{"id":7631,"date":"2025-09-15T21:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T02:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/?p=7631"},"modified":"2025-09-19T20:56:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T01:56:15","slug":"september-22-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/september-22-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"September 22 – Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Our next meeting will be on Monday, September 22nd 2025 at J.A. Dulude Arena<\/a> starting at 7:00 pm.\u00a0 OVAS will be hosting Peter DeSouza from the Peel Regional Aquarium Club<\/a> (PRAC) who will be giving a presentation on his collection trip to Cameroon.\u00a0 All are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n

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Collecting Adventures in Cameroon<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Peter DeSouza has always had a strong interest in Zoology. His parents lived in fear of what he would bring home and keep in the basement.\u00a0 From an early age he had aquariums and raised livebearers and spawned some of the easier cichlids.\u00a0 After high school his interests turned to the new African cichlids from Lake Malawi that were just becoming available to hobbyists.\u00a0 After school, marriage and a mortgage he left the fish hobby behind for a few years.

In 2002 after moving to Alberta to work, he decided to raise fish again.\u00a0 This time he started with killifish right away with a few small tanks.\u00a0 After building a few fish rooms and moving back to Ontario, his fishroom today contains approximately 70 tanks of various sizes filled with mostly Killifish and Bettas.

He has raised and spawned representatives of most of the Aquarium Fish groups but has a preference for killifish of the genus Fundulopanchax particularly Fundulopanchax sjoestedti, the Blue Gularis.\u00a0 He has been line breeding Blue Gularis for almost 20 years and Domestic Bettas for the last 10 years.

He has always wanted to travel to another countries and collect fish. When he finally retired he had the opportunity with a group from Europe to collect in Ghana in 2018. In 2022, he travelled to Cameroon. His presentation, titled \u2018Collecting Adventures in Cameroon\u2019 will detail the areas collected and the fish that were found as well as some interesting adventures experienced in Cameroon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter DeSouza will be bringing some Bettas and Fundulopanchax <\/em>(killifish) for the highest bidder, so liquidate your assets and bring some cash!\u00a0Please join us this\u00a0Monday<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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Members Corner<\/strong><\/h5>\n

All members are invited to showcase their aquarium related projects and discoveries at our meetings!\u00a0 You, or an executive member, can share your photos, videos, or other content of up to 5 minutes, at the beginning of our meetings.\u00a0 Please talk to the exec about submitting your content.<\/p>\n

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New Executive for the 2025-2026 Season<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Big thank you to Eleonore Schmidt for steering the club last season as President.\u00a0 Many returning faces for this season with the returning BAP Chair position.\u00a0 See the full list of the Executives here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Meeting Info and Location<\/strong><\/h5>\n

J.A. Dulude Arena<\/a>
\n941 Clyde Avenue
\nOttawa, Ontario
\nK2C 4B2<\/span><\/p>\n

Monthly Meetings and Fish & Plant Mini Auction start at 7 pm<\/strong>.
\nThere will be door prizes at the monthly meetings.
\nMembers are encouraged to set up\u00a0vendor tables or maybe you have some leftover items from the garage sale to sell.
\nBring cash as there is no ATM onsite.
\nComplimentary snacks and refreshments will be served.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dates to Remember for the 2025\/2026 OVAS Season<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Monthly Meeting<\/b>
\nMonday, October 27 2025<\/span><\/p>\n

Fish & Plant Mini Auction<\/b>
\nMonday, November 24 2025<\/p>\n

Breakfast<\/b>
\nJanuary 2026 (TBD)<\/p>\n

Monthly Meeting<\/b>
\nMonday, January 26 2026
\nMonday, February 23 2026<\/p>\n

Giant Auction<\/b>
\nSaturday, March 21 2026 @ Tom Brown Arena<\/a>
\nMore details to follow<\/p>\n

Monthly Meeting<\/b>
\nMonday, March 23 2026
\nMonday, April 27 2026
\nMonday, May 25 2026<\/p>\n

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General Info<\/strong><\/h5>\n

OVAS Memberships for the 2024-2025 season will be expiring soon on September 30 2025!\u00a0 OVAS memberships can be renewed for the 2025-2026 season at monthly meetings or online<\/a> (PayPal).<\/p>\n

This is a FREE event sponsored by the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society.\u00a0 Anyone with an interest in aquariums and related hobbies is welcome to attend.\u00a0 OVAS presentations are a great place to meet other aquarium hobbyists, exchange ideas and learn more about fish and aquatic plant keeping.<\/p>\n

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Sponsors<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
\"Akua<\/a><\/td>\"AquaZen\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Big<\/a><\/td>\"Critter<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"NorthFin\"<\/a><\/td>\"Ponds<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Seachem\"<\/a><\/td>\"Tropica\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

AquaZen, Big Al’s (Ottawa) and Critter Jungle offer a 10% discount for aquarium-related goods and livestock.\u00a0 Please visit the sponsor for restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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