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  1. Caboolture Show Section 19 Aquarium Competition June 6th – June 8th 2014 CLASSES 1 Betta Splendens – School Grooming Challenge 2. Betta Splendens – Vieltail 3. Betta Splendens – Crowntail 4. Betta Splendens – Halfmoon 5. Betta Splendens – Doubletail 6. Betta Splendens – Plakat 7. Betta Splendens – Female 8. Betta Splendens – A.O.V. 9. Wild Betta (all non Splendens species) 10. Australian Native Rainbows and Sunfish 11. Any other variety of Native Fish 12. Goldfish 13. Livebearers 14. Anabandits (other than Bettas) 15. Tetras, Rasboras, Danios 16. Catfish 17. African and Asian Cichlids 18. American Cichlids 19. Any other variety tropical fish 20. Novice (open to exhibitors who have never won a prize) 21. Community Tank. Animals that live together in harmony. 22. Planted Aquarium Nothing artificial allowed in tank. 23. Furnished Aquarium 24. Design & Technique 25. Design & Technique Invitational. 26. Children’s Exhibit (5 to 16years) 27. Novelty 28. Large Fish (Tank Busters) 29. Marine PRIZES AND AWARDS Best Display of Show $150, trophy and certificate Champion Tropical (Classes 13 to 16 & 20) $50, trophy and certificate Champion Cichlid (Classes 17, 18 & 20) $50, trophy and certificate Champion AOV (Classes 10, 11, 12, 19, 20 &29) $50, trophy and certificate Champion Betta (Classes 2 to 9) $50, trophy and certificate Classes (excluding 1 & 25) 1st Place $25 and certificate 2nd Place $15 and certificate 3rd Place $5 and certificate Special Trophies; Class 1 – School Grooming Challenge Class 25 – Design & Technique Invitational SCHEDULE (a) Entries to emailed to gday@firstclassaccounts.com or handed in at a QAH club meeting (b) Entry fee is $2.00 per nominated entry. © Entries close at 10pm Friday 23rd May 2014, late entries may not be accepted due to space. (d) Entry fees must accompany the Entry Form. Cheques to be made payable to Queensland Aquarium Hobbyists Inc. (e) Entries may be installed from Saturday 31st May between 10am and 6.00pm, Sunday 1st June between 2.00pm and 10.00pm, Monday 2nd June and Tuesday 3rd June 2014 between 6.00pm and 10.00pm. (f) Hands out of entries at 10.00pm Tuesday 3rd June and judging will be Wednesday night, 4th June. (g) Equipment supplied includes - stands, lights, power supply and air supply. (h) Exhibitors to supply - their own Heaters, 1 x 1m (36”) lead / power board (S.E.C. approved), and their own Aquariums, which must be either; (1) 600mm (long) x 380mm (high) x 380 up to 460mm (wide) - 24” x 15” x 15 to 18” or (2) 900mm (long) x 460mm (high) x 380 up to 460mm (wide) - 36” x 18” x.15 to 18” or (3) 1200mm (long) x 460mm (high) x 380up to 460mm (wide) - 48” x 18” x 15 to 18”. (i) There are limited QAH tanks are available in 900mm (3ft) and 600mm (2ft) sizes. If you would like to reserve any of these tanks for use it will be on a first in first served basis. (j) Maximum of two (2) competitive fish entries per tank. Three (3) competitive entries are permitted only when a combination of Fish plus any of, Community, Planted , Furnished and Novelty are entered (k) Classes 1 through to 9 will be judged using the International Betta Congress judging criteria. (l) Classes 24 and 25, Design and Technique classes will be judged at 50 points for Design and 50points for Technique. Fish will not count towards overall score. All plants, rocks, ornaments, filtration and gravel will be provided. There will be limited entries in these classes. (m) All other Classes will be judged in accordance with QFAS judging criteria. (n) Fish to be judged must be nominated by the competitor. (o) Animals (any fish, invertebrate, amphibian or reptile) other than those nominated for judging may be included to improve the quality of the display. (p) Where permits are required for display of animals/fish, copies of the permits must be provided to the stewards. (q) When rare or new species are entered for judging, it is up to the competitor to provide supporting documentation. Otherwise the entry will be judged at the Chief Steward’s discretion. ® All entries are eligible for Best Display. (s) Any sick fish will not be judged. (t) Steward’s collective decision is final. (u) If any classes have less than three (3) entries they may be combined. (v) A copy of rules and standards will be available upon request at all times. (w) All entries must fit into supplied stands, no free standing entries permitted. (x) All care is taken with entries, but the Society accepts no responsibility for any loss or damages incurred. (y) Presentation of Trophies and prizes will be held at 3.00pm Sunday 8th June. (z) Entries to be removed between 4.00pm and 9.00pm Sunday 8th June 2014. CHIEF STEWARD: Cary Bielenberg ph: 0407 572 253 ASSISTING STEWARDS: Brian. Trim, Adam. Rutherford, Graeme. Day & Stephen. Kaehne. For any queries concerning classes, conditions or to reserve QAH tanks, contact either ; the Chief Steward, Cary Bielenberg on 0407 572 253, email: cary@bielenberg.id.au or Graeme Day on 0402 841 627, email gday@firstclassaccounts.com Also alternately check out more info on the QAH Website: http://www.qah.org.au
  2. Queensland Federation of Aquarium Societies Invites you to participate in the; “2nd Q.F.A.S. Great Treasure Hunt” Saturday 21st JUNE 2014. The “Great Treasure Hunt” is all about having fun and enjoying the company of other aquarium enthusiasts. You will be travelling to a number of different aquariums shops, both north and south of the city. For lunch there will be a sausage sizzle in a park where there will also be some activities. Finishing off the day everyone will meet at a final destination for BBQ dinner and presentation of prizes. PRIZES ? Yes there will be prizes, lots of them, last year we had over $1000.00 worth. There will be prizes awarded for all sorts of things including; the person with most Treasure’s collected off the list, the most correct answers and heaps of others. Each of the shops you will visit has kindly donated at least one prize. There will be two groups, those starting on the north side of Brisbane and those starting on the south side of Brisbane. Each group will start at the location furthest out and work their way in to a central location for lunch. After lunch each group will swap sides of town and travel to the furthest location out, then work their way back to a different location for the presentation and dinner. At every location you will be asked to complete an activity to obtain your next clue envelope. Each envelope contains directions to follow that will tell you how to get to your next location. You should read these carefully before setting off to the next location. This is a Treasure hunt and you will need to collect some Treasure’s along the way. The list of Treasure’s you need to collect is enclosed in the first clue envelope. This can be obtained after completing the activity at the first location. There will be at least one Treasure, you need to collect, at every location you visit. Make sure you have a digital camera (most mobile phones now have built in cameras) as you will require one to collect some of the treasures. Yes they are photos. You can travel by yourself but it is recommended to work as a group of at least two (2), it is up to you. Along the way your instructions will contain some simple questions, which you will need to record on an answer sheet, so read the questions carefully and watch out for the answers While travelling around we have allowed enough time for you to spend at least 30 minutes at each shop so take your time and have a good look around. You never know you may find that bargin (Treasure) you have been looking for. Travelling time between each location will vary from 15 minutes to just over 30 minutes. At no stage will you asked to travel on any toll roads, or tunnels. The starting time is up to you but if you start any later than 10:00am you will not be able to spend time having a good look in each shop and you may miss lunch which will only be available between 11.30am and 1.30pm in the park. The BBQ dinner will start at 5.00pm and be followed by the prize presentations. If you are interested and wish to participate just email gday@firstclassaccounts.com before 11.00pm on the Wednesday 18th June 2014, giving your name and your suburb and how many will be in your group for catering purposes. You will receive your first set on instructions by return email on Friday night 20th June 2014. Note - this event is open to anyone who wishes to participate, not just affiliated aquarium club members. This is NOT a race so PLEASE do not speed..
  3. Q.F.A.S. MARKET DAY BAR JAI HALL 178 Alexandra Road CLAYFIELD. TOMORROW setup from 10.30am open to public from 12.00 noon. Graeme B-)/>
  4. Only 7 days to go Book your space NOW. Graeme B-)
  5. Q.F.A.S. MARKET DAY. Saturday 26th OCTOBER BAR JAI HALL 178 Alexandra Road CLAYFIELD. Setup from 10.30am to 12.00 noon. Open to the public from 12.00 noon to 6.00pm. Hire of sites If you would like to hire a site to sell product then you need to contact Graeme Day either by pm or by email at gday@firstclassaccounts.com When sending in request for sites, nominate the three sites you would prefer in order of preference. There are 11 sites with power, they are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 19. Sites 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 are unpowered. Also if needed we can make available a further 10 unpowered sites outside the building, 4 on concrete and 6 on grass. Anyone taking an Outside site would need to provided suitable shelter if selling livestock or plants. Costs are; powered sites $35.00 unpowered sites $30.00. There are also aprox 15 tables available for hire at $10.00 per table. Guidelines Any Aquarium Hobby related item may be sold. The seller can use all or part of the space allocated for the sale of items. Sellers can have a table or multiple tables but they must NOT spread outside the allocated area. If a seller requires more space they can take out a second space providing one is available, otherwise they must refill their space from their car. Prices must be clearly marked for every item sold. People can haggle over the price if they want, but for the benefit of the buyer there must be a price to start with. All Fish should be of a saleable size, minimum 4cm Total length (from tip of nose to end of tail) unless a dwarf species of fish then they should be a minimum of 2.5cm. Q.F.A.S. will NOT accept any more than 5 fish in any one bag unless they are small fish (under 6cm) or the bag is a very large bag. This is for the health of the fish. Large fish must be in suitably sized containers not squashed up in small bags, buckets etc. All fish should be in a healthy condition, No sick or deformed fish to be sold. There no number limits, so if you wanted to you could have 100 electric yellows for sale etc. How fish are displayed, sold and bagged is up to the seller. Be aware that Q.F.A.S. considers the health and welfare of the fish to be paramount and anyone who does the wrong thing in this regard, will be asked to clean up their act ONCE and if they fail to rectify the situation will be asked to stop selling, pack up and leave. In this situation no refund would apply. All chemicals must be sealed and not out of date. No half empty containers. No electrical goods of any kind. No potted plants (hydroponic Rockwool pots excepted). No gravel smaller than 10mm, shell grit, coral sand, sand or any item containing dirt or gravel will be sold. This will help in stopping the spread of Fire Ants. Sellers MUST provide their own change. Clubs and Shops welcome to put in tables. Graeme
  6. Tandanus are eating machines and will anything that fits in their mouths. And their mouths are huge. I have seen one with a fish larger than itself stuck in it's mouth. Any sinking pellet will do as they get larger even frozen green prawns and pilchilds. Remember that they grow to 1.5 meters in length. Graeme
  7. No one knows what is being auctioned until it comes up for auction. The only photos that are shown at the auction are of what the fully grown fish would look like. Considering that we will auction anywhere between 1100 to 1600 lots it would be impossible to put up photos for all of them. Graeme
  8. Just a reminder that the auction is on this Saturday and that Betta Australis is running the canteen. Anyone who is available please come along and support the club. Graeme
  9. New date and venue for the next auction are; Saturday MARCH 23rd Q.F.A.S. SUPER AUCTION Fish in 2.00pm - 5.00pm (no fish accepted after 5.00pm) Auction starts 4.00pm Everton Park High School Stafford Road Everton Park 4053 Graeme
  10. Queensland Federation of Aquarium Societies Invites you to participate in the; “Great Treasure Hunt” Saturday 20th April 2013. The “Great Treasure Hunt” is all about having fun and enjoying the company of other aquarium enthusiasts. You will be traveling to a number of different aquariums shops, both north and south of the city. For lunch there will be a sausage sizzle in a park where there will also be some activities. Finishing off the day everyone will meet at a final destination for BBQ dinner and presentation of prizes. PRIZES ? Yes there will be prizes, lots of them, around $1000.00 worth. There will be prizes awarded for all sorts of things including; the person with most items collected off the list, the most correct answers and heaps of others. Each of the shops you will visit has kindly donated at least one prize. There will be two groups those starting on the north side of Brisbane and those starting on the south side of Brisbane. Each group will start at the location furthest out and work their way in to a central location for lunch. After lunch each group will swap sides of town and travel to the furthest location out, then work their way back to a different location for the presentation and dinner. At every location you will be asked to complete an activity to obtain your next instruction envelope. Each envelope contains directions to follow that will tell you how to get to your next location. You should read these carefully before setting off to the next location. This is a Treasure hunt and you will need to collect some items along the way. The list of items you need to collect is enclosed in the first instruction envelope. This can be obtained after completing the activity at the first location. There will be at least one item you need to collect at every location you visit. You can travel by yourself but it is recommended to work as a group of at least two (2), it is up to you. Along the way your instructions will contain some simple questions, which you will need to record on an answer sheet, so read the questions carefully and watch out for the answers. While traveling around we have allowed enough time for you to spend at least 30minutes at each shop so take your time and have a good look around. You never know you may find that Treasure you have been looking for. Traveling time between each location will vary from 15 minutes to about 30 minutes. At no stage will you asked to travel on any toll roads. The starting time is up to you but if you start any later than 10:00am you will not be able to spend time having a good look in each shop and you may miss lunch as it will only be available between 12:30 noon and 2:00pm in the park. The BBQ dinner will start at 6.30pm and be followed by the prize presentations. This is NOT a race so PLEASE do not speed. If you are interested and wish to participate just email gday@firstclassaccounts.com before 11.00pm on the 6th April, giving your name and your suburb and how many will be in your group for catering purposes. You will receive your first set on instructions by return email on Friday night 19th April. Note - this event is open to anyone who wish's to participate. Graeme
  11. Well here we are the second night of setup and all's well. Starting to set out the beanie boxes Cleaning beanie boxes and filling them. Still building the display. Hopefully it will be finished being built before benching in starts tomorrow. :D Have plenty of vallium ready for Saturday. :alright: Graeme :fish:
  12. Chi As the discussion was about the Show scene in Australia, I probably should have prefixed my comments with the words "In Australia". Sorry I thought it was understood. Jarrod those surround and tags look great. Can't wait to see what you come up with for certificates. Graeme :fish:
  13. We will need plenty of Valium. Great now all we need is another 100 local and it will rival the First International Betta show we had back in 2005. We WILL need as many helpers as possible on Friday night to bench these baby's in so if you are available let Jarrod know. Graeme.
  14. Saturday SEPTEMBER 1st QUEENSLAND AQUARIUM HOBBYISTS AUCTION AUCTION STARTS 5.00PM FISH IN FROM 3.30PM CABOOLTURE HIGH SCHOOL HALL LEE ST CABOOLTURE near hospital for more information check out our website at http://www.qah.org.au
  15. Jarrod, You can put me down for one maybe two fish entries and one in artworks. And as a result of losing every fighter I had last month, both fish entries are ones I just purchased. And as for the comments that you should breed your own and only show the ones you have breed. I find that kind of thinking very disturbing and even a little insulting. Showing fish is not now and never has been about you the breeder or you the owner. Showing fish is about getting other people that are not involved in the hobby interested in joining the hobby. This is done by putting on the best possible display and having knowledgeable people talk to the public about the hobby. If showing fish was just about you the breeder or you the owner then fish shows would be dead and gone years ago. Anyone who enters fish in a show with the attitude that they will win big prizes or get heaps of praise for having a winning fish, is showing for the totally wrong reason. It is amazing that some people do that, but they don’t last long in the show scene. You will find that the people who have been showing for years and continue to show irrespective of winning prizes are all very dedicated hobbyists and do it to promote the hobby. Yes it is great to win a prize occasionally but the most enjoyment in showing comes when somebody goes "WOW look at that" and it is even better when it comes from kids. There are definite skills involved in showing fish and some people are better at it than others. But the skill in showing fish and having a Show winner is shared equally between breeding and growing up and preparing fish for shows. No matter how good a fish is if you fail to look after it and grow it up properly and groom it for showing, all you have is a pretty fish not a show winner. At the same time if the quality of the fish is not there to start with no matter how good you are at growing up and grooming a fish you will not have a show winning fish. As the owner you should be entitled to enter any fish at any time no matter how long you have owned said fish and if it wins you the owner should get awarded the accolades of winning. At the same time I also agree some credit should be given to the breeder ( if known) and this could be done in the form a points system that adds up for a special prize either at that show or for the end of year. Ok that will do me for my rave after all I have not been showing fish that long, I only started showing in the early 1990’s. As for the Show Scene in Australia. Fighters have been shown at fish shows since the early 20’s. In Queensland the R.N.A. (EKKA) has had a fighter class from around that time and other shows such as the Redlands Show, the Beenleigh Show, The Pet and Animal Expo’s and the Caboolture Shows have all had classes for Fighters / Anabandits. Betta only shows as such are a different kettle of fish. The first International Betta Show held in Australia, was held in Brisbane at the Pet and Animal Expo in March 2005. There were over 300 entries of which about 200 came from overseas and it was judged under IBC rules but not by IBC Judges. At this time there were no IBC Judges in Australia, someone and Todd became IBC Judges soon after. someone and Todd did all of the organising and had help from a few of the Betta Australis members that were around at that time. The next Betta Show was held a part of the Caboolture Show in June 2005 and again there were some international entries. This show only had about 140 entries and was again judged under IBC rules but not by IBC Judges. I know this as I was one of them. The R.N.A. (EKKA) followed in August with around 200 entries, again about 100 international. Once again someone and Todd did most of the organisation and work. And by the end of the show were very stressed out. The following year everything died down. There was no Pet and Animal Expo, the Caboolture Show and the R.N.A. (EKKA) both had much smaller numbers approx. 30 entries in each of the shows, and eventually everything went back to the previous FBAS judging system. There were attempts to get Betta Shows going in other states with little or no success. Two attempts that I remember were a Melbourne show for February 2006 and a Penrith Pet and Animal Expo in November 2006 both of these did not happen. As for any Betta Shows since then I am only aware of a few club meeting night shows that have taken place nothing on any real scale. So we come to this year and the rebirth of Betta Australis. Once again Betta Australis are trying to get a Betta show scene going. It started with a small fighter show as part of this year’s Caboolture Show. The show had about 40 entries and while it was judged under FBAS guidelines, it was really only to allow new members of Betta Australis to learn how shows operate. The R.N.A. (EKKA) also had 10 entries from members of Betta Australis, again good experience and a chance to promote the September show. That is where we are now. The Show is on in 2 weeks. Entries start getting benched in next Friday 7th September. Currently there are approximately 120 entries of which about 100 are international and the rest local. If you want to enter any fish, you need to get your entries in as soon as possible. It does not matter if they are Show stoppers or not, the main thing is to make sure we have as big a display as possible. This show is being held in the Caboolture Showgrounds in conjunction with the Caboolture Markets, which are one of the largest markets in S.E. Qld, and will be open to viewing by the public on Sunday 9th September from 5.00am to 1:00pm. Even if you do not enter, come along and have a look if you get a chance. Graeme.
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