tetras, barbs, danios, rasboras

Most aquarists keep them. Few successfully breed them. Learn how these fishes reproduce in nature and then what one can do to breed them in our glass boxes.

Note: This is a changed topic for February due to speaker availablity.

Karen Randall is an experienced aquarist, with a concentration on aquatic plants and aquascaping. Her articles and photography have been published in six languages in nine countries. For many years she authored the monthly column, "Sunken Gardens" in Aquarium Fish Magazine. She is an international speaker on aquarium subjects.

Karen serves on the board of the Aquatic Gardeners Association. She is Technical Editor of The Aquatic Gardener magazine. She has served as a judge for both the AGA International Aquascaping Contest and the Aqua Design Amano International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest since their inception. She has also served as a consultant on several major projects at public aquaria. She has traveled to South and Central America and most recently Thailand, to study and photograph aquatic plants and biotopes in the wild.

Special Bonus - Karen will also be speaking at Paul Garrity's home on Friday night. Check out the event address for Paul's home on the side bar.