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I'm all booked in.

Lets hope my car makes it.............

racoll wrote:I'm all booked in.

Lets hope my car makes it.............

Steam driven?

Have a great weekend guys, unfortunate I will not be able to make it as I am off to the Isle of Wight tomorrow to give talks at the Crocklemainia fish convention, may be next time.

Ian

Coryman wrote:Have a great weekend guys, unfortunate I will not be able to make it as I am off to the Isle of White tomorrow to give talks at the Crocklemainia fish convention, may be next time.

No worries Ian, at the moment it looks like just me Shane and Racoll (and Neil too), but that's enough to have a fun and interesting time!

Anyone else coming? Even for Saturday?

Jools

Jools wrote:
Anyone else coming? Even for Saturday?

Jools

Ill try to be there. cant guarantee it though, ill know for sure tommorow.

just booked in. Looking forward to meeting you all tomorrow

wrasse wrote:just booked in. Looking forward to meeting you all tomorrow

Richard,

Great,

Do you want to meet somewhere so we can go down in "convoy" style? We plan to be leaving around 9AM or thereabouts from Bathgate via Strathclyde Country Park but I assume you'll take the road thru Biggar to the M74?

I'd also offer a lift, but, as you know, space is a little limited in my car.

Jools

i'll see you all at BAS between midday & 1pm if i can.

Sorry if i don't show as i have some personal problems which may take priority

Richard B

unfortunatly i'm going to have to miss it this time i've got a pile of work to do and a couple of early launch dates to meet early next week so ill be working this weekend.

have a good day for all those who make it.
if there ever will be a second meet up ill endevour to make it to that one.

thanks Jools. Yeh I'll take the Biggar road this time. I'll be leaving sometime between 8 and 9, so I'll see you at BAS.
I will definitely have to follow you from there to Pier though. I've done it once before a few years ago but I'm not too familiar with the roads there.

Looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow

Jools, check your email/pm

Arggh! it's tommorow!
Life is going to fast!

I'm screwed ..... flights been delayed

OK, Shane and I are leaving in the next 5 minutes. See you all at BAS between 12 and 1PM.

Shane's wearing his Tres Fronteras shirt and I'm wearing a "Got Catfish?" hoodie. Just so you can find us in the crowds

Jools

How has it been?????

I enjoy'd having a few drink's with you all on saturday night .

Kev

Hi , Racol,Wrass,Joolz and Shane enjoyed your company on Saturday night hope it was worth the Journey .
If I can help you get anything please mail me
Joolz / Shane send me the picture of the Borneo Lancer ..
Hey Rupert... Dont forget to change your Name ..
Orinocco disus
Oh and Shane the Barb pic too ...
Cheers

I thought it was a superb fish shop tour. At Pier, we saw a superb selection of fish. There were probably more catfish varieties than you would find in any other shop, very good at this time of year, when you consider its not the season for South American fish. At BAS there was a reasonably good range of fish, and although not heavy on cats - I finally managed to get the adult male Jaguar that I need. I'll be back!!!
On Saturday night after several hours of good company, and with the help of Neil and co from Pier, I identified 3 new catfish species: a Shanus Linderii - species guiness-red-eye; a Joolus Dignalliatus with an unquenchable thirst and a Synodontis Rupert with lateral line erosion. (Sorry guys ).

Sounds like a good field trip

Any photos? Particularly of those terrestrial species you encountered on sat night!

So where were you all when we were in Darwen at the CSG meeting on Sunday then??

Have to say it would have been nice after all the effort to sort the weekend if some of you could have come to the meeting, would have been good to meet you all...

snowball wrote:Any photos? Particularly of those terrestrial species you encountered on sat night!

Yup, Shane is leaving today, so getting organised for the airport etc., but once I have a couple of days to get back up to speed on everything I will post a couple of pics.

I'm still kicking myself I didn't get the picture of the at Pier becuase they were something new to me.

Jools

paulf wrote:Have to say it would have been nice after all the effort to sort the weekend if some of you could have come to the meeting, would have been good to meet you all...

We had to be back in Bathgate for 6PM, assuming the meeting started at 1PM, we'd already been past Darwen heading north. Equally it would have been nice for some of the meeting attendees to have come along on Saturday. It's good to meet up fellow catfish folks, but it's great to do it in the presence of a great many catfish species.

Jools

sojapat wrote:Joolz / Shane send me the picture of the Borneo Lancer

Neil,

The one and only picture I'm aware of is here - .

Jools

snowball wrote:Any photos? Particularly of those terrestrial species you encountered on sat night!

Urban collecting, you can't beat it.

OK, here are Wrasse, Racoll, Shane & Jools (from L to R).



Jools

Well I am safe and secure back in Africa again. Jools and Wrasse will be glad to know that the fish all survived the return journey as well.

I had a great time with everyone and really enjoyed meeting new folks like Wrasse and Racoll as well as seeing Neil, Kev, and the gang again. If you find yourself in the UK be sure to stop by and see Neil. His shop is the incarnation of every hobbyist's daydream that starts with, "Now if I had a shop, I would do it like this...." I have seen private fishrooms with less healthy stock.

Shanus Linderii - species guiness-red-eye

Wrasse, glad you identified this morph, but in catfish circles it is just a "bread and butter" variety seen at most catfish conventions. It can be found in both the New World and Old World typically near a Guinness tap after dark.

-Shane

Shane wrote:Wrasse, glad you identified this morph, but in catfish circles it is just a "bread and butter" variety seen at most catfish conventions. It can be found in both the New World and Old World typically near a Guinness tap after dark.

Additionally these are a social morph often found in the small hours lying on their sides like clown loaches. They do not, however, commonly eat snails.

Jools

Well it was a real pleasure to meet you guys and talk drunken nonsense.

I couldn't leave Pier without fish, so I picked up 6 which I missed on Saturday (Thanks Neil ).

I'm off to collect my new discus now (the Nanay rather than Orinoco variety ).

Hope to see you all again, but hopefully down south. Oxford is very central with three excellent shops in driving distance (Goldfish Bowl, Maidenhead @ Oxford and Wildwoods).

Hi Joolz ,,,,
Mi Man is on the case ..
If he does not come up trumps I am there in September
I will catch them Myself
Thanks for the compliments Shane
Great to see you again man ..
Sorry the South American stuff was a bit Quiet ..
Take care guys
Hope to see you all soon ...
RACOLL there is no life South of Birmingham is there??

Neil,
This is the South African hyphen barb. I moved some stuff around this weekend and realized I have about 20 of these things between tanks and pond. I need to stop bringing them home, but they are so attractive. I'll try to get some tank shots of them in a school.
-Shane

Hi Shane , They are nice
what temperatures are they in?
Cheers