Male Xiphophorus mayae "Rio Bellaire, Honduras", Meyer & Schartl, 2002. Photo by Rick Borstein

CLS's next meeting will be Sunday, September 22 at the Best Western Hotel in Hillside, IL. This meeting will take place immediately after the Greater Chicago Cichlid Association's September 2013 Swap Meet. |  Map and Directions

Speaker

Pat Hartman will present Wild Livebearers I have known. This talk will cover various aspects of keeping livebearing fish, including “what is a livebearer?”, biology & breeding, importance of Species Maintenance, Collection locations, & examples of wild habitats.  Detailed descriptions of various species of Goodeids and Poecilieds are also presented. Pat is very active in the American Livebearer Association and was awarded the prestigious "Fellow of the ALA” in 2006.

Donations for our Table

The primary method we use to raise funds is through sales at the GCCA Swap Meet. We need your donations of fish and other goods to help raise money for the club. Please bring your items to the swap and the earlier the better!

CLS is growing and our Breeders Award Program is growing, too. That's a good problem!

Our first participants are now close to reaching the Beginner award levels (20 points) and we needed a better way to manage this data online. We're now using a new List program that allows you to easily search and filter on BAP submissions. 

Now, you can see all of the BAPs you've turned in and search for specific species if you want.

Check out the BAP Standings today!