Our Next Meeting Is on Friday July 10
Don’t miss our next meeting, on Friday, July 10, 2026, at 8:00 pm at the Ritchie Memorial Shelter House, 109 West Avenue, Tallmadge, Ohio.
Our Bowl Show classes for July will be All Other New World Cichlids; Aquatic Plants; Rainbowfish; and Native Fish. We will have refreshments, a mini-auction that includes BAP/HAP submissions, and a product raffle.
Our program will be presented in person by Randy Seufert. It will be a fun time of playing a game that Randy has developed: The Price Is Right—The Fish Edition
Don’t Miss the 2026 NANFA Convention in Our Backyard
2026 NANFA Convention, July 9-12, 2026; Deer Creek State Park, Ohio, hosted by Brian Zimmerman (NANFA)
Ultra-Aqua 2026 Show Results
Click on the image below to download the full list of show results. There were 408 show entries from 27 entrants, representing 6 clubs.
Our Ultra-Aqua 2026 Sponsors
Please see the full listing of the show sponsors here. We are grateful for these sponsors who make the show awards possible.
Thanks to the Swap Meet Vendors
Thanks to all of the Swap Meet Vendors for their participation at Uktra-Aqua!
►Caveman Creations
►Beautiful Aquatics Click Here to Download the Price List for Pre-Orders
►Neptune Aquatics
►Adam Fox
►Steve Brunn and The Professor
►Shelbie Schatz—Fins & Flora
►Mark Allar
►Mark Herman
►Robert West — Azul Aquatics — Download Item List for Saturday
►Awesome Aquatics
Special Thanks to Sabu Yamamoto for His Program at Ultra-Aqua
Every one enjoyed Sabu’s informative but light hearted talk, What the L? — An Introduction to Plecos, on Saturday night after a fantastic pasta dinner.
May Meeting Summary
On May 8, we had a shared meeting with our friends at the Medina County Aquarium Society. Together we enjoyed an informative and educational talk from Prof Jason Den Haese, who offered an inside look at his various armored catfish aquarium setups.
April Meeting Summary
During the April meeting, Kristen Kodish led the presentation but the “speakers” were the members of GAAS. Kristen presented the club’s purpose, history, events, and membership survey results and then skillfully transitioned to an open forum to hear what members had to say.
March Meeting Summary
The March program was provided by Cody Cromer, and he showcased many native species that he has caught from his many travels. Many of his pictures showed native fishes in the beauty of their breeding dress. Thank you, Cody for a fantastic talk!
February Meeting Summary
We thank Dr Peter Dijkstra, faculty member in the Department of Biology at Central Michigan University, in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, for providing an excellent for the February program, titled Colors and Conflicts: The Social Lives of Cichlids. Dr Dijkstra’s lab studies fish brains and the fascinating inner workings of Lake Victoria cichlids. His research uses state-of-the-art tools to understand how social dynamics shape a cichlid’s physiology and brain.
Figure reprinted from Dijkstra PD et al. Oxidative stress in the brain is regulated by social status in a highly social cichlid fish. Front Behav Neurosci. 2024;18:1477984.
© 2024 Dijkstra et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Spring Auction Pictures
The GAAS Spring Auction, held on March 1, was a great success, thanks to the many participants who bought, sold, and volunteered throughout the day. There were more than 1,000 items auctioned by Randy and George. See more springtime regional auctions listed here.