Weinhold, Kris
Aquacarium is kindly donating an aquarium for Kris’s hands-on aquascaping demo at the 2018 Convention Thank you, CNYAS, for your generous speaker donation for Kris Weinhold! Kris Weinhold grew up keeping aquariums, but really fell in love with planted aquariums in 2004, diving head-first into researching and experimenting with various plants, growing techniques, and…
Read MoreGardner, 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…
Read MoreDonston, Patrick
Patrick has worked within the Aquatics industry for the past 25 years as a retailer, in wholesale, and an AZA accredited public aquarium. He holds an MS degree in Zoology specializing in Ichthyology. Noted for writing and publishing numerous articles on aquarium keeping and business best practices, he is a frequent speaker at industry events…
Read MoreWilson, Rhonda Delles
Rhonda was born in 1964 in Colville Washington. Her family moved several times within Washington and Montana, returning to Colville, where Rhonda graduated high school. In 1989 she moved to Mesa, AZ. Rhonda still lives in Mesa with her four sons, Adrian, Cooper, Spencer, and Wylie. Rhonda has been keeping aquariums since she was about…
Read MorePeragine, 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
Read MoreKelly, Kevin
Kevin Andrew Kelly, aka Rossfett, is a Brooklyn-based graphic designer and illustrator who has been keeping planted tanks since 2003. A former skatepunk turned mad scientist, Kevin’s dual curiosities of both left and right brain led to his completion of degrees in Chemistry as well as Art History & Communication Design. Since graduating from the Pratt…
Read MoreAmidon, 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
Read MoreLamoureux, Richard
Programs: Creating Topiary
Read MoreRandall, 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…
Read MoreDilks, Kerry
Kerry was born and raised in Methuen, Mass by two former hobbyists. She is now the proud owner of Fins and Scales of Hanover PA. The single mother of two, she balances home life and running a small scale fish business based from her home. Kerry spent most of her youth in the food service industry waiting tables and tending…
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