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Heiko,the visit of a fishkeeping Icon.

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The visit of a fishkeeping icon When i decided to take the plunge and create a brand new aquarist society in central Scotland my main objective was to create a platform of learning. The key to successful fishkeeping is having the ability to listen to others, listen to other opinions and views. Far to much learning these days seems to be via social media and to me this is a dangerous practice. Get out and meet people face to face and learn from each other. Our club has invited some fantastic speakers over the 3 years we have been running and we have learned so much and last year we decided it was time to take it to the next level. Several names were mentioned and discussed before we decided to go all out and invite Mr Heiko Bleher. The question was though, would he be prepared to visit such a small club ? This is a man who has discovered and introduced over 6000 different freshwater species and made around 900 field trips to freshwater habitats in a couple of hund