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Congratulations to our very own CCA Treasurer Mark for winning the March 2025 POTM with his photo of the Chalinochromis brichardi adult and juvie! Well done!
Remember to submit your April photos to CCAPhotoContest@gmail.com!
Complete Rules are in the forum in the Photo of the Month thread.


April 12 CCA Meeting - Jim Karanikas - Aquarium Safety and Automation

Join us and fellow fish lovers on April 12 for an informative talk about Aquarium Safety and Automation! Let's face it, we're all busy with life. Come join us for this talk to learn how to automate more things in your fish room and equally important, how to ensure you and your fish are staying safe! The talk will help ensure you're utilizing fishroom best practices. Come and learn something new!

***ALSO - we will have food for purchase!***

Here are the details:

April 12 @ JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL:

1901 Randolph Rd, Wheaton-Glenmont, MD 20902

  • Meeting from 1:00-4:30 PM
  • Socializing 1:00-1:30 pm
  • Speaker at 1:30-2:30 pm
  • Break at 2:30-2:45 pm
  • Mini Auction at 2:45

Topic: Aquarium Safety and Automation

Speaker: Jim Karanikas

Jim is a degreed Marine Biologist from the University of Maryland in College Park. He is the owner/operator of Aquatic Inspirations, an aquarium installation/maintenance company based in Maryland and in South Florida. His company designs, installs, and services custom aquariums all over the world.

Jim's passion for aquatic life started at a young age when his mother got him an aquarium as a child. This passion is what drives him today, setting up 5,000 gallon aquariums where he scuba dives in to clean and aquariums installed in homes on private islands.

Jim loves teaching people of all ages how to maintain and enjoy the beauty of keeping aquatic life. He says keeping aquariums should be easy and stress free when done correctly. He has developed a very easy to follow method of maintaining aquariums in a natural way. He hopes all of his clients get years of enjoyment from his underwater artwork!

Recent Threads

April 2025 Picture of the Month Voting!

Another round of some great photos! Please vote for your favorite. Voting closes at the end of the month! Submissions for the May POTM contest are now being accepted by emailing CCAPhotoContest@gmail.com.

Photo A - Gold Severus
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Photo B - Polypterus senegalus
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Photo C - Rubricatochromis exsul
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Neolamprologus multifaciatus (shell dwellers)

Does anyone have any? I have a new aquarist who is is looking for some and set up a tank especially for them. I have some, but not enough to split for several months.

Looking for krobia xinguensis or adinoacara stalsbergi

Hello!
I will be coming. Down to md next weekend. I am looking for adinoacara stalsbergi or krobias xinguensis if anyone has any available. Feel free to text me at (856) 796-0836

Thanks

Project Piaba assistance

From:CCA Member Karen Haas:

Scott Dowd with Project Piaba is creating a fish room/holding area for Project Piaba exported fish using vintage stainless steel aquariums. Steve Guyger has a large collection of them stored in his basement.

Scott plans to drive down from Boston to pick them up in Oakford, PA (north east of Philadelphia) on Wednesday April 16th.

As I have had recent surgery, I’m restricted on how much I can lift.

I need volunteers Sunday April 13 to remove the slate bottom tanks from the Steve Guyger's basement and put them in his back yard.

There are other all glass tanks, some drilled, available to those that help.

These tanks have been stored for a long time. I am providing pizza and soda for lunch.

Message me, Karen Haas, if you can help on Sunday.

610-573-6388

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