Oklahoma Aquarium Association Meeting Minutes, December 11th, 2004
The December 11, 2004 OKCAA meeting and Bowl Show was held at Dean and Cynthia Teague’s house. The meeting kicked off socializing while everyone enjoyed the potluck. Thank you to everyone who brought something.
Next on the agenda was the Bowl Show. Thank you to all who entered. The judges had a hard time judging. The judges were Brian, Dean, Howard, and Kyle.
Category 1: Domestic Cultivars. These fish are mutated forms of wild fish. Entered were:
Ballon molly – Poecilia sphenops
Peach oranda – Carassius auratus
Delta tail – Betta splendens
Galaxy guppy – Poecilia reticulata
Winner was B. splendens Delta Tail.
Category 2: Wild Livebearers and Killiefish. Entered were:
Endler LiveBearer – Poecilia sp endler
Blue gularis – Fundulopanchax sjoestedti
Splitfin goodeid – Xenoophorus captivus
Winner was Blue Gularis.
Category 3: Cichlids.
Entered and winner was the Convict Archocentrus nigrofasciatus.
Category 4: Schooling fish. Entered were
Hi fin barb Oreichthys cosuatis
White cloud Tanichthys albonubes
Winner was Hi Fin Barb.
Category 5: Catfish and Bottom Dwellers.
Entered and winner was Swartz cory – Corydoras swartzi.
Category 6: Anabantoids and all others. Entered and tied winners were
Red saddleback – Amphiprion ephippium
Ornate Ctenopoma – Ctenopoma ansorgii
Category 7: Invertebrates. Entered
Glass anemone – Aiptasia sp
Cherry shrimp Neocaridina denticulata
Snails briidges Pomacea bridgesii
Winner was Cherry Shrimp.
People's Choice Award went to the Peach Oranda.
BAP Certificates awarded:
Richard Atwood for Cryptoheros’ nigrofasciatum
Kyle and Monica Osterholt for Hemichromis Guttatus and Poecilia Sp. Endlers
Gerald Griffin for Gambusia Affinis, Zoogoneticus tequila, Betta Splendens, Betta imbellis, Brachydanio rerio, and Trichogaster trichopterus.
