Southern California Discus Club

[wdeleon01]

Some time ago some of you guys expressed the desire to get together and see if we could start a Discus Club I'll try to get the ball rolling.

Anyone interested in meeting at the end of February or the beginning or March? Maybe at a restaurant? Please let me know or post here so I can see where we can meet.

[chaoslite]

Once again I am in.

Mishka

[discofan]

Count on me!

[alcastro]

sounds good

[Oscarsx]

Count me in.

- oz

[wdeleon01]

I thought i would start a new thread so it wasnt buried in the other one.
Once again I am in.

Mishka

and Jerry aka Perea1419 is in as well

[John_Nicholson]

I hope that ya'll have some luck getting your club going. I have always thought it would be neat to have a NADA show in CA.

-john

[wdeleon01]

I hope that ya'll have some luck getting your club going. I have always thought it would be neat to have a NADA show in CA.

-john

Thanks John. Hopefully a couple of more people are interested in meeting up and joining in.

[Chad Hughes]

I'm in!

[chaoslite]

I knew you would find it!!

Mishka

[Chad Hughes]

It helps when little elves send me links to stuff. :D

[rdub]

I'm ready. How can I help?

Bill Triplett

[wdeleon01]

Ok looking at my schedule it looks like March 2 at around 10:30 AM will be the first meeting.

[a volar]

I'm in

[alcastro]

sounds good to me

[chaoslite]

In.

Mishka

[Chad Hughes]

I'm in. Location?

[wdeleon01]

im working on a location

[Chad Hughes]

Great! Keep us all posted.

[wdeleon01]

Sorry guys I had a sudden change of schedule, so i have to move the meeting date to March 16 at 1:00 Pm. The places that i thought of didnt work out, I will be using my back yard for our meeting place

[Chad Hughes]

Walter,

That works for me. :D

[chaoslite]

Ok. What me to bring anything?

Mishka

[Chad Hughes]

Mishka,

Good question! Yes, what can we bring?

[wdeleon01]

anything you guys want to bring is welcomed, but of course you can just bring yourselves. Ill be providing some food and beverages.

[chaoslite]

I live by Vallarta. I can bring Carne Asada.

Mishka

[chocolatefish]

I am in. I am in the San Gabriel Valleys. Will I be to far from the meeting place?

Joe Chun

[chaoslite]

Joe,

Walter is in Glendale so you are so not to far if you do not mind a little drive.

Mishka

[wdeleon01]

I live in Glendale by the 5 and the 210 fwry its not that far.

[chocolatefish]

ok thanks. good.

[a volar]

I'll be there......

[CliffsDiscus]

Sorry guys I had a sudden change of schedule, so i have to move the meeting date to March 16 at 1:00 Pm. The places that i thought of didnt work out, I will be using my back yard for our meeting place

I might be down in the LA area at that time, need to check out a couple of fish wholesalers, how far are you from Burbank Airport?

Cliff

[wdeleon01]

I am about 5 - 10 minutes away and you are welcome to join us.

[Paullie]

Hello Walter I'm new and would like to receive some information on how to join you all at the upcoming meeting. I'm Paul and I live in Seal Beach, California. Thank you

[wdeleon01]

Hi Paullie, welcome to Simply everyone is welcome to join us for our first Meeting on March 16 at around 1:00 Pm its going to be at my house and i Live in glendale and will be giving everyone the address on the monday before the meeting. hope to see you there

[Paullie]

Thank you very much. I will be joining you all with my wife. Please let me know what I could bring to help. Very excited to finally find a discus club and thank you for putting this together.
Paul

[chaoslite]

Have we decided on a menu yet?

Mishka

[John_Nicholson]

While I realize ya'll are just getting the club going and 2014 is still a long time away but.....if ya'll could mention the 2014 NADA show it would be great. It will be our 10th year as a club and the show will be out of this world. Also if ya'll think there is even an outside chance that ya'll would want to host the show in 2016 some of ya'll will need to attend the 2014 show so you know what is going on.

Thanks

-john

[chaoslite]

John,

I promise it will be mentioned........lol and I am coming to the 2014 NADA show!!!

Mishka

[John_Nicholson]

John,

I promise it will be mentioned........lol and I am coming to the 2014 NADA show!!!

Mishka

Both are great to hear.

-john

[wdeleon01]

John,

I promise it will be mentioned........lol and I am coming to the 2014 NADA show!!!

Mishka

John I second that one. Even though its a year away I already told the wife that we will be going to NADA in 2014

[John_Nicholson]

I promise that anyone that comes will have a good time. While more info will come out as it draws closer the hotel is a 4 star and the local area is a great vacation place. Even if the rest of the family is not into fish this is an area where you can come for a week and make everyone happy.

-john

[perea1419]

Just le me know what you would like me to bring to the meeting

Jerry

[chaoslite]

Just le me know what you would like me to bring to the meeting

Jerry

30g food grade container.....lol!!! ;)

Mishka

[wdeleon01]

Just le me know what you would like me to bring to the meeting

Jerry

I had planned on bbq chicken rice or salad and refreshments Mishka had offered Carne asada from Vallarta. anything you want to contribute its great


30g food grade container.....lol!!! ;)

Mishka

LOL :D

[chaoslite]

You are grilling it right? lol

Mishka

[wdeleon01]

What the chicken or the carne asada?

[chaoslite]

The Carne!!

Mishka

[perea1419]

No problem I can take it there Walter do you need one as well

And I'll stop at Costco and get a platter or something

[wdeleon01]

The Carne!!

Mishka

Ill put it on the grill, no problem.

[discofan]

I will bring sodas and cups
Can I bring some coronas lol

[wdeleon01]

I will bring sodas and cups
Can I bring some coronas lol

I would prefer no Coronas. Lets stick to Sodas or water for the moment

[wdeleon01]

yes I do


No problem I can take it there Walter do you need one as well

And I'll stop at Costco and get a platter or something

[chaoslite]

No on the beer.

Mishka

[chaoslite]

Now if you want to upgrade that to a German Pilsner.....I will be your best friend and steal it to take home.

Mishka

[Paullie]

Hello all my wife and I can bring chips and dip if you all like.
Paul

[discofan]

Any brands and particular mean sodas ok?

[discofan]

And flavored?

[Paullie]

Anyone ordering any discus from Kenny from his march shipments?
Paul

[wdeleon01]

Hello all my wife and I can bring chips and dip if you all like.
Paul

that sounds good Paullie.


Any brands and particular mean sodas ok?

Disco I think Coke and Sprite

[chaoslite]

Diet Coke for me please.

Mishka

[alcastro]

I can' believe I am going to miss this, got to Baptize my first Grand child that sat. Have fun maybe next time. AL

[wdeleon01]

I can' believe I am going to miss this, got to Baptize my first Grand child that sat. Have fun maybe next time. AL

congratulations Al on your grand childs baptism. Sorry to hear that you cant make it over Im sure that there will be another one.

[a volar]

I can' believe I am going to miss this, got to Baptize my first Grand child that sat. Have fun maybe next time. AL

Felicidades por el nieto Al!!

After the discus talking we all should go to you party :)

[chaoslite]

Congratulations Al!! We will definitely have another. I will miss you though.

Mishka

[discofan]

I can' believe I yes got imail from company we have mandatory superintendent meeting Saturday march 2,2013 why????
Start at 7 am all day long!!!

[chaoslite]

The meeting was moved to the 16th so you should be all right

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[discofan]

Thank you ,:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[alcastro]

thanks guys for your kind words, i will be thinking of you with a cold one in my hand (SALUD) just moved my 150 gallon tank across the room tonight it was not easy with fish and about 40 gallons of water.

[chaoslite]

Good lord man! How many people were helping you? Don't tell me it was just your and your petite wife.

Mishka

[alcastro]

my 25 year old son and I, we have tile floors but it took all we had, i put it against the window like yours may help on my electric bill.

[chaoslite]

ROFLMAO. I sure never use heaters in my tanks during the summer time and since the fish room is right next to my bedroom I never need a heater in the winter either. That room can hold the heat.

Mishka

[rdub]

I'll be there for sure.

Bill Triplett

[wdeleon01]

Paullie I just tried to Pm'ed you the address for the meeting Its not going thru, Let me know how I can get it to you.

If anyone else is interested in joining us let me know and ill pm you my address for the meeting.

[Paullie]

Thank you Walter please try my email at pvcabasa@yahoo.com
Thank you and it would be awesome to meet you all on Saturday.
Paul

[discofan]

Please sent addresss gracias! Jgiron71@yahoo.com

[wdeleon01]

Paul and disco emailed you address. see you on the 16th.

[MKD]

Have fun guys. Sorry I cant make it

[wdeleon01]

Have fun guys. Sorry I cant make it

dont worry Tony we will definitely have another one and hopefully you can make it then. This is the first of many.

[discofan]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[wdeleon01]

Im very excited Two more days for our first meeting.

[CrazyAngels]

Oh boy, sure wish I could make it all the way down there. One of these days, I just might make hotel reservations and make it a weekend affair as it's some 3.5 hours away for me. Hope you all have a great time.

[wdeleon01]

Oh boy, sure wish I could make it all the way down there. One of these days, I just might make hotel reservations and make it a weekend affair as it's some 3.5 hours away for me. Hope you all have a great time.


No Worries, Im sure there will be many more that you can come to.

[chaoslite]

Jorge,

Come to the next one. There will be more.

Mishka

[Chad Hughes]

Bump! Get ready for tomorrow! :D

[wdeleon01]

A BIG THANK YOU to all of you who joined us for a great meeting this afternoon. It was nice meeting all of you and finally put a face to a name. I hope everyone had a good tim I know I did cant wait for the next one.!!!!!!!

[Chad Hughes]

I had an awesome time Walter! I just made it back to San Diego. Looking forward to the next meeting as well. Thank you VERY much for your hospitality and excellent food!

[discofan]

I had super super awesome time with you guys hope to see you again!:fish::fish::fish:

[a volar]

It really was a pleasure to meet you all guys.......... Walter special thanks to you and your wife for the great hospitality, ask your wife if I can have that salsa recipe, it was delicious!

Jorge thanks for everything.

[chaoslite]

Walter great get together. We all need to do it again and soon. It was great meeting all of you.

Mishka

[rdub]

It was a great time. Walter, thank you and your family for open up your home to us.

Looking forward to the next meeting.

Bill

[wdeleon01]

I had an awesome time Walter! I just made it back to San Diego. Looking forward to the next meeting as well. Thank you VERY much for your hospitality and excellent food!


I had super super awesome time with you guys hope to see you again!:fish::fish::fish:


It really was a pleasure to meet you all guys.......... Walter special thanks to you and your wife for the great hospitality, ask your wife if I can have that salsa recipe, it was delicious!

Jorge thanks for everything.


Walter great get together. We all need to do it again and soon. It was great meeting all of you.

Mishka


It was a great time. Walter, thank you and your family for open up your home to us.

Looking forward to the next meeting.

Bill

You Guys are welcome it was great seeing other hobbyist in my area. We should start planning the next one soon, I know there were some people who wanted to come but couldnt because of other commitments.

[chocolatefish]

SIGH.....I missed something nice here. I have work on saturdays. maybe we can plan on saturday nights after 6:30 or a sunday afternoon. Hope I can join the next one.

joe

[wdeleon01]

SIGH.....I missed something nice here. I have work on saturdays. maybe we can plan on saturday nights after 6:30 or a sunday afternoon. Hope I can join the next one.

joe

we'll see what we can work out next time. I think sunday makes it a little more difficult for people that are travelling, but we will see.

[Chad Hughes]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/03/21/ma2ema9y.jpg

A picture of the LA crew.... :D

[wdeleon01]

If you want to put a face to the names.

In the Picture from left to right we have Paul (Paullie), behind him is his friend, in the front myself walter (wdeleon01), behind me is Ismael (a volar), Mishka (chaoslite), Chad Hughes, Bill (Rdub) and his daughter and behind them Jorge (discofan)

[Chad Hughes]

Thank you Walter!

[discofan]

:wave:

[ocean1]

:thumbsup::wave:

[dkeef]

Do we ever meet these days?

[wdeleon01]

Our upcoming meeting will be Saturday September 28, 2013

[dkeef]

Dang sat... Have fun guys :(

[Mikielh1984]

Our upcoming meeting will be Saturday September 28, 2013

Where is this one going to happen?

[toeknee]

I'm new to the forum, but I would like to attend if possible.

Thanks,

Tony

[rdub]

Would love to have you all there. Tell a friend.

Post some pics of your discus if you have them.

[wdeleon01]

This one will be hosted by Paul and he lives in Seal Beach. Anyone in the Los Angeles Area is welcome to attend.

[discofan]

Nice!!!!!:thumbsup:

[rdub]

Had a good meeting. Interesting conversations about "proven" pairs. Watch for the next meeting and don't miss it.

[Oscarsx]

Dang it! I was out of the game @ the time. How many people showed up??

- oz

[SoCalDiscus.com]

Shoot, missed out! I was thinking of doing the same thing (starting up a meet in the OC / LA area) and glad to see someone did it. Looks like a nice response here also. Are you planning on continuing forward with more meets and if so, when and where on the next one? I'd love to join in.

If you are collecting email addresses to blast when meetings come up, ping me and I'll give you mine to add. I'd love to come on down and add to the auction table (as well as take somethings back from it as well) ;)

[John_Nicholson]

So how many of ya'll are going to make the huge NADA show here in a couple of months? It would be great to put faces to names.

-john

[SoCalDiscus.com]

So how many of ya'll are going to make the huge NADA show here in a couple of months? It would be great to put faces to names.

-john

I've got it marked down to try and make it John, not sure though between work and the wife...lol but what we should check into is possibly starting up a extended NADA branch out this way in the Los Angeles / Orange County region of California.

[John_Nicholson]

Well NADA is a national club but it is the local clubs that but on the show. The group doing this show is the Lone Star Discus Club. In the future maybe it is the California Club......

-john

[rickztahone]

Shoot, missed out! I was thinking of doing the same thing (starting up a meet in the OC / LA area) and glad to see someone did it. Looks like a nice response here also. Are you planning on continuing forward with more meets and if so, when and where on the next one? I'd love to join in.

If you are collecting email addresses to blast when meetings come up, ping me and I'll give you mine to add. I'd love to come on down and add to the auction table (as well as take somethings back from it as well) ;)

Same here. I would like to be put on such a list. I'm in the San Fernando Valley but can drive out to LA, or maybe even OC if it was planned way in adavance. Subscribed.

[SoCalDiscus.com]

Some time ago some of you guys expressed the desire to get together and see if we could start a Discus Club I'll try to get the ball rolling.

Anyone interested in meeting at the end of February or the beginning or March? Maybe at a restaurant? Please let me know or post here so I can see where we can meet.

Walter, are there plans for another Discus this month? If so, when and where? I'd love to join in. Ping me for my email address and phone number if needed?

Thanks, Mike.

[Jstaabs]

Same here let me know about meetings and gatherings

[Kohen]

Same here, I've never been to one so count me in.

[miwu]

Looking forward to this. I'd definitely try to make it to a meeting if there is one.


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[dkeef]

wonder if walter is in group meets these days cuz he sold all his discus from moving. ismael was downsizing discus. and thats all i know so far.
few guys in LA met months ago. we should do a meet in OC some day.
instead of waiting for someone, why dont those interested set a date to meet.

once my fishroom is complete then ill open up too. (probably in few months)
i know a few around me who will probably come.

[rickztahone]

I know there is good interest so far but we do need a place to meet. My place would be great for a meet physically, however, discus-wise, I have none and I think that would make for a poor host location. If anyone else in the LA area has a good location then we can start coordinating.

[toeknee]

I'm new to the forum, but I would love to join the club.

[wdeleon01]

I'm still around even though I sold most of my discus. I was thinking about seeiing if the group could get together, as well.

[dkeef]

Sunday afternoon please :)

[rickztahone]

I'm still around even though I sold most of my discus. I was thinking about seeiing if the group could get together, as well.
Does this mean you still have some discus? It is all a matter of finding a location.


Sunday afternoon please :)

Saturday or Sunday works for me so long as we have a good advance notice.

[alcastro]

I'm still around even though I sold most of my discus. I was thinking about seeiing if the group could get together, as well.

Walter how are you

AL

[wdeleon01]

I'm doing ok Al. I'm waiting for the invite for tequila. How are you doing?

[alcastro]

Yes I would like to Host but my fish and set up is nothing to be proud of, I will need to hide the stunted ones that I did not kull


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[rickztahone]

Yes I would like to Host but my fish and set up is nothing to be proud of, I will need to hide the stunted ones that I did not kull


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:laugh:

[wdeleon01]

Does this mean you still have some discus? It is all a matter of finding a location.



Rick I still have some pairs but most of them are being taken care currently by Mishka I only have very few at my house, not like I used to have.

[wdeleon01]

Yes I would like to Host but my fish and set up is nothing to be proud of, I will need to hide the stunted ones that I did not kull


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Al is not about the setups its how we can all get together and discuss our love for the hobby.

[alcastro]

Wellhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/15/rysyny2e.jpg

I will need to sleep on it


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[wdeleon01]

Wellhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/15/rysyny2e.jpg

I will need to sleep on it


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No pressure. Give me a call and we can talk about it.

How about the tequila invite?

[alcastro]

Sure right after Easter week


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[dkeef]

I can open my house in june. We can eat out then hang in my house.
But gotta be in garage said wifey lol(ill have 2000 gal of fish tanks running by then). Although discus main tank is in living room.
But seriously i dont care if we gotta see some nice discus or stunted ones, its about just eating/talking about discus.

[wdeleon01]

I can open my house in june. We can eat out then hang in my house.
But gotta be in garage said wifey lol(ill have 2000 gal of fish tanks running by then). Although discus main tank is in living room.
But seriously i dont care if we gotta see some nice discus or stunted ones, its about just eating/talking about discus.

Thats pretty much what we are about. Its about just getting together and talking about our Discus experience. Ill see when can we get together.

[rickztahone]

I can open my house in june. We can eat out then hang in my house.
But gotta be in garage said wifey lol(ill have 2000 gal of fish tanks running by then). Although discus main tank is in living room.
But seriously i dont care if we gotta see some nice discus or stunted ones, its about just eating/talking about discus.

Agreed.

Dave, that would be a great idea, in your garage, but one thing I would mention is that during that time, towards the end of June, is when Summer starts, so I hope you have some kind of AC in there, lol.

Additionally, during the summer, many people take vacations and such. Again, just something to consider. I know I get super busy at work. I work in a luxury hotel right next to the Santa Monica boardwalk. Sometimes I work 7 days a week during that time.

Like I mentioned before though, if we set a date in advance, I can always request not to be scheduled and we can make it happen.

[dkeef]

June wont be as bad as august or sept.
But yea heat can be an issue. We can also meet during evening time too.
I would open up sooner but garage without any fish would kinda be boring. Bill and i are gonna be done with most of build out by end of this month and but need time for cycling etc.
i will also def ask bill if he wants to come. Would be cool.
Well hope it happens.
Its sad that we got some super active reef clubs here and also great planted tank club here but not many discus enthusiats here.

[rickztahone]

I've never been to the oc, but I can always head your way and help you for a day :). Before the meet that is

[dkeef]

I've never been to the oc, but I can always head your way and help you for a day :). Before the meet that is

Ah rick im gonna hold u to that...JK
Bill and i plan to do building fishroom on april 27 sunday and maybe the following sunday too. We should be done in 2 days max. Im collecting all tanks and equipments and plumbing these days.
If u wanna come and hang or help then i would love it.
Pm me whatever u wanna do,

[rickztahone]

I would love to help Dave. Just let me know.

[rickztahone]

I'm sorry to do this on this thread but I started a thread about doing a group buy from Chicago Discus (http://forum.simplydiscus.com/forumdisplay.php?252-ChicagoDiscus-com-%28Josie-Christopher%29-Chicago-Illinois) in a few weeks to save on shipping. Not sure if our LA people would have seen that thread but if you would be interested please let me know and we can talk logistics and such. I will get a price breakdown from Josie to see how many discus we can fit in a box to maximize our shipping.

[OCDiscusFish]

is there a club around ?

[Ichthyology]

was wondering what was happening with a SoCal discus group?

[dkeef]

nothing...

[rdub]

Nothing at all! Too bad.

[rickztahone]

nothing...


Nothing at all! Too bad.

Don't sound so down guys! We can always plan stuff! I wouldn't mind getting together and talking discus, or fish in general :)

Dave's house sounds like the perfect place, lol. He just placed a new order with Kenny, he can show them off to us

[kris2341]

Not so much discus clubs around here as much as discus get togethers at someones house with barbecue lol

[Uncle Sam's Discus]

Can you do another one? I'm a new hobbyist and I would love to meet you guys and learn some new stuff.

[rickztahone]

Can you do another one? I'm a new hobbyist and I would love to meet you guys and learn some new stuff.

Dave or Al, it seems the meeting fairy is summoning you guys again! Dave, have you set up your couch yet? Lol.

[alcastro]

Can you smell the carne asada yet, once I finish my project, and it gets a little warmer lol

[rickztahone]

Can you smell the carne asada yet, once I finish my project, and it gets a little warmer lol

You said it my friend. How about having a "fish-room" move meeting ;-)

[alcastro]

I am not to sure that I want to share what 20+ years of accumulated crp looks like in my garage, but I will need some input on planning after cleanup is done.
AL

[rickztahone]

I am not to sure that I want to share what 20+ years of accumulated crp looks like in my garage, but I will need some input on planning after cleanup is done.
AL

lol. 20+ years huh? That is quite a while. I'm game for whatever you decide bud.

Then we can have a huge meet at that Acapulco back yard of yours :)

[alcastro]

Thank you Rick I may call you on that , and thanks for the backyard comment, the yard is where my stress is forgotten .

[dkeef]

I would love to have a small get together....if my wife allows me. weekends are full time baby sitting times for me these days.

wish i had a large backyard tho haha. i do have 2 couch just enough for me LOL...

[John_Nicholson]

I wish ya'll would get this thing organized......LOL....I think a NADA show out west could be fun one day......

-john

[rickztahone]

You and me both John.

[FMA4ME]

Hoping to join a club here, last post was in January, so I'm guessing there's no club and no meets??

[rickztahone]

There are quite a few of us in this area, however, none of us seem to be organized enough to start a club lol. I would do it, but I am far from centralized for many. I believe there are more members further south from me.

[rdub]

I'd love to have a club locally. I live just east of Riverside.

Would have to be informative. Maybe guest speakers.

Bill

[dozercrew]

I would be there if we can get it going

[FMA4ME]

I would be there if we can get it going

Heey Chris!! :) Seems like we have lots of people, but still fairly spread out. Maybe clubs should form by countys?

[Spike Cover]

All,

Spike Cover here (Mission Viejo in So Cal). I'd like to join/participate in a discus club but only if it is focused on what I need and want. I'm a long time fish geek (70 years) and have been interested in discus for some time. I'm now almost in a position to actually do something about discus for real so I'd like to find an association from which I can benefit. I have been involved in Koi for 20+ years and am very active with that hobby (see www.KoiOrganisationInternational.org) and have observed what makes a club work and some of the things that cause it to fail. Here's the short version: People join a hobby club for two main reasons: 1. to learn (learn is the key word) how to enjoy the hobby better and 2. to associate with others who share their interest. The thing that universally turns people off and causes clubs to fail is what is termed "politics." This generally takes the form of arguments when people want to have it all their way. If and when this creeps in, it signals the end of the club or, at the very least, the loss of members.

I've found that the purpose of a hobby club is enhancement of enjoyment and there is virtually nothing involved that's worth going to war over. So I'm interested in participating if something forms that fulfills the two needs given above and actively works to exclude politics. BTW, I'm not just a taker and would expect to be an active contributor to a club.

Please let me know if and when anything happens with regard to forming a So. Cal. discus club.

Spike

PS, here's a little, possibly applicable, blurb that you may find humorous,

There are three types of people in the world:
Those who make things happen,
Those who watch things happen, and
Those who say, "What just happened?"

[rickztahone]

Hey there Spike! Congrats on your long history with fish keeping! Also, thank for adding your piece here as I see you are a long time member of our forum as well. The thing we lack in So. Cal is direction. We have quite a few members, but no one really ready to step up and take the reigns. I have thought about doing it, but it is simply too much work to be done to try to get things in place.

[Spike Cover]

Hey there Spike! Congrats on your long history with fish keeping! Also, thank for adding your piece here as I see you are a long time member of our forum as well. The thing we lack in So. Cal is direction. We have quite a few members, but no one really ready to step up and take the reigns. I have thought about doing it, but it is simply too much work to be done to try to get things in place.

Yes, I can see that no one wants to step up. I'm not inclined to volunteer to organize a club either but I would likely participate/contribute if someone else took the lead. Maybe a way to get started is to somehow (always a risky word) to collect those who would like to participate in one place (digitally), interact for a bit and see what develops. This may be a good place for that but maybe something like what used to be called a list bot (don't know if they still have such things) would be a better alternative. I really don't know. What we can conclude is that it's not working all that well here. That said, maybe there is just insufficient interest.

Spike

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Another idea: Hopefully someone more tech savvy than me can put up a poll that would see what potential members want from a club. The poll could ask such questions as:
Do you prefer

a digital club or
regularly scheduled in-person meetings, or
both?
What are you willing to contribute to a club:

Follow online
Contribute online
Attend meetings
Host a meeting
Give presentations
Contribute to a newsletter
Write articles for a NL
Hopefully you get the idea.

Spike

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BTW, this list of questions is just a start. It needs much more thought in order to be useful.

[alcastro]

Maybe we can organize a club inside the forum lol, welcome Spike, i like the sosial part of meetings my self I will talk to Ricardo

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In the koi clubs, I've found that the newbies gravitate to the information aspects and the "old timers" gravitate to the social parts of club meetings. If you don't have both aspects, you lose one group or the other. But whatever you do, if you don't work diligently to exclude bickering, you will invariably lose members and, if it gets bad enough, the club literally falls apart. I strongly suspect that these principles would apply to most hobby clubs.

In successful koi clubs that I've been involved in, there is typically a meeting once a month at a member's home, at a koi dealership or at a public location with a koi pond. There is frequently (at least 1/2 the time) a speaker that presents information directly relating to koi. There is usually also a pot-luck lunch and social time. Recently there have even been Skype presentations from knowledgeable folks not located locally. This doesn't mean that a discus club has to follow this recipe but if no one has better ideas, going with a model that's worked for others may be a good first shot.

BTW, there is at least one online koi club.

Spike

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I'm not willing to do the work but here's a suggestion... see attached.
I'd recommend starting any survey/poll with questions 1 thru 6. If there is sufficient interest, then move on to the rest of 'em.

Spike

[rickztahone]

In the koi clubs, I've found that the newbies gravitate to the information aspects and the "old timers" gravitate to the social parts of club meetings. If you don't have both aspects, you lose one group or the other. But whatever you do, if you don't work diligently to exclude bickering, you will invariably lose members and, if it gets bad enough, the club literally falls apart. I strongly suspect that these principles would apply to most hobby clubs.

In successful koi clubs that I've been involved in, there is typically a meeting once a month at a member's home, at a koi dealership or at a public location with a koi pond. There is frequently (at least 1/2 the time) a speaker that presents information directly relating to koi. There is usually also a pot-luck lunch and social time. Recently there have even been Skype presentations from knowledgeable folks not located locally. This doesn't mean that a discus club has to follow this recipe but if no one has better ideas, going with a model that's worked for others may be a good first shot.

BTW, there is at least one online koi club.

Spike

Let me just point something out, when dealing with Koi as compared to discus, the following is a lot more broad reaching than that of discus. Discus tend to be a fish that many people simply do not purchase as often, for a myriad of reasons really.

Being that we are on a discus forum though, we have a lot of like-minded individuals. However, locally, we are a little more far in between. A few of us regularly talk to each other, but rarely meet. I'd be up for the idea of a local club, BUT, I believe starting slow would be the key. What I mean is, having a meet every other month or something close to that time frame. In this way, we have a chance to build up interest per meet. Additionally, the place where we meet may be a problem since I don't know many LFS's or the like that carry quality discus to sell. Which in turn would mean meeting at someone's home. Many people, such as myself, only have 1 tank and I feel it would be somewhat akward to have a meet at my place where all we have to focus on is one single tank :(.

I like your digital suggestion. I can definitely create a thread where we gauge the interest and I can make a poll. In this very thread we have had many interested to attend a meet, but time has come and gone since.

I am not trying to be pessimistic, but more of a realist as to what it may actually take to start/run/keep running a club locally.

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I'm okay with not having a club. I just thought since there is 12 pages to this thread, there might be sufficient interest to get something started.
Again, I'm willing to participate but not to organize.
BTW, being in Koi typically takes thousands of dollars to get started (and often tens of thousands). For that reason, I thought there would be more folks in discus as I presumed it only takes hundreds of dollars to start with them. I guess I was wrong. Or maybe you think there are more Koi keepers in So Cal than there are. Don't know which.

Please let me know if anything ever comes of the So Cal discus club idea.

Spike

BTW, What just happened? LOL

[rickztahone]

I'm okay with not having a club. I just thought since there is 12 pages to this thread, there might be sufficient interest to get something started.
Again, I'm willing to participate but not to organize.
BTW, being in Koi typically takes thousands of dollars to get started (and often tens of thousands). For that reason, I thought there would be more folks in discus as I presumed it only takes hundreds of dollars to start with them. I guess I was wrong. Or maybe you think there are more Koi keepers in So Cal than there are. Don't know which.

Please let me know if anything ever comes of the So Cal discus club idea.

Spike

BTW, What just happened? LOL

Subscribe to this thread and I can start a new thread soon with a poll and all the questions you mentioned.

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Subscribe to this thread and I can start a new thread soon with a poll and all the questions you mentioned.

I am already subscribed. Thx... Spike

[rickztahone]

For all of those interested in a local SoCal group, please visit the thread/sub-forum here:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?121667-Welcome-to-the-SCDC!-(Southern-California-Discus-Club)

[aquatanman]

Hey! i am new to this forum but i live in Ojai, ca. i would be interested in going to any discus meets/events

[rickztahone]

Hey! i am new to this forum but i live in Ojai, ca. i would be interested in going to any discus meets/events

There's actually a pretty cool one coming up. Follow the link:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com/showthread.php?126893-EVENT-Jan-7-2017-The-King-of-DIY-is-visiting-Uncle-Sam-s-Discus&p=1241712#post1241712

Welcome to the forum.

[Lido]

Hey, my name is Casey. How do I become a member of this club and join your meetings?

[rickztahone]

Hey, my name is Casey. How do I become a member of this club and join your meetings?

It isn't an "official" club. It is just a way for us SoCal people to know who is in our area. The most commotion we had was actually this past weekend with Joey coming down from Canada to do a demo at Uncle Sam's fish room.

[OCC Aquarium]

This thread looks super dead but if there is anyone interested in starting this up again, I am in Costa Mesa, CA.

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Hi Bethany,
There seems to be posts but no action save a meeting 3 or 4 years ago. Ricardo tried to get something going, started taking names and locations of those interested but AFAIK, nothing came of it.
I'd like to know discus people as if I ever get past getting ready to get ready, I may actually get a discus tank and would love to live all the pitfalls vicariously rather that kill a bunch of discus on my learning curve.
I'm in Mission Viejo.
Spike

[OCC Aquarium]

Hi Bethany,
There seems to be posts but no action save a meeting 3 or 4 years ago. Ricardo tried to get something going, started taking names and locations of those interested but AFAIK, nothing came of it.
I'd like to know discus people as if I ever get past getting ready to get ready, I may actually get a discus tank and would love to live all the pitfalls vicariously rather that kill a bunch of discus on my learning curve.
I'm in Mission Viejo.
Spike

Ha ha!! That's funny I am thinking about starting to cycle a tank for Discus. I have probably been doing research for about a year and even after that I found so much on this forum that I did not know. Do you happen to know of any fish stores near us that even carry Discus? I have been looking around but haven't found much of anything...

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Tong's Tropical Fish in Fountain Valley http://tongstropicalfish.net/ has the most I've seen and I think even The Reef in Anaheim has a few. Also, I think I saw some in DD Fish and Pets in Santa Ana.

But, I suspect you'd be better off buying from someone on this forum or, if you have the $s, from Kenny. He typically has killer fish for sale.

Spike

[OCC Aquarium]

Tong's Tropical Fish in Fountain Valley http://tongstropicalfish.net/ has the most I've seen and I think even The Reef in Anaheim has a few. Also, I think I saw some in DD Fish and Pets in Santa Ana.

But, I suspect you'd be better off buying from someone on this forum or, if you have the $s, from Kenny. He typically has killer fish for sale.

Spike

Holy crap! Kenny's fish are beautiful. I'd better start saving now!!!

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Holy crap! Kenny's fish are beautiful. I'd better start saving now!!!

Yes, that quality of fish will spoil you for the lesser stuff. Just be glad you haven't discovered Koi.

[RuinerM3]

Also check out Uncle Sam's Discus in Canoga Park. Their March inventory looks amazing.

[rickztahone]

Just wanted to say hello to all :)

Can't go wrong with Kenny or Uncle Sams

[RuinerM3]

Hey man! I see you post a lot of useful info here, I've been browsing like crazy (input, input!). Followed my own advice and went down to Uncle Sam's and picked up a Blue Turqouise/snakeskin looking cross and a Blue Cobra. They had a St. Patty's day sale and took an extra 25% off! The fish are both 4.5" or so and robust.

[vidocha]

Hey man! I see you post a lot of useful info here, I've been browsing like crazy (input, input!). Followed my own advice and went down to Uncle Sam's and picked up a Blue Turqouise/snakeskin looking cross and a Blue Cobra. They had a St. Patty's day sale and took an extra 25% off! The fish are both 4.5" or so and robust.

I got those two as well from Uncle Sam's. My Tiger Turquoise's stress bars disappeared, but my Blue Cobra's bars are very prominent. Do you have a picture of yours?

[RuinerM3]

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Same. My blue cobra is the biggest fish in the tank. But he gets the brunt of it all from the other larger ones.

[Discus Drew]

Hey guys! Looking to re-home this beauty, local pickup only in Los Angeles. Bought from Uncle Sams, 7 inches, healthy! Bought her for a buck twenty will let her go to a good home for $60.