Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society
We are all about the aquarium hobby
For the May 15th monthly meeting, we have the pleasure of hosting Josh Cunningham of Cunningham’s Tropicals. The title of his talk is “Journey from the Rift as African Cichlid breeder to the dark side, keeping Central Americans. ” Josh will be staying overnight to join us on Saturday, as a seller at the YATFS Swap Meet. The Swap Meet starts at 11:00 am. Buyers will NOT be allowed in the room until that time.
Josh also put up an ad on our Band page: https://band.us/band/90485739/post/316.
Be sure to click on the ad to see the full ad, if needed. There are several pages of fish food listed.
Bowl Show is:
- Female Betta Splendons
- Egglayer Pairs
- Aquatic Moss Plants
We will have our normal raffle w/20 gal high aquarium as one of the prizes, 50/50, BAP, and HAP.
Important Dates for 2026
Saturday, March 21, 2026 Spring Auction
Saturday, May 16, 2026 Swap Meet
| 1 |
Caveman Creations – Joe Doyle |
| 2 |
Greg Bodden |
| 3 |
FatFish Aquatic – Larry Secaur |
| 4 |
Beautiful Aquatics – Brian Shrimpton |
| 5 |
YATFS |
| 6 |
Don and Dan Guman |
| 7 |
Reel Deal Artistry – Miranda Reel |
| 8 |
Scott Snyder |
| 9 |
Maghan Kirk |
| 10 |
Bob Blazek |
| 11 |
Bierbower Aquatics – Rich Bierbower |
| 12 |
Karen and Greg Layton |
| 13 |
Susan Everett |
| 14 |
Tommy Frasz |
| 15 |
Chris Mansfield |
| 16 |
JD Nichols |
| 17 |
Mark Hermann |
| 18 |
Neptune Aquatics – Bill Sensor |
| 19 |
Cunningham’s Tropicals Josh Cunningham |
| 20 |
Debbie Gamble and Rose Collins |
| 21 |
Darrel Brown |
| 22 |
Dan Powers |
| 23 |
Azul Aquatics – Robert West |
| 24 |
Dan McMonigle |
Saturday, October 17, 2026 Fall Auction
For a list of Auction Rules, Click Here.
JOIN US as we meet in person on the 3rd Friday of each month:
Lake Milton Baptist Temple
415 S Pricetown Rd
Diamond, OH 44412
Park in the back and follow the walking signs to our meeting room in the gymnasium.
Bring your BAP/SAP/HAP items for credit. There will be a live fish and plant auction.
Meeting Dates: All meetings, unless noted, start at 7:30 pm at Lake Milton Baptist Temple. See the address above. Doors open at 7:00 pm.
For the 2026 Bowl Show categories, follow this link.
Friday, January 16, 2026
Friday, February 20, 2026
Friday, March 20, 2026
Friday, April 17, 2026
Friday, May 15, 2026
Friday, June 19, 2026
Saturday, July 18, 2026 Picnic/Cookout
Friday, August 21, 2026
Friday, September 18, 2026
Friday, October 16, 2026
Friday, November 20, 2026
Saturday, December 19, 2026
All meetings except the July Cookout start at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:00 pm
Board of Directors – Meeting Dates: (1:00 pm at the Church unless noted, Bring your own drink)
Usually, the First Saturday of the month.
- Saturday, February 7, 2026
- Saturday, March 7, 2026
- Saturday, April 4, 2026 Cancelled due to being close to Easter.
- Saturday, May 2, 2026
- Saturday, June 6, 2026
- Saturday, July 4, 2026
- Saturday, August 1, 2026
- Saturday, September 5, 2026
- Saturday, October 3, 2026
- Saturday, November 7, 2026
- Saturday, December 5, 2026
YATFS Auction Dates:
All Auctions and Swap Meets are held at
Lake Milton Baptist Temple
415 S Pricetown Rd, Diamond, OH 44412, USA
Auction flyer with rules: https://yatfs.com/auction/
Spring Auction – Saturday, March 21, 2026
Fall Auction – Saturday, October 17, 2026
Swap Meet
Saturday, May 16, 2026
This QR code sends you to the YATFS group on Band. Band is a place where you can post Tropical Fish with pricing. Selling fish and most animals on Facebook is not allowed. Band is an alternative place to sell your items openly.
Use this link if you are viewing this on your phone.
https://band.us/band/90485739
We are a Non Profit Organization
The Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society Endowment Fund
In Honor of Tom DiCola
The Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society is starting an endowment fund. This fund will be referred to as the “Tom DiCola Fund” for all future reference. All proceeds of this fund belong solely to the Youngstown Area Tropical Fish Society and will be used for the education of juniors in the hobby, education for other hobby-related projects, and for conservation projects involving the tropical fish hobby. All proceeds will come from donations specified to the fund expressly and will be kept in the fund’s account. These funds will not be used for anything other than the specified topics and cannot be used as YATFS funds unless the club comes under dire times. None of the proceeds will be used without permission of the YATFS Board of Directors upon voting on the topic for its use.
Larry and Kriss Secaur of Fat Fish Aquatics maintain this calendar below. Their website is https://fatfishaquatic.com/
For a better view
Click on this grid and select Schedule ↓
Check us out on BAND app..
https://band.us/@yatfsclub
Contest!!!
The Ulysses S. Grant CONTEST
That could be three chances to win $50 in your pocket for just just turning in something for BAP, SAP, IAP, HAP. any questions just ask one of us and take a glance at the contest page. Could be easy MONEY!
