Our guest speaker for our October General Meeting on October 25, 2010 will be Larry Johnson.
Larry was first introduced to Lake Malawi cichlids in the early 70’s and has been keeping and breeding them since then. The fish room has got bigger over the years and has been consumed by these beautiful fish. He presently runs 80 various size aquariums at home, and has been importing Cichlids from Lake Malawi for 4 years. You can see many beautiful underwater pictures that have been taken over the years on his website.
In January 2003 Cichlid News Magazine published Larry’s article and pictures on the genus Mylochromis. Larry also discovered the interesting feeding behaviour in Sciaenaochromis fryeri and photographing for the first time a new species of Lethrinops sp.”mbenji roundhead”.
In his spare time you can find Larry at local fish clubs (Hamilton & District Aquarium Society) and others doing the “fish thing” (speaking or attending). Larry recently spent two months in Malawi (2009 ) installing Anti-Netting Devices around the Maleris Islands and conducting a Cichlid Survey in conjunction with the Stuart M Grant Conservation Fund. Here is the latest update (video). In September 2010 he travelled to Lake Malawi for the 10th time.