Michigan Cichlid Association
Announcements => Aquatic Events => Topic started by: Regalblue on January 08, 2018, 10:55:39 AM
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January - Fishy Bingo
February - no meeting due to Winter auction
March - David Hemmerlein
The Ecological Impacts of the Introduction of Nile Perch on Lake Victoria
April - Steve Edie
“The Name Game: A Classification Permutation”
*members only group buy*
May - Matt Schauer
K.I.S.S. Corys
June 2nd- fishroom tour
July 8th- club picnic
Kensington, South Martindale Pavilion
* members only group buy*
August - Annual DIY contest / show&tell
September - Road Trip to Fantastic Fins hatchery
October - Bill Sheids
Fish Farming in Florida
*members only group buy*
November - George Campbell
December - Christmas party
Our meetings are held on the first Friday of every month & begin at 7:30pm, unless specified above.
Wyndham Gardens
Loon River Cafe
34911 Van Dyke Rd
Sterling Heights, MI
48312
Also remember - raffle, BAP & mini auctions are held at EVERY meeting, immediately following the main presentation.
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Updated July picnic date/location
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Updated with date for the Fishroom Tour
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Due to excessive rains in Florida, our October speaker is going to change. We will now have Bill Sheilds, from the Tampa Bay Aquarium Society. He will be speaking on fish farming in Florida.
BIO:
Bill Shields, a lifelong aquarium fish hobbyist who started keeping fish at the ripe old age of six, grew up in South Florida in the 1950's. During his youth, Bill's entrepreneurial streak had him collecting guppies and mollies from the town park's pond and trading them with the local fish store for other fish and supplies. After college and various jobs, Bill finally started working "officially" in the pet trade as a salesman, store manager and then, finally, general manager of three Docktor Pet Centers in the Harrisburg, PA area. During this time, an invitation to attend and join the Susquehanna Aquarium Society in 1974 became his formal introduction into the organized portion of the hobby. Not long after joining, he became Vice-President , President, and then member of the Board of the Directors; later he was named Hobbyist of the Year in 1976. After joining the American Killifish Association (AKA) in 1974, he realized he had jumped to the next level of the hobby.
After a hiatus from the pet trade--during which he was an elephant handler and midwife for 37 Asian elephants births-- Bill's avocation became his vocation. His aquarium fish expertise earned him a position as a professional fish breeder at 5 -D Tropical Inc, an ornamental fish production and import/export facility, in Plant City, Florida where he has worked since 1995. Finding no organized fish club in Tampa, FL, Bill's life came full circle as he and eight other fish keepers founded the Tampa Bay Aquarium Society (TBAS; website: tbas1.com ) in 1992. Bill remains active with the TBAS and other hobbyist organizations. He has served on the committees for two national AKA conventions, in 2000 & 2006, as well as the 2009 North American Native Fish Association (NANFA) all held in the Tampa area. In addition, Bill manages the annual Aquarium Beautiful Competition for the Florida State Fair.