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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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FS: L483 “Coral Prince Pleco” – Breeding-Sized Adults & Juveniles – Silver Spring, MD

Hey everyone,

Due to an upcoming move, I’ll be taking a break from the hobby and need to re-home a large group of my L483 “Coral Prince" Plecos. These are a very striking Panaqolus species, similar to the more commonly known L397s — but they’re far less frequently seen in the hobby. These guys LOVE driftwood, definitely make sure to have a healthy amount for them to chew on.

Pricing (offered cheap to find homes quickly):

  • 2–3 inch juveniles$20 each
  • 3–4 inch subadults$30 each
  • 4+ inch adults (breeding size)$40 each
    • I can attempt to sex these—most should be sexable at this size.
No minimum purchase required — though I do have a good number available, so feel free to build a group.


Pickup Only:

  • Located in Silver Spring, MD, near Holy Cross Hospital.
  • I’ll have them pre-bagged and ready when you arrive.
  • (Willing to meet somewhere if you buy 6+)

Photos (attached below):

  1. First picture shows one of the adult parents when I received it (representative of my current adults).
  2. Remaining photos are representative of the juveniles/subadults.

Feel free to reach out with any questions. I'm reachable on here or at lucashirsch9@gmail.com.

Thanks for looking, and I appreciate your help in getting these rare beauties into good homes!

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Iso of shell dwellers

I will be visiting the Maryland are at the end of December. ISO of shell dwellers no mulits please. Pm what you have available and price.

Tanks for the taking

Greetings,

I am hastily emptying my walkout basement for construction (origin story: a water change gone wrong many years ago! Lol) and need to move some tanks asap. I’ve already moved the fish.

- 90-gal.
- 120-gal. (2’ x 4’ footprint)
- 75-gal
- 29-gal.

(There’s also an Oceanic 135, if anyone is that brave . . . so heavy.)

The larger ones all have stands of some sort (one metal, one purchased, one constructed).

Also, a bit of rock (some purchased, some collected), fwiw.

I’m off Montrose Road (exit 4 on 270) in Rockville. Looking at a Sunday-Tuesday a.m. timeframe.

Thanks,
Steve

60g Aquarium

I have a 60g Aquarium 48in W, 24in H and 12in D that I recently cleaned out and available for pickup in Gaithersburg MD. One can have it for free, have a couple of Eheim canister filters too.
Please text me in case you need to see pics and I will post them.

Thanks
Tony

Tell me about Pelvicachromis kribensis

For anyone in the market, Londontowne has a ton of WC P. kribensis dehane and P. taeniatus(?) right now. I got myself a pair of the former. I overheard Andrew talking about them at the October meeting but I wasn't sure of his tag on here/didn't want to DM the wrong Andrew by accident. That aside, I have a general idea of their care but just want to hear from other people to make sure I'm doing it right + get tips on how to be more successful with breeding them. I've had kribs before but I'm a inherently more cautious with these since they're WC. They weren't too colored up at the store but behaviorally they were fine at 7.5-7.8 pH so that eases my anxiety a bit.

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