Upcoming Events


Monthly Meeting
Dec
11

Monthly Meeting

7:00pm – 7:30pm: Social Time

  • Variety of pop, bottled water, chips, and other snacks also available

  • Setup and chat time

  • Meet aquarists with similar interests

7:30pm: Meeting Starts

  • Short verbal reports from Board of Directors and Officers

  • Discussion concerning items of interest to the general membership

  • Peruse items for auction

  • Visit monthly vendor table if available

  • Peruse library offerings

7:45pm: Our Program Begins

  • Presentation / discussion

8:45pm: Break

8:55pm: Mini Auction 

9:15pm: Meeting finishes

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Monthly Meeting
Nov
13

Monthly Meeting

7:00pm – 7:30pm: Social Time

  • Variety of pop, bottled water, chips, and other snacks also available

  • Setup and chat time

  • Meet aquarists with similar interests

7:30pm: Meeting Starts

  • Short verbal reports from Board of Directors and Officers

  • Discussion concerning items of interest to the general membership

  • Peruse items for auction

  • Visit monthly vendor table if available

  • Peruse library offerings

7:45pm: Our Program Begins

  • Presentation / discussion

8:45pm: Break

8:55pm: Mini Auction 

9:15pm: Meeting finishes

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Monthly Meeting
Oct
9

Monthly Meeting

7:00pm – 7:30pm: Social Time

  • Variety of pop, bottled water, chips, and other snacks also available

  • Setup and chat time

  • Meet aquarists with similar interests

7:30pm: Meeting Starts

  • Short verbal reports from Board of Directors and Officers

  • Discussion concerning items of interest to the general membership

  • Peruse items for auction

  • Visit monthly vendor table if available

  • Peruse library offerings

7:45pm: Our Program Begins

  • Presentation / discussion

8:45pm: Break

8:55pm: Mini Auction 

9:15pm: Meeting finishes

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Monthly Meeting
Sep
11

Monthly Meeting

7:00pm – 7:30pm: Social Time

  • Variety of pop, bottled water, chips, and other snacks also available

  • Setup and chat time

  • Meet aquarists with similar interests

7:30pm: Meeting Starts

  • Short verbal reports from Board of Directors and Officers

  • Discussion concerning items of interest to the general membership

  • Peruse items for auction

  • Visit monthly vendor table if available

  • Peruse library offerings

7:45pm: Our Program Begins

  • Presentation / discussion

8:45pm: Break

8:55pm: Mini Auction 

9:15pm: Meeting finishes

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Monthly Meeting
Aug
14

Monthly Meeting

7:00pm – 7:30pm: Social Time

  • Variety of pop, bottled water, chips, and other snacks also available

  • Setup and chat time

  • Meet aquarists with similar interests

7:30pm: Meeting Starts

  • Short verbal reports from Board of Directors and Officers

  • Discussion concerning items of interest to the general membership

  • Peruse items for auction

  • Visit monthly vendor table if available

  • Peruse library offerings

7:45pm: Our Program Begins

  • Presentation / discussion

8:45pm: Break

8:55pm: Mini Auction 

9:15pm: Meeting finishes

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Monthly Meeting
Jul
10

Monthly Meeting

7:00pm – 7:30pm: Social Time

  • Variety of pop, bottled water, chips, and other snacks also available

  • Setup and chat time

  • Meet aquarists with similar interests

7:30pm: Meeting Starts

  • Short verbal reports from Board of Directors and Officers

  • Discussion concerning items of interest to the general membership

  • Peruse items for auction

  • Visit monthly vendor table if available

  • Peruse library offerings

7:45pm: Our Program Begins

  • Presentation / discussion

8:45pm: Break

8:55pm: Mini Auction 

9:15pm: Meeting finishes

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Monthly Meeting
Jun
12

Monthly Meeting

7:00pm – 7:30pm: Social Time

  • Variety of pop, bottled water, chips, and other snacks also available

  • Setup and chat time

  • Meet aquarists with similar interests

7:30pm: Meeting Starts

  • Short verbal reports from Board of Directors and Officers

  • Discussion concerning items of interest to the general membership

  • Peruse items for auction

  • Visit monthly vendor table if available

  • Peruse library offerings

7:45pm: Our Program Begins

  • Presentation / discussion

8:45pm: Break

8:55pm: Mini Auction 

9:15pm: Meeting finishes

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2025 Canadian Goodeid Weekend
May
31
to Jun 1

2025 Canadian Goodeid Weekend

The 2025 Canadian Goodeid Weekend is being hosted in Calgary by your very own Calgary Aquarium Society and the Goodeid Working Group!

This is a paid event you can get your tickets here (https://www.showpass.com/canadian-goodeid-weekend/)

Where: Crescent Heights Community Association
, 1101 2nd Street NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2M 2V7

The Saturday event will include talks
from the following guest speakers:

Dr. Michael K
ock
Michael is a Conservationist based in Morelia, Mexico. He is a member of the IUCN Redlist Freshwater Fish Specialist Group, European Chair of the Goodeid Working Group, and Conservation Project Manager of Haus des Meeres Aquarium in Vienna, Austria.
Dr. Omar Dominguez-Dominguez
Omar is a Senior Researcher / Professor at Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico. He has published many scientific papers in the field of evolutionary biology and ichthyofauna conservation, including the formal description of Allotoca zacapuensis.
Erwin Radax
Erwin is a Vice Chair of the Xiphophorus Working Group, now residing in Morelia, Mexico. Erwin has been breeding Xiphophorus since 1982 and has completed numerous surveys of wild Xiphophorus in Mexico.

There will also be an auction focused on goodeids, xiphophorus and other less common livebearers, a silent auction for two signed original paintings of Zoogoneticus tequila and Skiffia francesae, and pizza and pop is included in the ticket price. All proceeds from ticket sales + silent auction will be used to cover the costs in hosting this event, and any excess will be donated to the GWG to fund vital freshwater conservation work in Mexico.

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Monthly Meeting
May
8

Monthly Meeting

7:00pm – 7:30pm: Social Time

  • Variety of pop, bottled water, chips, and other snacks also available

  • Setup and chat time

  • Meet aquarists with similar interests

7:30pm: Meeting Starts

  • Short verbal reports from Board of Directors and Officers

  • Discussion concerning items of interest to the general membership

  • Peruse items for auction

  • Visit monthly vendor table if available

  • Peruse library offerings

7:45pm: Our Program Begins

  • Presentation / discussion

8:45pm: Break

8:55pm: Mini Auction 

9:15pm: Meeting finishes

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Monthly Meeting
Apr
8

Monthly Meeting

7:00pm – 7:30pm: Social Time

  • Variety of pop, bottled water, chips, and other snacks also available

  • Setup and chat time

  • Meet aquarists with similar interests

7:30pm: Meeting Starts

  • Short verbal reports from Board of Directors and Officers

  • Discussion concerning items of interest to the general membership

  • Peruse items for auction

  • Visit monthly vendor table if available

  • Peruse library offerings

7:45pm: Our Program Begins

  • Presentation / discussion

8:45pm: Break

8:55pm: Mini Auction 

9:15pm: Meeting finishes

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