More About our April 10, 2015 General Meeting Speaker
Speaker: Matt Schauer
Matt’s Talk is titled “K.I.S.S. Corys”. He will spend little time on introductory information and move quickly into keeping and spawning these little gems.
Visit Matt's Website: www.NBMAquatics.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nbmaquatics
Matt was born and raised in Central Wisconsin. When he was a child his parents owned a small shop in Mequon, WI focusing primarily on freshwater tropical fish and exotic birds. They had 72 tanks in the store and another half-dozen at home. They left the business when he was 8 but some of the knowledge must have stuck with him. In ’06 he was given his first tank, a 75 gallon, by a friend whose former roommate had left it behind. At the age of 26 his passion began. The intent was a nice looking planted community tank. Within a few months of its setup; the breeding of Badis badis, Corydoras paleatus and Nomorhamphus liemi (Celebese Halfbeak), quickly had it cluttered with fry boxes and breeder baskets. It wasn’t long before a few more tanks were added. He tapered off at 5 tanks until he moved from Wisconsin to Northern Illinois in 2008. In a new town with few friends he had little better to do than sit online shopping for new tanks and fish to play with.