Welcome
The Sacramento Aquarium Society (SAS) is a local fish club that meets at 3:00 pm on the first Saturday (may change to 2nd Saturday because of a holiday weekend) of each month. We are a registered 501 C (3) non-profit organization with an objective to encourage and further the interest of the care and breeding of tropical fish and to promote the exchange of information between amateur aquarists. Meetings typically include a guest speaker, bowl show, raffle, attendance prize, and an auction which includes fish, aquatic plants, and aquarium supplies. Many of the auction items go for less than wholesale prices.
Next Meeting - December 7th
Program: Jonathan Butkus - "From Skectch to Scape"
Johnathon’s interest in aquariums stems from time spent exploring Midwest lakes, rivers and creeks growing up. Like many aquarists, the infatuation with the hobby began with a single gifted goldfish and rapidly grew from there, ultimately leading him to pursue a degree in Aquatic Biology. He has worked in various positions throughout the aquarium industry and simultaneously enjoyed practicing different niches of the hobby like aquascaping, fish breeding, aquatic plant propagation, and working with marine systems. His years in the aquarium trade led him to designing, installing, and maintaining filtration systems for many styles of saltwater and freshwater aquariums. Today he continues working in the industry while traversing his passion for aquarium related topics.
There has long been a rift between freshwater and saltwater aquarists. More often than not, you hear about saltwater aquariums being more difficult to care for or more costly when compared to its freshwater counterparts. While these concerns are valid in some contexts, not all marine aquariums need to be difficult, nor are they exclusive to those willing to spend a pretty penny on specialty equipment. Macroalgae aquariums have become a popular and rapidly growing niche of the saltwater aquarium hobby and provides a great deal of parallels between planted aquariums and the salty side of the hobby. Aquarium equipment, dosing, aquascaping techniques, propagation and maintenance routines can all be transferred and adapted to caring for marine ornamental algae. This makes macroalgae aquariums an easy transition from planted aquariums for those craving to take the plunge into marine aquarium keeping!
For this meeting we will be setting up a nano macroalgae tank from start to finish while we cover the basics of caring for these captivating marine aquariums. Stick around as we will be auctioning/raffling off the complete aquarium setup after the presentation!
Have you ever been frustrated by spending time and energy aquascaping a new aquarium only for the final result to bear little resemblance to the Picasso of an image in your mind? Does your definition of aquascaping stop at “stacking some rocks?" Are you intimidated by meticulously aquascaped aquarium competition photos online? If you said yes to any of these, then join me and the San Francisco/Sacramento Aquarium Society as we bring a sketched aquarium concept to life with a step-by-step live aquascaping demo. After we sketch, scape, and talk tips for developing your aquatic artistry, the final completed aquarium setup will be auctioned/raffled off for one lucky attendee to bring home.
Announcements
05/23/2023 - Primary Lines Liquid Fertilizer Breakdown - By Chris Fassett
04/09/2022 - Google Photo Library of Five Florida Springs taken between 03/26 - 03/27/2022. Click on the Info icon (three verticle dots upper right corner on mobile phone) to see information about each photo. By Tony Griffitts
02/22/2022 - New SAS Article "Breeding Critically Endangered Rainbowfish - Melanotaenia ajamaruensis" - By Amaru & Travis Gillmor
02/22/2022 - New SAS Article "Melanotaenia picta - Painted Rainbowfish" - By Amaru & Travis Gillmor
12/19/2021 - New SAS Article "Trichromis salvini, The Yellow Belly Cichlid" - By Richard Griffiths
11/23/2021 - New SAS Article and Tool- "Aquarium and Pond Log" - By Tony Griffitts
10/06/2021 - New SAS Article - "Ammonia Test Result is More than Ammonia" - By Tony Griffitts
04/28/2021 - In July 1955 the First Tropical News was Published
Here is a link to the July 1955 Tropical News
SAS Store
Visit the SAS Store for SAS branded products.
Historic Tropical News Online
Modesta Moréy has digitized historic Tropical News going back to 1955 and they are now available via Google Drive for those members that have a Google account. If you have a Google account and you do not see the Tropical News in your "Shared with me" folder send me (Tony Griffitts) an email and I will share it with you.
"Members Only" Web Pages
The Members Only section is available to members of the Sacramento Aquarium Society. It currently contains articles, current and past digital issues of the Tropical News newsletter, email addresses for club members, contact information for club officers and committee chairs, a list of sales table products, and Board of Directors meeting schedule.
Contact Tony Griffitts (SAS Webmaster) for access.
Website Design
Please send content ideas, usability suggestions, or problems with this site to the SAS Webmaster Tony Griffitts.
