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Board Members

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Yoga Korgaonkar - President

  • Age started: 32

  • First Setup:

    • 10g Planted Community

  • Favorites:

    • Flora: Blyxa Japonica​

    • Fauna: Pencilfish

    • Setup: Blackwater

  • Special Interests:

    • Blackwater

    • Plants

    • Small Schooling fish​

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  • Age started: 6

  • First Setup:

    • 2.5-3g with Swordtails

  • Favorites:

    • Flora: Cryptocorynes

    • Fauna: Apistogramma

    • Setup: Planted ADA 90p

  • Special Interests:

    • Emersed Aroids

    • Rare Plants

    • High-tech Planted Tanks

    • Blackwater

John Willmon - Vice President

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  • Age started: 25

  • First Setup:

    • 10g Planted 

  • Favorites:

    • Flora: Süsswassertang

    • Fauna: Sparkling Gourami

    • Setup: Planted Tank

  • Special Interests:

    • Plumbing

    • Saltwater

    • Filtration

Kristen Aguanno - Secretary

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  • Age started: 15

  • First Setup:

    • 10g Community Freshwater 

  • Favorites:

    • Flora: Java Moss

    • Fauna: Pachypanchax Playfaini

    • Setup: Freshwater Community

  • Special Interests:

    • Killifish

    • Killifish Breeding

    • Live Foods

Dan Pape - Treasurer

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  • Age started: 9

  • First Setup:

    • 10g with Bullfrog Tadpoles 

  • Favorites:

    • Flora: Java Fern

    • Fauna: Altum Angelfish

    • Setup: Planted Community

  • Special Interests:

    • Aquatic Systems Automation

    • Raising Plants

    • Working with Glass

Peter ODwyer - Editor

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  • Age started: 18

  • First Setup:

    • 45g Community Freshwater

  • Favorites:

    • Flora: Red Root Floater

    • Fauna: Shell-dwelling Cichlids

    • Setup: Planted Tank

  • Special Interests:

    • Low-tech plants

    • Snails

    • Shell-dwelling cichlids

Holly Albrecht - Show Chairperson

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  • Age started: 12

  • First Setup:

    • 50g Tropical Community

  • Favorites:

    • Flora: Anubias

    • Fauna: Dinosaur Eel (Bichir)

    • Setup: Planted Shrimp Tank

  • Special Interests:

    • Exotic Fish

    • Crustaceans

    • Carnivorous Plants

    • Aquatic Plants

Charlie Landa - Board Member-at-Large

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  • Age started: 9

  • First Setup:

    • Native Florida Biotope

  • Favorites:

    • Flora: Anubias

    • Fauna: Emperor Tetra

    • Setup: Natural Planted Tank

  • Special Interests:

    • Barbs

    • Killifish

    • Saltwater

    • Dart Frogs

    • Day Geckos

Dave Padgett - Board Member-at-Large

Becky Pape - Board Member-at-Large

  • Age started: Coming Soon

  • First Setup:

    • Coming Soon

  • Favorites:

    • Flora: Coming Soon

    • Fauna: Coming Soon

    • Setup: Coming Soon

  • Special Interests:

    • Coming Soon

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  • Age started: 6

  • First Setup:

    • 30g Hex with Blue Gravel

  • Favorites:

    • Flora: Crypts

    • Fauna: Coryddoras

    • Setup: 192g Planted with Micro Fish

  • Special Interests:

    • Plants

    • Small Fish

    • Wood working

    • Shrimp

Alan Thiem - President Emeritus

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