A Trip of a Lifetime - Collecting aquarium fish in the Peruvian Rain Forrest

Bio:    Jack Heller has been in the aquarium hobby since he received his first aquarium at the age of ten. When he was in graduate school, he walked into a pet store in Granit City Illinois and saw his first Killifish book, "Enjoy your Killifish" by Dr. Bruce Turner and John Pafenyk. Shortly after, Jack acquired his first killifish, Fundulopanchax gardneri, and he has been hooked on killifish ever since. However, in the new fish room that Jack built after retirement from the Federal Government, he has also raised many other fish including Apisotgrammas, Kribs, Darios, Rainbows and Blue Eyes. In addition to these smaller aquarium fish, Jack is currently enjoying his first tank of discus. Jack is active in the American Killifish Association, having served four terms on the Board of Trustees and served one term as Chairman of the BOT.  Jack also enjoys collecting aquarium fish in the wild and was fortunate to accompany two scientists, Dr. Nevin Aspinwall and Dr. Tomas Hrbek, on a trip to Cameroon, West Africa in 1998, where he spent three weeks collecting West African Killifish. In 2013, Jack joined two AKA friends on a collecting trip to Peru where he collected many aquarium fish and experienced the Amazon first hand, including Tarantulas, Wolf Fish and chiggers.