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The picture to the left is the Grants Pass street display for Christmas (2007) on 6th St.I also have a new pictures page (that will be added to) with MANY more pictures from vacations and more: My Pictures


Quick Overview:

I currently live in Southern Oregon (I am originally from Hacienda Heights California), and have been in the Aquarium and Pet related business since 1977. I owned a Pet store and aquarium maintenance and design business in the Los Angeles area from 1978 until 2002 when we move here. I designed some of my own equipment such as the 15 watt UV Sterilizer and Medicated Wonder Shells I sell here. I have done contract maintenance for Disney, The Bahooka Restaurant (over 100 aquariums, mostly larger than 100 gallons), Coaster Co. (the largest furniture importer in North America, also based in the Los Angeles area), and many more. I also have made great business contacts over the years (especially in Asia) to purchase my products at great prices.
I have owned aquariums since I was 9 years old (1968), and at one time had a room with nothing but aquariums on racks two aquariums high, in addition to this I had literally 100s of aquariums in my care in my maintenance business as well.

My wife Jodie (Joanne) currently works at Bi-Mart in Grants Pass (a Northwest only Department store similar to Wal-Mart, but much smaller).

I went to high school at Los Altos High in Hacienda Heights, CA. and College at Cal Poly University, Pomona.
I was in the class of 1977 at Los Altos High School (Hacienda Heights). I went to Hillgrove Elementary (which I hated my years there due to horrible teacher I had for 4th and 6th grade and affected me the rest of my school years), and Orange Grove Jr. High.

For my more in depth Bio (I will add more to this as time permits):
ABOUT ME, CARL STROHMEYER OF GRANTS PASS, OREGON

Beginning years in Pet Business and the establishing of my Aquarium Business:

While in college at California Polytechnic University I got a job at Archie’s House of Pets and within about 6 months I was the manager of the three stores fish departments and an assistant manager at the West Covina Mall store. My original “boss” was Danny DiGiacamo who was great at tutoring me in many ways, although he later left to run his own stores and Debbie Galea took over running the West Covina store (Danny ran all three). She did not have the business knowledge of Danny, but still a good person to work under.
In 1978, during my time at Archie’s I started my Aquarium Maintenance business (Carl’s Aquarium Service at the time). This unfortunately caused some friction with Debbie’s father and owner (he was not actually active in running this business either), so I along with Tris Higa (whom I would later marry) left to start our own store in late 1979.

The aquarium service business really blossomed when an employee at the Bahooka restaurant called me to treat dying Arowana that she had been unsuccessful up to this point. I was able to save her prize fish and she recommended me to her boss (Jack) and I soon was maintaining the multiple aquariums at the two Polynesian restaurants. I would add MANY aquariums and re-worked the filter systems on the remainder of existing aquariums.
The Bahooka Restaurant would foster many other accounts such as the Lobster House (which fostered many itself in Pasadena), an account with Disney Studios and many more. Also during this time I picked up Coaster Co. (via my store though) which would eventually grow into my largest account up to the day I had to move to Oregon.

FOR MY FULL AQUARIUM/POND BUSINESS BIOGRAPAHY, please follow this link: CARL STROHMEYER; MY AQUARIUM EXPERIENCE/BIO

Thanks;

I now have my friend and an honest employee; Steven Wright working with me. Steven is now helping me with shipping and blogging. Misti also has worked with me, however she had other issues come up.
Tommy Butler deserves the credit for our more professional logo and many professional suggestions and tech advice (he is still currently working on improvements even though he already has a VERY business work schedule).

Other Sites/Blogs I Author:

• My Opinions
  
  • Global Warming Hoax Exposed; Half Truths, Myths, & Socialist Agenda

  • DHS/ DCS/ CPS, DCFS Abuse of authority problems
    In particular Oregon DHS

  • Conservatism vs. Capitalism; What is a True Conservative
    
  • The Faces of Evil; From the Ottoman Empire to Present