About Neil Frank

Neil has been in the aquarium hobby since he was 14 and never had a tank without live plants.

As a serious aquarist for the past 4 decades, he helped unravel the mysteries of successfully maintaining plants in freshwater aquaria. Neil was the principal organizer of the Aquatic Gardeners Association and from 1991 to 1999 and was the editor of The Aquatic Gardener, the AGA journal.

Now retired, he has renewed his focus on the aquarium hobby with a strong focus on fish breeding and photography. He has recently converted his garage to a fish room where he maintains 40 aquariums. Neil also enjoys studying and photo-documenting the behavior of fishes.

A charter member of the Raleigh Aquarium Society (established 1981), Neil is currently its program chair, a member of the board and an avid participant in the RAS Breeders Award Program.