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Excited to see lots of hobbyists selling at AquaMania 2 (The Big Fish Deal) Marketplace! A sampling: Jenn Williams Larry Tagrin Pat Kelly Mark Kaprow Zach Carter George Cowan ...and many, many more! Remember to sign up for a table soon - choice of locations is based on order of sign up! Who...

Hello CCA-ers! While the official birthday for Batfish Aquatics isn't actually until January, today we held our First Year Anniversary Celebration. The first year of a business is always very, very tough -- some say the first three to five years are the most critical -- and, while Batfish...

I really enjoyed Tony's talk. Notice that we actually kept paying attention for an hour!!! I appreciated the cultural info, not jut stuff about fish. Great job!

The speaker, Jeff Michels, was great! Well organized presentation delivered crisply. Good auction, too, even if I was outbid on everything. . .

As usual, I had a blast at the last CCA meeting. It was nice meeting the speaker and learning about anabantoids-- a group that I have pretty much over looked. After the presentations, I was talking with Mark, I told him about my childhood experience with red paradise fish. When I was ten...

Arthur was an excellent speaker. He knows his topic as well as anyone in the world and also did a great job speaking. Thanks to Sam (Avatar) for arranging this. The auction was surprisingly big, following on the heels of the PVAS all day auction six days ago!

I took a trip yo HOT yesterday. They had many wonderful treasures. Best treasure of all had to be Franny! I was fortunate to have her assistance. They were just getting in a large shipment of fw fish. Franny said they will have new plants next week. I picked up 15 emporer tetras, a pair of...

Really like the successive in-house programs, sort of like the Unitarian approach to theology, seems like a really effective means for demystifying the hobby and our membership. Good call(s). Also a nod to CCA's very own energizer bunny, Matt Quinn, for working overtime on prep for...

A big thank you to everyone who showed up to the meeting today. Thanks to Greg Steeves for the informative talk. It inspired me to pick my my very first group of Vics in the auction. Thanks to Bill Barbito for MC'ing the auction. Thanks to everyone who ran for a position on the BOD and...

I just found this on the internet. An article on water chemistry / quality by a great aquarist. This is why I never put salt (sodium) into my tanks. http://www.tbas1.com/Exchange/The%20New%20England%2011.pdf

PETSMART WAS GREAT! I took my 3 Stealth heaters (recalled) back to Petsmart without receipts and they were happy to give me a full credit for each towards the purchase of new heaters. I got 3 Aqueons and hope they don't have the same problems as Marineland.

Before the AKA meeting, there's another great annual meeting in our area. The American Killifish Association is having its annual meeting at the end of the month, hosted by our local Chesapeake Area Killifish Association. http://www.aka.org/convention/2011/registration.html Lots of easy...

I'd like to thank everyone who contributed to feeding the masses today. Excellent work and the food was delicious! Thanks Mo for a great talk. Eventhough the fish are a little large for me to consider, I was fascinated by the videos and the images. I can tell by the music choices you didn't...

Im looking to buy rocks for my new Lake Malawi setup, preferably lace rock. Anyone know any shops in the area that sell it for a really great price? Or is anyone selling any? Thanks!

I meant to post this yesterday. Anyway, to the officers and members of CCA, thank you again for YET ANOTHER great meeting! I had so much fun. Kent was a great speaker and I really liked his talk. Lots of interesting stuff in the auction. I got to see all my friends and make some new ones...

You guys rock in so many ways. The Mr. Kent was a great speaker. I learned there are a lot more lakes in Africa than I thought. Really cool looking fish. Fotr all who help srtup, run, and clean up the meeting, we could not do it without you. However, I am thinking of banning potatoe...

Well great or not, here it is. So we're 'hosting' the ACA next year. I sure hope it's in DC proper for a number of strategic reasons (only one of them selfish), but wherever it is, what if some of CCA's more illustrious, talented and fanatic keepers were given the opportunity to set up display...

Thanks Sarah for picking up my fish. Quality fish from Daves order. All 12 are happy. 2 orders or 6 each species!!

I just picked up a AGA 55 two 24" lights , a pine stand that just needs varnish, two Tetra nonsubmirsible heaters & a ac110!!!!!!!! Posted via mobile.capitalcichlids.org

I just bought a 90 gallon perfecto with a black lacquer stand and a single tube light for........... $100.00. He even threw in a free Eheim 2217.:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D