Greater Akron Aquarium Society

Next Meeting Is on Friday, March 13, 2026

Please join us for our next meeting, on Friday, March 13, 2026. The meeting starts at 8 pm and is held at the Ritchie Memorial Shelter House, 109 West Avenue, Tallmadge, Ohio. The meeting is free and open to the public. We will have refreshments, a mini-auction that includes BAP/HAP submissions, and a product raffle. The Bowl Show classes for March will be Barbs; Mollies; Corydoras, Aspidoras, and Brochis.

The March program, titled Collecting and Keeping North American Native Fishes, will be provided in-person by Cody Cromer. Cody, who was born and raised in the greater Akron area, will be speaking on how he collects natives and how you can too. He will also recommend some native fishes that may be a good choice if you would like to collect or keep some unique and underrated species in aquaria.

The Mountain Redbelly Dace, Chrosomus oreas, is a native fish that Cody has caught.

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.

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.