Lateral Line August 2005.pub - Hill Country Cichlid Club

The Lateral Line Page 14Spencer Jack VisitThe big event in the cichlid lover's world is theACA convention that took place in Ft. Worth.As most know, they have a whole slew of lecturersin their speaker program and we werefortunate to have one, Pam Chin, at our SpringShow. As luck would have it, another wasabout to fall into our laps. Spencer Jack is avery popular speakerand much of his yearis filled with speakingengagements.We as a club ourlucky that fellowCanadian, GregSteeves, has a verygood relationshipwith Spence andwould be stayingwith Greg and LeeAnn prior to the bigevent. Greg managedto have Spence do a HCCC club only talk.This was very exciting news for all and I waseagerly looking forward to the night. Themeeting took place on a Tuesday night, anddespite being a work night, we had an outstandingturnout. We got to meet two newmembers, Jennifer and Aric. It was a pleasureto chat with both of them. In typical HCCCfashion, we got started late. The talk was tocommence at 7 pm, but started a little later thanthat, though for a good reason. Due to thelarge turnout, we had a great time socializingand catching up. In addition, for those whoGreg, Spencer, Lee Ann, Ken and Lisahaven't seen the latest version of Greg's fishroom, it looked wonderful. Very clean andorganized. He relocated all the oddball sizetanks and fry tanks to another room and hadbasically a showroom only display workingand working very well. Looks great Greg!!The biggest improvement was the removal ofthe lobster tank, oras I liked to call it,the graveyard. Ifyou ever gave Grega fish and saw it inthe lobster tank,demand the fishback. Basically itwas a tank for stuffthat didn't fit elsewhereand/or that hedidn't really want.This was Bob's homefor a long time tillGreg killed him, err I mean poor Bob died onhim despite all his TLC.Plus Greg was working hard at the BBQ pitdoing up some burgers, while LA took care ofthe sides and fixings inside. ***Side note-Only hockey pucks should be black and hard,not my fricking burger***. Once we settleddown and Robert set-up the laptop we wereready to go. Most of Spence's talks are about75 minutes or so, this one lasted for 2 hoursand every second was great. Due to the relaxedsetting, he really gave us a lot of bonus