Charley Grimes has been seriously keeping tropical fish for 40 years. He currently has over 100 aquariums in his fishroom (with another 40 or 50 in a storage barn). Additionally, he has 3 large yard ponds that he maintains for tropical fish in the warm months (about 5 months in Indianapolis). In addition to culturing lots of live foods in his fishroom, Charley had set up a 1,000-gallon daphnia pool in the back yard. The daphnia pool was a fantastic success for about 2 months and then, thanks to his daughter’s 13 “pet” ducks, was an impressive failure. He maintains about 60 cichlid tanks—mostly African Rifts & Dwarf Cichlids (mainly Apistos), with the rest mainly housing killies, tetras, and livebearers. Additionally, with the onset of warmer weather, he usually gets NATIVE FISH FEVER and does quite a bit of collecting locally and through the Southeastern U.S. In addition to collecting native fish, he has been to South America three times and once to Mexico. His other hobbies are photography and gardening.

Take a look at some of his fish at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10942704@N00/sets/72157594446321840/.