Thanks Bill and Kevin. I really appreciate it and really am looking forward to serving if I get elected.
I guess since the other thread got deleted, I will post up a bit about myself here for those that don't know me.
My name is Tony Horos. I'm 32 years old and am a senior project manager for a large concrete construction company based out of Bladensburg, MD. I live in Gaithersburg with my wife of one year, Maria.
My parents kept fish when I was young, but really got into fish keeping myself at college. Down at Georgia Tech, my next door neighbor had a 55 with mbuna and haps in it. I saw this tank and fell in love with cichlids. Wanting a tank, but not having room for Africans, I kept a planted tank with gouramis and rainbows through the end of school.
After graduating, I moved back up here to be around my family. When I got back, I kept up the planted tank and set up my first cichlid tank: a 55 with Malawi haps, peacocks and mbuna... the general Petco and Congressional fare.
After I got my own place in Rockville, I set up a reef tank as well and got involved with my first fish clubs, CMAS and WAMAS. I was a member and attended meetings regularly for a while until about three too many tank wipes happened and I became a bit disinterested in the "colored sticks."
We moved up to Gaithersburg in 2008 and increased space meant increased room for tanks. I found the CCA in the fall of 2008 and started attending meetings then.
Oh boy, you guys have really had an effect on me...
In the last year and a half, three tanks have grown to about 30 now and while I still keep up 2 planted tanks, I have gotten rid of my main saltwater reef setup (I still have 6 gal nano at work).
Currently, I have about 36 different groups of peacocks/haps/mbuna and 6 different groups of Tangs that are either breeding or growing out. This is in addition to numerous single male Malawi cichlids of other species that I do not plan on breeding. I also keep a pair of apistos and a pair of koi angels upstairs in the planted tanks to "keep it real."
In the last year, I have attended almost all of the meetings as well as the holiday party last year. My wife and I were proud to be able to host about 50 folks at the summer BBQ at my place in Gaithersburg this year. A good time was had by all.
I am active on the forum and contribute to the refreshments at every meeting. In the last year, I have organized a couple of group fish orders as well as a couple of group frozen food orders. I was also lucky enough to attend the ECC auction in the spring as well as the ACA in Milwaukee in July. I think I represented the club properly at each of these events.
When I'm not doing water changes, my wife and I are into hitting up wine festivals, BBQs, Caps and Skins games, checking out vintage and racing cars and we've picked up mountain biking again. We have two awesome dogs, Elvis and Timmy and regularly volunteer at dog-adoption events.
I am also on the board of directors for the National Capital Chapter of the American Concrete Institute, a professional association dedicated to education on matters related to cast-in-place concrete.
Anyway, hopefully, I didn't bore you into not voting for me with this biography. I have said it before on other threads... the CCA has done a lot for me and I would like the opportunity to give some back.
Cheers,
Tony
