Greetings SFAS Aquarists,

We are excited to announce that SFAS will be hosting Johnathon on Dec 6th, 2024. Johnathon will be presenting about From Sketch to Scape - Live Aquascaping Demonstration.

About the speaker:

Johnathon’s interest in aquariums stems from time spent exploring Midwest lakes, rivers and creeks growing up. Like many aquarists, the infatuation with the hobby began with a single gifted goldfish and rapidly grew from there, ultimately leading him to pursue a degree in Aquatic Biology. He has worked in various positions throughout the aquarium industry and simultaneously enjoyed practicing different niches of the hobby like aquascaping, fish breeding, aquatic plant propagation, and working with marine systems. His years in the aquarium trade led him to designing, installing, and maintaining filtration systems for many styles of saltwater and freshwater aquariums. Today he continues working in the industry while traversing his passion for aquarium related topics.

Have you ever been frustrated by spending time and energy aquascaping a new aquarium only for the final result to bear little resemblance to the Picasso of an image in your mind? Does your definition of aquascaping stop at “stacking some rocks”? Are you intimidated by meticulously aquascaped aquarium competition photos online? If you said yes to any of these, then join me and the San Francisco/Sacramento Aquarium Society as we bring a sketched aquarium concept to life with a step-by-step live aquascaping demo. After we sketch, scape, and talk tips for developing your aquatic artistry, the final completed aquarium setup will be auctioned/raffled off for one lucky attendee to bring home.

After the presentation we will have Auction, Auction is open to the public. Anyone is welcome to bid on items for sale at the auction, but selling is limited to SFAS members only.

For Sellers: Please be familiarized with the Auction rules which can be found here