2014

Register for K2 – Win a Tank! Are you Koming to The East Coast Monster Fish Konvention (K2), sponsored by Aqueon? It’s time to register and reserve your hotel room. You Kould win an Aqueon tank! Everyone who has registered for K2 by June 15, 2014 will be entered into a drawing to win...

Here is the Meeting Schedule for 2014: June 21 - Sam Borstein (Topic TBD) July - No Meeting (ACA Convention) August - Member BBQ September 13 - Steve Lundblad (Topic TBD) October 11 - Ted Judy (Topic TBD) November 8 - Speaker TBD December - Member Holiday Party

Congratulations Hannibal / Chris Eckert for winning April POTM!

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As some of you recall last year I took a trip down to florida to catch feral populations of cichlids and it was a blast! This year I'm doing it again. The dates are from Sunday June 8th to Sunday the 15th. Originally I had a two seats open for a free ride in which Kevin and Matt were inline...

will there be a listing of fish available for buying or auction? anyone else bringing other stuff for sale?

I'm going to be doing a presentation on my Uruguay trip in May but wanted to share a few pics from my most recent trip... 1) Holy monster livebearers - a jumbo female Jenynsia sp. from the type locality for the Genus (33) 2) Cool snails...too bad we can't take them back (67) 3)...

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Who's going? http://2014.aca-convention.com/

Post some pics of the storm for fun! I'll start with mine..cars new haircut and my street.. Sent from my XT1060 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

A lot will depend on the weather for Saturday. Right now the forecast is for snow/rain with temperatures up to 35; but down as low as 7 overnight for my area on Saturday. If the storm comes in the afternoon and evening, I hope to come to the meeting arriving between 1:15 and 1:30 to deliver my...

January - Dan - daninmd

Remember the last day to order for this meeting is Thursday February 6 by 8:00 p.m. I have just enough in orders so far to make the trip, as long as we do not get a weather problem. Hope to see you there, Jay

Welcome back, happy 2014! Vote for your favorite photo! Photo A Below Photo B Below Photo C Below Photo D Below Photo E Below Photo F Below Photo G Below Photo H Below

Please register your items for the January 2014 mini-auction at www.mygroupauctions.com BEFORE the meeting. Please check out the rules for the mini-auction: http://www.capitalcichlids.org/?pageid=miniauction Remember: Non-CCA club members are not allowed to enter items into the auction unless...

A new year brings time to reflect on the past and think about the year ahead. What are your fish-related resolutions for 2014? What are your goals? Matt

I'm headed back to Uruguay in early Feb 2014 and plan to bring back my full quota of fish (Gymnogeos, chanchitos, pikes, livebearers, cories, plecos, characins, oddballs). Uruguayan fish tend to be pretty hardy but collecting, transporting, shipping and acclimation can be pretty stressful on...

Last year we had nearly three dozen vendors and hobbyist sellers at the AquaMania Marketplace (swap meet)... and many, many more who did group buys and donated fish and supplies. www.capitalcichlids.org/aquamania Who do you want to see at AquaMania 2? What do you want to buy? Post it...

Greater Chicago Cichlid Association has been holding swap meets for many years. Here are a couple of videos to give you an idea of the scope of the event and techniques that folks use to market and sell their fish and supplies... Start thinking about your set up...and what vendors you're...