ASOV - Monthly Meeting January 2026 - Greg Martin - Ponds & Filtration

ASOV - Monthly Meeting January 2026 - Greg Martin - Ponds & Filtration 

Greg Martin was born in Melbourne Australia in 1968 and starting keeping fish at age 9 – first fish were Swordtails, Mollies, Guppies and a few Tetras. Has kept fish continuously since then.

Greg was introduced to Australian Rainbowfish in the early 1980’s by a friend and then kept Melanotaenia splendida for a number of years.

In 2002 Greg formed Aquariums By Design and since then this company has been commissioned to build aquatic habitats for Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Zoo and the CSIRO’s Murray Darling Freshwater Research Institute in Aubrey Wodonga. They also specialise in Aquaculture systems and have done extensive installations for the Victorian Government’s Department of Primary Industries pest aquatic weed eradication research facility at Latrobe University, Victoria.

Aquariums By Design builds, installs and looks after aquariums of all sizes, ponds (often featuring native Australian fish), frog habitats and has recently begun building Paludariums for clients.

Greg joined ANGFA in 2004 and became President of ANGFA Vic in October 2017. Greg Martin produced the ANGFA Victoria newsletter VicNews from June 2013 until it became ANGFA News in February 2017. Greg has been doing the Design and Layout of Fishes of Sahul, ANGFA flagship magazine since September 2015.