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How do I go about volunteering at the BFD?

Will be there, I read the news letter. Looking forward to my 5th BFD

Cant wait for the BFD 5..:D

March 10-12, 2017 The BIG Fish Deal #5

Okay so the BFD was a couple of weeks ago now and I am finally posting about how good a time I had. I am just getting into the hobby after keeping fish as a kid. I learned a lot and met some nice people. Since I am not all that comfortable around large crowds especially when I don’t know...

CCA I've received feedback from several people regarding the Rare Fish Auction and some things that occurred that were offensive to some. Please accept my apology if you were offended. Understand that it was never anyone's intent to upset anyone. We will make sure that going forward, some...

So, what did everyone get at the BFD? I told myself that I wasn't going to spend a lot of money on fish this year, but who was I kidding? I picked up some really awesome stuff: - pair of heros liberifer (a mouthbrooding severum) - male Rio Tempisque siquia - the oxydoras niger cat from...

Can we use this thread to capture photos from BFD - Fish, setups, equipments, 'stuff', attending members... if you are at BFD and if you took some pics just share it here... Cheers!!

After looking at the itinerary I'm sort of confused on what to expect to see tomorrow night. Will there actually be fish on display or only in the marketplace on Sunday? I have pre-ordered a fish from one of our vendors here and I would like to come tomorrow but I am wondering if there would be...

Time is short, but Mike of Imperial Tropicals is allowing any BFD attendees to order fish from their website and have them delivered to the BFD. Imperial Tropicals is sending us a generous group of donations, and they're offering 10% off for anything ordered. Enter promo code BIG FISH DEAL...

Folks: We have a late breaking pre-order from our generous sponsor Aqua-Pharm! Here's the skinny: 1. Go to Aqua-Pharm's website at http://aqua-pharm.com/ and make an order as you normally would. 2. At checkout, use the code BFD20. 3. This code will give you 20% off your order, plus...

Wanted to see if folks could assist with the Kids Decorating Contest. Here's where we could use some help: - Set-up on Friday night (~6 PM) - 1 person (Lucas/Forester can you make it)? - Donation Fish (Josh and Becca are donating fish) - Can you bring them on Friday evening or Saturday AM...

Hey CCA: We are going to have several racks set up for fish donations this year. We'd like to have lighting on all of the tanks so that we can show off all of the awesome donations we are getting this year. To that end, we are in need of 6-8 4 foot shop lights to use on the racks. If you...

Hey folks: We are a week away from The Big Fish Deal! There are still several tables left to rent on Sunday, so if you want one, get it now! Here's a list of vendors so far: Invertebrates by MsJinkzd Batfish Aquatics Tangled Up In Cichlids Your Fish Stuff Frank Cowherd's Aquatic Life Farm...

Hey CCA: We got a bit of good news yesterday. As part of our contract with the Gaithersburg Hilton, we had a free upgrade from the Montgomery Room (where we've had the BFD on Friday and Saturday the past 3 years) to the Grand Ballroom if the ballroom was not rented by February 19th. As it...

Hey Folks: We've set up a pre-order with Your Fish Stuff for delivery to The Big Fish Deal! Bill and Yvonne have been great supporters of the club over the years, so please go check out their site, make and order and get it delivered to you at the event. Here's how it works: 1. Go to the...

Check out the new BFD logo on the CCA home page! Thanks to Jen Williams for her creative efforts!

Thank You Everyone!

Checking the site you will find these companies sponsoring the event so far. Please remember to support these groups that support us. AQUARIUM BEAUTIFUL COMPETITION All Awards and Prizes supplied by Aqua-Pharm Best in Show Judged-Aquatics Gardeners Association Best in Show Popular Vote - -...

We are happy to announce another group buy for attendees of The Big Fish Deal! Dan Sharifi of Cichlids of The Americas will be donating some fish for the Rare Fish Auction and has also offered to do a group buy for delivery to The BFD! This group buy works like the others: 1. Check out...