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Marshall E. Ostrow
was in for a visit in Oct.2003. We were fortunate
enough to have Marshall sit in a PAKA (Pittsburgh Area Killifish
Association) meeting while he was in town. Seeing that he
is the author of "Breeding Killifishes", a
1981 book published by T.F.H., it was a honor to have him
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Marshall E. Ostrow,
shown here holding several issues of the GPASI Journal (Greater
Pittsburgh Aquarium Society Inc, from 1973) at which time he
was Vice President of the club! Marshall, a former
editor of Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine for many years, has
become the new editor of JAKA, the publication for the
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"Chris
Breitkreutz (CA), long time hobbyist and well known to many, stopped
by for a visit Aug. 2003. Chris also joined the Pittsburgh
Area Killifish Association for our monthly meeting....nice to
have him attend for some "outside" input in the
Killifish world!" |
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Former employee
Judi (Palmer) Tracy stopped by for a visit with two of her kids,
Tyler and Braelyn. |
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I had a chance to
bring some AKA members over for a visit while they were in
Pittsburgh for the first ever PAKA Killifish Show in
April 2003. (L-R) Jim Graham (Michigan), Don Mortenson
(Illinois) and Charlie Grimes (Indiana |
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October 2002. (L-R) Robert J. Goldstein,
Ph.D.(NC), Sallie
Boggs, Ph.D.(PA) and myself. While
Bob was in town for several days, Sallie brought him by for a
visit. Some of the very first aquarium books I had when I
was young were written by Bob. It was a great honor to have
him actually standing in my facility! |
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Lee Finley (RI) was in
Pittsburgh for the 50th Anniversary Show in 1997. I was lucky
enough to spend some time showing Lee around town. Lee is know
for his collection of vintage aquarium literature &
extensive knowledge on Catfish. |
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Oliver
Lucanus (Canada) owner of "Below Water", collector,
explorer, importer/exporter, author... the list goes on
and on, presented an underwater film that he made while
collecting in S. America for a GPASI monthly meeting in
August 2002. I was fortunate to have him stop by for several
hours for a visit. Oliver is one of the most knowledgeable
people when it comes to new & rare fish. His knowledge
is endless! If you ever get a chance to see one of his
presentations, don't hesitate, you'll be amazed with him! |
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Stephan Tanner and
his wife Wendy from Ohio State University stopped in for a
visit in Sept. 2002. |
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Members of PAKA (Pittsburgh Area
Killifish Association) got a chance to meet & visit with
Frederich Bitter (from Germany) at the Cincinnati Killifish
Show during Labor Day weekend 2002.
(Standing L-R) Hank Marzina, Bill
Shenefelt, Frederich Bitter, Curtis Smith, Ross Cronkhite
(Kneeling) ME!
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"Jim & Lynn Golaszeski (New
Jersey) come to town for a few days to "hang out".
Lynn went shopping while Jim got a tour of some Pittsburgh
fishrooms. He's now hooked and setting up a fishroom of his
own....this hobby does grow on you!"
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November 2002. A group of members
from the Columbus Area Fish Enthusiasts stopped by. (L-R) Ryan
Timm, Pat Sabourin, Judy Auditore, Ron Hedges,
Tony Brehm, Larry James.
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October 2002, Al Yunker pulls
himself away from his work with his Dwarf Cichlids to lend
a hand in cutting glass lids for some AOA tanks. Al is
spawning some of the best looking Apistos and Pelvicachromis I
have ever seen, he is also the web master for AOA.
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(L-R) Stephan Tanner (Ohio), Ingo
Seidel (Germany) and myself. Ingo was one of the guest
speakers at the Ohio Cichlid Extravaganza in November 2002. I
was lucky enough to have Stephan, who is an old friend of Ingo's
from Germany, bring Ingo to my facility the day after the OCA
event.
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Ingo Seidel (Germany) - Ingo
and I did some fish trades during his visit, here he is
bagging fish to take back to Germany with him. I received C. sp.
"Mazaruni" (that he collected from Guyana and
spawned), tank-raised C. solox, Aspidoras eurycephalus and
an unidentified Aspidoras species. The upper left-hand
corner of the photo shows the Mergus Catfish Atlas Vol. 1 that
Ingo co-authored. The book features Hypoptopomatinae and
Loricariinae catfish. (only available in German at this time).
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Visitors to AOA, November 25, 2002.
(L-R) Leo (Skippy) Waskowiak, Me, Ingo Seidel, Stephan Tanner,
Hank Marzina, Steve Shin (Aqua-Crylic, Ohio) and Cindy
Drown."
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