British Discus Show 2008 - The Team!

We are a group of Discus enthusiasts who have come together and formed the definitive Discus forum in the UK. The full title of the forum is The British and International Discus Keepers Association or BIDKA for short!

Founded in November 2006 we continually attract an ever increasing number of Discus enthusiasts from around the world. We achieve this by drawing on our strengths in business and fish-keeping, combined with professionalism, enthusiasm and fun! Why not check the forum out, it is free to join, and can be found at forum.bidka.org

Paul Butler - Married with two daughters and lives in Whiteley, Hampshire. Professional Projects Manager. Kept fish for more than 40 years and discus for more than 12 years. BIDKA founder. Other interests include playing golf, music and photography.

Kevin Smith - Has been keeping discus off and on for 30 years. He currently has six breeding pairs on a central system; grow out and pairing tanks on another system and a large grow out tank. In his spare time he owns and operates a print finishing company in Cornwall.

Liz Streithorst - a dog groomer, lives in Fowl River Alabama, USA with her partner John Hall and their nine dogs, 3 cats, four goats, 12 chickens, and horse. Having bred many of the standard strains of Discus in the past, she is now working with the Albino strains of discus.

Mark Evenden - Lives in Polegate East Sussex, married with two children. Owns Devotedly Discus, established 1993. Other interests include, angling, football and cricket.

Paul Lucas - Lives in Totton, Southampton with wife Ange. Together they run Discus South established in 1994. BIDKA founding member. Other interests include football and photography.

Paul Adams - Married with two children currently living in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. A serving member of the Royal Air Force. Has kept fish for the last 25 years and been lucky enough to breed Discus. Other interests include motorcycling (especially his Ducati 916) and Rugby.

Steve Ryall - Project Manager and Product Planner for a busy engineering company on the south coast. Kept fish for over 20 years and discus for some 10 years or so. Now working with Asian strains of discus. BIDKA founding member. Other interests include motorcycling, shooting and fishing.