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Sat, Jul 12
|Smyrna
AAAA July Meeting - Greg Sage
Speaker will be Greg Sage from Select Aquatics on Selective Breeding. He will be followed by a small auction of fish and plants.
Time & Location
Jul 12, 2025, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Smyrna, 1885 Roswell St SE, Smyrna, GA 30080, USA
About the event
Greg Sage, MEd., began selling guppies from his bedroom while in middle school in Ohio, and today runs selectaquatics.com,
a fishroom of 100+ tanks. Select Aquatics has specialized over the last 15 years on rare livebearers, particularly goodeids,
and a line of Pethia padamya "Odessa" that has been selectively bred, starting in 2009. The Green Dragon Pleco was also
developed here, starting in 2010.
Efforts to selectively breed for healthy and consistent stock began around 1990, and 47 different strains and species have
been distributed to the hobby through Select Aquatics over the last 15 years. In this talk, photos and stories document the
development of many of these fish, including the high fin mayae, the Ancistrus Green Dragon, the Synodontis lucipinnis, the
Select Aquatics line of Odessa barbs, the gold Alvarezi, and the Ilyodon furcidens- the "Trout Goodeid", are covered. bottom of page