The Perth Cichlid Society is proud to announce:
An Evening with Andrew Soh
Tuesday, 7th March 2017 - Atwell College, WA.
This year the Perth Cichlid Society has organised another international guest speaker. On Tuesday, March 7th, we will have discus guru and international competition judge Andrew Soh deliver some talks. This will be on our regular meeting night for March at Atwell College which is located at 201 Brenchley Drive, Atwell, WA 6167. It should be a fun packed evening with raffles, discus show table, prizes, beautiful discus on display from Na Discus and Forest Discus and much more.
Andrew Soh is regarded one of the best in the world in regards to discus . The man is a wealth of knowledge and has written books widely praised and welcomed by the serious discus community. His books include 'Discus: The Naked Truth' and 'Discus: Problems and Solutions'. Andrew will be available if you wish to get your books signed by the master himself. Andrew has been a judge at discus shows for many years all around the world and knows exactly what makes the perfect fish.
You can ask Andrew all your questions on discus and enjoy his 2 talks for the evening - Selecting the Best Discus and Discus Diseases and Treatments. There will be a break in between to take a rest, enjoy the competitions and prizes and grab some food and drinks. Check out the discus on display, view the show table entries, bid on our discus fish auction and FoTM, grab some raffle tickets.. it's gonna be a huge night.
We will ask Andrew to judge our discus show table competition for that night with prizes for EVERY entrant. The winner will grab a $50 voucher for Pet Magic to spend and some goods from our sponsors. Entries also have a chance to win some nice discus fish to add to their collection. Yes, you read that correctly we will have some discus as prizes for the show table competition. Send a PM to Chris (Sajica) if you wish to bring a discus along to enter.
There will be a bumper raffle with major prizes available including a $500 Dalua LED light from Fishroom in Mandurah. Or maybe you want the Na Discus - Altum Carnation fish kindly donated by Gold Coast Discus and Perth Discus, that's right, you can win a beautiful discus to take home and cherish after you learn about them from Andrew. There will also be more discus on the raffle table. We will have 2 x Red Melon Discus up for grabs kindly donated by Living Discus Perth. Grab those raffle tickets! There will be many other prizes from our sponsors on the table for the raffle. These raffle tickets will be on sale at the venue at $2 each or $10 for 6 tickets. Don't miss out!
We have our usual Fish of the Month auction on the night. Learn about the fish and take it home. Your chance to own an Na Discus - Reflection Deep Discus kindly donated by Perth Discus and Gold Coast Discus. A special thanks to Eugene Chong Meng Wei for helping with this and supporting cichlid hobby in Perth WA. What a great fish to take home guys. Read more about this FotM here.
We are going to have 2 x FoTM for March. That's right, more chances to learn about and own beautiful quality discus. You can win a Forest Discus - Albino Blue Diamond Discus kindly donated by Living Discus Perth. A special thanks to Carlos Da Costa for helping with this and supporting cichlid hobby in Perth WA. What a great fish to take home guys. Read more about this FotM here.
We will also have a PCS auction for two lots of discus. Up for grabs is a Forest Discus - Giant Red Flora Turk discus and a Forest Discus - Alenquer discus from Living Discus Perth. Bid on these top quality fish and take them home to become part of your collection. All these chances to support the hobby and take home some very nice fish.
There is a small charge for the evening of $11 which will cover entry, some food and a drink and 2 great talks on cichlids. The facility is climate controlled and has all amenities. It is wheel chair accessible. There will be snacks and extra drinks available for purchase for the night. Doors will open at 7:15pm to set up show table entrants and the meeting will commence at 7:45pm sharp.
Tickets are available online NOW from PCS Eventbrite. Grab a ticket now to reserve your spot. If you wish to grab a ticket at the door on the night, please let us know ahead of time so we can ensure we have enough food and drinks catered for you on arrival.
There will be a short update on the Stuart Grant Fund for Cichlid Preservation progress we have all made from Mattia Matarrese. We have really lifted the bar on this one. The awareness of the fund and it's shared values with PCS is spreading. We have been in magazines and garner special thanks from Ad Konings. Well done to everyone who has supported us.
We will have a sales table with Nutrafin Max fish foods for sale in big 500gm and 220gm containers at crazy prizes. This will be used to raise funds for Stuart Grant Fund for Cichlid Preservation. Buy some great quality food and support cichlid preservation. Special thanks to Andrew from Pet Pacific for helping out.
See you all there. grab a ticket from HERE and don't miss a great evening celebrating the aquarium hobby!