CCA Presents AquaMania 2 - The Big Fish Deal (Feb 28-Mar 2, 2014; Gaithersburg, MD)

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"Oh I'm so excited! This keeps getting better and better!"

- CCA Member Drew

 

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Group Buy for The Wet Spot Tropical Fish

The Wet Spot has generously offered to allow registered Aquamania attendees to participate in a group buy and pick up their orders at the event.

They have also offered a 7% discount on a total order of $500 or more, and 10% off an order of $750 or more. This discount also applies to their lot discounts when groups of fish are purchased.

Check out their stock at http://wetspottropicalfish.com/index.php/fish and contact sales@wetspottropicalfish.com for questions and to place your order.

Please include the subject "Purchase for CCA group buy for delivery to Aquamania" on your final order email to make it easier for them to group our sales.

Many thanks again to The Wet Spot for their generous offer!

 

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Looking for Gymnogeophagus?

Jeff's got Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis for $12.50 each on his list...Wet Spot's got 8 different kinds on theirs...and I'd bet that at least a couple of sellers in the Sunday, March 2 Marketplace (swap meet) will have some... Maybe me too (freshly collected form this trip to Uruguay... or offspring of fish from my last trip).

Register today: www.capitalcichlids.org/aquamania

Matt

 

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Group Buy for Dave's Rare Fish
Dave Schumacher of Dave's Rare Aquarium Fish (www.davesfish.com) has generously offered to set up a group buy for registered AquaMania attendees.

All participants will receive FREE SHIPPING. CCA members in good standing will receive a 10% discount.

Please contact Dave directly via email (Daves@davesfish.com) or phone (210-599-9444). Payment will be made directly to Dave, and fish can be picked up Saturday evening before the Rare Fish auction.

For updates on new arrivals, sign up for Dave's mailing list on his website. If you don't see it on his list, just ask: He can get dozens of different Tropheus variants, for example!

Look out for some great fish and gift certificate donations from Dave.

Big Thanks to Dave for being an ongoing supporter of the CCA and its events - he's truly one of the nicest and most generous guys in the hobby!

Matt

 

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KensFish Group Buy and Aquarium Beautiful Grand Prize Sponsorship!

Well you asked for it...and now you've got it!

We're holding a group buy with KensFish (www.kensfish.com) for registered attendees of AquaMania 2 (The Big Fish Deal)!

KensFish is HOME OF QUALITY TROPICAL FISH FOOD AND SUPPLIES!

Participants in this group buy will receive FREE SHIPPING for their orders.

To participate in this group buy, just order and note: "Deliver to AquaMania" in the instructions field. Pick up will be on Saturday, March 1, at AquaMania. Your order will be individually boxed...

Thanks to Ken for sponsoring the Grand Prize of the AquaMania Aquarium Beautiful Competition! Look for KensFish gift cards and prizes in the AquaMania raffle and for Aquarium Beautiful winners!

Matt

 

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Group Buy for Bob's Tropical Plants (Aquamania delivery)

Bob's Tropical Plants has generously offered a group buy for registered Aquamania attendees, to be delivered at Aquamania. They have also offered a 10% discount on all purchases.

Please check out their website here: http://bobstropicalplants.com/home/

Questions can be sent to customerservice@bobstropicalplants.com

Thanks Bob's for your support of CCA and AquaMania 2 (The Big Fish Deal)!

Matt

 

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I never thought that I'd say this but we're approaching capacity for sellers in the AquaMania Sunday, March 2 Marketplace (swap meet): nearly three dozen tables registered..and more coming in each day.

If you're a vendor or hobbyist and want to sell in the AquaMania Marketplace, reserve your table soon!

www.capitalcichlids.org/aquamania

Matt

 

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Anton's going to donate a copy of this book for raffle...get it signed and meet one of the authors at AquaMania 2 (The Big Fish Deal)!

Register today: www.capitalcichlids.org/aquamania

Matt

What book do the local's use as a reference...on Lake Victoria? The one below...authored by the guy who's speaking at AquaMania 2 (The Big Fish Deal)!

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Matt

 

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Thanks Dan of Cichlids of the Americas (www.cichlidsoftheamericas.com) for sponsoring Rusty's talk!

Matt

Who's coming to AquaMania 2 (The Big Fish Deal)?

Rusty Wessel is!

Who's Rusty?

Rusty maintains over 8,000 gallons of freshwater aquariums in a state of the art fish house constructed specifically for fish. The 90 plus aquariums predominantly contain cichlids and livebearers, which he successfully raise and breeds. Rusty’s specialty is Central American fishes.

He has taken his hobby to a point where he has successfully collected fish from the countries of Africa, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama , Mexico and Uruguay, from 1983 to the present, for over 100 trips to this date. Considered by many to be the ultimate collector, he has introduced many new species of fish to the aquarium hobby. If it lives in the water, chances are that Rusty has either caught it or been bit or stung by it. Dr. Robert Rush Miller, emeritus professor of the University of Michigan named a beautiful and elusive cichlid discovered during one of his expeditions to Honduras, after Rusty in the June 1996 edition of Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine, Theraps wesseli.

Rusty is as well a prolific author and photographer, his writings or photographs have appeared in a wide distribution of specialized publications, like Aquarium Fish Magazine, Aquarist and Pondkeeper, Buntbarsche Bulletin, Cichlid News, Ad Konings’ Cichlids yearbooks, Freshwater and Marine Aquarium and Tropical Fish Hobbyist.

Rusty is past chair of the ACA board of trustees (1990) and past convention chair (1992). In addition, he is an active solicitor for the “Guy Jordan Endowment Fund” (A fund set up under the ACA to grant endowments for cichlid research). On the local level, he is currently treasurer for the Louisville Tropical Fish Fanciers. Rusty has been awarded with the greatest honor the American Cichlid Association gives to its distinguished members, the ACA fellowship in 1997.

Make sure to check out Rusty's presentation at AquaMania 2 (The Big Fish Deal) from 9:30 - 11:00 AM on Sat, Mar 1!

Hang out with Rusty during AquaMania, including Friday and Saturday Night Hospitality Suites with free food and beer (Thanks PVAS and The Hydra Forum!)

AquaMania 2 (The Big Fish Deal) - where the beer and food don't run out...

Matt

PS You never know if Rusty is bringing some fish from his personal stock....Stick around for the Saturday Night Rare Fish Auction and Sunday Marketplace at AquaMania 2 (The Big Fish Deal) to find out...and maybe bring some home!