Club Meetings
Sep 13, 2010
Club Meeting
We have arranged for a very special speaker to present at the September meeting: Tom Barr. Many of you will know of Tom as a leading authority on planted tanks. For more about Tom, check out his website: www.barrreport.com
To accommodate Tom’s schedule, we’ve had to reschedule the September meeting to Monday September 13th. Please note - we will not be having a meeting on Wednesday September 1st.
We'll also be having a Q and A session and our usual mini-auction of plants and fish.
Oct 06, 2010
Club Meeting
We'll have a presentation, a Q and A session of course our usual mini-auction of plants and fish.
Nov 01, 2010
13th Annual Monster Aquatic Auction
Our 13th Annual Monster Aquatic Auction will be held on a Saturday in November. Dates and details to follow.
Dec 01, 2010
Club Meeting
We'll have a presentation, our regular Q&A session, our regular plant and fish mini-auction and our annual holiday GIFT EXCHANGE.
Club meetings are held in the new Marilyn Blusson Learning Centre. We meet at 7:15pm sharp.
Calendar of Events
Newsletter
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Welcome to the VAHC
The VAHC is dedicated to encouraging the aquarium hobby in our local area. We meet monthly to discuss aquarium related topics and share our collective experiences. If you have any questions about the club, send us an email at webmaster@fishopolis.com
Recent Web News
Here are a few links to some recent aquarium related web articles:
New microbe discovered eating Gulf oil spill - 'Great potential' for dispersing oil in deep sea, researchers report
MSNBC.com: - Aug 24, 2010
Can 'super' oysters boost La. shellfish industry? - Hardy breed of the shellfish survived the Gulf oil spill, but some say they're too pricey
MSNBC.com: - Aug 20, 2010
Great Barrier Reef's great-grandmother is unearthed
NewScientist.com: - Aug 19, 2010
Mystery of the Atlantic's missing plastic flotsam
NewScientist.com: - Aug 19, 2010
Zoologger: Sympathy for the piranha
NewScientist.com: - Aug 18, 2010
Hong Kongers Wage Campaign Against Shark Fin
Foxnews.com: - Aug 18, 2010
Giant squid: How do you film one? - Search for reclusive sea monster will need to go 3,000 feet below ocean's surface
MSNBC.com: - Aug 18, 2010
Black rockfish breed off West Vancouver
CBC.ca: - Aug 18, 2010
Zoologger: The world's most fecund vertebrate
NewScientist.com: - Aug 11, 2010
Aquarium lands $25 million in government money for upgrades
BIVinteractive.com: - Aug 10, 2010
Do your civic duty: Eat this fish! - Humans armed with knives and forks enlisted to control lionfish invasion
MSNBC.com: - Aug 10, 2010
Asian carp spent its life in Great Lakes waters - May have been released by humans: scientists
CBC.ca: - Aug 05, 2010
World's rarest coral found in remote Pacific atoll - It's been more than 100 years since this coral was last spotted
MSNBC.com: - Aug 04, 2010
Eat Fish to Save Fish, Say Conservationists
FastCompany.com: - Aug 03, 2010
Oil spill dispersant could damage coral populations
NewScientist.com: - Aug 03, 2010
Plastic bags killing turtles, Quebec aquarium warns
CBC.ca: - Aug 03, 2010
Photolo: The richest areas of the ocean
NewScientist.com: - Aug 02, 2010
Phytoplankton in decline: bye bye food chain?
NewScientist.com: - Jul 29, 2010
Phytoplankton vanishing from warming oceans
CBC.ca: - Jul 28, 2010
10-feet-long catfish threatened by dams, WWF says - Giant stingrays and barbs also cited in report on Asia's Mekong River
MSNBC.com: - Jul 27, 2010
Dead Zone Deconfusinator: Oil Not the Only Problem in Gulf of Mexico, NASA Study Shows
FastCompany.com: - Jul 26, 2010
How one jellyfish stung 100 people - Tentacles of lion's mane jellyfish form net-like trap that's hard to avoid
MSNBC.com: - Jul 23, 2010
Fishing skews sex ratios in fish
NewScientist.com: - Jul 23, 2010
How does a bowhead whale smell? Quite well, actually
NewScientist.com: - Jul 22, 2010
Photo Gallery
Our club members have some amazing aquariums. Check out our photo gallery for a peek at some of them.
