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Join us on Saturday, March 14, 2026 for a talk from Dave McGrew on "Home Aquaponics with Aquarium Fish," awesome raffle items, a mini-auction, and socializing event afterwards!

For March, Dave will share his knowledge and expertise on how to set up an aquaponics system for various aquarium fish in your home. This is a perfect opportunity to learn how plants and fish can create a sustainable ecosystem!

Here are the details:

Saturday, March 14, 2026 @ JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL:

1901 Randolph Rd, Wheaton-Glenmont, MD 20902

  • Room reserved from 12:30-4:00 PM
  • 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Setup
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Socializing
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Talk by Dave McGrew
  • 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Break
  • 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM Auction and Raffles
  • **Afterwards, Join us for an early meal and drinks with the speaker!**

Talk Title: Home Aquaponics with Aquarium Fish

Speaker: Dave McGrew

Dave hails from western Maryland where he enjoys the quiet hills and clear streams of northern Appalachia.

Over the last decade, fish-keeping and fish-breeding became an immersive family hobby. Dave often blames his kids for his "aquatic midlife crisis" as Dave and his three sons have kept and bred a wide assortment of tropical and temperate freshwater fish.

Dave's resume is proof that you never know where you'll meet a serious aquarist. He studied organic chemistry in college, earned multiple degrees in music, taught college fine arts for twelve years, and then accepted a call to pastoral ministry.

When he’s not with his family, you can usually find Dave on a creek somewhere or down in his basement fishroom. Dave contributes regularly to online forums under the handle @fishfolk.


We have some great events already lined up for the rest of 2026. We hope you can join us!

  • April 11: Josh Wiegert on Apistogrammas
  • May 9: Kevin Wilson on Collecting Fossils locally
  • May 16: Fossil Collecting Trip!
  • June 13: Jen Williams Aquascaping Extraordinaire
  • August 8: Annual Summer BBQ
  • September 12: David Snell of PVAS on Photographing Aquarium Fish
  • October 10, and November 14: TBD
  • December 12: Annual Holiday Party
  • Dates TBD Additional Store Hops and Fish Swaps

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Tanks and other equipment for sale

Two 40 breeders with double stand. Both tanks have built-in corner mattenfilters, including jetlifters, and tops. $120

10 gallon tank with corner mattenfilter, including jetlifter, and metal stand. Stand will hold a smaller tank on the lower level. $40

10 gallon tank with corner mattenfilter, including jetlifter, and top. $15

Two 5 gallon tanks with tops. $5 each

Two rimless 10 gallon tanks, with tops, Finnex Planted+ lights, and custom stand $100

Finnex Planted+ light, 12" $20

Tower block filter, 10x5x13, from Swiss Tropicals, with two jetlifters. Retails for $73. $40. Get the benefits of a mattenfilter without the installation hassle!

Cobalt Aquatics Egg Rocker 65, small egg tumbler $10

Cobalt Aquatics Micro-UV clarifer, for tanks up to 55 gallons $10

Aqueon internal power filter with foam insert, for tanks up to 10 gallons $10

Have some medium sized pieces of aquarium wood for sale.

Free substrate -- pool filter sand, gravel, and a mix of pool filter sand and gravel

Also have some air pumps if you want them to run the mattenfilters. Will throw in with tanks.

I'm in NW DC, very close to downtown Silver Spring, between 16th and Georgia Avenue.

Matt Chambers

GWAPA Meeting on 3/28

GWAPA will hold their March meeting on Saturday, 3/28, in Gaithersburg. We will have a round table discussion, so you will be able to ask the plant experts anything aquarium plant-related. Here is more information about the meeting, including the address.



Everyone is welcome!

Have lots of young fish and need to move them!

CCA members.... c'mon down to Richmond and bring your fish and plants you need to move along... Our 1/2 day auction features many great offerings, and a great way to clear out some of the fish you have been sitting on - to a group that may not get up to the CCA meetings ...
this saturday SEE OUR FLYER www.jras.org or our facebook site

Looking for Rabbit snail.

Aiming for Chocolate Rabbit Snail (Tylomelania zeimis) or Triangle Rabbit Snails (Tylomelania sinobartfeldi)

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Richmond Store HOP April 18, 2026!

Join us for the first hop of 2026 where, among other stores, we will be visiting the new site for Azalea Aquarium!

Plan to meet us at Green Acres Center in Fairfax Va at 9am on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
4401 Sideburn Rd, Fairfax, VA 22030

We will be visiting five different places and sharing lunch together. We plan to be back in the Northern Va area around 7-730pm. There will be a small fee to cover the cost of the rental and gas.

Please sign up below no later than Wednesday, April 15, 2026 in the sign up sheet below. We hope you can join us!

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