The New England Cichlid Association if a club for those aquaria hobbyists who love cichlids. Cichlids, have a number of qualities that separate them from other aquaria species. Whether it's their colors, their interesting behaviors or their parental care, you can join the group to discuss whatever it is you love about these fish. You don't have to join the club to participate on the forum. Everyone and anyone with an interest in cichlids is encouraged to participate and share their stories. The association part of New England Cichlids, is simply a group of people who enjoy getting together, face to face to discuss and share the fish we love. Whether it's a trip to a local shop, or a meeting at a member's home where we may have a speaker sharing their knowledge of a species or aquaria topics, the club gets together to have fun and enjoy each other's company, face to face. Because food for meetings, speakers, and other costs are associated in running a club, we charge a $10 dollar fee to join. If you want to attend an event or two, meet club members, etc, there's no fee to check it out, and the majority of the site here is open to members and non-members alike.

Featured Speaker

Ted Judy

Ted Judy is an addicted aquarist with over 25 years of fish keeping and breeding experience. He is a generalist who enjoys all types of fish from anabantids to tetras, but always finds plenty of room in his fish room for fish from West Africa (especially the dwarf cichlids). Ted is an active member of the American Cichlid Association, the Milwaukee Aquarium Society and the Madison Area Aquatic Hobbyists. Ted is a former high school science teacher who is now a full-time stay-at-home father with a fish room. He is a prolific speaker, proficient writer and wants to be a better photographer. Ted also maintains the web sites www.tedsfishroom.com (his personal site) and www.apistogramma.com (a community site dedicated to dwarf cichlids).. Ted's talk is sponsored by The American Cichlid Association and by ZooMed Labs.

Club Information

The Club Board is made up of the people listed above. You can contact any of us through the forum, for more information.

Other Members of Note:

Meeting Schedule

Meetings are the first Saturday of each month. No meetings July or August

Our club uses a meeting rotation schedule. Pot Luck Social Event, Bring in a well known Cichlid Speaker and organize some type of fish related trip.

Club Dues

Dues are $10 paid annually

Dues cover the cost of pizza at the meetings, speaker fees and other expenses. We hold mini-auctions at every meeting. Club members are entitled to place items, fish, etc in the auction and receive a 70/30 split in favor of the club member. Non-members can place cichlids-only in the auction and receive a 50/50 split. Any member who makes at least 5 of the 9 scheduled annual meetings will have dues waived for the following year.

NEC Member

All NECA members are NEC members by default

Being an NEC member means that Breeders Awards Points for the club count towards the NEC BPP program. Articles written for the New England Cichlid will be automatically entered into the articles contest with awards given each year at the NEC convention. One club member will receive free admission to the NEC convention each year, so long as a delegate or Club President attends at least three out of four of the quarterly NEC meetings.