October 16-18
Holiday Inn Laurel West
Laurel, Maryland
We at CCA, GWAPA, and PVAS would like to invite you to AquaFest 2009. This event will feature three Speakers, an Aquascaping Demo, Fish Show, Banquet, top Vendors, and an All-Day Auction on Sunday.
Admission to this event is only $15!
Register Today!
Enter the raffle to win top raffle prizes!
Two of these gorgeous 24x16x16 rimless tanks donated by ADG will be amoung our top prizes in the raffle. These tanks will be aquascaped by great designers in our aquascaping demo. They will come fully equiped with:
- ADA Amazonia Aqua Soil and Power Sand
- T5HO light donated by Catalina Aquarium
- Canister filter from Fluval or Marineland
- Driftwood donated by Manzanita.com
Order your AquaFest 2009 T-shirt ahead of time to wear at the event. Buy t-shirts, hats, tote bags and more from our CafePress store.
Schedule
This is a tenative schedule
Saturday, October 17 - Talks, Lunch, Fish Show, Vendors, Banquet
9:00 AM - Ken Davis, "The Fishes of Uruguay"
10:30 AM - Jason Baliban, "Aquascaping and Photography"
12 noon - Lunch in the Atrium
1:30 PM - Randy Carey, "Making Sense of the Barbs, Danios, and Rasboras"
3:00 PM - GWAPA Aquascaping Demo
7 PM - Banquet: Speaker Ray "Kingfish" Lucas, "Fishfood, Fun and Friends"
Sunday, October 18 - All-Day Auction and Pizza Party
8 AM - Auction Registration
10 AM - Auction begins
12:30 - Pizza Party
Other Times:
Fish Show:
Set Up after noon Friday
Benching your fish - Friday, 7 PM to 10 PM and Saturday, 7 AM to noon
Saturday 4 PM - Fish Show judging (Show room closed)
Saturday 6 PM to 11 PM - Fish Show Open for viewing
Registration Desk:
Friday 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday 8:00am - noon
Vendor Rooms:
Saturday 8 AM - 7 PM