06/16/2012
ANNUAL MEETING OF
FEDERATION OF TEXAS AQUARIUM SOCIETIES
HOST ED BY TEXAS CICHLID ASSOCIATION
September 14-16, 2012
Hilton Garden Inn DFW South
2001 Valley View Lane, Irving, Texas 75061
(972) 313-2800
Special room rate of $79 per night for convention attendees
Speakers include Spencer Jack, Laif DeMason, Greg Steeves,
Jim Powers (botia-type loaches) and Gerald Griffin (bettas)
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An IBC-sanctioned show, as well as an all-species show, will be held at this convention. Show tanks will
be set up Friday afternoon. Everyone is encouraged to assist with this undertaking. All-species show entries
are $3.00 each and must be pre-registered by September 10th - NO EXCEPTIONS. Contact Show
Chairman Page Ullman or Asst. Show Chairman Marvin England with your show entries.
No rental tanks will be available to sell fish out of over the weekend. A limited number of holding tanks
will be available for individuals bringing fish in on Friday or Saturday to sell in the Sunday auction. Out-oftown attendees will be given priority on these holding tanks. Call Alan Young on or before September
10 to determine holding tank availability.
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Speakers will make their presentations on Friday night and Saturday. Show winners will be announced
Saturday evening at the annual awards banquet. Don’t forget the special “Mystery Fish” auction to be held
during the banquet, with proceeds going to the Braz Walker Fund and the Dr. Keith Arnold Fund. All
donations for this auction will be appreciated.
A “live” auction and a silent auction will be held on Sunday. Items being sold in the live auction include
cichlids, bettas, livebearers, catfish and plecos, plus tanks, stands, wood, honeycomb rock, filters and fish
food. Seller split is 75% to Seller for items selling for less than $30 and 80% for items selling for over $30.
All live plants will be sold in the silent auction. Please bag and mark your plants for the silent auction
as you would bag and mark your fish for the live auction. Items received as club donations will also be
sold in the silent auction. All donations are welcome!! Products from several vendors, including fish food,
tanks, pumps and filters, will be raffled and/or sold to attendees. TCA appreciates the folks who support us
and we want to introduce our members and convention attendees to their top-quality fishkeeping products.
For further information visit the TCA website (www.texascichlid.org) or contact:
Kathy Stearns (FOTAS Chairman) (817) 991-2199
Ralph DeBoard (TCA President) (405) 664-1908
Alan Young (Donations Chairman) (817) 683-7659 or [email protected]
Page Ullman (Show Chairman) (817) 831-7876
Marvin England (Assistant Show Chairman) (903) 244-3993 or [email protected]
About half the people who visit TFFC each year spend at least a few minutes fishing in Lake Zebco, a 1.2-acre pond stocked with channel catfish and sunfish year around and additionally with rainbow trout during winter. Rods, reels and bait are provided at no charge, and staff and volunteers are on h...
