Potomac Valley Aquarium Society

10/17/2026

Checks to sellers at the PVAS auction are expected to be mailed out starting next week.

10/06/2026

Our sister club in Silver Spring has a great talk scheduled for Saturday.

10/02/2026

Final notice. Unlike in previous years, our auction will be on Saturday, not Sunday. Hope to see you there.

10/01/2026

10/01/2026

Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV), one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most important indicators of ecosystem health, increased by 7% to an estimated 89,395 acres in 2025. The largest gains came from the saltiest portions of the Bay.

09/30/2026

ALL-DAY AUCTION

THIS SATURDAY!

October 3rd

Green Acres Center
10:00am - 5:00pm

Register Your Items!

Highlighted Auction Rules:

PVAS takes $2 or 25%, whichever is larger from member's sales and $2 or 35% from non-members, whichever is larger. Junior members get 100% of their sales.
Item limits: a maximum of 5 bags of the same fish or 3 bags of the same plant may be listed without a fixed price.
PVAS also reserves the right to reject any lot that appears to be unsuitable for sale (e.g. sick fish, illegal plant) or for any other reason.
We no longer prioritize the first 200 lots entered to be auctioned first.

For all auction rules, click below
Auction Rules

09/29/2026

Please disregard our earlier post; the Fall auction is this Saturday (Not Sunday). This is a change from previous auctions, which were held on Sunday. Please bear with us as some of us are still getting used to the change. See you Saturday (not Sunday.)

09/06/2026

PVAS’ own Andrew Blumhagen will be giving his talk on ancistrus genetics across the river this upcoming Saturday.

09/06/2026

We are open all day Monday on Labor Day. While we encourage timed entries, walk-ins are welcome all day Monday.

09/06/2026

Yesterday’s auction items.