Keep the Date

[Marine590622]

Yes that will be the site, although it is not published officially yet, we have work to do on it yet. Your google skills are impressive grasshopper.

[Dave Rinaldo]

I saw it posted somewhere and bookmarked it! ;)

[bekateen]

Wow, what a cute little worm on a hook! That's awesome. I must have spent 2 minutes on the page, scrolling up and down, really slowly, to try and control the worm. LOL

[Marine590622]

Hmmm, not sure we want that.

[EdWHPT4]

I wish this was coming to Indianapolis

[Marine590622]

It's only a five hour trip. Get a couple of catfish friends from your local club, carpool up, and split a room.

[EdWHPT4]

oy, sounds awesome, unfortunately not possible right now...workandwhatnot...besides I'm the only person I know of in my area that cares as much about any kind of fish as I do. Everyone else I know is either a dog or a cat person.

[Dave Rinaldo]

Are you familiar with the club in Indianapolis?

http://www.circlecityaqclub.org/

https://www.facebook.com/CircleCityAquariumClub

[EdWHPT4]

NO! I had no idea!! That's awesome:) Thank you so much!!

[Marine590622]

Cataclysm (http://catfish-cataclysm.com) is now open for registration. You may register online or a printable registration form is available for download at (http://catfish-cataclysm.com/wp-content ... /Flier.pdf) .

There are pre-conference events on Friday – a tour of Ted Judy's fish room (a must see) and a Friday night fish fry (a WI tradition).

Speakers will include Mike Hellweg (Exotic Aquatics), Oliver Lucanus (Below Water), Barbie Fiorentino (Aquarium Solutions). Additional speakers may be added at a later date.

Registered participants will receive a goody bag and complimentary food on Saturday.


Don't forget to book your hotel room if needed – Howard Johnson Madison 608-244-2481. Mention the Cataclysm room block for a special rate of $89 per night.

The Facebook group is now active, sign up for up to the minute news - (https://www.facebook.com/groups/catfish.cataclysm/) .
Too many tanks. I plead the fifth on the exact number.

[Marine590622]

131 DAYS UNTIL
CATACLYSM
The midwest's first catfish convention.
Catfish-cataclysm.com

Just some updates:
Reserve your hotel rooms now! Details on the website.
New speakers added to the line up Rob McLure & Stephan Tanner
Rare fish action on Saturday
Sunday swap meet registration up.
If you are registering for the whole event, just use the main form, if not
use the form specifically for the swap.
New sponsors! See the website
Cool auction items
Tour of Ted's Fishroom on Friday
Fish Fry Friday night

Bar crawl in the works

[Marine590622]

88 days until Cataclysm! This will be a busy weekend in Madison with a big home football game against Purdue, so be sure to book your rooms early. The host hotel is giving conference attendees a special rate of $90 per night.

As an incentive to get signed up now we are going to be having a drawing with great prizes for anyone who registers before August 31. Plus, the more people who register early, the more chances you have to win. For every 25 people who register by the deadline, we are adding a prize to the drawing. If 25 people register by August 31 then there will be one prize, if 50 people register, there will be 2 prizes and so on. So encourage your friends to get registered, too! Visit our Facebook group to learn more about the drawing. https://www.facebook.com/groups/catfish.cataclysm/

We also have a new speaker added to the line-up, Nathan Lujon. He is an ichthyologist who has made a huge contribution to the taxonomy and our understanding of Loricariid catfish. One of those efforts you may recognize is the reorganization of the Panaque sp. 'royal plecos' for P. nigroliniatus into several different species (including the P. armbrusteri).

We are also posting fish that will be in the rare fish auction on our Facebook group. Note, fish are living animals and things can happen, so some of the fish featured might not be in the auction due to circumstances beyond our control.

[Marine590622]

Nathon Lujon added to the speaker lineup. Woot

[Marine590622]

Cataclysm is less than 50 days away! Register by 8-31 and qualify for the early entry prize drawing! A printable registration form can be downloaded at this link
http://catfish-cataclysm.com/wp-content ... rm2015.pdf

Ted Judy (tedsfishroom.com) has uploaded a video of some of the fish donated to the rare fish auction including a beautiful Tigrinus catfish donated by Segrest Farms.


https://youtu.be/hbp62eBTp8U

[Marine590622]

Cataclysm - the midwest's catfish extravaganza - is just under 6 weeks away! The deadline to register is coming up soon! If you want a t-shirt, you must register by September 21. Pre-registration ends September 25. Don't forget that there will be a general fish swap on Sunday for all things aquatic hobby related. Come as a participant and stay to sell in the Sunday Swap. Anyone can come to the Swap for $5 at the door and we still have some tables available for people interested in selling. Questions write to [email protected].

Details on our event website - http://catfish-cataclysm.com

And join our event FB group for updates!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/catfish.cataclysm/