The Northeast Council of Aquarium Societies' 36th Annual Tropical Fish Convention will be held March 25-27, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cromwell, CT. Make plans today to attend!
Our Friday through Sunday event boasts fantastic speakers from around the globe, a Vendor Room, discussion groups, specialty organization meetings and a Giant Auction Sunday of Fish and Live Aquarium Plants. The theme for this year's convention is 100 Years of Advances in the Hobby and another great line-up of speakers awaits you!
This year's speakers:
David Boruchowitz, editor of Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine
Ted Judy
Mike Hellweg
both will speak on Friday evening of their year-long Breeder Challenge as well as each give another presentation
Rosario LaCorte, speaking on tetras and barbs
Wolfgang Staeck, speaking on non-Apistogramma South American Dwarf Cichlids
Eric Bodrock, speaking about breeding Oddball catfish
Tom Grady, speaking on killifish
Kris Weinhold, speaking on easy planted aquariums
Ad Konigs, speaking on Lake Tanganyikan cichlids
Andrew Rhyne, speaking on marine aquaculture.
The NEC James J. White Conservation Fund will be collecting donations for 3 conservation programs this year: The Stuart M. Grant Cichlid Conservation Fund (conservation of Malawi Cichlids), the American Livebearers Association's Langhammer Fund for Conservation , and International Rivers effort to protect the Xingu River from the Belo Monte dam project. Donations may be made using PayPal, so one may support the conservation efforts worldwide even if you are not able to attend the convention.
Please visit the Convention Website at http://northeastcouncil.org/convention/ ... 0&Itemid=1
