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MEETING SCHEDULE

Join us on the first Friday of each month for our public meetings! We meet at 7:00 PM at

We try our best to meet on the first Friday of each month, subject to holidays and speaker availability. See exact dates below. Doors open at 6:30 PM for the 7:00 PM presentation, and our live auctions start at 8:00pm. Our meetings are always FREE to attend and you don't have to be a member to bid!

MEDAKAS AKA JAPANESE RICEFISH

Mission Blue Center

475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane, CA 94005

Friday, July 1st, 2022

7:00 PM

Bryson Zheng

WILD COLLECTING FISH IN FLORIDA

Mission Blue Center

475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane, CA 94005

Friday, August 5th, 2022

7:00 PM

Rit Forcier

KNIFEFISH

Mission Blue Center

475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane, CA 94005

Friday, September 2nd, 2022

7:00 PM

Dr. Jack Craig

MEGA AUCTION

Mission Blue Center

475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane, CA 94005

Friday, October 7th, 2022

7:00 PM

Come On In and Get Some Fish!

BREEDING PLECOS & FISHROOM STARTUPS

Mission Blue Center

475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane, CA 94005

Friday, November 4th, 2022

7:00 PM

Barbie Fiorentino

TETRAS

Mission Blue Center

475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane, CA 94005

Friday, December 2nd, 2022

7:00 PM

Regina Spotti

THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS BELOW ARE TO SHOW SOME HISTORY OF OUR PAST EVENTS!

Please Enjoy!

SFAS

“CONSERVATION OF FISHES IN PERU, AND WHAT YOU CAN DO AS A HOBBYIST" WITH DR. ANTHONY MAZEROLL

Mission Blue Center

475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane, CA 94005

Friday, November 5th, 2021

7:00 PM

Dr. Anthony Mazeroll

SFAS 2021 FALL MEGA AUCTION

Mission Blue Center

475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane, CA 94005

Friday, October 1st, 2021

7:00 PM

No speaker, just amazing deals!

SFAS PRESENTS: "BUILDING A BIOTOPE" WITH MIKE TUCCINARDI

Mission Blue Center

475 Mission Blue Dr, Brisbane, CA 94005

Friday, September 3rd, 2021

7:00 PM

Mike Tuccinardi

SFAS PRESENTS: "A TOUR OF TAIPEI'S AQUARIUM DISTRICT" WITH JERRY LIANG

Friday, July 2nd, 2021

7:00 PM

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/5dNZAdmJ0kU

Jerry Liang, SFAS Meeting/Speakers Manager

SFAS PRESENTS: "BREEDING AND CARE OF FRESHWATER SHRIMP!" WITH JOE CHANG

Friday, May 7th, 2021

7:00 PM

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/QXfYZz3MYFg

Joe Chang, Owner and Operator of JoeAqua.com.

SFAS PRESENTS: "WOODCATS!" WITH JEREMY BASCH

Friday, April 2nd, 2021

7:00 PM

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/9Z0RSnW1wCc

Jeremy Basch, Owner and Operator of AmazonTropics.com

SFAS PRESENTS: LARISSA WILLIAMS ON "THE DIVERSITY AND BEAUTY OF BETTAS"

Friday, March 5th, 2021

7:00 PM

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/Sm6t7V11UqE

Larissa Williams, International Betta Congress (IBC) Judge

SFAS PRESENTS: A TOUR OF GEORGE FARMER'S AQUARIUMS

Friday, February 5th, 2021

8:00 PM

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/TPc-urHkcqU

George Farmer, GeorgeFarmerStudios.com

A FISH ROOM TOUR WITH ZENZO TAZAWA: CICHLIDS, MUDSKIPPERS, AND MORE!

Friday, November 6th, 2020

7:00 PM

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/yRaxNwbxbY4

Zenzo Tazawa , TazawaTanks.com

SFAS PRESENTS: A WALKTHROUGH OF TOM BARR'S AQUARIUMS

Friday, October 2nd, 2020

7:00 PM

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/tzRPUbL3HDI

Tom Barr, BarrReport.com

VIRTUAL FISH ROOM TOUR AND Q&A SESSION

Friday, September 4th, 2020

7:00 PM

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/vWO0eEie_5g

Phil Ridinger, Philthy Tanks

CANCELLED: SPAWNING LORICARIIDS (PLECOS)

Friday, March 6th, 2020
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Barbie Fiorentino, Aquarium Solutions

THE SECRETS OF MEDICATING FISH IN YOUR HOME AQUARIUM

Friday, February 7th, 2020
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Cory McElroy, Aquarium Co-Op

EXPERIENCES AND BREEDING OF WHIPTAIL CATFISH

Friday, January 3rd, 2020
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Charles Mueller

FISH IN FOCUS

Friday, December 6th, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Jimmy Nguyen
Also Christmas Party & Elections

WILD BETTAS

Friday, November 1st, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Amber Menard

FALL MEGA AUCTION

Friday, October 4th, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

No speaker, only amazing deals

MAGNIFICENT MORMYRIDS

Friday, September 6th, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Joe Cutler

BREEDING THE SCATTERERS

Friday, August 2nd, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Randy Carey in the Amazon with the Poeciliocharax weitzmani he had just collected

THE IN'S AND OUT'S OF COLLECTING FISH IN THE PERUVIAN JUNGLES

Friday, July 5th, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Dean Tweeddale

BRINE SHRIMP

Friday, June 7th, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Andreas Schmidt

LOACHES ARE FOR LIFE NOT JUST FOR SNAILS

Friday, May 3, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Mark Duffill

SPRING MEGA AUCTION

Friday, April 5, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

No speaker, only amazing deals

Collection of pimeolid catfish for the aquarium trade

THE DEATH OF THE AMAZON

Friday, March 1, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Anthony I. Mazeroll, Ph.D.
Photo: Collection of pimeolid catfish for the aquarium trade

Show quality Blue Philadelphia Veiltail.

FUNDAMENTALS OF BREEDING GOLDFISH & RAISING FRY

Friday, February 1, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Gary Hater
Photo: Show Quality Blue Philadelphia Veiltail

Male northern studfish in my aquarium_ed

NATIVE FISH FOR THE AQUARIUM

Friday, January 4, 2019
7:00 PM to 10:30 PM (Doors open at 6:30 PM.)

Phil Farrell
Photo: Male northern studfish

CHRISTMAS PARTY, ELECTION, AUCTION

Friday, December 7, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

no speaker

CRUISING PAPUA - “THE BIRD’S HEAD”

Friday, November 2, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Gary Lange
Photo: Gary in Faowi Creek, courtesy Gary Lange

MEGA AUCTION II (THE SECOND ONE)

October 5, 2018

Mega Auction II will spew forth a raging torrent of aquarium goods, flooded with rivulets of plants, fish and equipment, cascading into a waterfall of decorative alternatives for YOUR tank.

LITTLE SPACE AND SHORT ON TIME? YOU CAN STILL BUILD A GREAT FISH ROOM!

Friday, September 7, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Gianne Sousa

Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) eggs and fry

AQUACULTURE: FISHKEEPING ON THE LARGE SCALE

Friday, August 3, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Adam Fuller
Photo: Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) eggs and fry

NANO TANKS 101

Friday, July 6, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Mark Denaro

BREEDING TROPICAL FISH

Friday, Jun 1, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Dick Au, SFAS Ex-Officio and Auctioneer

NEW SFAS LOCATION

St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church
2097 Turk St., San Francisco, CA

Can you tell which doors to enter?
(Hint: not the big ones)

THE BASICS FOR BEGINNERS

Friday, May 4, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Mark Greenspun, SFAS Vice President and Presentations Chair

MEGA AUCTION I (NO TAB SALES)

Friday, April 6, 2018 (Extended hours)
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM

No speaker

SHRIMP KEEPING: AN OVERVIEW

March 2, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Erik Lucas

MODERN FILTRATION

February 2, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Stephan Tanner

POLYPTERUS

Friday, January 5, 2018
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Stephen Paturel

K.I.S.S. CORYS

Friday, December 1, 2017
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Matt Schauer

Flier Cichlid (Archocentrus centrarchus)

CENTRAL AMERICA – BREEDING CICHLIDS IN THE HOME AQUARIUM

Friday, October 6, 2017
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Willem Heijns

THE CICHLIDS OF MADAGASCAR – A LAND IN CRISIS

Friday, November 3, 2017
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Jim Cummings

MEGA AUCTION II

Friday, September 8, 2017
6:30 PM - 11:00 PM (extended hours)

The entire meeting is dedicated to the Auction. Expect a wide variety of flora, fauna and equipment, typically at rock bottom prices. It is also an opportunity for SFAS members to bring in what they no longer need.