Next Meeting Is on Friday, February 13, 2026
Please join us for our next meeting, on Friday, February 13, 2026. The meeting starts at 8 pm and is held at the Ritchie Memorial Shelter House, 109 West Avenue, Tallmadge, Ohio. We will have refreshments, a mini-auction that includes BAP/HAP submissions, and a product raffle. The Bowl Show classes for February will be Suckermouth Catfish; Male Bettas; Female Guppies. The meeting is free and open to the public.
Our program, titled Colors and Conflicts: The Social Lives of Cichlids, will be provided via Zoom (not in-person) by Dr Peter Dijkstra, faculty member in the Department of Biology at Central Michigan University, in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. 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.
Save the Date for the Spring Auction—March 1, 2026
Please make plans to attend the GAAS Spring Auction on Sunday, March 1, at the Tallmadge Community Center. Doors will open at 10 am for registration, and 11 am is the start of the auction. The event is free admission for the public. There is no cost to register to enter auction items into the auction. The auction is a 70/30 split for the seller. Click here for spring auction rules.
