Meetings & Events

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Meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday of the month. The location and time will be posted each month on Facebook, Discord, Band, and here!

2026 dates:

January 17 @ Innovation Barn

February 21 @ CMACS Gastonia

March 7 Special Event - The Aquatic Expo

March 21 @ Aqua World

April 18 @ Bass Pro Fort Mill with a presentation from Alex Scharnberg on his West Africa trip

May 16 @ Pondside Aquatics

June 20 Cookout @ William’s House

July 18 @ Innovation Barn with speaker, Jen Williams!

August 15 @Innovation Barn

September 19 @ Location TBD

October 17 @ Location TBD

November 21 @ Location TBD

December 19 Christmas Party @ David’s House

JULY MEETING 2026

July 18, 12:30 til ~ 4 pm

Innovation Barn

932 Seigle Ave

Charlotte, NC 28205

https://www.innovationbarnclt.com/

🥪 Please bring your own lunch for this meeting. 🥪

We will have a presentation at this month’s meeting by aquascaper Jen Williams:

“Building a Backyard Biotope”

“Follow the journey of recreating a biotope based on my neighborhood creek. From inspiration to collecting and how I recreated the biotope in my basement which went on to be awarded a Top 5 finish in the AGAIAC.”

Jen has won numerous awards in aquascaping competitions, such as The Aquatic Experience, Aquafest, Aquamania, The Big Fish Deal, and Aquashella. Since 2015 she has served as an Aquatic Gardeners Association (AGA) Board Member. She is also an Associate Editor at Amazonas magazine with a regular column bringing aquatic plants and aquascaping to a broader community of hobbyists.

There will be an AUCTION of fish, shrimp, plants, and supplies!

IMPORTANT INNOVATION BARN PARKING INFO!

There's new parking at the back of the building! Please park in the back unless you need to use the closer spaces at the front.

Most monthly meetings include an auction.

🦐 Paid members get an 80%-20% split on items they bring while it is 60%-40% for non-member sellers.

🐠 Be sure to label your items accurately and legibly and get them checked in at the beginning of the meeting.

🌿 Please only bring bags of water for the animals, plants travel better damp not wet. Make sure your bags or containers are secure!

🎈🎈 To keep the auction process smooth and efficient, dry goods such as hardscape, equipment in good working condition, and other supplies are limited to 5 items per seller.🎈🎈

Pre-register your items at the link below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeORvEEwBngE71GlKUNtSeyy0F0bWxNv-yOuGCtsU1My4ULew/viewform

We are trying this new system to streamline the auctions, please let us know if there