This is our large fall auction of tropical fish, aquariums, supplies, and plants. Besides finding all kinds of fish and plants it is an opportunity to meet and socialize with many people in the hobby both from Richmond and in surrounding areas. This is a good time to share fish/plants and obtain new ones. Check the auction tab for rules and guidelines on our website: www.jras.org The auction will be run through: www.mygroupauctions.com Please register any items you wish to sell on the My Group Auction website (above). You can also view items that individuals are putting in the auction to sell. PLEASE NOTE We will be at the New Location of LOGO ADVANTAGE new location: Logo Advantage 8055 Mechanicsville Tnpk, Mechanicsville, Va 23116 Just a few doors down from the old store - right accross from the Post Office.

**  PLEASE NOTE THE NEW "DOORS OPEN"  & "START TIME" The July meeting for James River Aquarium Society will be held on Wednesday July 24, 2024. Doors open @ 6:30 pm Club meeting starts at 7:00 pm Meeting place is Logo Advantage at 8007A Mechanicsville Turnpike, Mechanicsville, VA 23111 Our July meeting will host Shane R Lindner from Planet Catfish, Shane's World. He will be speaking on Collecting Uganda:  The Pearl of Africa! Collecting Uganda: The Pearl of Africa Catfish expert and naturalist Shane Linder is the “Shane” behind Planetcatfish.com‘s Shane World. Shane’s World houses well over 150 articles by various catfish experts making it the largest such resource known to exist. Shane is also a frequent contributor to several US and international aquarium periodicals and has been a guest speaker at numerous fish conventions in the US and Europe. From 2000-2020 Shane lived and collected fishes extensively in Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, South Africa, Uganda, and Nigeria. He has made additional collecting expeditions into Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. There will also be a mini auction at the end of the lecture, so please bring your fish, plants, and supplies for our auction. For those wanting to meet up before the meeting, some club members will be having dinner at the Mexico Restaurant in Mechanicsville. Most folks usually get there by 5:00 pm

JRAS May Group Buy This month’s JRAS group buy is with Buce Plants (https://buceplant.com). Buce Plants has a great selection of Bucephalandra, as well as Sword plants, Crypts, and just about any aquarium plants you are considering for your tank. They also have aquascaping and plant supplies. To participate in this Group Buy you must have an active membership in JRAS (e.g. dues paid).  Go to buceplant.com/collections/aquarium-plants and select the plants you would like to purchase. For each plant give the item name, size, quantity, and price. Send an email with this information, your name, mobile phone number, and total cost to RichardTrownsell1@gmail.com by noon on Wednesday, May 15th. If for some reason the plant you selected is out of stock. Rich will contact you by phone so you can select an alternate item. JRAS will be paying for shipping for the group buy! Please note that heavy items such as substrate and rocks and live fish and invertebrates are excluded from this buy.

Our May meeting for James River Aquarium Society will be held on Wednesday May 22, 2024 at 7pm. Meeting place is Logo Advantage 8007A Mechanicsville Turnpike, Mechanicsville, Va 23111    Our May meeting will host David Snell. He will be speaking on: "Exploring the Rio Tapiche - the trip that was not supposed to happen" David will give us an in depth travelogue of exploring Tapiche, collecting and visit to clinics, which includes short videos, drone footage and many many photos. bio below: David Snell has been a tropical fish hobbyist since 1993.  Since then he has spawned and raised numerous killifish, as well as various tetras, corydoras, a few cichlids and the occasional Loricariid (L-333) He has been active in the tropical fish hobby in the Washington DC area serving in former PVAS positions to include: Treasurer & Board Member, 3 terms as President, and 1 term as VP.  He’s currently serving on the BOD as the club’s registered agent.   He’s also been an avid auctioneer since the 90s. In addition to PVAS, he is a member of the American Killifish Association (AKA)  since 1996, lifetime AKA member since 2006, as well as a member of the Mid Atlantic Killifish Organization. David is an avid photographer.  He has had articles and photographs published in FAMA, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, Journal of the American Killifish Association, ACA’s Buntbarshe Bulletin, and NANFA’s American Currents. He has collected fishes in Venezuela in 2002, Peru in 2007, 2013, 2017 and most recently in October 2023 collecting on the Rio Tapiche. The presentation is a travelogue of pictures, short videos and drone images:  Exploring the Rio Tapiche: Collecting, Community & Clinics (the trip that was not supposed to happen).    There will also be a mini auction at the end of the lecture, so please bring your fish, plants, and supplies for our auction.    For those wanting to meet up before the meeting, some club members will be having dinner at the Mexico Restaurant in Mechanicsville. Most folks usually get there by 5:30 pm.

I have fry and juveniles available from 3/4 to 2 1/2 inches. These are an African Cichlid hap from Lake Malawi. Picture is of breeder parents.