The Cichlid Room Companion

The OCA will host an International Tropheus Conference at 1 pm EST on Sunday, March 14, 2021. It will be streamed live on Facebook and on our YouTube channel. We'll have mini talks by Ad Konings, Pam Chin, Laif DeMason and Mathias Eberhardt followed by a panel discussion with the presenters and Coop...

Thanks for the feedback, Dee! Glad you enjoyed the event.

We will be hosting the Extravaganza virtually this year from Nov. 20 to Nov. 22: https://www.ohiocichlid.com/extravaganza/registration Three sessions: 7pm Friday the 20th, 7pm Saturday the 21st and 1pm Sunday the 22nd. Three great speakers: - Friday: Jeff Cardwell on Collecting in Colobia - Saturday...

We will be hosting the Extravaganza virtually this year from Nov. 20 to Nov. 22: https://www.ohiocichlid.com/extravaganza/registration Three sessions: 7pm Friday the 20th, 7pm Saturday the 21st and 1pm Sunday the 22nd. Three great speakers: - Friday: Jeff Cardwell on Collecting in Colobia - Saturday...

We will be hosting the Extravaganza virtually this year from Nov. 20 to Nov. 22: https://www.ohiocichlid.com/extravaganza/registration Three sessions: 7pm Friday the 20th, 7pm Saturday the 21st and 1pm Sunday the 22nd. Three great speakers: - Friday: Jeff Cardwell on Collecting in Colobia - Saturday...

We will be hosting the Extravaganza virtually this year from Nov. 20 to Nov. 22: https://www.ohiocichlid.com/extravaganza/registration Three sessions: 7pm Friday the 20th, 7pm Saturday the 21st and 1pm Sunday the 22nd. Three great speakers: - Friday: Jeff Cardwell on Collecting in Colobia - Saturday...

To keep members engaged with the club we would like to offer the ability to virtually submit spawns for the Breeder Awards Program. During this unprecedented time, we would like to give hobbyists the ability to get credit for the proliferation of cichlids and catfish. This means we will be suspendin...

I recently sadly learned that Steve Schreiber of Lincoln Illinois passed away earlier this year. Steve would often frequent tropical fish events and would attend the Ohio Cichlid Association’s Extravaganza each year. He was certainly a friendly and fun loving man that enjoyed African cichlids. He wi...

Ohio Cichlid Association's 25th Extravaganza
Nov. 22-24, 2019
Strongsville Holiday Inn
Strongsville Ohio

ohiocichlid.com for more info.

Ron Georgeone, one of the greatest Cichlid Showmen the hobby has ever known, passed away on January 2nd, 2019. As Ohio Cichlid Association and American Cichlid Association members, Ron won countless Best of Show Awards in their annual shows, as well as in the shows of many other clubs. He was best k...

Sorry for not seeing this earlier, but, you're right in that our Forum is pretty quiet, except around our annual show, the OCA Extravaganza. We do have a member in Parkersburg that I'll have to reach out to see if I can put you in contact. He comes up every year to our big show in November. You can ...

Thanks for joining and thanks for providing feedback. We're actually already working on an improvement plan! Happy holidays.

Thanks for to all that were a part of making the 24th Annual OCA Extravaganza 2018 a big success!

Be sure to join us next November for our 25th!

Extravaganza Sellers, Please note that you MUST BE REGISTERED for the Extravaganza to be allowed to sell at the show. And, you must be registered to post your fish and other sale items here in the forum. ALSO, you must be registered for the Extravaganza to get the fantastically low Holiday Inn Room ...

Extravaganza Sellers, Please note that you MUST BE REGISTERED for the Extravaganza to be allowed to sell at the show. And, you must be registered to post your fish and other sale items here in the forum. ALSO, you must be registered for the Extravaganza to get the fantastically low Holiday Inn Room ...

Dan O and I visited Charlie a couple of years back and were blown away with the things he was breeding - whiptails of all sort, Tatia and LARGE Plecos! This promises to be a great talk!

Thanks for your comments, Smitty! Looks like you're keeping some nice fish in those large aquariums..

You'll need to try harder!

Then why are you here?

Still beating that same old drum, aren't you Jonny Boy? Nobody disagrees with you anyway...