{"id":7765,"date":"2026-01-20T22:24:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/?p=7765"},"modified":"2026-01-20T22:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T03:24:03","slug":"january-26-2026-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/january-26-2026-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"January 26 2026 – Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Happy New Year!<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Join us at 5:00 pm on Monday, January 26th, before the meeting, for dinner at Pita Bell Kabab<\/a> located at 1696 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K2A 1C6.<\/div>\n
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Presentation – Tetras I Have Known<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\u00a0We have the pleasure of hearing Zenin Skomorowski\u2019s program on keeping and breeding Tetra species!\u00a0 From Kitchener, Ontario, Zenin has been in the tropical fish-keeping hobby for 55 years, since he was 12 years old.\u00a0 He keeps a wide variety of fish, such as cichlids from Africa and the Americas, along with rainbowfish, tetras, barbs, goodeids, livebearers, plecos, cories, Synodontis catfish, and 12 species of loaches.\u00a0 Zenin actively shares photos of his fish on Facebook, as well as in articles for the KWAS<\/a> Fins and Tales club newsletter.\u00a0 He has attended the annual Ohio Cichlid Extravaganza and CAOAC conventions for more than 15 years.\u00a0 He has attended the Keystone Clash in Pennsylvania since 2018.\u00a0 Zenin attended ACA conventions in Detroit, Michigan, in 2017 and Madison, Wisconsin, in 2023.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Members\u2019 Corner<\/strong><\/h4>\n

All members are invited to showcase their aquarium related projects and discoveries at our meetings!\u00a0 You, or an executive member, can share your photos, videos, or other content of up to 5 minutes, at the beginning of our meetings.\u00a0 Please talk to the exec about submitting your content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Meeting Info and Location<\/strong><\/h4>\n

J.A. Dulude Arena<\/a>
\n941 Clyde Avenue
\nOttawa, Ontario
\nK2C 4B2<\/span><\/p>\n

Meeting\u00a0starts at 7 pm<\/strong>.
\nThere will be door prizes at the monthly meetings.
\nMembers are encouraged to set up vendor tables.
\nBring cash as there is no ATM onsite.
\nComplimentary snacks and refreshments will be served.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dates to remember<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Monthly Meeting<\/b>
\nMonday, February 23 2026<\/p>\n

Giant Auction<\/b>
\nSaturday, March 21 2026 @\u00a0Tom Brown Arena<\/a>
\nMore details to follow<\/p>\n

Monthly Meeting<\/b>
\nMonday, March 23 2026
\nMonday, April 27 2026
\nMonday, May 25 2026<\/p>\n

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General Info<\/strong><\/h4>\n

OVAS memberships can be renewed for the 2025-2026 season at monthly meetings or\u00a0online<\/a>\u00a0(PayPal).\u00a0 Memberships from 2024-2025 expired on September 30, 2025.<\/p>\n

This is a FREE event sponsored by the Ottawa Valley Aquarium Society.\u00a0 Anyone with an interest in aquariums and related hobbies is welcome to attend.\u00a0 OVAS presentations are a great place to meet other aquarium hobbyists, exchange ideas and learn more about fish and aquatic plant keeping.<\/p>\n

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Sponsors<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\"Akua<\/a><\/td>\"AquaZen\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Big<\/a><\/td>\"Critter<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"NorthFin\"<\/a><\/td>\"Ponds<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Seachem\"<\/a><\/td>\"Tropica\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

AquaZen, Big Al’s (Ottawa) and Critter Jungle offer a 10% discount for aquarium-related goods and livestock.\u00a0 Please visit the sponsor for restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy New Year! Join us at 5:00 pm on Monday, January 26th, before the meeting, for dinner at Pita Bell Kabab located at 1696 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K2A 1C6. Presentation – Tetras I Have Known \u00a0We have the pleasure of hearing Zenin Skomorowski\u2019s program on keeping and breeding Tetra species!\u00a0 From Kitchener, Ontario, Zenin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-meetings","category-speakers","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovas.ca\/ovas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}