Willem Heijns.
Willem is 58 years of age and has been keeping cichlids well over half
that time.
Willem has been a member of the Dutch Cichlid Association (NVC) for 30
years and currently serves as their President.

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Mary Bailey.
Mary Bailey has kept tropical fish for more than 25 years, and is known
internationally as an expert on the cichlid family. She has written several
fishkeeping books,
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Ad Konings
Ad Konings is generally regarded as the leading expert on Malawi
and Tanganyikan cichlids in their natural habitats, and also has many years
of hands-on experience of keeping cichlids. An experienced SCUBA diver,
he has been visiting the lakes regularly for many years and has accumulated
a vast store of underwater observations and photographs. He also
regularly performs field studies on Central American cichlids. He has
authored numerous books and a number of scientific papers on cichlids, and
travels the world lecturing on his specialises.
A Dutchman by birth, he
now lives with his wife Gertrud in El Paso, Texas, where he runs his
own publishing company, Cichlid Press.

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