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August Meeting - Annual Summer BBQ

Our Annual Summer BBQ is right around the corner on Saturday, August 9, 2025. Each summer, we meet to share food and drinks with great company and conversation. Details are posted in the Members Discussion page on our forum. If you're not a member of CCA yet, sign up here!

We've also got a really great fall lineup of speakers and events scheduled. We hope you can join us!

  • September Meeting - Josh Cunningham
  • October Meeting - Double Feature - Mati Garcia (Uruguay Fish Tours)
    and Zenzo Tazawa (Aquarium Co-Op)
  • November Meeting - Dave's Rare Fish

  • December Meeting - Holiday Party!!!

Recent Threads

Looking for microfauna

Hello! I am looking for some microfauna to add to my planted tanks that I recently set up. Does anyone know where I can get some in the Bethesda, md or Ellicott city, md or burke, VA areas.

Thanks!

August 2025 Picture of the Month Voting!

It's time to cast your vote for August’s Photo of the Month! We’ve got three fantastic entries this month, and it’s going to be a tough choice - we have FIVE photos for you to choose from!

Please take a moment to look over the photos and vote for your favorite. Your vote helps showcase our members’ amazing fish and photography skills!

Voting will close on August 31st. The winner will be featured on the forum, get full bragging rights for the month, AND RECEIVE $10 IN CCA BUCKS TO USE AT THE CLUB'S MONTHLY AUCTION!

We're accepting submissions for September - email your photo to ccaphotocontest@gmail.com

Thanks to everyone who submitted a photo — and good luck to this month’s contestants!

Cast your vote now and let’s see which fish takes the spotlight for August!
Photo #1 - Mother of Clown Knives
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Photo #2 - Lelupi Fry Cloud
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Photo #3 - Radiant Honduran Red Point
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Photo #4 - Long-Finned Albino Ancistrus
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Photo #5 - Spotted Ancistrus
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Free peacocks

Breeding pairs of Red Shoulder Peacock (Aulonocara hansbaenschi)are producing more fish than my tanks can handle. A couple of 3-4” males and several females available. Located in Castleton VA, ~60 miles SW of DC near Culpepper.




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FS: Apistogramma cinilabra

I have offspring from what might be the only spawning pair of Apistogramma cinilabra "Santa Ana" in the US. They are F2. The original WC fish were brought back from a collection trip by GCCA's Jason Libasci. As apistos sometimes do, the pair killed each other. I obtained a group of fry when speaking at GCCA last year, which whittled themselves down to a pair last summer whole out in a tub.

My pair has spawned several times in a 40 gallon community tank. They are excellent parents and planted community inhabitants. The females are vibrant yellow and orange, while males have blue and red around the face, gray lips, and rust orange fins.

Fry at 6 for $30 with pickup in Damascus, MD.
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Thank you Christine and Bruce!

Thank you Chris and grillmaster Bruce for hosting yet another great summer cookout for our group. We are grateful for your gracious hospitality and for opening up your home--and fish room--to us for another year.
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