Division A: Asian, Central and South American Cichlids.
Division C: Lake Tanganyika Cichlids/Other African
Cichlids
Other Classes (Not Eligible For Best In Show or Best
In Division Awards)
Other Awards:
The show is open to all, and you need not be present to win. Entry fee is $3.00 per entry. There is no limit to the number of entries per person. An entry consists of a single fish, a pair of fish, or a school of fish of the same species. Only one entry per tank is allowed.
APRIL 10, 2007 IS SHOW ENTRY DEADLINE. NO LATE ENTRIES ACCEPTED!
No hybrids will be permitted, except discus. The Show Chairmen have final determination as to what is and what is not a hybrid.
Depending on the class, all entries will be shown in 10-gallon or 20-gallon tanks provided by TCA.
Tanks for each show entry will be assigned by class prior to registration on April 13th.
Assigned tanks will be identified by your registration number. Each tank will have both the class and species printed on its label. No changing of tanks will be allowed. Tampering with or handling of other exhibitors’ entries is forbidden, except as required by the Show Committee.
Any entry not complying with the show rules will be disqualified.
The tanks will be available for set-up at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 13th. Entries must be in their show tanks by 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 14th. Tanks, air and tubing will be provided. Tanks will be filled with dechlorinated water (75 deg. F and pH near 8.0). No gravel or sand will be permitted in show tanks: however, slate, flowerpots, etc. may be used as long as the judges can remove them.
An entry will be disqualified if it does not comply with the show rules. The decision of the judges and Show Chairmen will be final. The Show Chairmen reserve the right to disqualify fish based on deformities, illness, poor condition, poor health, or death.
Awards will be given to the Best of Show, Division, and Class winners at the banquet on Saturday, April 14th. You don’t have to be present at the banquet to receive an award, although attendance is wholeheartedly encouraged. You must purchase a banquet ticket in order to hear the speaker presentation. Non-paying individuals will not be allowed in the banquet room.
Entries may not be removed from the show room until after the banquet Saturday night. Entries must be removed from the fish room by noon on Sunday, April 15th or they will be auctioned as TCA donations. No exceptions will be made!
Neither the TCA nor the hotel will be held responsible for the loss or damage to the fish and/or equipment, or for personal injury before, during or after the convention.
All individuals wishing to show fish are required to pre-register their entries by calling one of the Show Co-Chairmen, Marvin England, (903) 794-3474 (cell 903-244-3993) or Page Ullman (817) 831-7876, no later than April 10th, and reserving the number of tanks needed for their show entries.
Absolutely NO late entries will be accepted!
NOTE TO SHOW EXHIBITORS: The Show Room will close Friday night at 10 p.m. and again on Saturday evening at 5:00 for judging. It will not reopen until after the awards banquet Saturday night. Please be aware of these times and work your schedule around them. Thanks!
EVERYONE IS WELCOME--HOBBYIST AND PROFESSIONAL. HOWEVER, YOU MUST PAY THE AUCTION REGISTRATION FEE IN ORDER TO BUY AND SELL.
Items are accepted at seller's risk. TCA cannot accept responsibility for any item's safekeeping nor its condition either before or after the sale.
Once they are registered, all for-sale items become property of the TCA and cannot be withdrawn from the auction.
Each seller is allowed to sell 40 bags of fish, with a maximum of five (5) bags of any one species or color strain. Sellers will be charged an additional $5.00 for each additional 40 bags of fish.
No Hybrids, other than Discus, will be accepted. Minimum lengths will be enforced. Dwarf species must be at least 3/4" and all others must be at least 1" in length. The Auction Committe will inspect all bags of fish sold. The Auction Chairperson has final determination on whether a bag of fish or an item can be sold.
All fish are expected to be bagged properly. ABSOLUTELY NO ZIP-LOCK BAGS ALLOWED! The seller will be charged $2.00 for each bag of fish that requires rebagging.
BIDDERS: Know what you are bidding on. All items are available for inspection prior to the auction. Take the time to examine each item so you positively know what it is BEFORE you bid.
Each bag must include fish species, quantity, a description if appropriate (breeding pair, trio, sex, etc.), assigned seller initials and a unique bag number (do not put your buyer number on each bag as the bag number). If you're selling 10 bags, your bags should be numbered 1-10. The information must be legible--use black lettering directly on the bag or lettering on a white label on the bag. Make sure you use permanent markers that won't run or smear when they get wet. Examples of how your lettering/labels should read on the bag:
MLE #1
Altolamprologus calvus
“Zaire Black” F1
Breeding Pair
MLE #2
Altolamprologus calvus
“Yellow” F1
Qty: 6 unsexed
Adult males and females of the same species should be bagged separately and the bags attached together.
Priority colored dots will be issued to each seller at auction registration. Place one dot on each item for sale. At the beginning of the auction, one color will be drawn at random. The items with that color dot will be sold first. After all the items with that color dot are sold, another color will be drawn. This will continue until all items are sold. If there is an item that you want to bid on that has a color dot other than the current color dot, you can have that item moved up and auctioned for a $3.00 fee. This does not guarantee that you'll win the bidding, just that you'll have a chance to bid on the item.
SELLERS PLEASE NOTE: All plants brought to be sold at auction will be sold in the silent auction, but not as club donations. Sellers should bag and label all their plant items in the usual manner when preparing their auction items for sale.
Each bidder must register and be assigned their own bidder number. TCA will not split items sold under one bidder number between multiple bidders at checkout time. Each bidder is responsible for EVERYTHING bought with their bidder number.
When an item is sold, the runner will bring the item to the buyer. A record of each sale will be kept at a table beside the auctioneer, and entered into the computer. When you are ready to check out, notify the computer operator at the registration table and we will make sure we have collected all of the record for your purchases.
No one will be allowed to remove any auction item from the auction room unless proof of payment is shown. Your proof of payment is your paid auction receipt.
Once you have cashed out, you will no longer have a bidder number. If you want to purchase other items, you must be issued a new bidder number (there is no additional charge for the second bidder number).
The auction chairperson retains the right to reject any fish not fit for sale (sick fish, deformities, hybrids, size etc.).
1. EVERYONE IS WELCOME--HOBBYIST AND PROFESSIONAL. HOWEVER, YOU MUST PAY THE REGISTRATION FEE IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SILENT AUCTION.
2. You must have a bidder number.
3. Each item in the silent auction will have a bidder's sheet. The sheet contains an item number, a description, a starting minimum bid, and an "open" and "close" time. If you wish to bid on that item, enter your bidder number, your name and the amount you wish to bid on that item.
4. You may bid any amount you wish, but your bid must be at least $1.00 more than the previous bid. BIDS MUST BE IN WHOLE DOLLARS ONLY. BIDS NOT IN WHOLE DOLLARS OR NOT LARGER THAN THE PREVIOUS BID WILL BE IGNORED.
5. The closing of a item will be announced a few minutes before final closing to allow final bids. Once an item is closed, no more bids will be accepted.
6. Upon the close of bidding, the winner of each bid will receive their item and must pay for it at this time.
7. All items must be paid for and removed from the hotel by: (1) the close of the silent auction if purchased on Saturday; or (2) the end of the live auction if purchased on Sunday.
8. NOTE: Plants
sold through the silent auction are not club donations unless so noted
on the bid sheet.