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Cynthia: I've been keeping fish since the mid '80s, and joined my first fish club (Burlington VT) in 1989. I'm most interested in catfish, especially Synodontis, and in smaller Central American cichlids (Thoricthys). I particularly like breeding fish, though I haven't done much of that in recent years. Before Dean and I met (at the 1993 ACA convention) I maintained about 20 tanks. I've been involved with a number of fish organizations including clubs in Vermont, Michigan and Minnesota, the Northeast Council of Aquarium Societies, the North American Fish Breeders Guild, and the many ill-fated catfish organizations. The most interesting fish I've ever had spawn for me were a Sturisoma species ("royal farlowellas") though I never got the fry to survive long.

Dean: I've been in the aquarium hobby since the mid 1980s and I've kept and bred a variety of fish (livebearers, tetras, barbs, catfish, killifish, anabantids, etc.). My favorite group of fish are the South American cichlids. I particularly like mid-sized SA cichlids but I like the big ones and the small ones as well. And other SA fish. And Central American fish. And cichlids from elsewhere as well. And ... I guess that is how fishrooms happen.

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125 gallon tank in family room featuring Java Moss (Vesicularia dubyana) and LaCort's Emperor Tetras (Nematobrycon lacortei)	Family room 125, photo two
LaCort's Emperor Tetra (Nematobrycon lacortei)	Family room 125, with added Java Fern (Microsorium pteropus)
False Basketmouth Cichlid (Caquetaia spectabilis) with fry	Gymnogeophagus rhabdotus and Cherry Barb (Barbus conchonius)
Orange Pike (Crenicichla sp.) juvenile	Royal Farlowella (Sturisoma sp.)
Geophagus altifrons	Vieja bifasciata
Jaguar Cichlid (Parachromis managuensis)	Megalechis personata
Aequidens tetramerus Red Breast pair with eggs	Black Chin Geophagus (Geophagus brachybranchus)
Krobia guianensis	Checkerboard Cichlid (Dicrossus filamentosus) female with eggs
Uaru amphiacanthoides	Female Texas Cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus) with older fry eating eggs.
Smiling Acara (Laetacara thayeri)	Guyana Festivum (Mesonauta guyanae)
Aequidens cf. palidus 1	Aequidens cf. palidus 2
Bandit Cichlid (Guianacara sp.) pair protecting breeding cave	Bandit Cichlid (Guianacara sp.) pair with fry
Bandit Cichlid (Guianacara sp.) male (inverted) fertilizes eggs while female remains inside cave.	Bandit Cichlid (Guianacara sp.) male guarding cave while female (inverted) lays eggs.
Black Acara (Cichlasoma bimaculatum) female returns wrigglers to group.	Black Acara (Cichlasoma bimaculatum) male retrieves wriggler
Black Acara (Cichlasoma bimaculatum) female with eggs

Photos 1 through 6 were taken by Joe Anderson; the Jaguar Cichlid and the Megalechis personata photos were taken by Cynthia; the remaining photos were taken by Dean.

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