In August 2019, the Southeast Louisiana Aquarium Society (SELAS) hosted the Federation of Texas Aquarium Societies (FOTAS) annual convention. It was a huge success with about 150 people attending.

Setting Everything Up…

Vendor Room

No major aquarium conference would be complete without a vendor room…

Bill Allen

Friday night started with Bill Allen talking about livebearers. Bill broke even broke out his guitar!

Karen Maruska

Dr. Karen Maruska started off the Saturday morning talks. Dr. Maruska discussed cichlid communication.

John Hawke

Dr. John Hawke of the LSU Vet School followed up with a talk about fish diseases and treatments.

Mike Senske

Following a break for lunch, Mike Senske for Aquarium Design Group in Houston talked about the various set-ups that his company has done through out the country.

Jon Armbruster

The final talk was from Dr. Jon Armbruster from Auburn University. He talked about his collection trips to South America as well as fish diversity.

Saturday Night Funny Money Banquet

Saturday night featured a talk by Greg Steeves on the history of FOTAS. Then there was the traditional FOTAS trivia contest and funny money auction.

Uncategorized Pictures

Here are a bunch of other pictures from the event that I could not categorize. These include Bill Allen playing the guitar and the ever photogenic Jay Wilson of Fritz Aquatics!