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General Meeting

Thursday September 2nd 2010 7:30PM

 

* * * Thursday Night Location * * *

King Of Kings Lutheran Church
2330 North Dale Street
Roseville, MN 55113

(Directions)

"Jenny Kruckenberg"

Killifish

Nothobranchius talk

Jenny's Bio

 

Jenny

I began this fascination pretty much as far back as my first memories.  I was in first grade and my elementary school had an aquarium in the library.  I remember being very much more interested in staring into the tank than reading!!

 My Mom grew up in Miami so she was a visitor of the SeaQuarium.  She started collecting aquarium literature in 50’s and 60’s and by the time my younger brother and I were 10- 11 yrs. old, we were given the duties of caring for a built-in 55 gal. and a 20 gal. metaframe.  I also loved to draw at an early age.  I would dream of the next purchase of a scoop of neon tetras, calculate the costs… This was when $1.50 could buy a lot of fish!!

My middle school and high school years are a bit of a blur, but I certainly remember fishing and poking around in numerous creeks, rivers and lakes.  I helped with our family tanks and when I moved away, I kept my own tropical fish all through college.   Because of the various moves, I learned about water parameters.  Then came marriage and I continued to have two tanks while my girls were little.

In the late 80’s, I was at a LFS to pick up some fish food.  I saw an MAS flyer for their annual Spring Show at the Como Park Conservatory.  I knew I wanted to attend so I jotted down all the pertinent information.  The sound of the bubbling tanks amongst the beautiful plants was positively hypnotic.  So shortly after, I was attending regular meetings and not too long after that, BOD meetings.  It’s nice that I’ve known many persons in this club some twenty plus years!!

The speakers at the MAS meetings and club members taught me to take my fish keeping to a new level.  In fact, I was changing so much water, on one occasion I completely threw my tank’s balance out of whack.  The fish were fine, but the water was very white and cloudy.  A past President and dear friend, Ken Nordby advised me to step back from my water change routine and let the tank settle down.  Voila!!   It worked!!

At around the same time, I started spawning fish earnestly and with purpose.  A cichlid was first, but soon after, I kept and spawned a killifish.  What a beautiful family of fish, I thought… they are not very big, but they (the males) possess so much color!!

 Nothobranchius is a dynamic and species rich genus of the killifish family.  In September, I hope to do a good job inspiring you to attend the MKKA show and also to keep some of these lovely little annuals.

 Jen K.

 

 

September 2010

1.  Livebearers - Natural Varieties

2.  Killifish - Aphyosemions

3.  Virtual Bowl


MINNESOTA KILLIE KEEPERS ASSOCIATION

18th Annual Show September 18 & 19, 2010

An American Killifish Association (AKA) sanctioned show


LOCATION :

Canterbury Inn

Shakopee, MN

Hwy 169 & Canterbury Road. 952-445-3644. Room rate is $69 for a double or a king. Continental breakfast, pool, hot tubs & other amenities. For more details & a map see www.mkka.net & choose the show for a link to the hotel. Must mention MKKA to get this rate. This will be our 5th year at this location.


More Info

 

INFO & CONTACTS :

Craig Rees @ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or Jen Kruckenberg @  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it See the MKKA website @ www.mkka.net for more details & show schedule.


What: The Midwest Cichlid Association's EXPO 2010
When: Sept. 17-19, 2010


Where: Quality Inns & Suites Event Center
929 3rd Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
1-515-282-5251

Costs: Registered before 9/3/10 - $40.00/weekend
At the Door or after 9/3/10- $45.00/Weekend
(childern 12 & under are FREE)
Hotel Rooms reserved before 9/3/10 $84.95/night Double Occupancy

Friday at 8 pm Chuck Rambo: Victorian Cichlids
Friday at 9:30 pm Ted Judy: Cameroon Trip


Saturday 9 am Ted Judy: Breeding Competition and Raising Fry
Saturday 10:30 am Jeff Michaels: South American Dwarf cichlids

Saturday 1 pm Discus Hans: Discus Hans, Then to Today
Saturday 2:30 pm Chuck Rambo: Rift Lakes for Rookies
Saturday 4:00 Jeff Michaels: West Africans in Aquarium

Saturday after Awards Chuck Rambo: 42 years in the Hobby
 

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Upcoming Events

• Thu Oct. 7.2010
 October Meeting "Ted Judy"

• Thu Nov. 4.2010
 November Meeting with "Gary Lange"

• Fri Nov. 5.2010
 November Meeting with "Gary Lange"