Randy has been in the hobby for well over 50 Years, Starting as a kid with a goldfish. After meeting Teri , who had 4 tanks, they added more after being married. Joining a fish club and going to auctions, we started getting different fish and got to successfully bred many. In 1987 Randy was one of the Founders of the Tropical Fish Club of Erie County, and he started being an auctioneer for the club auction. Soon he was helping doing auctions for fish clubs in NY, PA, Ohio, and Canada. Randy ran a Flower shop with a fish store included in the early 2000s. After closing the store, over 60 tanks of fish and aquatic plants were being housed in our fish room at home.
Teri enjoyed Corydoras catfish and became real good at getting them to lay eggs and raising young. She was the fish room keeper and Randy was just there to buy new and sell at auctions. In January 2022, Teri was called back home, Randy was ready to get rid of all the fish and close up the fish room, selling off many pleco’s catfish and other fish they had been raising. But His 2 children told him to do what he loved, The Fish Club, The Fire Company, Auctioneering, and keeping fish. So, he picked up the pieces, bought in a few new fish, and since with heavenly help has been enjoying breeding some Pleco’s, Guppies, and other fish.
Now at another turn in His life, he has sold his home and moved to an apartment. This meant the 30 some tanks were emptied and keeping only the fish he really wants to work with. Now with 4 Tanks: two 40’s and two 15’s. Long-fin Albino Plecos, Snow white Plecos, L519 Plecos, Gastrodermus nanus, Blue Grass Guppies and Blue Galaxy Guppies are in the tanks.
The program, titled Anabantids, looks at the wide range of labyrinth fish. The species, breeding, and keeping them. Many are colorful, while others are drab and used as food. Randy and Teri have successfully bred many species of Anabantids over the years.