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What we are about.

The RMCA was made to bring cichlid and aquarium hobbyists together, in a family friendly environment, for fellowship. By joining, and coming to meetings, auctions, gatherings, and parties, us cichlid nerds have a place where we can feel normal with each other, and be around other people with one common interest. FISH! Gain Knowledge, Buy, Trade, Sell, we aim to have our members feel welcomed, weather you are a beginner, or an expert. We Welcome all ages, including kids who are trying to get into the hobby, for they are the future after all! We hope to see you at the next meeting!

April Meeting (4/29 @ 7:00 P.M.) – Pleco Mania!

April 16, 2016 By Terry Havelka Leave a Comment

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Ingo Seidel, was born in 1967 in Delmenhorst in the Northern German federal state Niedersachsen. Since his earliest youth he was interested in everything that was scuttling, flying and swimming outside. At the age of ten years he received his first fish tank from his father, who had been an aquarist for years before.
At first his professional development took a totally different course. After leaving school he started professional training as a mathematical technical assistant at a big electronics company in Bremen and worked as software programmer in this company for years. In 2001 he made a profession out of his hobby and moved to the Berlin area for a new job. Since this time he works in Seefeld near Berlin as a scientific assistant at one of the biggest wholesalers of ornamental fishes in Germany.

Above all the fish fauna of the South American continent is one of Ingo´s major interests. Starting with keeping cichlids, killies and livebearers he soon found out that catfishes are his real passion. From 1992 to 2006 Ingo Seidel has been the leader of the catfish section of the German study group AK-BSSW (association for barbs, tetras, loaches and catfishes). Over the years he has been able to keep and breed more than 40 species of Corydoras, innumerable loricariid and some other catfish species. On several trips to South America he had the chance to observe many of these fishes in their natural habitats. He always tried to document his observations by photography, so that his photo archive meanwhile consists of many thousand slides. For more than 20 years he has written articles about the ecology, care and breeding of catfishes. In 2002 his first book was published. He wrote the Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 in co-operation with his friend Hans-Georg EVERS. The first volume has also been published in English. These two volumes of the “Catfish Atlas” (in Germany, “Wels Atlas”) are the biggest monography about loricariid catfishes ever published. Meanwhile, a new beginners’ book about L plecos has been published in the Back To Nature Series in English and is available in seven different languages. Also the “Hypancistrus-Fibel” and his newest book “Ingos Harnischwelszucht” were written by him.

(NOTE, the Open Category this month is PLECOS! So Members, lets show off our Plecos to Ingo!)

As Always we will be having a Pot Luck (please bring a dish/desert to share),  Door Prizes and Mini Auction, with fish brought in from davesfish.com!

LOCATION
Colorado Academy
3800 South Pierce Street
Denver, CO 80235
Friday Apr. 29th
Bowl Show Setup at 6:30pm
Meeting starts at 7pm

BOWL SHOW CATEGORIES for April

LAKE MALAWI – GROUP 1—HAPLOCHROMINES—Alticorpus, Aristochromis, Buccochromis, Caprichromis, Champsochromis, Chilotilapia, Copadichromis, Cyrtocara, Dimidochromis, Exochochromis, Fossorochromis, Lethrinops, Lichnochromis, Mylochromis, Nimbochromis, Otopharynx, Placidichromis, Protomelas, Rhamphochromis, Scieanochromis, Serranochromis, Stigmatochromis, Taeniolethrinops, Tramitichromis, Trematocranus, Tyrannochromis.

LAKE TANGANYIKA – GROUP 2—JULIDOCHROMIS, LAMPROLOGINES, SHELL-DWELLERS—Altolamprologus, Chalinochromis, Julidochromis, Lamprologus, Lepidiolamprologus, Neolamprologus, Telmatochromis, Variabilichromis.

OTHER AFRICAN/ASIAN CICHLIDS – GROUP 1—VICTORIA BASIN CICHLIDS—Allochromis, Astatoreochromis, Astatotilapia, (A. aenocolor, A. latifasciata, A. nubila), Enterochromis, Haplochromis (not H. burtoni), Haplotilapia, Harpagochromis, Labrochromis, Lipochromis, Lithochromis, Mbipia, Neochromis, Oreochromis (O. esculentus, O. mossambicus, O. niloticus, O. variabilis), Paralabidochromis, Platytaeniodus, Prognathochromis, Psammochromis, Pseudocrenilabrus (not P. nicholsi), Ptyochromis, Pundamilia, Pyxichromis, Xystichromis, Yssichromis.

NEW WORLD CICHLIDS – GROUP 2—SOUTH AMERICAN CICHLIDS—Acarichthys, Acaronia, Aequidens, Amphilophus      (A. festae), Andinoacara, Astronotus, Australoheros, Biotodoma, Bujurquina, Chaetobranchopsis, Chaetobranchus, Caquetaia, Cichla, Cichlasoma (C. dimerus), Crenicara, Crenicichla, Dicrossus, Geophagus, Guianacara, Gymnogeophagus, Heroina, Heros, Hoplarchus, Hypselecara, Krobia, Mazarunia, Mesonauta, Pterophyllum, Retroculus, Satanoperca,   Symphysodon, Teleocichla, Uaru.

OPEN CATEGORY
PLECOS AND OTHER SUCKER-MOUTHED CATFISH

(To view upcoming  Bowl Show Categories visit the link below.
http://www.rmcichlid.org/meetings/bowl-shows)

Filed Under: News, What the RMCA Brings us.

March Meeting (3/18 7pm) – Special LFS Visit!

March 14, 2016 By Terry Havelka Leave a Comment

MEETING! SPECIAL LOCATION!
Friday March 18th

LOCATION
18757 E Hampden Pl #160
Aurora, CO 80013

Bowl Show setup starts at 6:30pm
Meeting Officially Starts at 7pm.

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This Months meeting will be held at Aquatic Kingdom Aquariums!
Jason Alahuzos has invited us to come hang out, and check out his shop before it opens!

We will be having our Mini Auction featuring fish from Dave’s Rare Aquarium Fish, from davesfish.com. Please check out his site!

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We will be having a modified pot luck. The main dish (chicken wings) will be provided by the club, please bring a dessert or a side dish.

BOWL SHOW CATEGORIES for March

LAKE MALAWI – GROUP 3—PEACOCKS AND OTHER MALAWI—Aulonocara, Cheilochromis, Corematodus, Ctenopharynx, Cyathochromis, Diplotaxodon, Docimodus, Genyochromis, Hemitaeniochromis, Hemitilapia, Naevochromis, Nyassachromis, Pallidochromis, Platygnathochromis, Taeniochromis.
LAKE TANGANYIKA – GROUP 3—FEATHERFINS, FRONTOSA, TROPHEUS, PETROS—Aulonocranus, Benthochromis, Cunningtonia, Cyathopharynx, Cyphotilapia, Opthalmotilapia, Petrochromis, Tropheus.
OTHER AFRICAN/ASIAN CICHLIDS – GROUP 3—MADAGASCAR CICHLIDS, ASIAN CICHLIDS—Etroplus, Iranocichla, Oxylapia, Paratilapia, Paretroplus, Ptychochromis, Ptyochochromoides.
OPEN CLASS—Fry (5 MIN. < 1.5″)
(To view upcoming  Bowl Show Categories visit the link below.
http://rmcichlid.org/bowl-shows/)

Filed Under: News, What the RMCA Brings us.

Spring Auction – March 5 @ 10:00 AM – NEW LOCATION!!!

February 20, 2016 By Terry Havelka Leave a Comment

The RMCA Fall Auction is Saturday, March 5th at the Colorado Academy

(!!! NEW LOCATION !!!). Colorado Academy 3800 South Pierce Street
Denver, CO 80235 United States + Google Map
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Note: that we will be starting at 10:00 A. M.

Please arrive early to allow plenty of time to get registered for a bidder number. All bidders and sellers must be registered and must provide a name, address and email address to register.

To sell fish at the auction, or preview items, please register for an account at mygroupauctions.com
Sellers, we ask that you get there BEFORE 9:00 A.M. so that we have time to get your auction items checked-in and verified.  This also allows time for the buyers to preview the items up for sale.

Sellers please note the following rules:
* A maximum of 40 combined auction items (does not include quick-sale items) per seller are allowed.
* A maximum of 4 bags of a single species or color morph per seller are allowed.

If more than 4 bags of a single species or color morph are entered in the auction the excess items will be considered a donation to the RMCA.  Also note, that because there is no way to track the order in which the items were sold, the donated items will be selected based on selling price whereby the items with the HIGHEST selling price will be considered a 100% donation to the RMCA.

* Auction Splits will be strictly enforced
* There WILL NOT be a “Buy-It-Now” table at the auction

Filed Under: News, What the RMCA Brings us.

February – Mini Auction (2/12/2016) @7pm

February 12, 2016 By Terry Havelka Leave a Comment

Here is the list of the fish coming in from Dave’s Rare Aquarium Fish for this month’s Mini Auction! Dave has been a HUGE Supporter of the club.  Please go to http://www.davesfish.com/ To show Dave your support for him.

(see the pictures below)

1 x Synodontis clarias
6 x Aulonocara stuartgranti “Chitimba Bay Deep”
5 x Altolamprologus compressiceps “Chaitika”
6 x Metriaclima sp. “Zebra Chilumba, Maison Reef”
5 x Paretroplus maculatus (Rare Madagascar Cichlid)
6 x Mylochromis sphaerodon
6 x Lamprologus brevis “Kitumba”

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Filed Under: What the RMCA Brings us.

January 2016: Mini Auction

February 1, 2016 By Terry Havelka Leave a Comment

Here is the list of the fish coming in from Dave’s Rare Aquarium Fish for this month’s Mini Auction! Dave has been a HUGE Supporter of the club.  Please go to
http://www.davesfish.com/
To show Dave your support for him.

Here is the list (see the pictures below)!

Bag of 6 Aulonocara korneliae Chizumulu
Bag of 6 Protomelas spilonotus Mara Rocks
Bag of 6 Metriaclima sp. “Zebra Long Pelvic” Mdoka
Bag of 6 Pundamilia macrocephala Python Island
Bag of 6 ‘Lamprologus’ callipterus
1 bonded pair Neolamprologus buescheri Cape Kachese

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Filed Under: What the RMCA Brings us.

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President’s Message

From the Board – February 2020

Happy New Year to all our fellow Cichlidiots!  I apologize for the length of this note, but we have some exciting things we want to share with everyone.   First, our meeting in February has been moved to Friday, February 21st.  Our normal meeting date happens to fall on Valentine’s Day (you’ve been warned!), and […]

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About RMCA

Mission: A non-profit organization devoted to the furtherance of knowledge regarding cichlids and encouraging the keeping of cichlids as aquarium subjects Based in Denver, Colorado, the RMCA serves as the only dedicated Cichlid Club in the state of Colorado. For over 30 years, the club has been a resource and meeting place for hobbyists interested in these unique fishes. In 1973, several members of the Colorado Aquarium Society came together to form a new club, one dedicated to focusing on … Read More

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Bowl Shows

Those in the "know" in the RMCA understand that showing fish is not only a lot of fun, but can also be very profitable. First, second and third place fish in each category earn auction dollars, redeemable as cash towards your purchases at the next … Read more

Membership

Membership to the RMCA is $20 per year, due January of every year. Membership applications any other time are not prorated. Meetings are the second Friday of each month unless otherwise posted. We meet 9 months out of the year, not in July, … Read More

Auctions

Spring Auction March 30th! Auctions are our primary fundraising events each year. Proceeds from auction sales are vital for the club to continue to grow, improve, and provide more benefits for our members. There are 2 auctions held, one in the … Read More

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