2024 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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Meetings are held at 8:00 PM. 

 Lew Carbone

 2024

January 5
Joe Cutler
Explorer, collector, field biologist,etc.
"Exploring Africa's Wild Rivers from Angola to Zambia"

February 2
Eric Bodrock / Regina Spotti
All Oddball Aquatics
"A Pair in Peru" 

March 1
Ben Ochart
Fishkeeping Simplified (YouTube)
"Bouncing Back from (and Preventing) Disaster" 

April 5
Jim Cumming
"Central American Cichlids" 

May 3
Kapil Mandrekar
"Swimming with Wild Discus"  

June 7
Jeremy Basch
"Which Woodcat is Which" 
 

No Meeting

August 2
OCA Bar-B-Que
Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que

September 6
Diego Elias
Field Museum, Chicago
"Thorichthys"

October 4 (Online)

Frederic Schadel, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany and Michael Popoola, Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria (Livestreamed from Germany and Nigeria)

"New Cichlids from Nigeria"  

November 1
Andy Hudson
Best Western Plus - Strongsville

"Geophagus" 

December 6

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