American Killifish Association

Website Changes Coming Soon!

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:10:26 -2200

Yes, we are in the final stages of a changeover to a new operating system which should be approved by the BOT during the next few weeks.

This is important!

As an AKA member, you will be notified of the changeover via an email. Your account will remain the same, but you will be issued a new password. You should log in as soon as possible to the new site and change your password to something you prefer.

If you are an AKA website member, you will be required to create a new account. We apologize for this inconvenience, but this will assist us in eliminating many inactive accounts as well as many which have been inactivated for various reasons. This will save a great deal of database space as well as show us who is active on the website.

More will be added to this news section as we close in on a switch over date.

2012 Southwest Area Killifish Event on March 10

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:31:30 -2200

The Arizona Rivulin Keepers are sponsoring their 14th annual Southwest Area Killifish Event (SAKE on Saturday, March 10, 2012, at the The Holiday Inn (formerly the Ramada Plaza Hotel Phoenix at Metro Center), 12027 North 28th Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85029. The event will feature three programs that should interest a wide range of aquarium hobbyists: - Jim Fong will discuss the genus Nothobranchius (African annual killifish) and the title of his presentation is "Nothobranchius - Easy or Difficult?" - Greg Sage will talk about the selective breeding of aquarium fishes. - Aaron Ambos will present information and pictures of the wildlife of the Great Basin Desert, with a focus mainly on the isolated and rare fishes of the eastern Great Basin. Anyone can attend and the public is welcome. There is no registration fee to attend SAKE as the event is funded by a gigantic raffle, a silent auction, and a regular auction. To be successful, we rely upon both your contributions of aquarium fishes, aquatic plants, and live foods, and your participation in the raffle and auctions. The raffle will consist of products donated by various aquarium manufacturing and supply companies, as well as local aquarium and pet stores. You can register at the door; however, we encourage you to "register" before the event as it helps us with the planning. The earlier the better. There may also be some incentives offered at the event for those who register early. To register early, on or after January 4, 2012, please send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:azkillie@yahoo.com">azkillie@yahoo.com</a>. The e-mail to register must include: 1. Your name 2. Current hometown 3. Any current aquarium club affiliation(s) If you are registering a spouse, children, or a friend, please include the same information for each attendee. See you at SAKE!

KFN Convention

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:53:02 -2200

The KFN convention will be held September 2 to September 4 at

Party Centrum/ hotel De Schildkamp, Leerdamseweg 44, Asperen (Leerdam), Tel 0345618814 Fax 0345630417.

More information can be found on the KFN website or by downloading this PDF notice.

AKA CONVENTION 2011

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:03:03 -2200

It is our pleasure to announce that the AKA Convention 2011 Registration page will be Activated 12:00am February 7th. I would also encourage all to register early and especially those Affiliate clubs that want to sponsor a favorite Class of fish. The AKA Convention 2011 home page is user friendly. So visit often and support the Sponsors that have graciously donated hardware and samples for our raffles and welcoming totes. Hope to see you in May. Thank You Nick Vanikiotis & Cris Diaz Co Chairs AKA Convention 2011

Northwest Killies Meeting

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:06:35 -2200

Our traditional turkey dinner and N.W.K. Meeting will be held at Kit Stowell's on January 29th in Vancouver, WA. I will post directions soon. Please let me know if you plan on attending. Also, if anyone in the Portland area needs a ride to Kit's, David and I will be passing through Portland on the 29th so, gives us a holler if you want us to pick you up. <a href="mailto:patrick@nuurth.net" title="patrick@nuurth.net">patrick@nuurth.net</a> or via phone 541.971.2403 P@rick

New positions open

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:13:41 -2200

The AKA is seeking volunteers to fill two new open positions. These are chairman of the KHY program and compiler of the "New Collections" publication. Please see the posts in the Positions Open forum. You will need to be logged on as an AKA member to see that forum. Contact the chairman of the BOT by email for more information.

AKA hosting Tim Addis W. African Killies site

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:20:00 -2200

I am excited to announce a collaboration between Tim Addis and the AKA. As many of you know, Tim has developed a comprehensive site on killifish from West Africa. It is a popular site, to the extent that it has created problems for him due to traffic exceeding his bandwidth allowance, which has necessitated having him take the site down. Tim has now graciously agreed to allow the AKA to host his pages on the AKA web site. You will find a link to the site in the left column, under Show and Tell.

I think this is an exciting development that will be to the benefit of all killie enthusiasts. Tim will continue to develop the WAK site and he retains copyright of the material on it. The big advantage is that this valuable material will continue to be available to hobbyists throughout the world.

Barry Cooper
AKA webmaster

Northwest Killies Meeting

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:20:00 -2200

Anouncement:

The next scheduled meeting for the Northwest Killies group will be on Saturday, October 23rd. 2010, at David Mikkelsen's.

Address: 31849 Peoria Road SW, Albany, OR 97321-9443.

Just mapquest or Google a map or contact me at: 541.926.1672 at home.

We hope to see as many members and guests as possible, there is much to discuss and a lot of good food being prepared.

I'f any members in the Portland Area should hesitate to come because of transportation problems, David has offered the use of a van to shuttle folks to and from the meeting, just call me at the same number and we can make arrangements.

Please come and see all of the new and rare fish we will soon be distributing to our fellow hobbyist's and enjoy the old farm and fellowship.

P@rick

Northwest Killies

DKG Officers, 2010

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:37:07 -2200

At the 41st Assembly of the DKG at Schney, the following positions in the DKG are announced:

Honorary Chairman: Heinz Wendt

Chairman: Bernd Schwabe

1st Secretary: Andrea Schreiber
2nd Secretary: Martin Truckenbrodt

Treasurer: Richard Mattes

Responsible Editor of the DKG-Journal: Wolfgang Eberl

Editor of the bulletin DKG-AKTUELL: Uta Müller

DKG shop: Andrea Schreiber

Photo Archive/Photo Contest: Uta Müller

Literature Archive: Dr. Thomas Litz

NANFA annual meeting

Mon, 10 May 2010 23:07:40 -2200

This year the NANFA annual meeting will be held at Ash Meadows, with an emphasis on "desert fishes", including the pupfish. Please see the NANFA site for more information.