Improving the aquarium hobby by sharing knowledge and promoting conservation since 1967.
The Durham Region Aquarium Society (DRAS) was established in September of 1966 to assist in the advancement and improvement of the aquarium hobbyist. We held our first annual show and created a monthly bulletin in 1967. Today we continue that tradition with monthly events, an annual mega-auction and dinner, as well as our Tank Talk digital publication. DRAS also works with local, national, and international aquatic organizations toward the shared goal of conservation.
TUESDAY April 9th 2023
Doors open 7:30 pm
Please note the date change (March break)
Please join us as Brian Glazier will be our speaker. He will be talking about Collecting Live Foods.
I have been in the hobby for over 60 Years – Started when I was 6 years old with some feeder type guppies. My main interests are Livebearers and Killies. My home club is the London Aquaria Society.
I hold a Judges Certificate plus a Senior Merit Award for Livebearers from C.A.O.A.C plus several other certificates and awards (Hobbyist of the Year, Service Award and Champion of Champions twice).
I am also a member of A.L.A. and hold a Century Breeders Award (Breading of a hundred different livebearers).
I speak on several different subjects – Killies, Livebearers and Live food collecting and culturing of live foods.
PLUS:
fish in a bag game (donated from big als)
Fish flake and bags will be sold. pm Tim Mccaskie if you want flake.
monthly auction
paid DRAS members can access the talk on zoom if unable to make it in person(zoom waiting room enabled)
In person Anderson CVI 400 Anderson St, Whitby, ON L1N 3V6
Zoom meeting for paid DRAS members
Pro growth flake at the monthly meetings only.
This is bulk food from Angelfins. This flake is a mix of earthworm, vitamin booster and egg fish flakes and it is designed to produce speedy growth of you juvenile fish.
1 pound (453 g)= $40 225 g = $20 100 g= $10
Please reach out to Tim McCaskie before hand if interested or it will be first come first serve for what is brought.
fish in a bag game (donated from Big Als)
Fish bags will be available for purchase at general meeting.
Preorders accepted to ensure availability - Sizes and $ are as follows:
25 - 2 mL 4 x 10” $2
50 - 2 mL 6 x 14” $6
25 - 2.25 mL 8 x 18” $4
25 - 2.25 mL 10 x 20” $5
Contest:
Running until our June meeting. The prize is a new 36inch or 48 inch fluval led plant light from Finatics.
To enter:
1. You must be a paid member.
2. you have to breed a species of pleco
3. you have to bring in 5 young (at-least 8weeks old )to one of our monthly meetings for the auction
4. you have to submit a breeding report into the bap program
5. you have to send in pics of your fry and after 8 weeks to show you raised them successfully
6. if 1-5 are completed you will receive a ticket that will put you into the draw.
7. only 1 ticket per household/family membership
Good luck and have fun. We are doing this to try and encourage people to come out to more meetings and to have fun breeding your fish.
Let’s have fun with this!!
If this works we will do it again next year with a different species and prize.
Next General Meetings:
Aquariama 2024 - confirmed! Sunday April 14th
Social Dinner 2024 - confirmed! Saturday April 27th
Tuesday May 14, 2024
Tuesday June 11, 2024