Carr, Kevin

Programs: How to Keep Big Fish King of the Monsters A Trip to Florida (with Kerry Dilks) Ten Biggest Cichlids Run for the Roses [How to prepare for a fish show – editor] Cichlids and Cichlid Shows Cichlids of the Line Large South & Central American Cichlids Giant Central American Cichlids

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Sherman, Paul

Programs: Mudskippers Brackish Water Aquariums Brackish Fish Saltwater Cichlids in a Community Setting Paludariums, Ripariums, and Vivariums Mudskippers & Other Brackish Fish

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Liu, Michael

I’ve been keeping tropical fish since 1983. I quickly developed an interest in Cichlids and one tank turned into 2, then 3, then 4, then 5 . . . you know the story. It turns out there are a lot of species and I wanted to keep them all! My interest narrowed to New World…

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Gasdick, Chris

It all started at the age of five when my father came home with a plastic fish tank and an angelfish named Angel. Angel did not last very long since it was such a small tank and was replaced many times without my knowledge. One day on my way to my Grandparents house my mother…

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McGee, Ph.D., Matthew

Mathew McGee, a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department Fish Ecology & Evolution (EAWAG) located in Switzerland. Programs: Victorian Cichid Speciation and Extinction

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Mandrekar, Kapil

Kapil Mandrekar, is currently a Ph.D. student in Aquatic Ecology/Ichthyology at SUNY-College of Environmental Science and Forestry located in Syracuse, NY. As a Ecologist/Ichthyologist, my current research focuses on ecology and conservation of the MEGAFISH arapaima in the lower Amazon regions near the urban center of Santarém (Para State, Brazil). This area has multitude of…

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Michels, Jeff

Jeff Michels has been keeping and breeding fish for over 30 years, and is the youngest member to reach the level of Ultimate Breeder in his home club, the Milwaukee Aquarium Society. Jeff enjoys keeping and breeding all fish, but he has a special affinity for dwarf cichlids from West Africa and South America. Jeff…

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Wessel, Rusty

Programs: The Thorichthys specis of Central America Fishes of the Maya!—fishes from Southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras Central American Livebearers in the wild! (ALA 2017) Central American Cichlid Husbandry & Travelogue

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Wiegert, Joshua

Joshua Wiegert is a well known aquarium author and speaker, having penned the “Conservation Corner” in FAMA and later AFI for many years. More recently, he is the author of the Bottom of the Tank in Tropical Fish Hobbyist. His feature articles have been included in many magazines over the years, and he has travelled…

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Whitman, Ann

Ann Whitman is a horticulturist, designer and writer by trade. She’s a lifelong fish hobbyist, and managed a retail fish department for seven years, back in the day.  Ann keeps water gardens and successfully breeds fish in tubs on her deck and front porch during the summer.  Ann also keeps 30+ tanks of cichlids, killifish,…

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