The Aquarist Podcast

Ep. 13 – Kevin Kelly of Brooklyn Hardscape on aquascaping: lessons learned, CO2, competitions, and living the dream.

Kevin and I discuss many aquascaping topics; from his beginnings in the hobby to running his company Brooklyn Hardscape.

Check out his work and connect with him via Facebook or Instagram if you would like him to come and aquascape a tank for you.

 

Brooklyn Hardscape FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynHardscape/

 

Brooklyn Hardscape Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/brooklynhardscape/

 

Brooklyn Hardscape website:

http://www.brooklynhardscape.com/

 

Filipe Oliveria FB page:

https://www.facebook.com/FAAOAquascaping/

Ep. 12 – Matthew Schauer of NBM Aquatics on catfish, corydoras, and fishless aquariums

Matt and I discuss his early childhood experiences with fish, progression through the hobby and how he got into bottom-dwellers.

Matt shares many pieces of advise for those looking to keep and breed catfish, specifically corydoras.

 

NBM Aquatics Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/nbmaquatics/

 

Matt Schauer Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/matthew.schauer.10

 

NBM Aquatics store page

http://www.nbmaquatics2.com/

 

US Corydora Keepers Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/groups/297396980407911/

Ep. 11 – Heather Burke on breeding danios, collecting wild, native fish in Michigan, and fish health

I am joined by Heather Burke for a content-rich episode covering everything from breeding danios, collecting fish in Michigan, and fish quarantine and health.

Heather is incredibly knowledgeable and very experienced for someone in their mid-20s!

If you want an awesome guest speaker at your fish club, look no further than Heather Burke!

Contact her at burkehe2@msu.edu

 

Links:

Heather's Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/heather.burke.1441

 

Medlist:

Rid Ich

Paraguard

Prazipo

Metronidazole

Furan-2

Melafix

Neomycin

Pimafix

 

Amazon links:

Golden pearls

Decap Brine shrimp

 

 

Ep. 10 – Eric Martens on founding Discobee.com, RO water made easy, and the greatest t-shirt in the game

I am joined by Eric Martens founder of Discobee.com and passionate shrimp keeper.  We discuss the origins of Discobee.com and upcoming changes to the business model, how RO water isn’t as challenging as it is made out to be, and a discussion on dwarf shrimp economics.

 

Discobee Homepage

https://www.discobee.com/

 

Facebook group - USA Freshwater Shrimps and Plants

https://www.facebook.com/groups/usashrimps/

 

Scape club link

http://scapeclub.org/forum/cmps_index.php

Ep. 9 - Sam "Captain Duckweed" Rutka on paludariums, sloths and species availability in Maine

I am joined by Sam "Captain Duckweed" Rutka from Easy Aquariums in Gorham, Maine.

We discuss Sam's beginnings in the hobby, this transition to aquascaping, some paludarium tips, tricks, and lessons learned, and a little bit about Maine's approved species whitelist.

Sam will be back on in a few months to go further in depth on the whitelist and provide an update on his work to add more species to be approved in Maine.

Sam's Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/captainduckweed/

 

Sam's Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/sam.rutka.9

 

East Aquarium's Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/EasyAquariums/

Ep. 8 - Greg Steeves on Lake Victoria and the amazing CARES conservation program

I am joined by Greg Steeves to discuss his time in the hobby, a brief history behind the issues impacting Lake Victoria fish, the great work being done by the CARES organization, and how you too can get involved to help at-risk fish species.

 

CARES website:

https://caresforfish.org/

 

Greg's website:

http://africancichlids.net/

 

 

Episode 7 - Joe Ferdenzi on killifish and why you should join the American Killifish Association

I am joined by Joe Ferdenzi, life long aquarist, killifish fanatic, and Beginners' Committee Chairman for the American Killifish Association.

American Killifish Association - http://aka.org/

 

Killifish referenced during the show - Saberfin Killifish (Terranatos dolichopterus)

 

Episode 6 - Sam Scālz, artist, educator, and fish enthusiast

Join me for a great conversation with Sam Scālz on his beginnings in the hobby keeping fish and drawing them as an artist.

Every fish room needs to have at least one of his pieces hanging on the wall.

Check him out here:

https://www.facebook.com/ScalzNatureArtist/

https://www.instagram.com/samscalz/

https://samscalz.threadless.com/

 

Facebook Biotope Aquaristics Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/biotope.aquarium/

Episode 5 - Brendan Flynn on growing youth interest in tropical fish keeping and sharing his passion on YouTube

I am joined by the show's first international guest, Brendan Flynn from British Columbia, Cananda.

Brendan and I discuss his time in the hobby, which is relatively short compared to other guests given he is 14 years old, how we can get more youth involved, and his plans for growing his YouTube channel.

Check him out.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRmkB1CHVINkCEimmTGEfKQ/featured

 

Lawrence Kent on fish watching in Africa while driving humanitarian relief

I am joined by Lawrence Kent, a world traveler who helps fight povery across the globe and still manages to find time to "fish watch" everywhere he goes.

Lawrence takes me through his early years living in Africa with the Peace Corps to one of his most recent trips.  Lawrence also shares some insight for any would-be travelers to Africa wanting to catch native tropical fish.