Leo served as an officer in the Australian Army for 25 years, in a career that included being a helicopter pilot, a flying instructor, a tactics instructor, a capability developer and a project manager. He’s no stranger to the USA, having spent one year instructing on Hueys at the US Army Aviation Centre at Fort Rucker Alabama. Since retiring from the military in 2006 he’s worked as a management consultant, working with a diverse group of clients ranging from large Defence contractors to small businesses.

Gary has been keeping fish since he was 10 and has been associated with the organized hobby for the last 39 years. He is a member of the Missouri Aquarium Society (MASI) and has held various positions in the club. He is a grand master breeder in MASI, and has won “Best Fish In Show” on four different occasions, twice with rainbowfish.

Marcel is a Research Scientist in the field of microbiology and immunology at the University of Wisconsin studying pathogenic fungi. Since his childhood, he has been keeping fish and Aquaria and has actively bred fish for the last 20+ years. His primary interest and focus are in breeding rainbow fish, blue eyes (Pseudomugils), and lately hillstream loaches and plecostomus.

My passion for aquariums began when, as a child, I inherited my grandfather’s aquarium after his death. The swordtails living in it were my first acquaintance with aquarium fish. To the astonishment of my parents a passion developed from it, which was interrupted only briefly by the study time and accompanied me my whole life.