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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

FS: L483 “Coral Prince Pleco” – Breeding-Sized Adults & Juveniles – Silver Spring, MD

Hey everyone,

Due to an upcoming move, I’ll be taking a break from the hobby and need to re-home a large group of my L483 “Coral Prince" Plecos. These are a very striking Panaqolus species, similar to the more commonly known L397s — but they’re far less frequently seen in the hobby. These guys LOVE driftwood, definitely make sure to have a healthy amount for them to chew on.

Pricing (offered cheap to find homes quickly):

  • 2–3 inch juveniles$20 each
  • 3–4 inch subadults$30 each
  • 4+ inch adults (breeding size)$40 each
    • I can attempt to sex these—most should be sexable at this size.
No minimum purchase required — though I do have a good number available, so feel free to build a group.


Pickup Only:

  • Located in Silver Spring, MD, near Holy Cross Hospital.
  • I’ll have them pre-bagged and ready when you arrive.
  • (Willing to meet somewhere if you buy 6+)

Photos (attached below):

  1. First picture shows one of the adult parents when I received it (representative of my current adults).
  2. Remaining photos are representative of the juveniles/subadults.

Feel free to reach out with any questions. I'm reachable on here or at lucashirsch9@gmail.com.

Thanks for looking, and I appreciate your help in getting these rare beauties into good homes!

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Iso of shell dwellers

I will be visiting the Maryland are at the end of December. ISO of shell dwellers no mulits please. Pm what you have available and price.

Tanks for the taking

Greetings,

I am hastily emptying my walkout basement for construction (origin story: a water change gone wrong many years ago! Lol) and need to move some tanks asap. I’ve already moved the fish.

- 90-gal.
- 120-gal. (2’ x 4’ footprint)
- 75-gal
- 29-gal.

(There’s also an Oceanic 135, if anyone is that brave . . . so heavy.)

The larger ones all have stands of some sort (one metal, one purchased, one constructed).

Also, a bit of rock (some purchased, some collected), fwiw.

I’m off Montrose Road (exit 4 on 270) in Rockville. Looking at a Sunday-Tuesday a.m. timeframe.

Thanks,
Steve

60g Aquarium

I have a 60g Aquarium 48in W, 24in H and 12in D that I recently cleaned out and available for pickup in Gaithersburg MD. One can have it for free, have a couple of Eheim canister filters too.
Please text me in case you need to see pics and I will post them.

Thanks
Tony

Tell me about Pelvicachromis kribensis

For anyone in the market, Londontowne has a ton of WC P. kribensis dehane and P. taeniatus(?) right now. I got myself a pair of the former. I overheard Andrew talking about them at the October meeting but I wasn't sure of his tag on here/didn't want to DM the wrong Andrew by accident. That aside, I have a general idea of their care but just want to hear from other people to make sure I'm doing it right + get tips on how to be more successful with breeding them. I've had kribs before but I'm a inherently more cautious with these since they're WC. They weren't too colored up at the store but behaviorally they were fine at 7.5-7.8 pH so that eases my anxiety a bit.

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