Leibel, Ph.D., Wayne (August 5, 1951 – May 16, 2021)
Denying him a dog, we now know his parents are to blame for the fanatical fish keeping life of Dr.. Wayne Leibel. Owning hs first tank at age 6, Wayne proceeded to dive into the hobby and dedicate his entire life to researching, collecting, writing about, speaking about, and just plain enjoying tropical fish, specifically…
Read MoreJinks, Larry
Programs: Breeding Catfish Breeding Fish New World Cichlids Building a New Fish Room
Read MoreJack, Spencer
Spencer Jack has been active within the aquaria hobby since the age of five. A true “cichlidiot,” he had worked excusively with cichlids for over twenty years. He has since expanded his horizons to include all types of tropical fish. Spencer has been an active hobbyist within Winnipeg for a number of years. Some of…
Read MoreHougen, Dean
Dean Hougen has been active in the aquarium hobby for over two decades. He has been a long-time member of several aquarium societies including the Minnesota Aquarium soiety, the Oklahoma Aquarium Association, and the American Cichlid Association. For many years he has been fascinated by the cichlids of South America. Dean founded the South American…
Read MoreKoops van ‘t Jagt, Hans
Otherwise known as Discus Hans, this gentleman is a Dutch Discus breeder who has been active in Discus breeding since 1982. In he interent contests which were held from 1997 until 2000, Discus Hans was chosen to be the best Discus breeder worldwide. In 2002, Hans became the Dutch distributor of “Stendker” Discus. Stendker has…
Read MoreIzzo, Peter
Programs: Collecting in Uraguay A Look at Gymnogeophagus Keeping SubTropical Fish Home Aquarium Tour of Four Club Members (with Artie Platt, Tom Sands & Sal Silvestri)
Read MoreBasch, Jeremy
Jeremy is originally from Westlake, OH and currently lives in Columbus. He started keeping fish 22 years ago when he purchased his first aquarium for his birthday. Jeremy started working at a local fish store as a teenager and started to acquire various sized aquariums and fish. He was hooked! In 2004 Jeremy setup his…
Read Morede Greef, Jaap-Jan
Jaap-Jan de Greef was born in 1957 on the island os Sumatra in Indonesia as a citizen of the Netherlands. Political unrest and his father’s occupation forced him and his family to move a number of times — from Indonesia to Mozambique to Tanganyika (Tanzania) to Suriname to the Netherlands to Ecuador and then to…
Read MoreMorris, 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…
Read MoreSabatta, Al
Mr. Saba tta was born in 1968 in Connecticut, USA. He was edu-cated as a Biologist and worked in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology. In 1992 he co-founded SimplyDiscus.com, an online web community and forum dedicated to all aspects of Discus. He has kept and bred many Cichlids, but has focused on Discus for the last 15…
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