Missouri Aquarium Society

The Missouri Aquarium Society Fall Swap is coming up on Saturday, October 5th! We just posted in our discussions group on the Band app asking what people will be selling at the swap and what attendees are looking for. Be sure to join the group and comment if you're a swap seller or buyer! The link to the group is in the comments.

Congratulations to Rick & Pam Jokerst on winning Best Over All!!

GKPC Koi show

Don't forget! The deadline to enter the September Bowl Show is by the end of the day tomorrow, Tuesday, September 17! Details are below...let's see those killifish!

📹 Since pictures of fish can be very difficult, instead you will submit a VIDEO of your fish in its tank. Please try and edit the video down to 30 SECONDS. At the monthly meeting this Thursday, September 19 we'll show the videos and everyone will vote for their favorite.

🏆This month the category is killifish! (While you don't have to be present at the meeting to win, you do have to be present to collect the prize which is TBD.)

📩 Be sure to email your submissions to [email protected]. Submissions are due tomorrow, Tuesday, September 17.

Once you have your videos ready to email, please include:
1) Your name so we can award member points.
2) The scientific and/or common name, s*x, approximate age, and describe its set up.

Entering this contest gives MASI the right to use your photo entries.

Our September meeting is next week on Thursday, September 19 at 7:30 pm and our speaker will be Dr. Donald C. Taphorn! Dr. Taphorn will give a talk about the annual killifishes of Venezuela and Columbia.

We will also be voting on the September Bowl Show, Charismatic Killifish, and will, as always, have a mini auction at the end of the meeting. See you there!

⏱The deadline to enter the September Bowl Show is coming up next week on Tuesday, September 17 and this month is Charismatic Killifish!

📹 Since pictures of fish can be very difficult, instead you will submit a VIDEO of your fish in its tank. Please try and edit the video down to 30 SECONDS. At the monthly meeting on Thursday, September 19 we'll show the videos and everyone will vote for their favorite.

🏆This month the category is killifish! (While you don't have to be present at the meeting to win, you do have to be present to collect the prize which is TBD.)

📩 Be sure to email your submissions to [email protected]. Submissions are due by Tuesday, September 19.
Once you have your videos ready to email, please include:
1) Your name so we can award member points.
2) The scientific and/or common name, s*x, approximate age, and describe its set up.

Entering this contest gives MASI the right to use your photo entries.

🥳 Our Fall Swap is coming up in one month!! There are a few tables left so if you'd like to be a seller be sure to contact Mitch Wendel ([email protected], 217-710-9969) to sign up.

Date: Saturday, October 5
Time: 11:00 am-3:00 pm
Location: Jost Chemical Complex Building, 8195 Lackland Rd., St. Louis, MO 63114.

To help us spread the word please RSVP at the link below and share with your friends! The swap has free admission and is open to the public. All are welcome!

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Don't miss our next meeting this Thursday, August 15th at 7:30 pm! Hillstream Loach extraordinaire, Samuel Fernand, will speak on the Fishes of Southeast Asia. You may know Sam from our recent Darter feature "The Suckers of Sunda", coauthored with Marcel Wuethrich.

Sam knows Hillstream Loaches as well as any breeder in the USA. He has imported many rare loaches, gobies, halfbeaks, and more from China and Southeast Asia - and he breeds and sells the best on his website, Hillstream Kingdom. If you've ever fancied keeping any the odd and exotic fishes of Sunda, or want to take your husbandry to the next level, this talk is for you.

The MASI Fall Swap is coming up on Saturday, October 5, 11:00 am-3:00 pm! RSVP at the link below and please share with your friends!

If you'd like to sign up to sell at the swap you can contact Mitch Wendel. ([email protected], 217-710-9969)

~ Free Admission
~ Open to the Public, All Are Welcome!

This event is located at the Jost Chemical Complex Building, 8195 Lackland Rd., St. Louis, MO 63114.

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⏱It's time for the August Bowl Show, Glorious Guppies!

📸 Remember, instead of bringing fish to the meeting, you will submit a picture of your fish in its tank. No bowl required! At the monthly meeting on Thursday, August 15 we'll show the pictures and everyone will vote for their favorite.

🏆This month the category is guppies! (While you don't have to be present at the meeting to win, you do have to be present to collect the prize which is TBD.)

📩 Be sure to email your submissions to [email protected]. Submissions are due by Tuesday, August 13.

Once you have your photos ready to email, please include:
1) Your name so we can award member points.
2) The scientific and/or common name, s*x, approximate age, and describe its set up.

Entering this contest gives MASI the right to use your photo entries.

Our meeting tomorrow, Thursday, July 18 at 7:30 pm will have our own plant wizard Andrej Spec as our speaker! Learn all about his methods for growing, and propagating, aquatic plants.

Also don't miss out on...
✅ Voting for our July Bowl Show winner
🐟 Our mini auction
🎁 And our raffle!

Meeting Location: Jost Chemical Complex, 8195 Lackland Road, St. Louis, MO 63114

📣 Announcing the newly revamped Bowl Show! Instead of bringing fish to the meeting, you will submit a picture of your fish instead! We'll post the category each month and you will email photos of your best fish in that category. Then at the monthly meeting we'll show the pictures and take a vote.

🏆This month the category is egg scatterers and the prize is a set of plants for your tank! (While you don't have to be present to win, you do have to be present to collect the prize.)

📩 Be sure to email your submissions to [email protected]. Submissions are due by Tuesday, July 16. All those in attendance at the meeting on Thursday, July 18 will get to vote on their favorite!

Once you have your photos ready to email, please include:
1) Your name so we can award member points.
2) The scientific and/or common name, s*x, approximate age, and describe its set up.

Entering this contest gives MASI the right to use your photo entries.

The monthly meeting tomorrow, Thursday, June 20, at 7:30 pm is with Rit Forcier and will be on livebearers! Rit is a Fellow of the American Livebearers Association and a well-known expert on livebearers!

🐟 Also, be sure to bring your entry for the monthly bowl show! This month is livebearers! (Rules are in the comments.)

Meeting Location: Jost Chemical Complex, 8195 Lackland Rd., St. Louis, MO 63114

My heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of John Van Asch as he passed away Wednesday after a long and hard fought health battle. May he rest in eternal peace and be in Gods glorious hands

🅣🅗🅘🅢 🅦🅔🅔🅚🅔🅝🅓!!!
ᴛʜɪs ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ ɪs ғʀᴇᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ!

𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 20𝐓𝐇
👀 𝓛𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝕒𝗍 𝗍𝙝𝕒𝗍 ﺎi𝔫𝓮 ᴜ⍴ 𝓸f 𝘀⍴𝓮𝕒𝓴𝓮ｒ𝘀!!
💥 Our morning speakers are phenomenal opportunities. Along with our own 𝑴𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒘𝒆𝒈, aquatic plant expert 𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒈 (2hr Aquarist) is coming in from Singapore and 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝑴𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍 is the director of the Amazon Research Center in Peru.
💥 Our afternoon speakers are all amazing MASI members with the experience in the hobby. Their presentations are great opportunities for anyone new in the hobby and will be good refreshers for all.

✨️ Plus an 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐏!! Browse through the 50+ tables full with all things in the hobby. Fish, plants, equipment and more. All from local breeders and hobbyists!!

🌟 And then there is 🄼🄾🅁🄴!!
👉🏻𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐈'𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐥 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 - Open Class (same categories as auctions) Votes will be a quater per vote, the $ raised will go towards the MASI challenge.
👉🏻A supervised kids area and food onsite.

𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 21𝐒𝐓
Join us again for the day for the,
📣 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑰'𝑺 𝑺𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑨𝑸𝑼𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑪 𝑨𝑼𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵
This is our biggest one yet!!! Fish, equipment, plants, invertebrates, and more! Walk away with sooo much for unbeatable and sometimes unbelievable prices.

➕️ Food & Drinks onsite, raffles, and silent auctions. Truly a full day of fun!!!

𝑊ℎ𝑜'𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦'𝑠?! 🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏼‍♀️
ᴛʜɪs ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛ ɪs ғʀᴇᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ!

𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 20𝐓𝐇
👀 𝓛𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝕒𝗍 𝗍𝙝𝕒𝗍 ﺎi𝔫𝓮 ᴜ⍴ 𝓸f 𝘀⍴𝓮𝕒𝓴𝓮ｒ𝘀!!
💥 Our morning speakers are phenomenal opportunities. Along with our own 𝑴𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒘𝒆𝒈, aquatic plant expert 𝑫𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒈 (2hr Aquarist) is coming in from Singapore and 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝑴𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍 is the director of the Amazon Research Center in Peru.
💥 Our afternoon speakers are all amazing MASI members with the experience in the hobby. Their presentations are great opportunities for anyone new in the hobby and will be good refreshers for all.

✨️ Plus an 𝐀𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐒𝐖𝐀𝐏!! Browse through the 50+ tables full with all things in the hobby. Fish, plants, equipment and more. All from local breeders and hobbyists!!

And then there is 🄼🄾🅁🄴!! A supervised kids area, a bowl show, and food onsite.

𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐋 21𝐒𝐓
Join us again for the day for the,
📣 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑰'𝑺 𝑺𝑷𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑨𝑸𝑼𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑪 𝑨𝑼𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵
This is our biggest one yet!!! Fish, equipment, plants, invertebrates, and more! Walk away with sooo much for unbeatable and sometimes unbelievable prices.

➕️ Food & Drinks onsite, raffles, and silent auctions. Truly a full day of fun!!!

MASI'S BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR IS IN JUST A FEW WEEKS!!!!!

SO MUCH TO DO, ITS SPLIT INTO 2 DAYS!!

BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY, ALL YOUR FRIENDS, AND SHARE WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW. THIS IS THE EVENT YOU DONT WANT TO MISS!!

April 20th:
• Intermediate Speakers starting at 9:30am. If you've never heard these men, this is such a huge opportunity to really learn some amazing hobby education!

• Beginner Speakers starting at 1pm. Again some really great talks that are so useful to hear, even as a "reminder" to those already experienced.

• The MASI SWAP at 1pm. So many great items up for sale by local vendors. This has been growing event, that so many of you have come to love!

April 21st:
The MASI AUQATIC AUCTION starts at 11am with checkin an hour before at 10am. These auctions are always a hit. So much will be brought, you definitely wont go empty handed and all for the best prices!

Rick Borstein is our speaker this evening giving us his presentation titled “Sixty Tips in 60 Minutes” at the monthly meeting of the Missouri Aquarium Society

💥 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞! 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞! 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞! 💥

✨️ 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑰'𝒔 𝑩𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓!!

Join us for spectacular 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠, a 𝑠𝑤𝑎𝑝, an 𝑎𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 and more!! All in one weekend, April 20th & 21st 2024. 🐠

This is an event you dont want to miss! Such an amazing opportunity for all hobbyist, and dont forget to bring the family! 🐟

Join MASI February 15th at 7:30pm for our monthly General Meeting!!!

Are you a livebearer lover? Michi Tobler is giving an amazing talk about The Amazing Diversity of Livebearers.

Plus join in on the Bowl Show, Mini-Auction, Door Prize, and Raffel.

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘!! 02/03/24
MASI is hosting yet another auction!!

You can't find deals, like what you will get here, anywhere! Yes this is a public event. You don't have to be a member to come, but you can become a member day of. 😉 Hope to see you there!!