May-June, 2011

Betta splendens
Picture by David L. Isham
Officers and contacts. Web sites we like. Upcoming events. {check the NEC site! In Depth needs to update events}
The next Tropical Fish Club of Burlington meeting will be June 9th, 6:30 PM
at the Essex VFW, 73 Pearl St, Essex Jct, VT
Betta splendens by Richard “Max” Maxwell Jr.
Celebese Rainbowfish By Janine Banks
Platy Fish 102 by Fran Kinghorn
Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) By Joan Ebbeson
Livebearers by Sam Hughes
Silver Hatchetfish by Brian Candib
Pearl Gourami by Ralph Perkins
Quote of the month: “It seems that the fish lose their ability to discriminate between odors and are less repelled by odors they would normally avoid,”
Marine ecologist Philip Munday of James Cook University in Townsville, Australia
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60940/title/Ocean_acidification_may_make_fish_foolhardy_
{Monthly Bowl Show Rules [for September, bring "community fish"]}