I have been seriously keeping fish for 37 years. I currently have 100+ aquariums in my fishroom (with another 40 or 50 in my storage barn ). Additionally, I have 3 large yard ponds that I maintain for tropical fish in the warm months – about 5 ½ months here in Indianapolis.

In addition to culturing lots of live foods in my fishroom, I set up a 1000 gallon daphnia pool last summer. The daphnia pool was a fantastic success for about 2 months and then, thanks to my daughter's 13 'pet' ducks, was an impressive failure. This year will be a banner year for daphnia in my back yard.

I maintain about 60 cichlid tanks- - African Rifts & Dwarf Cichlids, (mainly Apistos) with the rest mainly housing killies, rainbows, tetras & livebearers. Additionally, with the onset of warmer weather, I usually get NATIVE FISH FEVER and do quite a bit of collecting locally & thru the Southeastern U.S.

In addition to collecting native fish, I have been to South America three times & once to Mexico.

My other hobbies are photography & gardening.