Great Lineup of Speakers!!!
Gary Lange
Besides making several trips to Australia to see rainbowfish in the wild he’s also made four trips to Papua, the western portion of the island of New Guinea. During these travels he’s managed to discover and bring back nine new species of bows and possibly a few more after some meristic analysis. He is currently running over 90 tanks and keeping over 65 species and locations of rainbowfish and blue-eyes.
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Rhonda Delles
Rhonda Delles (fr. Wilson) has a lifelong fascination with aquatic plants, aquariums and aquatic creatures. Rhonda received her first aquarium as a 6th birthday present and added to the collection until she created a fishroom with up to 100 tanks operating at times. Rhonda wrote "The Planted Tank" monthly column for T.F.H. for over 10 years, and co-authored the T.F.H. book, "The Simple Guide to Planted Aquariums." She recently packed up leaving her fishroom behind in Arizona and moved back to Washington state where her love of all things aquatic started. There she spends the warm weather months exploring local lakes and rivers and their bounty of diverse aquatic life. She'll be talking about her lifelong hobby and love of aquarium plants and sharing her experiences with different plants and the various techniques used to grow them.
Rachel O'Leary
Rachel O'Leary will present "Micro Fish." Rachel is a familiar face to many in the area, having presented at all of the local clubs recently, on a variety of topics. She is a recognised expert on Freshwater invertebrates and nanofish, as well as the owner of
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Dave Parks of Segrest Farms
Dave Parks of
Segrest Farms will present "From The Wild to Your Tank." Segrest Farms is one of the country's oldest and best known wholesalers, bringing incredible quality to many home aquariums, supplying a large assortment of retail stores. Dave Parks will detail the journey a fish takes from the wild or the fish farm to get to your home aquarium.
