About

I have been seriously keeping tropical fish for 40 years. I currently have over 100 aquariums in my fishroom (with another 40 or 50 in my storage barn). Additionally, I have three large yard ponds that I maintain for tropical fish in the warm months - about 5-1/2 months here in Indianapolis. In addition to culturing lots of live foods in my fishroom, I am still searching for the perfect paste food. so far, I have concluded it probably does not exist. I maindtain about 50 cichlid tanks - mostly African Rifts and dwarf cichlids (mainly Apistos), with the rest mainly housing killies, tetras and livebearers. Additionally, wth the onset of warmer weather, I usually get Native Fish Fever and do quite a bit of collecting locally and throughout the southeastern U.S. In addition to collecting native fish, I have been to South America three times and once to Mexico. My other hobbies are photography and gardening. I have benn off-again, on-again retired for three years - so far, the retired experience sucks (although, so does work) - it is hard to find time for the fish - but the job makes it possible to buy lots of camera stuff. Once summer gets here, I may, again, retire (I will have squirreled away enough money for a new camera and two more backyard pods), so I can spend ore tme playing with my outdoor fish and water garden hobby.

Talks

The Dead Fish Program

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