Aquarists Clubs And Associations

[onemisterchristian]

I was just interested. I want to get involved in one but most of the one in my area are for specific species.
If you do belong to one let us know which one it is.

 

[Mad Duff]

I used to be a member of a local club, in fact my parents ran the club for about 18 years and I was secretary for a couple of years. Our clubs membership started to drop off and gradually dwindled until we wound up the club because there was only 4 of us attending meetings, it was the same with pretty much all the other clubs in the area. Now we have 4 clubs running in an area which once had between 30 - 40 clubs.

 

[dwarfgourami]

I'm thinking of joining the British Livebearer Association- but I need the livebearers first! Maybe next year, when I've got my new tank running. Am too selfconscious (vain?) to join on the basis of three tankfuls of guppy and platy mutts.

 

[Jules H-T]

Nah, to be honest I can't be bothered with regular meetings and the like since I'm not into it major style. My tank is stable and panning out precisely as I want it to, I have access to all the information I need on t'internet if I need assistance, and that's enough for me.

The advent of the internet has no doubt badly affected this kind of club, without it I suspect I'd need more support from local enthusiasts.

I can imagine that reef keepers would be more this kind of person, swapping frags and all that salty business.

 

[BigC]

American Killifish Association.
British Killifish Association.
Scandinavian Killifish Association.

Tropical Fish clubs and Associations play a very important roll within the hobby. It is within these clubs that a great deal of knowledge can be gleened. The advantages of being a member are tenfold. I wont babble on but if you are serious about keeping tropical, marine, goldfish or Koi try it for yourself, I think that you will be presently surprised at what you will find.
Regards
BigC

 

[aberdeen aquarist]

American Killifish Association.
British Killifish Association.
Scandinavian Killifish Association.

Tropical Fish clubs and Associations play a very important roll within the hobby. It is within these clubs that a great deal of knowledge can be gleened. The advantages of being a member are tenfold. I wont babble on but if you are serious about keeping tropical, marine, goldfish or Koi try it for yourself, I think that you will be presently surprised at what you will find.
Regards
BigC

I agree, with very few of the things you say, but some clubs aren't like that, one of the clubs I used to belong to was used by the president as a plac where he sold his fish and other things, and to slag of the local shops because they didn't buy his fish. And with the internet being so easy the info you need is right at your fingertips. The club scene is dying out because of websites like this on, but I think that it is a good thing, and you can find like minded people through sites like this one, and find fish you are looking for, sell things you don't want.

So there is really no need for clubs in my opinion any more, and its their own fault as they haven't adapted to survive. I have sat through enough club meetings with people moaning about the lack of members to know what I'm talking about and quite frankly I have wasted too much time on them to lament their going under.

 

[Ethos]

Nope - I'm too young and I don't really live by anyone my age who'd attend with me.

 

[Tolak]

See my sig.

 

[lljdma06]

No, I'm not in an organization right now, but that's just because of where I'm located. When I move back to FL, I'd like to join the IBC (International Betta Conference), the International Anabantoid association, and if there's something with planted tanks in Miami, I'd like to join that.

 

[dwarfgourami]

American Killifish Association.
British Killifish Association.
Scandinavian Killifish Association.

Tropical Fish clubs and Associations play a very important roll within the hobby. It is within these clubs that a great deal of knowledge can be gleened. The advantages of being a member are tenfold. I wont babble on but if you are serious about keeping tropical, marine, goldfish or Koi try it for yourself, I think that you will be presently surprised at what you will find.
Regards
BigC

I agree, with very few of the things you say, but some clubs aren't like that, one of the clubs I used to belong to was used by the president as a plac where he sold his fish and other things, and to slag of the local shops because they didn't buy his fish. And with the internet being so easy the info you need is right at your fingertips. The club scene is dying out because of websites like this on, but I think that it is a good thing, and you can find like minded people through sites like this one, and find fish you are looking for, sell things you don't want.

So there is really no need for clubs in my opinion any more, and its their own fault as they haven't adapted to survive. I have sat through enough club meetings with people moaning about the lack of members to know what I'm talking about and quite frankly I have wasted too much time on them to lament their going under.

I just feel the specialist associations, like the ones BigC mentioned, and the Livebearer Association, might have something to offer that is a bit different from a forum like this, so they're not really competing with each other. And a lot of their action takes place online these days, so they have adapted. So there are associations out there very different from the dusty ones you describe. Whenever I try to look up things about livebearers, I bump into this Scandinavian livebearer society that seems incredibly vigorous, wouldn't mind joining them.