Greetings SFAS Aquarists,
For the Month of August, i'm excited to announce that we have Greg Sage presenting Livebearer Husbandry.

About the Speaker and presentation:

Greg Sage, MEd., began selling guppies from his bedroom while in middle school in Ohio, and today runs selectaquatics.com, a fishroom of 100+ tanks.  For 15 years Select Aquatics has specialized on rare livebearers, particularly the goodeids. A line of Pethia padamya "Odessa" has also been selectively bred here, starting in 2009. The Green Dragon Pleco was also developed here, starting in 2010, and a new morph of the Ilyodon furcidens is about to be introduced to the hobby, selectively bred here since 2004. Efforts to breed for healthy and consistent stock began around 1990, and 47 different strains and species have been distributed to the hobby through Select Aquatics over the last 16 years.

In the Livebearer Husbandry talk, photos and stories  document the maintenance and development of many of the fish at Select Aquatics, and how keeping rare and endangered Livebearers is very different than the pet store fish we are used to keeping. As well, following many discussions with customers, conservation efforts that the hobbyist can do to ensure these fish do not disappear from the hobby are discussed.  Chairman of the American Livebearer Association from 2000 – 2004, Greg has published numerous articles in hobbyist publications on Livebearers, livebearer husbandry, selective breeding, and automatic water changing systems. He also produces presentations on Youtube - "Select Aquatics Presents", and "Select Aquatics Questions" on each of the species at Select Aquatics, where he answers questions from customers with videos from the fishroom. Each morning he still responds to emails answering questions on freshwater husbandry and customer concerns. Greg resides in Erie, Colorado and can be reached at selectaquatics@gmail.com.
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