DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT IS FORECASTED. WE ARE CHANGING THIS MONTH’S MEETING TO WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26TH. THIS IS ONE WEEK LATER!
Our February meeting of the James River Aquarium Society will be on Wednesday, February 26th.
Meeting will start at 7:00 pm
Our speaker this month is Jacob Waters.
He will be presenting on My Journey into Freshwater Shrimp.
Jacobs Bio:
I have had a long history with aquarium keeping dating back to my childhood when my father had a 110gal tall tank with wild caught discus back in the early 90’s. Around 2005 I got into saltwater and dove head first into breeding rare clownfish types but in 2014 got out of the hobby when I met my wife. Fast forward to 2018 my oldest son who was 3 at the time wanted a Betta and of course my brother bought it for him and that started my descent back into the aquarium hobby. We went to our first PVAS club meeting that same year right after the CatCon and it was so much fun and I met Frank Cowherd and was able to get my first bag of cherry shrimp. I fell in love with these little creatures and quickly set up their very own 2.5 gallon tank and quickly went from 10 to 100 in a matter of a several months. So I had to get another tank and look for other types. I truly enjoy research and found my passion in the harder to keep Caridina shrimp species and have gone from 1 dedicated shrimp tank to over 60 and 24 different freshwater shrimp variants. I focus on the genetics of shrimp keeping and have met some of the best breeders in the world and have had the pleasure of talking at many clubs up and down the east coast. I also compete in shrimp contests all over the US and have judged a few contests as well.
Jacob will bring a few bags of shrimp with him for your mini auction, some varieties of tiger shrimp and a bag of my Red Galaxy Fishbone juvies. Please visit his Youtube page or reach out to him via facebook messenger. His link is below:
We will be holding a MINI AUCTION , after the lectures, so bring in your goods for the auction.
As usual, folks that want to meet for dinner at the Mexico Restaurant before the meeting are welcome to attend. Members get there about 5:30 pm.
Please note: The new location of Logo Advantage, 8055 Mechanicsville Turnpike, just a block down from the old location, (just across from the post office).
