The SAWGG Breeder & Grower Award Programs recognize the aquaristic accomplishments of our Members, help with the conservation of endangered species, and facilitates the exchange of livestock in the club. Participation is completely optional.
SAWGG members earn points and awards for fish or inverts spawned by natural means and delivered to one of our meeting auctions with a completed submission form.
Breeder and Grower Ranks
Awarded with the accumulation of fish or invertebrate species bred, or plant species or cultivars propagated, across a number of classes (see below). To be credited in the BAP or GAP, submissions must be brought to a SAWGG meeting to be auctioned. Points are only awarded one time per species.
Fish and Invertebrate Submission Criteria (aquarium or pond bred):
- 5 fish from a spawn that are
- at least 45 days old and
- of auctionable size and health (would you buy them?)
Plant Submission Criteria (aquarium-grown plants are credited to both programs. Ponds plants are eligible for a Specialist Certification):
- a cutting or grown division from a mother plant (simply growing a plant larger does not qualify as propagation)
- has an established and independent root system and
- of auctionable size or quantity (would you buy them?)
| Rank Awarded | Species | Classes (at least) |
| Breeder (Grower) | 10 | 2 |
| Advanced Breeder (Grower) | 20 | 3 |
| Senior Breeder (Grower) | 30 | 4 |
| Expert Breeder (Grower) | 40 | 5 |
| Master Breeder (Grower) | 50 | 6 |
| Grand Master Breeder (Grower) | 60 | 7 |
Specialist Certification
Awarded after spawning at least 5 species and 10 spawns in a particular Class:
| ANIMALS: |
| Labrynth Fish |
| Mouth Brooding Cichlids |
| Substrate-Brooding Cichlids |
| Characids |
| Catfish |
| Livebearers |
| Cyprinids |
| Goldfish or Koi |
| Substrate-Spawning Killifish |
| Water-Spawning Killifish |
| Marine Fish |
| Other Marine Animals |
| North American Native Fish |
| Loaches / Botias / Eels |
| Shrimp |
| Other Invertibrates |
| Rainbowfish |
| Amphibians |
| IUCN Red List Fish (endangered or extinct categories) |
| PLANTS: |
| Stem Plants |
| Echinodorus |
| Aponogeton & Crinums |
| Cryptocorynes |
| Floating Plants |
| Rosette Plants |
| Anubias & Lagenandra |
| Ferns & Mosses |
| Aquarium Waterlilies |
| Pond-Grown Waterlilies |
| Pond-Grown Plants |
| Marine Plants & Algaes |
