O’Leary, Rachel
Rachel O’Leary of Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania has been in the hobby since childhood but has gotten increasingly active in the past decade. She is currently operating over seventy tanks with interests that range from the micro to monster. She has a special focus on dwarf freshwater invertebrates including snails, shrimp, crayfish, and aquatic crabs as…
Read MoreFittz, Charles
Charles Fittz is a member of the Boston Aquarium Society (BAS). Programs: Water Quality Index Vernal Pools
Read MoreHolubis, Basil
Basil has been a fish keeper for 43 + years, past president of Norwalk Aquarium Society, and past program chairman for Danbury Aquarium Society. He has worked with and spawned discus to honeybees. Programs: Last Year’s Ponds and Tubs, What Worked and What Didn’t Fish Food Fish Foods….. A TO Z Aquarium Lighting
Read MoreWhitman, Ann
Ann Whitman is a horticulturist, designer and writer by trade. She’s a lifelong fish hobbyist, and managed a retail fish department for seven years, back in the day. Ann keeps water gardens and successfully breeds fish in tubs on her deck and front porch during the summer. Ann also keeps 30+ tanks of cichlids, killifish,…
Read MoreKeegan, Tom
Long Island Aquarium Society (LIAS) member, Tom Keegan is owner of Keegan’s Koi. For more information see his website at http://www.keeganskoi.com/index.html Programs: Ponds How Fish Get Here, There, and Almost Anywhere Pond Set Up and Maintenance Made Easy Spawning Various Types of Tropical Fish
Read MoreFiore, Kathy
Kathy has been the General Manager at Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory since 2005. Magic Wings is Kathy’s family-run business. She is also the Weddings and Special Events Coordinator. Programs: Native Butterflies & How to Keep Them in Your Own Garden
Read MoreCardineau, Kathy (died July 9, 2017)
Kathy Cardineau can usually be found either wet up to her elbows with her arms in a fish tank or hunched over the keyboard on her computer, talking ‘fish’ to anyone who cares to listen. When she isn’t lugging buckets for water changes for her 3 reef tanks and 75 gallon freshwater tank that houses…
Read MorePaquette, Jeff
Programs: Closing Your Pond
Read MoreChapley, Stacey
University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences Amherst Center, MA, United States Owner of Chapley Gardens Greenhouse, 397 Greenfield Rd, Deerfield, MA Programs: Creating a Lotus Bog Garden Dividing Waterlilies
Read MoreKodama, Taro and Mamoru
Programs: Koi
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