Jeff Senske

Jeff Senske has been involved with aquariums all of his life, starting with his father owning a tropical fish store while in veterinary school.  Jeff and his brother Mike started a retail store from scratch in 1990 and it quickly became a true hobbyist’s shop. Unfortunately, as successful as the shop was, the brothers were young and not very business savvy, spending all of the profits on new displays and cool rare fish.

It was in 1997 when Jeff’s passion changed to aquascaping as he saw the Nature Aquarium World books by Takashi Amano and was determined to recreate the fantastic aquascapes that he saw in the books.  After years of study, Jeff was to accomplish this and is now a world renowned aquascaper in his own right, giving talks around the country as well as judging planted aquarium competitions.

Jeff has been a fixture at the biennial Aquatic Gardners Convention, giving talks on multiple subjects such as effective designs, commercial aquascaping, and aquarium photography.

In May of 2000, Jeff and his brother Mike started Aquarium Design Group (ADG) in Houston, Texas.  The store combines their lifelong passion for aquariums with their love for art, design, and architecture.   From the beginning ADG focused on freshwater aquariums as opposed to the existing standard of saltwater. The brothers believed firmly in the ability of the freshwater aquarium to transcend the somewhat fixed aesthetic of saltwater aquariums with the wider array of decorative elements and overall visual opportunity a well composed freshwater aquarium offers. Different species of driftwood, stones, and substrates can be combined to create many different looks, providing a more unified, harmonious connection to various interior styles. Add the ultimate simplicity of a freshwater system (filtration, lighting, etc) and it becomes the preferred style and a wonderful new design opportunity for many clients.

Jeff Senske is sponsored by Fritz Aquatics.

Links

Aquarium Design Group

Aquarium Design Group on Facebook