We have created a catalog that can be printed out and shared with your fish friends. It is very user-friendly and includes instructions for ordering either directly from our website or via email.
FishHobbySupply.com Catalog (.pdf)
November 1, 2009
New Article: Cichlids and More: Exploring the Rio Comal; the World’s Shortest River
September 6, 2009Greg loves to go snorkeling, and Landa Park in New Braunfels, Texas, is the perfect place to do it.
Read about it HERE.
New Puzzles!
September 6, 2009Our puzzle page is organized by category (Malawi, Tanganyika, Victoria, Other, and Catfish), and all new puzzles appear at the tops of the columns so they’re easy to find.
New Gallery Images: Lake Victoria
August 14, 2009
Guarochromis sp. 'black bullet'
Guarochromis sp. 'black bullet'
Prognathochromis perrieri
'Haplochromis' thereuterion
'Haplochromis' thereuterion
Lipochromis cf. 'melanopterus'
Lipochromis cf. 'melanopterus'
Psammochromis riponianus
Psammochromis riponianus
Event: F.O.T.A.S. | Sept. 11-13th, Houston TX
August 14, 2009The Federation of Texas Aquarium Societies (F.O.T.A.S.) will hold their 58th Annual Convention from September 11th through the 13th at the Omni Houston Westside Hotel in Houston, Texas. The Convention is hosted by the Houston Aquarium Society (H.A.S.).
Speakers include Spencer Jack, Charles Hawkes, Greg Steeves, Dave Hansen, and Dr. Art Leutermann.
There will be an elegant banquet, an all-species show, a trivia contest, and a large auction where great deals on fish, plants, supplies and more are to be found.
For more information, including registration instructions, see the H.A.S.’s website for F.O.T.A.S. LVIII.
Hope to see you there!
C.A.R.E.S. Preservation Program
August 10, 2009Since many of the fish we work with are in the CARES program, we just added a static page to this blog entitled “C.A.R.E.S.”. to explain what this program is all about. Check it out!
Prognathochromis perrieri
August 7, 2009
Prognathochromis perrieri
I had all but lost hope on finding a viable captive population of Prognathochromis perrieri. One day, out of the blue, I was contacted by my friend Claudia Dickinson (creator of the CARES program) letting me know that a colony of P. perrieri had been registered within the CARES program. Not only did this individual have a breeding population, but also had fry he wished to pass on to other CARES participants! I was extremely excited at this prospect but cautious as many times in the past, the cichlid entered ended up being a different species altogether.
As curator of Lake Victoria cichlid for the CARES program, part of my duties are to confirm that the species entered is what it’s suppose to be. I figured I would take this a bit further and contact the entrant and try to obtain a group of fry. The gentleman was extremely pleasant and offered to me a group of young. Weather was still on the cool side (winter in the East) so he preferred to wait until temperatures climbed to ensure survival in shipping. Once spring arrived, he informed me that he was ready to ship. Cautious optimism is the best manner to describe my state of mind as I waited for my FedEx driver to arrive. Early in the afternoon my carton arrived. Excitedly I tore open the box to have a look at the fish. There were two groups of cichlid from separate spawns and they were indeed Prognathochromis perrieri! These were the very fish that Dr. Loiselle had procured over 20 years ago and the source that all the members of this species in North America derived from. Even in the bags, there was a male in color. For a second I relished the joy that this beautiful fish was still in existence, and just as happy that I could finally work with it. The gentleman that sent me these fish also informed me that he had another group of fry that he would like to disperse to like-minded CARES involved cichlid keepers. There is a wonderful lady from our club (Hill Country Cichlid Club) that resides in Colorado who had considered P. perrieri her dream fish. The gentleman who sent my group also sent her some fry. She split her group with another fantastic lady and CARES coordinator in my area. I also split my group with another local enthusiast. As Dr. Loiselle had said, “don’t keep all your eggs in one basket”.
~by Greg Steeves
