Johnston, Kurt
Kurt was part of the first NAGWG (North American Goodeid Working Group) Study Tour of Mexico in February of 2017. The group spent 7 days observing Goodeids in their native habitats and becoming familiar with the threats to the fish and assisting the Mexican scientists in their efforts to conserve them. You will see the…
Read MoreSteinhaus, Klaus
Although starting out in the hobby with guppies when he was eight,cichlids have been Klaus’s hobby for over 40 years. Living in Germany, at the age of 20, his interest turned to cichlids and he joined the DCG (German Cichlid Association) and was permanently hooked. He was forced to sell all his fish and equipment…
Read MoreDick, Leslie
Leslie Dick is the current Chairman of the American Livebearer Association (ALA) and is a charter member of the North American Goodied Working Group (NAGWG), as well as a member of the NAGWG steering committee. She is the CARES for Individual Coordinator with the CARES Preservation Program. Leslie sits on the BOD of the Northeast…
Read MoreAntkowiak, Joel
Joel Antkowiak was born on the Southside of Pittsburgh in 1962, Joel’s first brush with the organized hobby came in 1976 when he found an ad for the American Killifish Association in an old aquarium hobby magazine. Having always appreciated the beauty of these fishes from the color plates in the old “Innes book”, and not…
Read MoreCumming, Jim
Jim Cumming hails from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and is a lifelong fish keeper, having been involved in this wonderful hobby for over 50 years. Other than a fifteen year sojourn into the world of killifish (his online name is ‘notho2000’) he has kept and presently keeps mostly Central and South American cichlids, but he…
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