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June CCA Meeting

******NEW LOCATION!!!!*******

June 10th @ JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL: 1901 Randolph Rd, Wheaton-Glenmont, MD 20902

****Please note, the meeting room will open at 12:30 pm, not 12:00.****

Meeting from 12:30-4:30 pm

Set up at 12:30-1:00 pm

Socializing 1:00-1:30 pm

Speaker begins at 1:30 pm

Auction begins at 2:35 pm

June Speaker – Roy Allen

Bio

The adventure in fish keeping began in 1954. My friend, Carl Vischer, and I would catch Tessellated darters and Blacknose dace from a local creek, but things changed dramatically when I went to college and met Bruce Gebhardt. Very quickly we realized that we had mutual interests in fish, and he lived only 15 minutes from me. During the 40+ years of our friendship, we collected from Pennsylvania/New Jersey to Florida. Also during those years, Bruce became the president of the North American Native Fish Association as well as the editor of their publication. Simultaneously, he developed an interest in photography where he concentrated on everything alive during his collecting trips. Upon his untimely death, I became the purveyor of a few trash bags full of color slides which I was able to convert to an electronic slide show. For my presentation, "North American native fish suitable for a 20-gallon long aquarium," we can all witness the results of Bruce's work.

****NEW DATE: July 22 - Fish SWAP @ Atlas Brew Works Ivy City Brewery & Taproom

2052 West Virginia Ave NE #102, Washington, DC 20002

July - no meeting

August - BBQ TBD

Recent Threads

40 Breeder for Nov. 14 auction

I'm bringing a 40 breeder with a screen cover and filtration equipment to tomorrow's auction. It's a club donation from a friend of a friend. Come's with screen cover and filtration equipment. Last held a turtle but has also held fish.

FREE 45 gallon "Glass Cages" tank - it has a leak

G'day all,
my 45 gallon glass cages aquarium sprung a leak today, not very bad, but leaking just the same, thus its free to anyone. I'm betting its 20+ years old. It's been emptied out and is currently on my front porch for pickup, in 20904 (near the intersection of East Randolph road and Old Columbia Pike. Hit me up at xny1989@hotmail.com if you're interested.


Abby

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!

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