Perkins, Brian

My Father was an avid fish-keeper in his youth growing up in the Midwest United States in the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s and so I was “imprinted” to the Tropical Fish hobby from very early in my life. I have kept and bred my own fish since 1965 when I received my first pair of…

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Linder, Shane

ALAN REPASHY and REPASHY FOODS are the Speaker Sponsor of Shane Linder at the 2018 Convention   Catfish expert and naturalist Shane Linder is the “Shane” behind Planetcatfish.com‘s Shane World. Shane’s World houses well over 150 articles by various catfish experts making it the largest such resource known to exist. Shane is also a frequent…

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Gardner, Todd

Todd Gardner is a biologist at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, NY and a professor of Biology at Suffolk County Community College.  His life and his career have both been shaped by his passion for marine life and he has written numerous scientific and popular articles about his research and experiences collecting, keeping, and…

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Normandin, Ken

Ever since I was a kid, I can remember there always being at least one aquarium in the house.  When I was about 10 and living with my grandparents in Blackstone, Massachusetts, my uncle (who was still living at home….) was keeping and breeding show guppies in several (I think it was around 20 or…

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Terciera, Tony

Tony has been involved in the tropical fish hobby for over 35 years. He is a fellow of the American Killifish Association, former member of the board of trustees and former editor of the Journal of the American Killifish Association. Tony is an award winning internationally renowned photographer. His work and articles have appeared in…

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Judy, Ted

Ted Judy is an enthusiastic aquarist with over 25 years of fish keeping and breeding experience.  He is a generalist who enjoys all types of fish from anabantids to tetras, but always finds plenty of room in his fish roof for fish from West Aftrica.  Ted is a member of the Board of Trustees of…

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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…

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McAndrews, Ryan

Programs: Fishes of the Rio Negro, Brazil (with Scott Dowd) The Great Barrier Reef Travels to the Amazon A Tale of Two Fishes

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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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