Upcoming Meetings & Events Schedule:
Dec 6 (Thursday - Vet School): Holiday Party (bring dish to share)
Future Events (2019):
March 1-3, 2019: Annual Workshop/Auction @ Holiday Inn (location tentative, date fixed)
Past Events (2018):
Nov 1 (Thursday - Vet School): Three Mini Talks: Diana Walstad on “Raising Brine Shrimp”, Jamie Carr on “3-d Printing of Aquarium Parts” and Gabe Alrcon on “Marine Macroalgae: The Planted Reef”
Oct 28 (Sunday 10AM-5PM - Holiday Inn): Fall Auction
Oct 4 (Thursday - Vet School): Social with Sub Sandwiches + SIGs (Thomas Narten on “Inexpensive LED Lights”, Jon Hamm on “Breeding and Raising Baby Fish”, Gerald Pottern on “Catching and Keeping American Native Fish”)
Sept 23 (for October delivery): Wet Spot Group Buy
Sept 5 (Wednesday - Hibernian Pub): Ken Davis on How he has Kept and Bred over 1,000 Species. Have dinner and drinks at the Hibernian while we get together to talk fish. Ken’s presentation will be a Q&A discussion format for us to pick his brain on spawning and raising fry. He will also dazzle us with photos and interesting stories. It will be a fun evening!!
Sept 6 (Thursday - Vet School): Ken Davis on His fish collecting adventures in South and Central America
Sept 7 (Friday 10AM): Local Collecting Trip with Gerald Pottern
August 2 (Thursday - Vet School): Dave Herlong on Malawi Cichlids
August 4 (Saturday 11AM-3PM - Sertoma Park): Annual picnic (RAS supplies everything, bring dish to share)
July 5 (Thursday - Vet School): Alex Scharnberg on West African Cichlids
June 6 (Wednesday - Hibernian Pub): Special Guest Ted Judy speaks on "La Confluencia - the confluence of 3 important river systems in Columbia." Socializing/gathering @ 6:30, talk begins @ 7:30.
June 7 (Thursday - Vet School): Special Guest: Ted Judy speaks on "Pretty Places - inspirations for beautiful aquascapes."
May 3 (Thursday - Vet School 7PM): Pizza Social + Special Interest Group:
Note: Early start time of 7PM!!
David Herlong on African Cichlids
Richard Mullinax on Keeping Shrimp
Ticia Antinori on Beginning Plant Keeping
May 5 (Saturday, noon - Shelley Lake Park): Leadmine Creek Cleanup (Adopt A Stream)
April 4 (Wednesday - Hibernian Pub): Michael Barber on The Ultimate Fish Room
April 5 (Thursday - Vet School): Michael Barber on Collecting in Peru
April 6 (Friday - location TBD): Local Collecting Trip with Gerald Pottern
March 24 (Saturday): Michael Maieli hosts RAS table at NCSU Vet School Open House
March 1-5: 2018 Workshop & Auction
Feb 1 (Thursday): Arielle Wright & Chris Sotherden on What's so Fancy About Goldfish?
Jan 4 (Thursday): Mini presentations: Mark Domanowski on Breeding Black Worms, Allan Bryant on Water Treatment in NC: How it may Affect Aquariums, and Doug Brown on 2017 Spawnings by RAS Breeder of the Year