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Remember to vote on the June photos of the month in the Photo of the Month thread by June 30.

Submit your photo submissions for the July contest by July 14 to: CCAPhotoContest@gmail.com


Forum Update

We have a lot of fun activities lined up for the Summer!

June 29, 2025: Freshwater Collecting Trip

If you haven't done so yet, please sign up if you plan to join us. Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, June 25, 2025.

It will be a great day of fun in the sun potentially seeing (and maybe collecting!) rainbow, fantail, and green side darters, rosyside and blacknose dace, and numerous shiners.

Please be sure to purchase your license before the collecting trip. You will need the Non-Tidal Freshwater license regardless if you plan to collect or take fish home.

Get your Non-Tidal Freshwater License

June/July Photo Contest

We have some great submissions for the CCA June photo contest! Voting ends on June 30, 2025, so be sure to vote for your favorite!

The winner gets $10 in CCA bucks to use toward auction items—plus bragging rights!

There’s still time to show off your skills for the July contest. Send your submissions to: CCAPhotoContest@gmail.com by July 14, 2025.

July Meeting

Reminder: we are not meeting in July!

August BBQ

Be on the lookout for more details about our annual Summer BBQ!

It will be potluck style as usual, with proteins, drinks, and good company/conversation provided. We hope you can join us!

Stay safe and cool, everyone!

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135G Aquarium with 33G sump -- $400 OBO in Rockville

Up for sale is a 135G aquarium with 33G sump and solid wood stand and canopy. It's in great condition with no leaks! I just need to get rid of it because I'm refinishing my basement.

I've been keeping it as a planted freshwater aquarium, but it will be just as easy to run it as a saltwater tank. I can't emphasize just how reliable and low maintenance this aquarium has been.

The tank itself is 72 inches wide, 18 inches deep and 24 inches tall. With the stand and hood, it's about 74 inches wide, about 20 inches deep and 60 inches tall

Comes with an Eheim CompactON 3000 (792 GPH) pump, 600W Titanium Aquarium Heater System from Bulk Reef Supply (includes Inkbird digital thermostat), all plumbing and bulkheads needed, 3-inch Poret foam filters (https://www.swisstropicals.com/filtration-shop/poret-foam-shop/) for the sump, glass tops for the main aquarium and sump, and an LED fixture bright enough to grow low-light plants. I can include the sand from the tank in 5 gallon buckets if you'd like.

You can see how it was set up here --> https://www.capitalcichlids.org/forums/threads/setting-up-my-135g-with-sump.36809/

I just moved all of the livestock and plants out of it, but still have it up and running with water and sand in it just in case you want to see it in operation and verify the condition prior to purchasing it.

I have a truck and I can deliver it if it's not too far away. Just a warning, though, I'm much more likely to be willing to deliver it the closer to $400 the sales price is...

Below is a picture from just after I set it up over 6 years ago:

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Free Anubias plants

UFG are 3 bags of plants. Two contain larger Anubias sp (I can't recall exactly which species they are).

The smallest bag has smaller Anubias plants and some Susswassertang.

There is also some hair algae on the plants as I let things get a little out of control after I decided to tear down the tank. However, they're healthy otherwise and FREE obviously
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FS Driftwood -- $50

For sale are about a dozen pieces of driftwood from the 135 gallon aquarium that I'm tearing down. Milk jugs from my winter plant sowing shown for scale.

They currently have some algae and susswassertang on them, but the cold and dry should kill them with no issue.

Price is $50. And pickup is in Rockville, MD near Richard Montgomery High School.

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Two New Canister Filters for Sale

Aqueon 300 and Cascade 700 in unopened boxes. $35.00 each. Located in Leesburg VA. Contact David with any questions.

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