Mattia

Guess what??

 

WE MADE IT!!

 

The Perth Cichlid Society Inc. is proud to announce that we have hit our yearly goal, and raised $5000 in one year!!

That means, since we have started to collect donations for the fund in September 2015, so in less than 2 years, we have raised:

 

$10 000 !!!!
 

It's a HUGE sum, if you think that we have less than 200 club members and only a small population in the state.

We can say that we are one of the clubs WORLD WIDE that has raised so more donations in such a small period of time!

 

Let's keep it up everyone, I have heard that a Tropheus Murago Tanzania said that we're AMAZING

Not sure how just one different bell sound, but we use API test kits at the shop and so far I can't really say that they're THAT BAD.
I even tested water with JBL and API kits next to each other and got pretty similar results... BUT, said that, we do loads (too many sometimes [emoji29]) tests per days, and our bottles can be considered always "Fresh" ... maybe it has to do with how people keep and maintain their test kits?
Once I left my test kits in car for a week.... it was full summer.....

Aquarium plants could be a bit boring to photograph! [emoji28]

One of our sponsors (Addicted2Fish) sells Rossmonts Wave Makers, a bit expensive, but great pumps!! 3 year warranty, attach to the glass with a Magnet, and move A LOT of water! And, plus, they're Italian made, so great quality

Yes, I put them in the little tank on the kitchen bench. You can catch them out yourself at next meeting Bailey

That's a great report- thanks again Chris for putting your time into this

Do you know that sharks don't even kill that many people? Hippos, crocs, jellyfish are much worse , and there's not even movies about them.
Sharks only attack humans as mistake, maybe people should avoid surfing so much out shore?

I'll just bid on it because it has a cool name!!

Hey guys, just a quick update on our CICHLID fundraising!
 
The PCS is still raising $$$ to save and preserve our beloved fish since we started in September 2015, and we thought that it would be nice to share with everyone where the money raised is coming from and in what amounts... so here we go:
 
Auction Donations:
$4,464 - Thanks to all who donate any bits and pieces to the fund, sometimes even a old airpump goes for an extra $5 just because it's for charity!
 
20% Raffle tickets: $520
20% Kitchen takings: $477.50 
Any $1 that PCS takes from a raffle ticket or kitchen item sold, we donate $0.20c to the SGCF!
"Best month" for raffle donations was of $100, and for kitchen $76 donated in one night!
 
"Fish of the Month":
$1,422 - This initiative only started in September 2016, and we've been smashing it!! Thanks to all of you who donated cichlids to this part of the fundraising, it helps not only the SGCF, but also helps getting some rare species around in the hobby in Perth - so far, the Fish of the month that raised more $ was 2x colonies of 10x Tropheus sp. Black "Bulu Point" that raised $550!
 
Cadbury Fundraiser Chocolate boxes: $390 - still 2 boxes to collect
 
Plus $1756 raised before I started keeping good track of everything
 
Total of $9302,50 updated of today 11/04/2017
 
We still have 3 months to reach our goal of $10,000 until June 2017, let's keep up the good work guys!!!
 
 
Mattia

Involving the Departm of Ag was just very silly, it's already hard for us professional cichlid hobbyist to recognize certain species while stressed and in a quarantine tank, just imagine some of the people in the departm that don't even know the difference between a neon and a cardinal... :/
Hopefully this gets sorted soon

Looks awesome!!

Hey Cam,

I would first probably try to re-calibrate your Ph controller if it's struggling to keep the level... then if you really think it's the reactor, you just need to change the ceramic inside and you'll see the magic happen

They're my babies [emoji173][emoji173][emoji173]

I know someone has got a colony of young ones here in Perth, be patient and they will be around ...

Just a quick update

 

Thanks to everyone who bid hard on those donated lots last night, we broke the RECORD!!

 

We raised a total of $2115 in one night!!

That is amazing for little Perth with an 80 people auction!

Great effort guys, our goal of raising $10000 by June if very close!!

 

We are standing at $9025.89 in less than 17 months!!