ORG for more information and directions
Door Prizes!
We would live to give a huge thank you to all the sponsors of the VAHS.
At our October meeting Canadian Aquatics contributed more ADA soil, as well as some other plank keeping supplies.At our September meeting Canadian Aquatics contributed some ADA soil that was awarded to a couple of different members.
J&L Aquatics has also been a great contributor to VAHS.
To qualify for the door prize, all you need is to be there with a an active VAHS Membership.
We hope to see you there!