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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!

Synodontis Polli – Profile

May 18, 2017 By Terry Havelka Leave a Comment

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May 2017 Mini-Auction Fish List

May 12, 2017 By Terry Havelka Leave a Comment

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Dave’s Rare Aquarium Fish May Mini Auction Lineup!
Madagascar Special Edition! In honer of our speaker coming in!

Do not miss this meeting tonight!

Each species will be one bag of Juveniles.

Ptychochromis grandidieri “East Coast Gold”
Ptychochromis oligacanthus
Ptychochromis sp. “Tarantsy”
Paretroplus menarambo “Pinstripe Damba”
Paretroplus kieneri “Calico Damba”
Pachypanchax playfairii (Madagascar Golden Killi)

 

See you at the meeting!

 LOCATION
Colorado Academy
3800 South Pierce Street
Denver, CO 80235
Bowl Show Setup starts at 6:30pm
Meeting Starts at 7pm

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May Meeting 5/12 @7:00 PM – Jim Cumming – Cichlids of Madagascar

May 2, 2017 By Terry Havelka Leave a Comment

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All the way from Canada, we are proud to have Jim Cumming joining us for a presentation of the Cichlids of Madagascar!

Our Meetings are open to everyone that would like to come! If you would like to be a member, you can join at the meeting, so please Share!

Biography
Jim Cumming hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and is a lifelong fish hobbyist, having been involved for over 50 years. Other than a fifteen year sojourn into the world of killifish (his online moniker is ‘notho2000’) he has kept and presently keeps mostly Central and South American cichlids, but he currently devotes about one third of his 40 aquarium fish room to Madagascan cichlids and the Etroplus genus from India. He has given presentations on Madagascan cichlids and their plight to the Winnipeg and Saskatoon Aquarium Societies, the New England Cichlid Association, the Bermuda Aquarium Society, the Dead Fish Order, the Ohio Cichlid Association, the Greater Chicago Cichlid Association, the Durham Regional Aquarium Society and the Great Salt Lake Aquarium Society. Jim has also had extensive collecting experience in Mexico, Belize, Cuba, Brazil and the southern U.S.

He maintains a very active YouTube channel with around 470 videos at last count, highlighting the fish he keeps or has kept, and emphasizing maintenance and breeding. Jim is also a moderator for several Facebook forums, contributes regularly to other on-line forums as well (CRC, ACA, MFK, and the Winnipeg Fish Forum) and has had articles published in Amazonas and Cichlid News magazines. He is also a Species Specialist and a speaker for the CARES program. He looks forward to enthusiastically spreading the word on this magnificent group of fishes

“The Cichlids of Madagascar – A Land in Crisis”

Talk Outline

  • Where Madagascar is located.
  • How large it is, comparatively speaking.
  • How it got to where it is.
  • Its importance in global distribution of all cichlids.
  • State of the land– ‘the good , the bad, and the ugly’.
  • Described genera of the endemic cichlids
  • Species that I have experience with.
  • A more detailed look at some species
  • The people behind the cichlids
  • Saving a species from extinction and conservation.
  • The future of the endemic fishes, and fauna in general.

The Club will be bringing in, by request, a Catfish Growth Contest Fish!

As Always we will try to bring in fish from Davesfish.com for the Mini Auction!

LOCATION
Colorado Academy
3800 South Pierce Street
Denver, CO 80235

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

Bowl Show Categories for May are as follows:

LAKE MALAWI – GROUP 2—MBUNA—Abactochromis, Cynotilapia, Gephyrochromis, Iodotropheus, Labeotropheus, Labidochromis, Melanochromis, Metriaclima, Petrotilapia, Pseudotropheus, Tropheops.

LAKE TANGANYIKA – GROUP 3—FEATHERFINS, FRONTOSA, TROPHEUS, PETROS—Aulonocranus, Benthochromis, Cunningtonia, Cyathopharynx, Cyphotilapia, Opthalmotilapia, Petrochromis, Tropheus.

OTHER AFRICAN/ASIAN CICHLIDS – GROUP 2—OTHER AFRICAN CICHLIDS—Alcolapia, Anomalochromis, Astatotilapia, (A. desfontainii), Benitochromis, Chetia, Chilochromis, Chromidotilapia, Congochromis, Cyclopharynx, Danakilia, Divandu, Enigmatochromis, Etia, Gaurochromis, Gobiocichla, Haplochromis (H. burtoni), Hemichromis, Heterochromis, Konia, Limbochromis, Macropleurodus, Myaka, Nanochromis, Oreochromis (O. mossambicus), Orthochromis, Parananochromis, Pelmatochromis, Pelvicachromis, Pharygochromis, Pseudocrenilabrus (P. nicholsi), Pterochromis, Pungu, Saratherodon, Sargochromis, Schwetzochromis, Steatocranus, Stomatepia, Teleogramma, Thoracochromis, Tilapia.Thysochromis.

NEW WORLD CICHLIDS – GROUP 3—SOUTH AMERICAN DWARF CICHLIDS—Apistogramma, Apistogrammoides, Biotoecus, Cleithracara, Laetacara, Mikrogeophagus, Nannacara, Taeniacara, Tahuantinsuyoa.|

OPEN CATEGORY – CATFISH, NOT SUCKER-MOUTHED (not Synodontis)

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

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April 2017 Mini-Auction Fish List

April 21, 2017 By Terry Havelka Leave a Comment

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Here is the lineup for the Mini-Auction from Dave’s Rare Aquarium Fish! Some Awesome stuff coming from Dave this month! Dave is a huge supporter of our club, and hes not even from around here. He just likes us that much! So please show him some support! If any of our members would ever like to order fish from Dave, and would like to save on shipping, just Contact Dave at www.davesfish.com, and tell him you want your order sent with the RMCA meeting’s Auction Fish! Your shipping cost will only be $20 for same day air cargo! Just pay the treasurer when you pick up your fish at the meeting.

Each species is one auction bag item.

  • 5 Telmattochromis brichardi
  • 5 Julidochromis marlieri Magara
  • 5 Aulonocara “Stuartgranti Maleri” Maleri Island
  • 5 Metriaclima sp. “Zebra Gold” Kawanga
  • 5 Thoracochromi sp. “Lake Albert”
  • 5 Ptychochromis grandideri
  • 5 Microsynodontis sp. “Bumblebee”

See you at the meeting!

 LOCATION
Colorado Academy
3800 South Pierce Street
Denver, CO 80235
Bowl Show Setup starts at 6:30pm
Meeting Starts at 7pm

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April Meeting 4/21 @7:00 PM – Bob Allen’s – Tanganyika top 10

April 11, 2017 By Terry Havelka Leave a Comment

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APRIL MEETING!!! FRIDAY THE 21st! (Special date,  to not intrude on Good Friday and Easter Weekend)

Bob Allen will be coming in to town to speak to us again this year! He is one of the highlight speakers we love to have! Specializing in Tanganyika Cichlids!

Bob Allen started keeping fish in 1948 at age ten. He was actually interested in tropical fish before that. He now lives in Salem Utah where he operates a tropical fish hatchery specializing in cichlids from Lake Tanganyika. The hatchery has 240 fish tanks. He has written articles for Tropical Fish Hobbyist and Cichlid News magazines. His day job for 40 years was operating two camera stores in the Provo, Utah area. His articles and lectures include professional quality slides and video. He has spawned some unusual fish such as Monodactylus sebae, Bathybates minor, Lampricthys tanganicanus and Enantiopus sp. “Kilesa”. He has spoken at aquarium clubs in Cleveland, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Denver, Tucson, Phoenix, San José, Minneapolis, Chicago, Sacramento and at the American Cichlid Association convention in Denver.

GROWTH CONTEST TANGANYIKA FISH WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS MONTH provided by Bob Allen himelf! As well as a Catfish Growth Contest in May!

As Always we will try to bring in fish from Davefish.com for the Mini Auction!

LOCATION
Colorado Academy
3800 South Pierce Street
Denver, CO 80235

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

Bowl Show Categories for April are as follows:

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 Mouth Catfish

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

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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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