George, Peter
I’ve been involved with tropical fish essentially from birth. My grandmother, who immigrated to the US in 1923, always had a fish tank in our apartment in The Bronx. I kept at least one tank with me when I went to college and have been keeping fish on a more significant scale for close to…
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Joel Antkowiak was born on the Southside of Pittsburgh in 1962, Joel’s first brush with the organized hobby came in 1976 when he found an ad for the American Killifish Association in an old aquarium hobby magazine. Having always appreciated the beauty of these fishes from the color plates in the old “Innes book”, and not…
Read MoreLange, Gary
World-renowned rainbowfish expert and breeder Gary Lange was honored with the species description of Melanotaenia garylangei. The description was published in the May, 2015 issue of Fishes of Sahul, Volume 29, Number 2, by Johannes A. Graf, Fabian Herder & Renny K. Hadiaty. Fishes of Sahul is the quarterly publication of the Australia New Guinea…
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THANYK YOU, BOSTON AQUARIUM SOCIETY FOR SPONSORING KEN BOORMAN Ken is originally from Australia, but is now living in Chatham, Ontario. Ken has kept fish for over 50 years. A good part of this time he has dedicated exclusively to collect, keep and breed Australia and New Guinea native fishes in his numerous home aquariums.…
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