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November Meeting

Note Location is Glenallan Elementary School

Join us on Saturday, November 14, 2026 for a great talk by Viktor Gyorffy "How to be Successful in Maintaining a Planted Aquarium!" Plants can make a big difference in both the aesthetics of your set up as well as the health of your fish.

Here are the details:

Date: Saturday, November 14, 2026

Location:
Glenallan Elementary School
12520 Heurich RD
Silver Spring, MD, 20902

Meeting Time: 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Schedule

  • 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM: Set up
  • 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Socializing
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM: "How to be Successful in Maintaining a Planted Aquarium" with Viktor Gyorffy
  • 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM: Break
  • 2:45 PM: Auction and raffle

*******Special Garage Sale event for this meeting! Whether you're looking to sell extra things or you're looking for new items for your fish room, come visit our garage sale event that will be taking place throughout the meeting.*******
Anyone may buy ($10 donation to club to be a seller for members, $15 donation for non-members)[Sign Up to Be a Seller]

November's Speaker: Viktor Gyorffy

Viktor with his planted 125g

Viktor got his first aquarium when he was five years old. His first fish were guppies, then he moved on to other livebearers and easy fish like danios and gouramis. All his tanks were planted with the 5-6 plant species that were available in his area at the time. When he discovered the local plant club, GWAPA, it widened his horizons, and he started keeping a large number of plant species. Eventually, he started using pressurized CO2 in his tanks. He served as GWAPA president for a number of years and is still an active member. Currently, he maintains close to 20 tanks, most of which are planted. He does tubbing in the summer, and he breeds livebearers, killifish, and tetras. He also has an emersed 75 gallon setup.

Also, don’t forget to submit your entries and vote for the Photo of the Month for a chance to win $10 in CCA Bucks!

December 12: Annual Holiday Party - [Sign up for Holiday Party].

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In person CCA- AUCTION - November 14, 2026 @ Glenallen Elementary School 12520 Heurich Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20902

We have created an auction for the November 14, 2026 in-person CCA meeting. Users of the website must register on the CCA MyGroupAuction website: mygroupauctions.com. Sellers are encouraged to upload a photo of the fish/item to be auctioned. These items can be viewed by all registered users before the auction.

CCA's board of directors has voted to allow the use of the minimum bid space on the MY GROUP AUCTIONS (MGA) website. Specifically the BOD approved the use of the minimum bid in the following manner: Bidding for any item with a minimum bid on its label will start at that amount and proceed as normal for any auction. If the minimum bid is not met, the owner of the item will take the item back into his possession. If the owner is not present to take back his item that did not sell, the minimum bid indicated on the label will not be in effect and so there will be no minimum bid on the item.

Please try to bring something for the auction. If you can make it a donation, so much the better. It's our club. If we want to keep it healthy, we all need to play a role.

If you have any questions, please ask.

2026 Black Friday Fish Store Hop

Join us for one last fish store hop for the year! We're going to visit our friends Blake at his new store Fish and Friends in Hanover and Josh at Appalachian Reptiles and Aquatics in Hagerstown! Fish and Friends will have Black Friday sales and Appalachian is offering a discount to hop participants! As usual, we will find a cool spot for lunch and will have snacks and great conversation in our ride share! If you'd like to join us, please sign up on the sign up sheet below no later than Tuesday, November 24, 2026. We ask for a $20 contribution to cover the cost of the rental car and fuel. We hope you can join us!

FS: CA cichlids

Selling all my big species of CA. Will be concentrating on smaller species only.
Red dovii pair $300
Gold jag pair with 2” gold jag $300
Vieja Syn Blue Spot pair $150
4 female Trimac Rio Tehuantepec $25 each.
Pick up only in Wilmington Delaware! I will not ship!

FS: Adult Chichlids

FS are the below males:

1 5" Adult Sunshine Peacock - $40
1 5" Black Calvus - $45
1 5" Yellow Lab - $35
1 5.5" Star Sapphire - $40
1 5" Lemon Jake (have a lil dent belly) Free with purchase.
Offering all 5 for $150.

FIrst come first take, I'm restocking & these big boys gotta go.

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Want to Buy - Small Breather Bags

Have a bunch of extra breather bags laying around - preferably the small ones? Please let me know.

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