This Month

This Month's Contest:

The next contest will be of " Smokey or Chocolate Blushing".

Please send in pics of the complete fish preferably a side view showing all finnage.

Votes will be accepted from December 7th through December 13th using our official forum's automated poll system.

Winners will be awarded official TAS Magnets or TAS Buttons to show our appreciation for the exceptional photos received during these photo contests. This is a great way to get something with the official TAS logo on it!

The photo committee Thanks you for your participation.

Photo committee members:

Laurie Kapaun
Jeff Walker
Ron Warren

Vote :

Votes will be accepted from December 7th through December 13th using our official forum's automated poll system.
To vote, please use our forum poll located here

Rules & Judging Guidelines:

Body shape: including head, operculum and body. An operculum is a lid or flap covering the aperture, on the gill cover. Bodies should be round as possible or slightly higher than long. Head profile should be smooth with no humps, although a predorsal notch is perfectly acceptable. Does the eye look the right size? Are the lips too big?

Finnage: For example; are they symmetrical, fully formed, not torn. The fins should be straight without kinks or twists. Smooth gradual curves in the ventral (pelvic) fins are fine.

Pigmentation: Are the colors / markings a good representation of the phenotype? Does the fish express the trait well?

Deportment: for example; How the fish is displaying? Fins outstretched and the fish appearing alert and active? Clear eyes, no signs of disease.

Picture quality: for example; crisp focus, clean glass, motion (blur), are the eyes visible (the pupil and iris).

Picture composition: includes artistic issues such as: aquascape, how much the fish fills the image, the angle the fish is viewed (90 degree side view is best)

" Smokey or Chocolate Blushing"