NOTICE: 21ST WORLD GUPPY CONTEST 2018

WORLD GUPPY CONTEST PREVIOUS EDITIONS:

OSAKA, JAPAN 1ST WGC, 1996

NUREMBERG, GERMANY. 2ND WGC, 1997

MILWAUKEE, USA. 3RD WGC, 1998

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. 4TH WGC, 1999

VIENNA, AUSTRIA. 5TH WGC, 2000

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC. 6TH WGC, 2001

NUREMBERG, GERMANY. 7TH WGC, 2002

SANTOS, BRAZIL. 8TH WGC, 2003

MILWAUKEE, USA. 9TH WGC, 2004

TAIPEI, TAIWAN. 10TH WGC, 2005

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC. 11TH WGC, 2006

BRASILIA, BRAZIL. 12TH WGC, 2007

FERRARA, ITALY. 13TH WGC, 2009

BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL. 14TH WGC, 2010

BOSTON, USA. 15TH WGC, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA. 16TH WGC, 2013

TIANJIN, CHINA. 17TH WGC, 2014

TAMPA, USA. 18TH WGC, 2015

VIENNA, AUSTRIA. 19TH WGC, 2016

KEELUNG, TAIWAN. 20TH WGC, 2017

NATAL, BRAZIL. 21st WGC, 2018

We are proud to announce that the 21ST World Guppy Contest 2018 will be held in Brazil, in Natal - Rio Grande do Norte, during the International Aquarium Fair. The WGC is being organized by the Confederação dos Criadores de Guppy / Brazil Fancy Guppy Association (CCG).

Participation and entry of fish into the contest is free for UCAB and WGA members who are current with your association paid. Each member initially will have 20 display tanks available.

The registration fee for non-members is R$ 150. The registration fee gives the right to participate with 20 tanks, allowing the member to be registered as UCAB member for a period of 12 months. The participation with another 10 tanks will cost plus R$ 50, and the value is destined for making more tanks.

The marketing of animals and equipment will only be allowed when carried out through the official stands of the fair. Commercialization outside these stands will result in the disqualification of the exhibitor.

Pre-registration must be made between 19th of July and 19th of August, 2018 through the website www.ccg.org.br. The instructions for sending the animals will be given to the participant upon confirmation of the registration.

After registration, the exhibitor will be registered in the group of exhibitors of the CCG and will receive the identification cards for the animals. These cards must be completed and must go along the fish at the moment of entry into the exhibition, which should happen on Sep 20th from 9:00AM to 2:00PM. Entries will be received on site by the organizing team and already distributed according to the classes of this announcement.

The fish should be delivered personally by their breeders or by a representative present on the local. The shipment of the fish to the place of the event, as well as its withdrawal is the total responsibility of the breeder, who may indicate someone to do so, totally exempting the organization from any responsibility regarding the fish.

It is the responsibility of each exhibitor to follow the current regulations on shipping and transporting their animals.

International entries must arrive in Brazil for any quarantine registered under the responsibility of each exhibitor.

The organization of the event suggests sending the fish to the partner quarantine. Shipments to this quarantine should be performed by transhippers in the following locations: North America, Europe and Asia. The animals must arrive at these locations until September 10. The address and contact details of these transhippers will be available shortly.

The costs of sending the fish to the indicated transhippers to Brazil, as well as the costs of the partner quarantine, will be paid by the organization of the event. The costs for sending the animals to the indicated transhippers will be the responsibility of each exhibitor.

All entries must be born and created in the exhibitor's tanks, under penalty of disqualification.

The exhibitor determines the class of entry in the registration form, but they may request assistance from a judge at the time of registration.

It is not allowed to remove any fish from the exhibition before 18:00 on September 23rd. All fish need to be checked by the organization before withdrawal of exposure.

No plant or decoration will be allowed.

There will be the auction of all entries after the show. Since the first WCG, in 1996, all the entries are auctioned so we can spread the lines. WGA values ??the spread of bloodlines throughout the world. The amounts collected will go to the UCAB & CCG to finance investments and expenses as well as future actions in the hobby.

There will be a team of three veterinarians, two aquaculture engineers, one fishing engineer, one zootechnician, three aquaculture technicians and ten trainees on duty to monitor the release, permanence and packaging of the animals.

The organizing team of the International Aquarium Fair does not assume any financial or legal liability for injuries, illnesses, death or loss of entries in the exhibition. Upon entering the exhibition, the competitor accepts this disclaimer.

By confirming your participation, the exhibitor authorizes the disclosure of his/her pictures and videos in publicity materials of the Fair and in other shows that may happen.

The fish will be judged on a dark background, with appropriate lighting and equally distributed.

The Guppies judgement is in accordance to the rules and standards of the World Guppy Association (WGA), and all final decisions are made by the present judges.

One thousand tanks will be initially available. If the entries exceed the number of tanks, some more will be made. All exhibition tanks will be provided by the organization of the event.

The entrances will be considered a couple of guppies (1 male and 1 female) and will be judged in glass tank, measuring 20cm x 10cm x 15cm.

WCG 2018 Classes:

AOC (Any Other Color) Triangletail
Half-Black AOC Triangletail
Grass Triangletail
Mosaic Triangletail
Snakeskin (Metal included) Triangletail
Solid Color Green (Half-Blacks included) Triangletail
Solid Color Purple (Half-Blacks included) Triangletail
Solid Color Blue (Half-Blacks inclusos) Triangletail
Solid Color Pastel/White (Half-Blacks included) Triangletail
Solid Color Red (Half-Blacks included) Triangletail
Solid Color Red Albino Triangletail
AOC Albino (Half-Blacks included) Triangletail
Moscow Triangletail
Fantail
Veiltail, Spadetail, Flagtail, Scarftail, Lyretail, Cofertail, Speartail, Pintail (One class)
Round tail
Bottom Swordtail
Top Swordtail
Double Swordtail
Swallow/Ribbon fin (One Swallow/Ribbon male – one Swallow/Ribbon female, one normal male)
Crowntail
Half Moon tail / Big Ears Half Moon tail