Moscarell, Chris

Chris has been keeping and breeding tropical fish for almost 30 years. He is formally employed by one of the country’s largest waste-water treatment companies where he has acquired vast knowledge in the science of water pre-treatment. During his 15 years, working in conjunction with manufacturers to perfect water  treatment standards for specific applications, he…

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Morris, Martha

Martha Morris is an avid discus breeder.  She has been keeping and breeding discus intensively for the past 10 years, now out of her fish room in her home in Monson, Ma.  She facilitated the spawning and raised the fry of a number of strains for sale, including:  turqs, red covers, cobalts, browns and blue…

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Carey, Randy

Randy Carey remembers his first aquarium as well as he remembers his first girlfriend. Twenty years later he now keeps a room of over 70 aquaria …but the  girlfriend is long gone. As a master fresh – water aquarist he has bred about 200 species of fishes and was the first to earn the Lifetime…

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DiMarco, Robert

Robert DiMarco is from Montreal presenting “Clowning around in Montreal”. This talk deals with my development of Clownfish rearing in my home from the original very basic setup to the construction of a dedicated fish room where 9 varieties of Clownfish and one species of shrimp were raised. Programs: Clowning Around in Montreal [Clownfish –…

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Cole, Bill

Thanks to the Danbury Area Aquarium Society for sponsoring club member Bill Cole at the 2019 convention Bill Cole was awarded the first Master Breeder Level Three in the history of the NEC. He has sold over 2000 lots of fish that he has bred in his fishroom and sold at NEC Convention auctions and…

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Moore, Richard

THANK YOU TO BARBARA ROMEO FOR SPONSORING DICK MOORE AT THE 2019 CONVENTION   Peter George wrote:Last year the New England Cichlid Association (NECA) awarded Richard (Dick) Moore the 1st Annual Cichlid Whisperer trophy. Subsequently, we named the award ‘The Dick Moore Cichlid Whisperer Award.’ Why? In our view, Dick is the premier breeder we…

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Ramsey, Dave

The aquariums started multiplying nearly 60 years ago  with a trio of guppies and a pair of Aphyosemion australe. Both bred.  Over the years I have raised killies, bettas, angels, gouramis, cichlids, and many others. My current interest are soft water cichlids, the different catfishes, killies and anything unusual. Even with 80+ tanks there is…

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Sage, Greg

Greg Sage, MEd., began selling guppies from his bedroom as a young boy in Ohio, and today runs selectaquatics.com, a fishroom of 120 tanks, specializing in rare livebearers, goodeids, and wild swordtails. Select Aquatics has also become known for the Green Dragon Plecostomus – an Ancistrus developed and bred here since 2011, and a line…

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