12 Aug 03
I'm Michael Shrom. I was born in 1956 In Ephrata, Pa. I was married
to my wife Nancy in 1978. I have two adult sons Nevin and Peter. I'm
a machinist at a fire truck factory and have a very small business
breeding amphibians and propagating pond plants. I consider myself a
liberal conservationist. I'm an adult Sunday School teacher at the Ephrata
Church Of The Brethren. Some of my hobbies are photography, raising
orchids, growing wildflowers, collecting books, collecting antiques,
breeding amphibians, and raising pond plants. My business (Frog Pond)
is hobby oriented. I breed and sell what I like to help pay for my
expensive hobbies. Mostly I like dart frogs and aquatic salamanders
and frogs.
I consider myself to be an advanced hobbyist. I have been keeping
amphibians since I was a small child and have kept and bred Dart Frogs
for over 21 years. I'm an old timer by Frognet standards. I've met
hundreds of Frognetters and even though I am young the majority of them
are younger than me and have been involved in the hobby for a shorter
time. I've been on Frognet for a number of years and at one time had
the distinction of having the most posts. I post frequently but not as
often as I used to. Currently I keep mostly tinctorious, auratus, and
galactonotus. I have several morphs of each. I'm starting to keep
some thumbnails again. Most of my tanks are simple breeder tanks but I
have several display tanks. I like to keep frogs in colonies when I
can. From Frognet we learn their are lots of different approaches to
sound husbandry of amphibians. Their is no "right" way but their
certainly are wrong ways.
For a picture of me and to see an outdated web site about me go to
http://www.buzau.com/triton/shrom.htm
Michael Shrom
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