"You cannot protect something that you don't know exists" -Ivan Mikolji

I am a college student at the University of Mount Union, studying Biology and Environmental Science. My area of interest is Aquatic and Marine Biology and conservation, with special attention to fishes and their diversity. I have been keeping aquarium fishes for over a decade, and fishing for even longer.

I maintain a captive breeding population of Narceus americanus (species complex), as well as Microgeophagus ramirezi. I have attempted to spawn Megaliches thoracarum, Hypancistrus sp, Moenkhausia pittieri, Hyphessobrycon anisitsi, Brochis soldais and Trichopsis pumila.

I have special interest in the species of genus Etheostoma, Noturus, as well as the mouthbrooding bettas of Complex Unimaculata.