Steve Edie

Steve Edie has kept fish for nearly 50 years (yikes!). He started in the late 50's with guppies, mollies and danios as most of us did. His Dad got a tank that Steve and his brother took over the maintenance of, and the rest is history. Since that time, he has kept almost every kind of fish available, and some that weren't. He has bred many species, both easy and difficult. In the early 70's he discovered Lake Malawi Cichlids (well, okay, not really discovered, but became interested in them). He kept Malawi's exclusively until the early 80's, when he discovered Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids (well, you know). He then kept Tanganyikan's exclusively into the late 90's, when the evil Mike Hellweg brainwashed him into believing that there were other cool fish that were not from Lake Tanganyika. Steve now keeps about 1200 gallons of freshwater aquariums, split into about half Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids and half everything else. He has had good success in maintaining many different Tanganyikan species and moderate success at breeding them. He is currently the Treasurer and BAP Chair of the Missouri Aquarium Society, and is on the BOT of the American Cichlid Association. He has attended every ACA convention since 1996. He believes that attending conventions (including the Northeast Council, the All-Aquarium Catfish Convention, and the GCCA Cichlid Classic in Chicago ) is one of the best means of finding friends, information, and rare species of fish. He once kept a saltwater tank for about a year, but has promised not to do it again.