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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

Getting started… What to do?

Hi everybody,
I have a 75 gallon tank and I want to keep African cichlids. I am dithering over whether to get Tanganyikans, peacocks, or even relatively peaceful Mbuna. I think I’m aware of the pros and cons of various options, but I thought maybe I could get some advice from experienced folks on how to get started in this? If I want a tank that will be fun, relatively relaxing, and not drive me crazy because the fish outgrew the tank or started killing each other, what’s a good way to go? Thanks for any help you can provide!
Jerry

Haps/peacocks

Looking to buy peacocks and haps pm me text
202-262-0519

FS: Large Male Lemon BN Plecos

These males are in the 3.75-4.5” range.

Price: $45

Located in New Market, MDIMG_9224.jpegIMG_8661.jpegIMG_8663.jpeg

Miscellaneous Items

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Used Fx4 with a new service kit $150.

2 New Eheim thermocontrol 300w heaters $40 each.

1 New 20lb bag of white Caribsea African cichlid mix sand $15.

New Market, MD

Returning fish?

Hi everybody,
I’m new to African cichlids… In fact, so new that I don’t have any yet. It seems pretty clear to me that aggression is often (always?) a problem, and sometimes you have to remove a fish. Or maybe there’s a fish that outgrows your current aquarium. Also, of course to save money, you can buy unsexed fish, and then you have to remove the ones that are the sex that you don’t want. So that raises the question, what do you do with unwanted fish? Do local fish stores in the Washington area allow return of aggressive or too–big fish? Or is it necessary to go to an auction to get rid of them?

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