On Tuesday, April 15th, Hans Koops van’t Jagt better known as “Discus Hans will be speaking at the monthly meeting of the Aquarium Club of Lancaster County. Discus Hans was born in the Netherlands, and has been involved with Discus since 1977. In 2001, while in Holland he became the Dutch distributor of "Stendker" Discus - the largest Discus hatchery in Europe, and for over 40 years has been highly respected for their top quality fish. With his first appearance at the 2003 ACA in Cincinnati, Discus Hans and the Stendker Discus surprised everyone. "This quality has not been seen for years in the USA" was one of the remarks. In 2004, Hans moved to the US. and along with his wife Joanne, now own one of the biggest Discus facilities in the USA. He has won numerous awards in various discus shows, and continues to support Fish Clubs, and the discus hobby. Discus Hans has made it his goal to promote these high quality German Bred Discus in the United States, and to share his experience, and knowledge and his love of discus
The Aquarium Club of Lancaster County welcomes members and visitors from PA, MD and DE. Our meetings are open to the public and are held monthly at the Hempfield United Methodist Church, 3050 Marietta Ave., Lancaster at 7:30PM. For more information visit the Aquarium Club of Lancaster County's Website at http://www.aclc.us or email me