Eric Bodrock, 53, is the Owner of All Oddball Aquatics, a tropical fish hatchery and independent online retailer located near Pittsburgh PA. Along with his fiancé, Regina Spotti, they currently maintain about 250 aquariums in their home based hatchery and are working with many species of fish. Eric has been active in the aquarium hobby since age 10 and has worked in the retail, wholesale distribution, installation, and hatchery aspects of the industry. In addition to his accomplishment of successfully spawning nearly 500 species of freshwater fish, he has published articles, judged dozens of fish shows and has given many presentations abroad and has traveled to aquarium related events in Canada, Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom and all over the USA.

Eric is currently serving on the board of directors of the Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society, which he has been a member of for almost 40 years! He considers himself as a "Lifer" in the hobby and continues to promote the aquarium hobby in every possible way·you'll often hear him say: "There's always room for one more tank!"

Eric will also be giving a second talk at Jerry Jost place on Friday March 20th.

"Get Them, Feed Them, Breed Them & Keep Them Alive"  "This talk will cover basically what I do in my fishrooms; how I prepare for shipping & receiving fish, foods I feed and ideas for various diets, some methods for spawning fish and tricks of the trade to help keep fish alive!"

If you attend this talk you will also get the bonus of seeing the best Corydoras fishroom in Midwest, no doubt about it. Make it a two-fer. Spend some quality time with a speaker in a much more laidback atmosphere and also get to see Jerry Jost's corys! Oh there will be some Ferguson Brewery Growlers of beer if you need a bit more incentive.

To get to Jost Chemicals take Hwy 170 to St. Charles Rock Road. Head east but get in the left hand lane right away and make a left at the stoplight onto Lackland Road. It's about 1⁄2 mile through an industrial complex just watch for the signs. The meeting will be in the VERY LAST building on the road, look for the cars. The address is: 8110 Lackland Road St. Louis, MO 63114