Get your Best
Fish Ready – The Show is Coming!
Friday, April 23 – Sunday, April 25, 2004
MASI's 44th Annual Show and Auction @ The Stratford Inn (800 S. Highway
Drive, Fenton, MO 63026 636-343-5757) in Fenton. Click here
for a map and directions.
Come to the show, if for nothing else to talk to Ray
Lucas, spokesperson for a ton of aquarium products. He’ll show you
what’s new in the industry with his manufacturer’s displays. AND if you
like some of those products, and I'm sure you will, hang around for our
auction on Sunday and you can bid on those items.
The Stratford Inn is offering a special price on a block of rooms for our
out of town guests. There are a block of 10 rooms at the present reserved
for MASI. The special price that we were able to get for a room with two
double beds is $40. These rooms are reserved under the name "Missouri Aquarium
Society". If you ask for MASI rates or SLAKA rates that won't work! All
of the rooms reserved are non-smoking except for the one we have already
reserved for one of our speakers. If you require a smoking room I would
suggest that you call as soon as possible to line something up with them.
If we get more rooms filled up than we have already reserved we can go back
and ask for more. I would strongly advise that you get these reservations
in as soon as possible. Deadline for booking is April 15th.
21 Class All Species Show
Setup Friday afternoon and evening - See Rules,
Classes, and Entry
Form
Also, the Saint Louis Area Killifish Association (SLAKA) twelfth annual
killifish show will be held in conjunction with MASI's show. There will
be 11 classes with awards to third place in each class, plus a Best in Show,
Best Old World, and Best New World. Show classes will be: New World Annuals,
Rivulus, All other New World, Kathetys and Mesoaphyosemions, Archaphyosemions,
Fundulopanchax Gardneri, All Other Fundulopanchax, Nothobranchius, All other
Old World, Breeding Groups, and Stud Males (not eligible for Best of Show
or KHY points). Show Chairman: Jack Heller, 484 Whitree Lane, Chesterfield,
MO 63017, phone: (636) 532-4210, e-mail: hellerap@aol.com.
Entry fee $1.00 per entry, entry fee waived for mail-ins. Send mail-ins
to Trevor Meyer, 908 Winslow Drive, Belleville, IL 62223, phone: (618) 398-0843.
Mail-ins will be accepted no later than Friday, April 22, 2004. ** MASI
members should note that SLAKA provides flat sided bare tanks for your entries.
There will also be treated water on site but it is recommended that you
bring as much of your own water as possible to avoid any adverse reactions
to differing water conditions.**
46-Gallon
Tank Raffle
46-gallon Bowfront Tank, Canopy, Light, and Cabinet Stand with Rena Filstar
XP canister filter, Python No Spill Clean and Fill, $50 gift certificate
to Arnold Pet Palace, $50 gift certificate to Exotic Aquatics, And foods,
T-shirts, and much More, Total Retail value over $700.00! To be drawn on
Sunday April 25, 2004 at the end of the Annual Show Auction.
A big "thank you" to all of our donors! Please support them
with your business as they support the hobby! - All Glass Aquarium - Rena
- Python Products - Arnold Pet Palace - Exotic Aquatics manufacturers sponsoring
Ray "Kingfish" Lucas.
Speakers (click on names to view bios)
10:00 a.m.
Mike Hellweg - "The
First Family Aquarium" This is a talk geared for children AND
their parents to help them understand what they will need to make that first
aquarium a lasting joy. It has been rumored that "Goldfish Man"
will be on hand afterwards to hand out "fishy" treats to the children.
A raffle will be held - kids only, and someone will go away with a very
cool prize!
11:15 a.m.
"Killifish - Their Care and Maintenance" featuring
Dr. Charles Harrison
on water quality in the fish room, Dr. Nevin Aspinwall on general and species
of killifishes, and Jack Heller
on breeding and raising killifish, live food maintenance and fish room management
techniques.
12:30 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Mark Schmidt - "Winning
at Fish Shows"
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Lee Finley - "Loricariidae
(plecos) - An Introduction to Feeding and Breeding"
Visit Lee's site at www.finleyaquaticbooks.com
Banquet Saturday
6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - cocktail hour, with buffet style dinner starting
at 6:45 pm - Stratford Inn $20 per person.
Cash Bar $1.50 draft, $2 bottle, $3 mixed, $4 top shelf
Includes Vegetable Tray and Dip, Cheese Tray & Crackers
Roast Round of Beef
Chicken Breast - Baked with Lemon Pepper sauce
Parsley Buttered Potatoes
Honey Carrots
Pasta Primavera
Italian Tossed Salad
Dinner Rolls
Coffee, Tea
Dessert - ½ Chocolate, ½ Vanilla "Aquarium Cake"
To download a Banquet form,
click here.
After Dinner speaker Ray Lucas
and
Giant
All Species Auction
Sunday, April 25, 2004
(70/30 Split, Viewing at 10:00 am, Auction begins at 11:00 am - contact
Chairman John Van Asch for registration and details)
Not to mention a weekend to just "talk fish" with friends!
**We can use volunteers to help with setup on Friday Morning @ 8:30 am and
all weekend to staff the MASI sales table and talk about the club and fish
to the public**
Also, Class sponsorships are just $10.00 each - help your club by sponsoring
your favorite class
Contact Information
Show Questions, Class Sponsorship, Show and Banquet Signup
Gary Lange 314-837-6181 or rainbowfish4u2@yahoo.com
Auction Registration
John Van Asch 618-277-6165 or johnsfishy@aol.com
Raffle Tickets
Mike Hellweg 636-240-2443 or michaelangelah@aol.com
Entry
Open to all with payment of entry fees. Junior entrants are encouraged. Multiple
entries per tank are allowed as long as they are compatible and easily distinguishable
by the judges (i.e. male/female, large/small, color variants, different species,
etc.). If there is any confusion, the fish the judges will have final say on
which fish is selected. Plant entries are allowed with fish entries in the same
tank. All entries are eligible for Class 1, Aquascaping, without additional
fee.
As a matter of ethics, entry must be the property of the entrant for at least
60 days before Show and/or must be work of Entrant. No hybrids, deformed, diseased,
artificially colored (painted, dyed, or injected) or illegal fish or plants
may be shown.
Display
All fish are to be entered in flat-sided bowls or tanks a minimum of ½
gallon or larger up to 30 gallons (for larger tanks, entrant must provide their
own proper aquarium stand). All entries are to be covered with an appropriate
cover and lighted. Sides and back of the display must be covered with an opaque
covering (i.e. paint, contact paper, or commercial background), and gravel or
sand must be used on the bottom. Live plants are encouraged. Filtration and
aeration are optional, but strongly recommended for the health of the entry.
Air and electrical outlets will be supplied. Guppies, Killies, and Betta splendens
may all be entered singly or in pairsin covered bare bowls or tanks of ½
to 1 gallon in size. Naturalistic artificial decorations are allowed in all
entries, and a flowerpot or PVC pipe may be used if needed for the comfort of
the fish. For Class #18 - Photography - For video/electronic media, entrants
must supply resources for viewing their entry. Single picture entries must be
printed for viewing.
Judging
All entries will be sight judged based on appropriate standards for the fish
being judged.
Decision of Judges and/or Show Chairman is final. Show Chairman may move entries
to appropriate classes if entered in wrong class or if there are too few entries
in class.
Awards
First, Second and Third place in each Class; Best Junior Entry; Reet Thomas
Outstanding Livebearer Award; Ralph Wilhelm Outstanding Catfish Award; Best
Egglayer; Judges Award for the most Outstanding Entry; and Best Fish in Show.
We're also going to bring back the People's Award. Visitors to our show can
cast their vote for the display or fish that they like the best. We'll stop
the voting at 2 pm and have the results before the end of the auction on Sunday.
1. Aquascaping
Must be a naturalistic aquascape; may include realistic artificial materials,
will be judged on overall artistic impression and impact, must contain fish
2. Novelty
Theme tank designed/built by entrant, must contain at least one live fish
3. Domestic and Fancy Finned Fish
All "man-made" and domestic colors, veils, and long fins that don't
occur naturally: includes Guppies, all popular color varieties and fancy finnage
varieties of Livebearers and Egglayers
4. Betta splendens
5. Goldfish
Classes 6 - 16 are for Naturally Occurring species, subspecies and locality
variants.
6. Wild Livebearers
7. Cichlids - New World
8. Cichlids - Old World
9. Anabantids
10. Characins
11. Cyprinids
Barbs, Danios, Rasboras, Minnows, and their relatives (except for Sharks
and Loaches)
12. Catfish - Armored Cats (Callichthyids)
Members of Corydoras, Aspidoras, Brochis, Hoplosternum and their relatives
13. Catfish - All other Catfish
14. Sharks and Loaches
15. All Other Fish
Fish not included in any of the above Classes
16. Aquatic Critters
Includes fully aquatic Amphibians, Crustaceans, Insects, and other Invertebrates,
both Freshwater and Marine
17. True Aquatic Plants
18. Photography
Must be taken by Entrant, includes photos, slides, video and electronic media
21. Arts & Crafts
Must be made by Entrant
22. Collectibles
Must be Fish or Aquarium Related
23. White Elephant Collectible
A fun class for all! Must be Fish or Aquarium Related, but it must be the
most awful thing you can find!