Saskatoon Aquarium Society • BAP/HAP

BAP/HAP Committee Members

If you have Fish or Plants to be verified for the Breeders Award Program or the Horticulture Award Program please contact one of the following committee members for verification:

Breeders Award Program (BAP)

Horticulture Award Program (HAP)

Kevin Acton

Bill Bishopp

Walter Bueckert

Bonnie Clark

Jason Clark

Don Hamilton

Dana Allen

Clint Boey

David Callele

Dwayne Hopper

Brian Lees

Virgil Lenton

Sheldon Thiessen

Terry Thiessen

John Tomchuk

Sean Borycki

Murray Sackmann

BREEDERS AWARD PROGRAM
1.0 Purpose

1.1 To foster the breeding and study of aquatic organisms, particularly fish.

1.2 To encourage the use of written records.

1.3 To encourage the maintenance of species which may be endangered in their home environment.

1.4 To encourage the improvement of existing species and to prevent the deterioration of local stocks

2.0 Organization

2.1 BREEDER'S AWARD COMITTEE:

2.1.1 A Breeder's Award Committee shall be appointed by the Board, and shall consist of a BAP Chairman and other members of the SAS as needed.

3.0 General Regulations

Applying to all Achievement Levels

3.1 Team awards are possible but points are lost if the team dissolves.

3.2 Twenty-five percent of the spawn hatched, as determined by a count made by the BAP committee member verifying the spawning within a week of hatching, must be reared to 60 days from hatching;

If less than 40 fry are hatched in classes A or B, a minimum of 10 fry must be reared.

In classes C or D, a minimum of 5 fry must be reared.

If more than 100 fry are hatched, a minimum of 25 fry must be raised for classes A, B, C, or D.

In addition, five quality fry must be made available for auction at a regular meeting of the SAS with no minimum bid. This requirement may be waived by the BAP Committee, if requested by the participant, to further support the purposes of the BA Program. The BAP Committee may request an article in lieu of the 5 fry.

3.3 Verification must be made by the BAP committee member within 7 days of hatching, birth, or release. The parents must have also been verified. Alternatively, a good quality video of the fry, within 7 days of hatching, and the parents may be submitted to a BAP Committee member. The video must be made such that a reasonable count of the fry may be made. The fry must be verified again after 60 days from the date of hatching, birth, or release.

3.4 Points will be awarded only once to each applicant for each species with the exceptions listed in the requirements for Senior and higher awards.

3.5 Parents must be owned by the aquarist "spawning" them.

3.6 All spawnings must be recorded on record sheets available from the SAS and must include the date the parents were acquired, and the source of the parents.

3.7 Written spawning records must be completed and include temperature, kinds and number of feedings, and where possible, water conditions. (Points will not be awarded if records are incomplete.)

3.8 In general hybrids will not be allowed in the BAP Program.

4.0 LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT

JUNIOR Breeder's Award 25 points and 3 species

INTERMEDIATE Breeder's Award 50 points an additional 4 species

ADVANCED Breeder's Award 100 points an additional 8 species

SENIOR Breeder's Award 300 points as below

MASTER Breeder's Award 600 points as below

GRAND MASTER Breeder's Award 1000 points as below

GRAND MASTER AWARD II 1500 points as below

GRAND MASTER AWARD III 2000 points as below

Senior and higher awards may be achieved by the following criteria:

4.1 Any selection of species to the required point total.

4.2 Line breeding for improvement or a particular development in a strain (up to 200 points).

4.3 Maintenance of a species or strain (up to 100 points).

4.4 Breeding of fishes known to the hobby for some time, but for which spawnings have been rare or non-existent (up to 150 points).

4.5 Breeding of fishes new to the hobby (up to 50 points).

4.6 Any combination of #1 to #5 above.

5.0 DETAILED CRITERIA FOR ADVANCED AWARDS

5.1 LINE BREEDING

5.1.1 Requirements

Individual programs must be approved by the BAP Committee before attempting the project.

Complete records must be maintained throughout the project, including a detailed description of parents, and when possible, photographs.

Records must contain the objectives of the project, as the final product will be judged primarily against the stated objectives. These objectives may include standards set by specialty groups.

5.1.2 POINTS

Up to 100 points for breeding the first five generations. The fifth generation will be judged against the objectives.

Upon completion of this segment of the program, up to 50 points for completeness of records.

Up to 50 points for breeding the next five generations.

5.2 MAINTENANCE OF SPECIES

5.2.1 Requiresments

Programs are to be approved by the BAP Committee prior to attempting the program.

Records must include all pertinent information, particularly, the intent of objectives of the project.

Parents will be judged by existing show rules prior to the beginning of the project. Where possible, photographs of the parents should be taken.

5.2.2 Points

Up to 50 points for breeding four generations. Each generation will be judged and must maintain a score of at least 60. Maximum points for each generation is given below:

Class	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
A	5	5	5	5
B	10	10	10	10
C	15	10	10	10
D	20	10	10	10

Completeness of records as in line breeding, up to 25 points, upon completion.

Up to 25 points for further generations; five points each to a maximum of five or more generations. Records will be included in pointing.

5.3 RESEARCH
5.3.1 Requirements

Projects must be approved by the BAP Committee.

Objectives or intent must be stated and a good set of records must be kept throughout the project.

The research may deal with any aspect of the aquarium hobby.

the final report of results and conclusions must be submitted to the BAP Committee for awarding of points. The report should be in a form suitable for publication.

The BAP Committee, in consultation with the Board of Directors, reserves the right to recommend modifications of a research project.

The BAP Committee may find it necessary to institute changes in the above requirements to suit individual research projects.

5.3.2 Points

Points will be awarded on the completion of a program, although maximum obtainable points will be set before the aquarist begins the project.

Points may not exceed 200 for any one project

5.4 BREEDING OF DIFFICULT KNOWNS
5.4.1 Requirements

All spawnings must be documented.

Reports of spawnings are to be published in a widly-distributed hobby magazine such as The Nekton.

5.4.2 POINTS

Up to 50 points for the first spawning, including records.

Up to 25 points for each subsequent spawning, up to a maximum of four spawns.

5.5 BREEDING OF UNKNOWNS
5.5.1 Requirements

Must be fishes new to the hobby with no previous reported aquarium spawnings.

5.5.2 Points

Up to 25 points for the first spawn and records.

Up to 25 points with a maximum of five points each for five subsequent spawnings and records.

6.0 POINT CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES

6.1 CLASS A - FIVE POINTS PER SPECIES SPAWNED

All livebearers NOL(Not Otherwise Listed).

All Danios, Brachydanios, and White Clouds.

All snails.

All Oryzias (Ricefish).

Anabantiods (Macropodus), Blue Gourami(Opaline, Gold, 3 Spot).

Killifish: F. gardneri, A. australe, Aplo. panchax, E. dageti, Pachy. playfairi, and Rivulus NOL.

Ports; Pseudocrenablius; Hero. multispinosa; Saratherodon; Aequidens moronii; C. nigrofasciatum, spilurum, portalgrensis; Haplochromis (except Rift Lake).

6.2 CLASS B - TEN POINTS PER SPECIES SPAWNED

All Halfbeaks, Goodeids, Belonesox.

All Barbs, Rainbows, Goldfish.

All Characins NOL

All Anabantoids NOL; Badis badis.

Plant spawning killies NOL; Native killies (US and Canada); Rivulus LIP(Listed in Appendix).

All Aequidens NOL; all Cichlosoma(Heros)NOL; Hemichromis species; Angelfish; Tilapia NOL; Haplochromis euchilus; Pelvicachromis pulcher.

Dwarf african frogs.

6.3 CLASS C - FIFTEEN POINTS PER SPECIES SPAWNED

Corydoras aeneus, hastatus, pygmaeus, paleatus.

Congo Tetras

Trichopsis pumilis, vittatus.

All soil spawning killies (Cynolebias, Nothobranchius, Pterolebias, Rachovia, and Fundulopanchax); Rivulus LIP.

All Cichlids NOL: Apistogramma, Pelmatochromis, Geophagus, Etroplus, Africans NOL, Rift Lake Haplochromis; Nannacara anomala.

6.4 CLASS D - TWENTY POINTS PER SPECIES SPAWNED

All Catfish NOL

Neons, Cardinals.

Astronotus ocellatus, Discus; Cichlids LIP

Rasbora heteromorpha.

Ambystoma mexicanum - axolotl.

AQUATIC HORTICULTURE AWARD PROGRAM
1.0 ABOUT THE PROGRAM

This program is established to recognize outstanding achievement in growing and reproducing aquatic plants. It is also hoped that it will help to organize and gather knowledge about plants, with the ultimate goal of making the hobby more meaningful for everyone. To quality for the awards, the aquatic horticulturist earns points according to the following schedule:

JUNIOR Aquatic Horticulturist: 25 points, any 3 species

INTERMEDIATE Aquatic Horticulturist: 50 points and 4 additional species

ADVANCED Aquatic Horticulturist: 100 points and 8 additional species

1.1 Awards over the 100 point level shall be the same as those granted in the Breeder's Award Program in the appropriate levels.

2.0 ORGANIZATION

2.1 HORTICULTURIST AWARD COMMITTEE:
2.1.1 A Horticulturist Award Committee shall be appointed by the Board, and shall consist of a HAP Chairman and other members of the SAS as needed.

3.0 DEFINITION OF AN AQUATIC PLANT

3.1 Plants reproduced must conform to the following definition of an aquatic plant: "An aquatic plant is one which in the wild can be found in the submerged state as a normal occurrence sometime during the course of one complete season".

4.0 REPRODUCTION AND FLOWERING REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Bunch Plants: doubling of amount.
4.2 Floating Plants: doubling of amount.
4.3 Plants Reproducing by Runner or Division: one new healthy plant capable of living independently of the parent plant. The parent plant must also be living. Bunch plants are not allowed in this category.
4.4 Plants Reproducing Sexually: one plant reproduced by sexual means from the aquarists parent plant. The reproduced plant must be large enough so that it is possible to identify the plant as coming from the parent plant.
4.5 Flowering: at least one clearly recognizable flower must be observed.

5.0 ACQUIRING CREDIT

5.1 CLASSES A AND B:
A member of the HAP Committee must witness the plant or plants reproduced or flowered. For plants reproducing by runner or division, a BAP Committee member must witness the plants prior to separation, after separation from the parent plant, and again at least 30 days after separation, at which time both the parent plant and reproduced plant must be living. Also, a plant checklist must be submitted by the aquarist claiming points.

5.2 CLASSES C AND D:
In addition to the requirements for Classes A and B, the aquarist must also submit a summary of reproduction procedures used, either orally at a club meeting or written for publication. Written summaries must be at least 350 words in length for a single species, 500 for a genus. Verbatim copying from another source is not allowed.

5.3 CLASS E:
A member of the HAP Committee must witness the plant and flower under the conditions in which it flowered. Alternatively, a good quality video of the plant and the flower may be submitted to the BAP Committee.

6.0 ADDITIONAL NOTES

Points are awarded only once to any one entrant for one species in any one class.

Seeds and reproduced plants must be from the entrant's own parent plants and not obtained from a store or from another breeder.

Any aquatic plant not included in the following schedule will be assigned points by the HAP Committee on request.

Bonus points will be given to anyone who reproduces plants sexually.

Identification will be according to recent texts on aquatic plants.

It is the responsibility of the entrant to make sure that his points are properly recorded.

All new or unidentified species will be assigned a code number for record until scientifically identified.

Unidentified or new plant species reports and check sheets must be accompanied by a good quality colour slide of the plant. The slide will be kept by the HAP Chairman for future reference.

It is realized that within genera there may be a great deal of variation in difficulty of propagation. However, with little exception, each genera is placed in a single class; this is done in the interest of eliminating confusion.

Commercially produced hybrids will not be credited to the HA Program.

7.0 POINT CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

7.1 CLASS A - FIVE POINTS PER SPECIES PROPAGATED

Any Salvinia species

Any Sagittaria species

Any Vallisneria species

Any Duckweed (Lemna species)

Any Hygrophila

Any Riccia

Any Elodea

Any Ceratophyllum (Hornworts)

Any Ceratopteris species

Any Azolla species

7.2 CLASS B - TEN POINTS PER SPECIES PROPAGATED

Any Nitella species

Any Water Wisteria

Any Ambulia (Limnophila) species

Any Rotala

Any Bacopa

Any Cardamine species

Any Frontinalis

Any Limnobium species

Any Pennywort (Hydrocotyle sp.)

Any Lilaeopsis species

Any Alternanthera species

Any Najas species

Any Hydrilla

Any Ludwigia species

Echinodorus sp.(Chain Sword)

Any Milfoil

Any Cabomba species

Any Heteranthera species

Any Lobelia

Samolus valerandi

Bannana Plants

Any Micranthemum species

Any Acorus

Any Nuphar species NOL

Any Pseudo-Blyxa (Cyperus helferi)

7.3 CLASS C - FIFTEEN POINTS PER SPECIES PROPAGATED

Any Pistia species

Any Isoetis species

Any Cryptocoryne species

Microsorium pteropus

All Echinodorus species not in B

Trapa natans (Water Chestnut)

Water clover (Marsilia species)

Eichhornia species

Didiplis diandra (Water Hedge)

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

All Aponogeton species NOL

Any Bolbitis species

Any crinum species

Any Eusteralis species

7.4 CLASS D - TWENTY POINTS PER SPECIES PROPAGATED

Spatterdocks

Any Anubias species

Any Lagenandra species

Ottelia alismoides

Madagascar Lace Plant

Any Aldorvandis species

7.5 CLASS E - FLOWERING
Extra points and recognition will be awarded for all reported flowerings of aquatic plants. The additional points will be the same as those resulting from the propagation of the plant according to classes A to D.

7.6 CLASS F - SEEDS
As under Class E.

7.7 CLASS G - SEXUAL REPRODUCTION
As under Class E.