Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society
We are all about the aquarium hobby
This Month’s Meeting
We have a new speaker to the club! Paul Turley will be discussing his approach to propagation of aquarium aquatic plants.
A lifelong aquarist and overall student of nature, Paul has given over 30 talks to aquarium hobbyists (predominantly on catfishes) from coast to coast. Ever since first reading Carl Ferarris’ 1991 book
“Catfish in the Aquarium” a few months after its initial publication, catfishes have dominated his interests in his aquariums.
An early/former moderator on PlanetCatfish, his interests and online presence predates the World Wide Web, being one of the original “regulars” on the usenet group “Catfish.net” which eventually with the advent of the world wide web, evolved into PlantCatfish.com.
Well, we aren’t really going to talk about catfish (that much) …
My talk for the evening is about aquarium plants, and how to propagate them, titled:
The Unexpected Plant Talk: How to fall bass-ackwards into loads of aquarium plants.
Paul has a BS in Biology from the University of Minnesota where his last two years of study was largely paid for with proceeds from breeding and selling Synodontis multipunctatus(!). He works as a product development engineer and is a named inventor on sixteen U.S. patents to date (both design and utility).
Paul lives in Sheffield Lake, Ohio and is currently in the process of building his 4th fish room (it’ll get done, eventually!). He is currently president of the Lorain County Aquarium Society (LCAS)
JOIN US as we meet in person on the 3rd Friday of each month:
Lake Milton Baptist Temple
415 S Pricetown Rd
Diamond, OH 44412
Park in the back and follow walking signs to our meeting room in the gymnasium.
Bring your BAP\SAP\HAP items to turn in for credit. There will be a live Fish/Plant auction.
Meeting Dates: All meetings, unless noted, start at 7:30 pm at Lake Milton Baptist Temple. See the address above. Doors open at 7:00 pm.
For Bowl Show categories for 2025, follow this link.
Friday, January 17, 2025 Topic: Committee leaders to talk about their committee work.
Friday, February 21, 2025:
Friday, March 21, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
Friday, June 20, 2025
Friday, July 18, 2025 Cookout
Friday, August 15, 2025
Friday, September 19, 2025
Friday, October 17, 2025
Friday, November 21, 2025
Friday, December 19, 2025
All meetings except the July Cookout start at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm
Board of Directors – Meeting Dates: (1:00 pm at the Church unless noted, Bring your own drink)
Usually the First Saturday of the month.
• Saturday, January 4, 2025 Due to weather
• Saturday, February 1, 2025
• Saturday, March 1, 2025
• Saturday, April 5, 2025
• Saturday, May 3, 2025
• Saturday, June 7, 2025
• Saturday, July 5, 2025
• Saturday, August 2, 2025
• Saturday, September 6, 2025
• Saturday, October 4, 2025
• Saturday, November 1, 2025
• Saturday, December 6, 2025
YATFS Auction Dates:
All Auctions and Swap Meets are held at
Lake Milton Baptist Temple
415 S Pricetown Rd, Diamond, OH 44412, USA
Auction flyer with rules: https://yatfs.com/auction/
Spring Auction – Saturday, March 22, 2025
Fall Auction – Saturday, October 18, 2025
Swap Meet
Saturday, May 17, 2025
This QR code sends you to the YATFS group on Band. Band is a place where you can post Tropical Fish with pricing. Selling fish and most animals on Facebook is not allowed. Band is an alternative place to sell your items openly.
Use this link if you are viewing this on your phone.
https://band.us/band/90485739
We are a Non Profit Organization
The Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society Endowment Fund
In Honor of Tom DiCola
The Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society is starting an endowment fund. This fund will be referred to as the “Tom DiCola Fund” for all future reference. All proceeds of this fund belong solely to the Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society and will be used for the education of juniors in the hobby, education for other hobby-related projects, and for conservation projects involving the tropical fish hobby. All proceeds will come from donations specified to the fund expressly and will be kept in the fund’s account. These funds will not be used for anything other than the specified topics and cannot be used as YATFS funds unless the club comes under dire times. None of the proceeds will be used without permission of the YATFS Board of Directors upon voting on the topic for its use.
Larry and Kriss Secaur of Fat Fish Aquatics maintain this calendar below. Their website is https://fatfishaquatic.com/
For a better view
Click on this grid and select Schedule ↓
Check us out on BAND app..
https://band.us/@yatfsclub
Contest!!!
The Ulysses S. Grant CONTEST
That could be three chances to win $50 in your pocket for just just turning in something for BAP, SAP, IAP, HAP. any questions just ask one of us and take a glance at the contest page. Could be easy MONEY!
