Ryan “Frog” Walton Frog’s final destiny was written during his infancy: to own his own aquarium shop. As a grubby 5-year-old, he constantly rummaged through the bushland in thongs in search of any animal or plant he could trade for cash. He would then beg his mother until she agreed to drive him around every aquarium store in Sydney looking for any rare underwater creature he could add to his ever-growing collection. This obsession never wavered. He gained work experience at Taronga Zoo and the Australian Museum, feeding his obsession for more. Storage of his collection soon became an issue when his mother told him to ship out and take his tanks with him. Despite this, he proceeded to rent a space across the road from her house (the Gaslight Inn wouldn’t let him set it up in the pub), and he and his mate Scott started Aquadisiac, serving as a constant reminder to his beloved mother how much time and effort she’d put into his obsession. |
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Jennifer "Jennifah" Zah....
Jennifah grew up in Winnipeg, Canada with the dream of becoming a celebrity veterinarian. Her dream was conceived long before Dr Chris Brown strutted his stuff down Bondi Beach holding a sheep... Jennifah is a humble softly spoken lass and would never admit to being envious of Dr Brown but at least she knows that she had the idea first. Jennifah is a very intelligent woman who already holds many University degrees and is currently studying Vet Science in Sydney and working casually at her favourite aquarium store. Jennifah has an extensive fish and pet keeping history. She successfully trained her pet beagle from the age of 12 to become a multi award winning champion agility dog. Jennifah also aligned herself with one of the world's leading authorities of aquarium fish keeping, which led her to become a prized exotic Betta breeder back home in Canada. Jennifer is now in Australia studying, breeding Bettas and caring for young orphan 'Miss Kitty Fantastico'. Jennifer has also taken up the sport 'beeah pong' in which she is already showing plenty of talent. Jennifah is planning on heading back to Canada after she obtains her Vet degree as the quiet Jennifah finds the Australian native birds a little too noisy and scary and the Australians lack of pronouncing the letter 'R' in words, extremely annoying. |
Scott "Two-Shoes" Goodwin Scott’s childhood was filled with animals of all types. He grew up in a household zoo, and although he couldn’t take any animals with him when he moved out of home, as soon as he could afford it, he bought himself a cat. This started his tradition of naming his pets bizarre things – with highlights such as Lentil Burger the dog-cat named after a vegetarian flatmate’s BBQ delights. His quest for employment on the different side saw him work as a freight sorter, balloon artist and the token straight barman at the Taxi Club. When the time was right, Scott found a mate, and spawned, producing a litter of 3 girls. After many hours at the Gaslight Inn contemplating their future, Scott thought that if he was so good at raising humans that fish would be a cinch, so over a few beers, he and Ryan decided to open the bestest aquarium in the universe and Surry Hills. They shared a love of animals of all types, with reptiles, amphibians and fish being top of the list. Their shared love produced a beautiful thing with Aquadisiac soon becoming the jewel of the community. |
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