Born in the Netherlands, and living most of his early life in Rotterdam, Ad Konings kept his first cichlids at the age of 14. Ad started his own publishing company, Cichlid Press, in 1991, the the first book he published was Cichlids Yearbook, Vol. I. In 1996, Ad and his lovely wife Gertrud moved to El Paso, Texas because, as Ad says, “the sun always shines!”

Author and producer of over 30 books on Tanganyikan, Malawi, Central American, South American, and Lake Victorian cichlids, Ad is also in high demand as a celebrated speaker, his annual engagements taking him throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Far East. His collecting expeditions include over 20 trips to Lake Malawi, with more than 1250 hours diving in the lake, 15 trips to Lake Tanganyika, with 400 hours of diving in the lake, and he has made over 16 visits to Mexico, as well as journeying to Ecuador, Belize, and Nicaragua.

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