JUNE MEETING OF THE CCA

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The Capital Cichlid Association, Inc.
is once again bringing one of the legends of the hobby to Maryland.

You KNOW we've done it in the past.

You KNOW we just have to do it again.

June 12th at 2pm

The CCA will proudly present

Juan Miguel Artigas Azas
Thorichthys, jewels of the Mayan land

Yes the club that, in the last 3 years has brought you Dan Woodland, Dr Paul Loiselle, Chuck Rambo, Ken Davis, Discus Hans, Ted Judy, Dick Au, Ad Konings, Klaus Steinhaus, Laif Demason, Spencer Jack, and many more of the top people in this hobby is at it again. Thats right, the man is flying in from Mexico for the weekend just to talk to you.

Join the CCA at our regular monthly meeting.
There will be refreshments, raffles and mini auction.

For more information check the club website at www.capitalcichlids.org

Also see his Bio below

See you there.




In this talk the species, distribution, habitats and behavior of this fabulous group of central American cichlids is discussed and illustrated with maps and hundreds of habitat and underwater pictures of Thorichthys and other fishes that inhabit with them. Aquarist guides for the successful keeping of these beauties are also given. (Approximate Duration: 90 minutes).
Juan Miguel Artigas Azas is an aquarist in San Luis Potosí, Máxico (the very center of it). He has loved fish since he can remember and has kept them steadily in home aquariums for over 25 years now. His main interest are Central American Cichlids and Mexican fishes, but he is also very interested in any other type of fish.

Juan Miguel is the creator and editor of the Cichlid Room Companion. His love for computers and nature, together with the revolutionary development of Internet was too much for him to let the opportunity to create this page pass along. He has found that the maintenance of a real good home page is a life time enterprise, and he is ready to cope to that.

Juan Miguel enjoys traveling to the natural habitats of the fish he loves, where he obtains underwater pictures of them. He likes to observe them, trying to understand their natural history and relationships. He has managed to obtain a great knowledge on the biology and geographical distribution of the fishes in Mexico. This gives to his conferences an originality and special interest.

Juan Miguel has written many articles on Mexican and Central American Freshwater fish, mainly on cichlids, for several club and aquarium publications. He has also been honored with the invitation as lecturer in fish oriented conventions in several countries, including Máxico, United States, Belgium, Canada, England, Netherlands, Norway, France, Italy Sweden and Germany. Juan Miguel is part of the American Cichlid Association - Marineland speakers program.

Juan Miguel has been awarded the Guy Jordan Retrospective Award 2008 by the American Cichlid Association. The maximum honor this association gives to people who has done extensive contributions to the International Cichlid Hobby.