News & Events

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Please put Saturday March 21st on your calendar. JRAS is holding their annual Spring Fling. This year we have two great speakers. Cory McElroy, of Aquarium Coop, and Lucas Bretz of LRB Aquatics will be our invited speakers. We hold a 1/2 day auction shortly after the Lectures. We use Mygroupauctions for the auction and you can put items in the auction or view all the great items that will be auctioned off. You can visit our website,

www.jras.org   or our facebook page james river aquarium society, for updates or to check on auction details. We are extending this invitation to all our sister clubs and hope you can come join us for the day.

I was just in touch with Many Goan. She still has some kits available for Saturday’s meeting, so she’s extended the deadline for ordering from January 31 to Wednesday, January 4.

We are happy to welcome Mandy Goan on Saturday, February 7 to lead a Blackworm Workshop. The presentation is free to all who attend, but if you want your own blackworm starter kit you must purchase a workshop package by January 31, 2026. Keep reading to learn how!

No one is required to purchase a workshop package to attend the presentation, it is optional.

The workshop package includes:

• One portion of live blackworms

• One Fluval breeder box ($20 option) or One 3D printed breeder box ($50 option)