PVAS Catfish Convention - Herndon, VA - Oct 18-21st

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October 18-21, 2012
Herndon, Virginia

The Potomac Valley Aquarium Society is proud to present its fifth bi-annual All-Aquarium Catfish Convention. This is the official website for the convention, and your source for all things Catfish. Join us for an exciting convention as we "Bring 'Em Back Alive" at a new, expanded location in Herndon, Virginia!

Website: http://catfishcon.com

Schedule:

Thursday 10/18

7:30pm - 8:30pm Heiko Bleher, "Catfishes of the Iriri River" (Free to the public)
8:30pm - 10:30pm "Get to Know You" Social at the Hyatt Hotel Bar near the Koi pond
8:00pm - 10:00pm Registration
Friday 10/19

9:00am Field Trips depart
5:00pm Field Trips return
6:00pm Buffet Dinner
7:00pm Heiko Bleher, "True Hisory of the Blue Eyed Pleco"
Vendor Room open
8:00pm Hans-Georg Evers, "Loricarids"
9:00pm - midnight Shopping Spree on Three (Third Floor).
Hospitality suites will be open!

Saturday 10/20

9:00 – Noon Registration Desk Open
10:00am Ian Fuller, "Corydorus"
11:30am Hans- Georg Evers
12:30pm Lunch Break
2:00pm Fish Room Closed for Judging
2:30pm Heiko Bleher, "The Amazing Biology of Some Catfishes"
4:00pm Eric Bodrock, "Breeding and Feeding"
5:30pm Mark Sabaj Perez, "The Thorny Catfishes"
7:30pm Banquet Dinner, Fish Show Awards, Heiko Bleher: special presentation
10:00pm Hospitality, Fish Show Open for Viewing

Sunday 10/21: All-day Auction

8:00am Registration begins
10:00am Auction begins
12:30pm Lunch. Register online for the Pizza Lunch (Please note, auction will not break for lunch!)
(Fish Showroom Breakdown, Volunteers Always Welcome!)
7:30pm After Event Dinner at the Hyatt Private Dining Room. (Sign up at Registration desk, separate fee applies.)

 

[fischfan13]

 

[fwprawn]

Will anybody be bringing any Silurus, do you know ?

 

[johnnytaboo]

You know what's funny/great? My wifes favorite fish is our Electric Catfish. I told her about this, and she said she would actually come with me if I could get off work. Checking if it's possible next week. I'd love to attend. Who knows, maybe I'll be able to get my Gulper finally!

 

[fwprawn]

Who has been to these things? How is the vendor section ? Are any Silurus catfishes sold there ?

 

[joe jaskot]

Who has been to these things? How is the vendor section ? Are any Silurus catfishes sold there ?

Last time I attended the catfish convention I was extremely disappointed. I thought there would have been a lot more catfish for sale. The Sunday auction is decent, but again there were not that many catfish in the auction. Most of the catfish are sold out of rooms, so get there early for the best selection.

 

[dogofwar]

That's really odd, Joe, because I've found the Catfish Convention to be one of the best, most informative and most fun fish events around (I've been to the last two).

It would be hard to have a better list of speakers (on catfish): http://www.catfishcon.com/speakers.php

Whether a Silurus catfish will be for sale there or not isn't possible to know. There will be plenty of vendors and folks selling fish out of their rooms. And a giant auction (You can preview what's registered to be sold at www.mygroupauctions.com ... although I wouldn't expect much to be registered yet).

Both my club (CCA) and *** will be sponsoring hospitality suites at the event for registered attendees. I'll be there!

Matt

Last time I attended the catfish convention I was extremely disappointed. I thought there would have been a lot more catfish for sale. The Sunday auction is decent, but again there were not that many catfish in the auction. Most of the catfish are sold out of rooms, so get there early for the best selection.

 

[dogofwar]

That's really odd, Joe, because I've found the Catfish Convention to be one of the best, most informative and most fun fish events around (I've been to the last two).

It would be hard to have a better list of speakers (on catfish): http://www.catfishcon.com/speakers.php

Whether a Silurus catfish will be for sale there or not isn't possible to know. There will be plenty of vendors and folks selling fish out of their rooms. And a giant auction (You can preview what's registered to be sold at www.mygroupauctions.com ... although I wouldn't expect much to be registered yet).

Both my club (CCA) and *** will be sponsoring hospitality suites at the event for registered attendees. I'll be there!

Matt

Last time I attended the catfish convention I was extremely disappointed. I thought there would have been a lot more catfish for sale. The Sunday auction is decent, but again there were not that many catfish in the auction. Most of the catfish are sold out of rooms, so get there early for the best selection.

 

[joe jaskot]

That's really odd, Joe, because I've found the Catfish Convention to be one of the best, most informative and most fun fish events around (I've been to the last two).

It would be hard to have a better list of speakers (on catfish): http://www.catfishcon.com/speakers.php



Matt

Speaker lineup at the catfish convention is always top notch. Last time I was there, I just expected to see a lot more species of catfish available, especially in the auction.

 

[dogofwar]

That was two years ago...so who knows what fish, plants, supplies, etc. will be available this year.

How about this: Enter a raffle at the Catfish Convention to win a trip to Peru to collect your own!

This is always a great event and I'm getting excited.

Anyone else going?

Matt

Speaker lineup at the catfish convention is always top notch. Last time I was there, I just expected to see a lot more species of catfish available, especially in the auction.