Hellweg, Mike

Mike has been keeping fish all of his life and breeding fish since he was 9 years old.  Over the past 40 years he has specialized in miniature fishes, working with fishes that most other hobbyists overlook.  He has bred most of the known Gourami species, over half of the known Betta species, several species…

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Borstein, Rick

Rick Borstein is the Webmaster of the Greater Chicago Cichlid Association (GCCA), President of the Chicago Livebearer Society (CLS) and President of the Federation of American Aquarium Societies (FAAS). Rick was the Chairman of the successful 2006 American Cichlid Association Convention held in Chicago, IL. Rick has spawned over 200 species of cichlids and is…

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Pierce, Richard

Richard Pierce has been keeping fish for as long as he can remember. He has earned degrees in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography.  He has worked in a retail aquarium store and in two public aquaria. He currently maintains approximately 1200 gallons in roughly 120 aquaria in his fish room.  Since his largest aquarium is…

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Peragine, William Chance

Programs: Breaking Glass With Style (an overview of cutting glass and repairing broken glass tanks) Starting a Planted Tank Keeping Apistogramma & Blackwater Tanks Dwarf Cichlids Apistos

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Clayton, Chad M.

Chad Clayton is the Live Feeds Supervisor for Reed Mariculture, and has been with the company for more than eight years. Since graduating from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1997, he has worked in the aquarium hobby and aquaculture. Chad has been involved in genetics research with zebrafish (Danio rerio) at Washington University School…

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Hahn, Bill

Bill Hahn is a board member of the Tropical Fish Society of Rhode Island (TFSRI). Programs: DIY Converting To LED Lights

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Amidon, Kirk

Kirk Amidon is on the board of Tropical Fish Society of Rhode Island.   Programs: All About Sumps Sumps  -What They Are and How to Use Them CO2 & the Planted Aquarium

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Randall, Karen

Karen Randall grew up with aquariums as a child. While experienced in many facets of the aquarium hobby, as an adult her focus turned to a concentration on planted display aquariums and the study and propagation of aquatic plants. Her articles and photography have been published in multiple languages and publications around the world. For…

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Barber, Michael

His parents gave him a five gallon metal frame, slate bottom tank when he was a youngster. Despite the resulting memories of stainless steel, incandescent light hoods tingling him, he was set in the hobby when allowed to be late to school to watch his guppy have babies. Fifty plus years later, he has a…

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Graffagnino, Joe

Programs: My New Fishroom Building my New Fishroom Joe’s New Fish Room Comparing Old World Catfish to New World Catfish Knowledge of Useless Stuff I Acquired History of South American & African Catfish Tips and Trips on Raising Fry

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