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Join us on Saturday, May 9, 2026 for a talk with Kevin Wilson about fish and fossil collecting!

This is a great opportunity to learn new things especially if you're planning to join us on our upcoming collecting trip. Kevin will also have some cool fossils he's found in past collecting trips to show us! We will also have awesome raffle items, a mini-auction, and an opportunity to have drinks and dinner after our talk!

Here are the details:

Saturday, May 9, 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 Kevin Wilson
  • 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**

May 9th: Collecting Fossils Locally in Maryland

Fossil Collecting

Kevin Wilson began fishkeeping at the age of 13. After Graduating High School, he worked his first job at the Barrier Reef Aquarium in Rockville, where he was introduced to the saltwater side of the hobby. It was then after purchasing his first blenny that he fell in love with the blennies, a genus of coastal fishes with interesting behaviors. While in college, he caught his first local blenny and became fascinated with a grad student’s experiment on striped blennies.

This fascination led to him to build a simulated oyster reef in a home aquarium, about which he presented to us in 2024.

He’s also kept local native freshwater fish species in home aquariums for 43 years and is a member of the North American Native Fishes Association (NANFA).


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

  • May 16: Fossil Collecting Trip! with Kevin Wilson Fossil Collecting Sign Up Sheet
  • 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

Recent Threads

Tanks for sale (20/15/10) with tops

Hey folks -

After a 10 year hiatus from the hobby, I’ve cleaned out my fish room and put water and fish in some tanks again (woohoo). I’ve got some extras for sale. I’m posting them here first but will post to some of the bigger sites next week if nobody’s interested.

$75 - 20g long with full hood and 20g high with glass top. Hinges and back gap covers are good. Wood stand included. The light on the full hood isn’t working. I’m guessing it’s a bulb, but if it were me, I’d just swap the light out for an LED and keep the hood and lid. The 20h is drilled at the top. I’ve rigged it with some PVC so that it doesn’t drain. PVC is held in by tension only so you can configure how you’d like. Filters not included but make offer if you want them.

$15 each - two 15g tanks. One is painted blue on the back. No lids.

$20 each - three used 10g tanks with glass tops. Hinges and gap covers are good. They need a scrubbing but are otherwise in good shape. I can take some pics if interested.

Thanks!

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New Fx6

Fluval Fx6 brand new in box.
Never opened.
pm if interested

ISO Caloglossa cf. beccarii

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2 55g with Double Iron Stand

$200 just tanks and stand can keep the gravel or I can remove it. $400 with 2 AquaClear110 and 2 4ft lights one finnex with remote and a manual Current USA light.

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