Speaker

[lois1909]

I just got a book on Rainbows and apparently there is a fellow in St. Louis that knows quite a bit about Rainbows and takes great pictures. You fellows may know him, Gary Lange. Thought I'd just throw his name in the ring as a speaker. I'm interested in Rainbows. Here's a blurb about him when he spoke to another club in September.

Be sure to attend our next monthly meeting. We will have Gary Lange there giving a talk on rainbowfish.

Thursday, Sept. 5th. 7:30 PM – Clarion Waterfront Hotel (Auditorium)

“A research biochemist in St. Louis, Gary Lange has been keeping fish since the age of 10 and has been associated with the organized hobby for the last 30 years. He is a member of the Missouri Aquarium Society (MASI) and has held various positions in the club. A Grand Master Breeder in MASI, Gary has won Best Fish in Show on four different occasions, twice with rainbowfish.
In the fall of 1987, Gary founded the Rainbowfish Study Group of North America (RSG). Feeling that there weren't many quality pictures of rainbowfish available, he decided to begin taking his own photographs. The rest is definitely history as Gary’s celebrated work has since been published in TFH, FAMA, and AFM. Also an eloquent author, he has had several articles published in TFH and AFM.
In 2002, Gary imported eight new rainbowfish from world explorer, Heiko Bleher, including Glossolepis pseudoincisus (millennium rainbow), Glossolepis dorityi (zigzag rainbow), and Melanotaenia parva (dwarf parva rainbow). In 2003, he made his second trip to Australia for further collecting. In 2005, he took the rainbowfish collector’s dream trip, collecting in Irian Jaya (New Guinea), and returned again in 2008. He currently maintains around 100 tanks and keeps about 30 varieties of rainbowfish and blue-eyes.”

Note: This biography was taken from the C.A.R.E.S. website.

http://www.carespreservation.com/introduction.html

Please visit them when you have some time. Very good and interesting organization.

[Jackielee]

He is a good speaker he spoke to HAAS in KC a while back. He brought lots of goodies too for the mini auction!

[sumpnfishy]

Gary is a great guy and a great speaker. He should definitely be on our next list of invites.