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The Capital Cichlid Association is a 100% volunteer-run organization. For this reason, the best thing you can donate is your time or expertise.

Support the Capital Cichlid Association

The Capital Cichlid Association is a 100% volunteer-run organization, and the most valuable contribution you can make is your time and expertise.

However, we understand that work and family commitments can make volunteering difficult. If you're unable to give your time, a financial donation is the next best way to support the club. Your contributions help cover essential costs, including:

  • Meeting space rentals
  • Speaker honorariums and travel expenses
  • Group buy expenses (e.g., next-day shipping for livestock)
  • Social events like our annual picnic and holiday party

Ways to Contribute

Sponsor Donations

Explore the sponsorship tiers to see how you can support the club at Tier I, Tier II, or Tier III levels.

Individual Donations

Make a difference with a contribution of any amount. Donate now and help sustain our community.

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Volunteer Opportunities

Join us in making a direct impact.

Learn more about volunteering with the club

Your generosity—whether through time, expertise, or financial support—keeps our community thriving. Thank you for being a part of it!

Recent Threads

For Sale: Plants, Shrimp, Tank Kit

They can be picked up in Gaithersburg or at this Saturday's GWAPA meeting.

Bolbitis heudelotti $2 per inch of rhizome
Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia $2.50 each
Ceratophyllum demersum, aquarium grown, free with purchase
Cryptocoryne sp. 5 for $8
1 Echinodorus "Kleiner Prinz' plantlet $5
Hemianthus glomeratus $1 for 5 stems
Lagenandra sp. (large, up to 20”) $5 each
1 Samolus ‘Red’ (Lysimachia parviflora) emersed $5
Staurogyne repens emersed 5 stems for $3
Vallisneria ‘spiral’ 5 for $4
Vallisneria sp. 5 for $3


Crystal red Caridina shrimp 10 for $25


3.7 gallon Imaginarium kit-like new (includes tank, top, light, filter, plastic plants) $15

Anyone breeding or keeping rainbowfish?

I’m interested and have never kept them before. I’m interested if you’re selling but also if you have advice on keeping them. Thanks!

Large Female Spotted Congo Puffer

I have one mature female Spotted Congo Puffer happy and chunky. $150 Pick up in Rockville Md.

Tanks and other equipment for sale

Two 40 breeders with double stand. Both tanks have built-in corner mattenfilters, including jetlifters, and tops. $120

10 gallon tank with corner mattenfilter, including jetlifter, and metal stand. Stand will hold a smaller tank on the lower level. $40

10 gallon tank with corner mattenfilter, including jetlifter, and top. $15

Two 5 gallon tanks with tops. $5 each

Two rimless 10 gallon tanks, with tops, Finnex Planted+ lights, and custom stand $100

Finnex Planted+ light, 12" $20

Tower block filter, 10x5x13, from Swiss Tropicals, with two jetlifters. Retails for $73. $40. Get the benefits of a mattenfilter without the installation hassle!

Cobalt Aquatics Egg Rocker 65, small egg tumbler $10

Cobalt Aquatics Micro-UV clarifer, for tanks up to 55 gallons $10

Aqueon internal power filter with foam insert, for tanks up to 10 gallons $10

Have some medium sized pieces of aquarium wood for sale.

Free substrate -- pool filter sand, gravel, and a mix of pool filter sand and gravel

Also have some air pumps if you want them to run the mattenfilters. Will throw in with tanks.

I'm in NW DC, very close to downtown Silver Spring, between 16th and Georgia Avenue.

Matt Chambers

GWAPA Meeting on 3/28

GWAPA will hold their March meeting on Saturday, 3/28, in Gaithersburg. We will have a round table discussion, so you will be able to ask the plant experts anything aquarium plant-related. Here is more information about the meeting, including the address.



Everyone is welcome!

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