Congratulations James for being our June POTM Winner!!! It was a super close contest this month.
Thank you for entering your winning picture! Shoot me a PM for your choice of a CCA shirt or one of the hand painted glasses.
James' winning picture:
Tomorrow night, in Takoma Park, MD, 6:30 pm:
Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets Takoma welcomes Jonathan Balcombe to present the new book "What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins."
Using the latest research by animal behaviorists and biologists to show that fish...
Who's going to the CCY June 25 meeting? Starts at 2 PM. William Peragine will be speaking on starting a planted tank. I call him the Apisto-whisperer because of his success with Apistos and other dwarf cichlids :)
Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to make it (too many kids events that...
I know this will be incredibly hard but please just pick one. GREAT photos this month guys and gals!!! This group of photos this month is exactly why I love doing this contest. Good luck to the photographers and to everyone voting.
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Please complete your orders for the June 11 Meeting on www.cichlidsarespecial.com by Thursday June 9 at 8:00 pm.
This is the last chance to have me deliver fish to a meeting until September.
Jay
Is there an auction this month? I have some Neolamprologus brichardi I no longer have room for. Was thinking about donating them I got them during the last BFD.
Would anyone be interested in doing this? How do these group buys generally work? I'm assuming we would put in individual orders and then split shipping to one of the group buyers residence the day of or day before the meeting?
Hey guys, as always, email me (msjinkzd@gmail.com) and let me know if I can bring you anything. I have some INCREDIBLE show pieces of manzanita as well, but my hand truck went missing so I won't be bringing wood into the meeting, but can have it in my car for you to look through. Also have the...
http://www.batfishaquatics.com/preorder.php
Hey folks, our new pre order list is up! It will expire this WEDNESDAY (despite what the preview says), so jump on it. A lot of really cool fish on these two lists.
We have tonnes of Apisto, including at least one species I had to google. :)...
June is now open for sending in your pictures. Remember if you are the winner you get your choice of a hand painted cup/glass/mug or CCA shirt, so send in your best shots!!!
This month will be open to all freshwater fish.
Please get your entries in by June 14th.
Send them to...
I hope to be able to deliver fish to the June Meeting. So far I have one order and I need at least an additional order of $30 or so to make the trip. Keep in mind, this is the last meeting until September. When there is no meetings, the only other option is for you to come to York for a pick up...
Want to know more about how to make a beautiful planted tank?
Attending this talk will be a great place to start.
Meeting is open to the public.
Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1215548538455909/
Speaker bio for those who don't know her already:
"I got my first tank...
Jonathan Strazinsky June 11th- Managing Aggression In Large Growing New World Cichlids
Jonathan Strazinsky has kept and bred new world cichlids for over 30 years. In the town he grew up in he was known as "The Fish Guy" and the name has stuck with him ever since. It's followed him on numerous...
Congratulations to Rick Snipe!
Thank you for entering your winning picture! Shoot me a PM for your choice of a CCA shirt or one of the hand painted glasses.
Rick's winning picture
I will be bringing some Manzanita driftwood *(priced by the piece) with me. I likely won't stay for the entire auction, but will be happy to bring things if you email me at msjinkzd@gmail.com
Cash or credit accepted :)
Breeding Group of 7. 3 adults, reverse trio it seems about 4.5" or so. 2 larger juvies 3" or so. 2 babes at 1.5" to 2". All measurements approximate.
Picked these up at the catfish con earlier this year from one of the Portland sponsors whose name I can not recall.
Will sell all for...