Vermont’s Largest Club dedicated to All aspects of The aquarium Hobby

Tropical Fish Club of Burlington, Vermont

Fish

We keep and breed dozens of species of cichlids, catfish, livebearers and more.

Join us at one of our meetings to benefit from our decades of experience!

Plants

From the hardiest Java Ferns to CO2 injected planted tanks, our members have it all.

Shrimp

Always popular — and with good reason! Many club members bring shrimp to our monthly meeting auctions.

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Our meetings are open to everyone

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Each meeting features a presentation from an expert speaker, door prizes, and an auction of locally-raised fish and plants. Bring your questions on anything fish-related! Sign-up today!

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Meetings are the second Thursday of each month, 6:30 – 8:30 PM at the Essex Junction VFW.

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Note: We don’t have regular meetings in July, August or December. Check out the full meeting schedule, below.

2024 Speaker Schedule

Meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of the month at the VFW 73 Pearl St, Essex Junction, VT. Open to all, door prizes, auction and speakers.

September 12th – Therese Neal

This meeting starts at 7:00PM, this month only. Kick off the fall season with Therese presenting “Freshwater Shrimp keeping, what’s all the fuss about”. This is a new program by the Shrimp Princess!

September meeting Facebook event page

October 10th – Gary Elson

Gary will share his adventures in Gabon, ” Creeks of Wonder, Gabon 2023″. Mostly Microctenopoma, Cichlids, Neolebias, and some lampeyes and Aphyosemions, lots of info on habitats. Anton Lamboj was their group leader, and they had a Gabonese Barb researcher along for the fun.

October meeting Facebook event page