2025 Program

Schedule

OCA Social Meeting Programs

The Cleveland/Akron area is a hotbed of the aquarium hobby. Visitors are amazed at the number of aquarium clubs that are able to exist and thrive here. This is true not only because of the number of aquarists in the area, but also because of the diversity of the organizations. Each club has its own combination of attractions. What is the OCA’s strongest asset? The quality of the speakers we bring in. Our members have a strong curiosity about both the captive husbandry and the natural history of the various fishes that they keep. I joined the OCA in the mid-90s, and some of my earliest memories of meeting speakers include Juan Miguel Artigas Azas, Oliver Lucanus and Willem Heijns. My mission, as Program Chair, is to continue this tradition.

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Unless otherwise specified: Meetings begin at 8:00 PM. 

 Lew Carbone

 2025

January 3
Hans Hoffman
University of Texas
"How the Cichlid Brain Interacts with it's Social World"

February 7
Paul Turley
Local Aquarist
"Reproductive Biodiversity in Catfishes" 

March 7
Sam "Scalz" Garcia
California Naturalist/Artist
"35 Years of Breeding, Collecting and Creating" 

April 4
Matt Shauer
Wisconsin Catfish Specialist
"K.I.S.S. Corydoradinae" 

May 2
Judith Weinberg
Massachussets Aquarist, Showperson
"The Longevity of My Fishroom"
 

June 6
Chris Horsfall
Lake Shore Lodge, Lake Tanganyika
"Lake Tanganyika Conservation" 

July

No Meeting

August 1
Eric Thomas
University of the Pacific
(Tentative)

September 5
Carlos Martinez Rivera
Akron Zoo

October 10
Special Meeting with the Medina County Aquarium Society
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Medina
Time and Speaker TBA

November 7

December 5

OCA Christmas Party
7:00 PM - Bring a Dish to Share!!!