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Membership Benefits
Benefits of a Paid CCA Membership – Membership Has Privileges!
Membership supports access to our monthly meetings, which feature national and international experts on Cichlid fish conservation, aquarium care, and related topics, as well as local speakers.
Monthly meetings include a mini-auction and while anyone can buy or sell, only sellers that are members receive a 75% commission on sales. Non members do not receive a commission.
Make a ton of friends who share your passion! Join us for every meeting, where you'll experience a Cichlid convention-like environment with snacks, drinks, and other refreshments, along with a fish auction and raffles.
Enjoy a 10% discount at some local fish/aquarium stores (just remember to present your valid CCA card!).
Exclusive social events, including:
Summer BBQ
December Holiday Party
Collecting Trips & Fish Breeder Trips
Access to the members-only section of the forum.
Participation & eligibility in CCA-sponsored group buys (CCA covers shipping costs—your savings on shipping alone will more than cover a year-long CCA membership!).
CCA-sponsored group buys several times a year from various sources, often with exclusive discounts—there's always a great deal to be found!
But those plecos are only one part of why I built First Principles Breeder.
FPB exists to unite local breeders under a common flag. On our own, each of us has limited inventory, reach, and leverage. Together, we can combine our inventory, gain negotiating power, and offer the local fish stores many of us already support a broader, steadier supply of locally bred fish.
The goal is a better path to market for breeders and a dependable local source for stores—without asking every breeder to build their own storefront and sales operation.
I’m here to meet breeders who want to be part of that network, stores interested in sourcing from it, and hobbyists who want to support locally bred fish.
If you breed fish locally or work with a store, reply or message me. Tell me what you breed or what your store needs—and what would make a network like this genuinely useful to you.