Guest Book - New member introductions

[Altum]

Hello and welcome. If you're new to the group, please take a moment
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http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium/browse_frm/thread/86c2d65bbef3e6c7
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium/browse_frm/thread/fec867379240146b
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium/browse_frm/thread/b6ac4e8e45c35183
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium/browse_frm/thread/941d83a3f41b4e8f
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium/browse_frm/thread/7ae845e3e686e9e5
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium/browse_frm/thread/c0d084cf3b5c899f
http://groups.google.com/group/The-Freshwater-Aquarium/browse_frm/thread/c03b9a68099fda86

[tyork]

I have just a 30 set up with convicts and a 1 gal with a female betta
(daughters). I have several that are empty right now that I need some
advice for, but I will post on that latter :) I have been keeping
fish for about 15 years now. Started out with goldfish and it kind of
exploded from there. So in the years since I have had all kinds of
goldfish, bettas, tetras, chiclids. Have had luck breeding some and
no luck breeding others. But all are educational, and I am passing on
the love to fish to my daughter (she's 3). I am really hoping to
learn more from others.
Thanks
tyork

On Apr 23, 5:47 pm, Altum <Pt.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
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[NetMax]

Welcome to the group tyork. Lots of people & experience here to
answer questions.

NetMax

On Apr 26, 10:56 pm, tyork <jandty...@iowatelecom.net> wrote:
> I have just a 30 set up with convicts and a 1 gal with a female betta
> (daughters).  I have several that are empty right now that I need some
> advice for, but I will post on that latter :)  I have been keeping
> fish for about 15 years now.  Started out with goldfish and it kind of
> exploded from there.  So in the years since I have had all kinds of
> goldfish, bettas, tetras, chiclids.  Have had luck breeding some and
> no luck breeding others.  But all are educational, and I am passing on
> the love to fish to my daughter (she's 3).  I am really hoping to
> learn more from others.
> Thanks
> tyork
>
> On Apr 23, 5:47 pm, Altum <Pt.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello and welcome.  If you're new to the group, please take a moment
> > to introduce yourself by replying to this post.  Google closes old
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> > an email and not post to the group!
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[Carlo C.]

Hi,

I'm Carlo. I just recently got into keeping fish. My dad was really
into fish but I thought they were kind of dumb when I was younger. A
few weeks ago though I got a 10 gallon tank in a whim and got a few
zebras and platys, and now I'm hooked. I'd like to learn from the
experts here on what the best practices are for keeping fish, and also
tips for setting up a nice tank.

.Carlo
http://blog.clofresh.com

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[Mellie]

Hi Carlo. So happy that bug bit you. You can understand what your
father was thinking now :-)

Look forward to hearing from you more. Is your tank planted? Always
a good way to go if you want a gorgeous tank.

Mellie

On Apr 28, 4:37 pm, "Carlo C." <carlo.cabani...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm Carlo. I just recently got into keeping fish. My dad was really
> into fish but I thought they were kind of dumb when I was younger. A
> few weeks ago though I got a 10 gallon tank in a whim and got a few
> zebras and platys, and now I'm hooked. I'd like to learn from the
> experts here on what the best practices are for keeping fish, and also
> tips for setting up a nice tank.
>

> .Carlohttp://blog.clofresh.com

>
> On Apr 26, 11:39 pm, NetMax <computeral...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Welcome to the group tyork.  Lots of people & experience here to
> > answer questions.
>
> > NetMax
>
> > On Apr 26, 10:56 pm, tyork <jandty...@iowatelecom.net> wrote:
>
> > > I have just a 30 set up with convicts and a 1 gal with a female betta
> > > (daughters).  I have several that are empty right now that I need some
> > > advice for, but I will post on that latter :)  I have been keeping
> > > fish for about 15 years now.  Started out with goldfish and it kind of
> > > exploded from there.  So in the years since I have had all kinds of
> > > goldfish, bettas, tetras, chiclids.  Have had luck breeding some and
> > > no luck breeding others.  But all are educational, and I am passing on
> > > the love to fish to my daughter (she's 3).  I am really hoping to
> > > learn more from others.
> > > Thanks
> > > tyork
>
> > > On Apr 23, 5:47 pm, Altum <Pt.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Hello and welcome.  If you're new to the group, please take a moment
> > > > to introduce yourself by replying to this post.  Google closes old
> > > > messages to replies so if there is only a "Reply to author" link on
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> > > > find one with a "Reply" link.  Hitting "Reply to author" will send me
> > > > an email and not post to the group!
>
> > > > You can read older intros in the threads below:
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[Carlo C.]

Hehe yeah, I made sure to thank him. =]

Yes, my tank is planted. I bought some banana plants and java moss.
The banana plants are growing like crazy! I really like looking at
other people's planted tanks. It's amazing how nice some of them look.
Is there a popular website that people use to post pictures or do they
just do it on their personal sites? The member page listing looks like
mostly personal sites. I'd like to be able to browse pictures and
learn what the fish and plants in them are called so I can get ideas
for future tanks.


.Carlo

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[Mellie]

Hi Carlo. Have a look in our files section. We had a competition
last year to celebrate our first anniversary and we had a lot of
submissions. I also just google 'planted aquarium' when looking for
inspiration. Unfortuantly I just don't have 'green fingers' so my
tanks never look as good as the pictures.

Cheers
Mellie

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[snugglefarm]

New member - thank you for sharing your knowledge!

On Apr 23, 6:47 pm, Altum <Pt.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello and welcome.  If you're new to the group, please take a moment
> to introduce yourself by replying to this post.  Google closes old
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> this message, keep looking down the thread at newer posts until you
> find one with a "Reply" link.  Hitting "Reply to author" will send me
> an email and not post to the group!
>
> You can read older intros in the threads below:
>

[Fins N Fur]

Hello everyone. I am new to the group, and I see a lot of spam
messages from bots and the like in other groups on yahoo and such, so
I am thrilled to find a well-moderated group. Anyway, here is my
introduction post. I admit, it is sort of generic, because I use it on
other groups, but I am too lazy to type something new each time lol.

My name is Tasha. I am 30 years old, and a stay at home mom currently.
I am a hobby breeder, I guess you could call me. I don't do excessive
conditioning or anything like that. I buy my fish from Petsmart
usually, and put them in my large tank, and let them do the rest.
Sometimes I will separate a female and put her in the nursery tank,
but as my tank is almost all live bearers, I would be overcrowded too
soon. And so, I let them birth in the main tank and scoop out any fry
I might see and put them in the nursery tank. I call this a "natural
selection method." If they avoided getting eaten at birth by momma or
the other fish in the main tank, then obviously they must be destined
to carry on the next generation lol.

My tanks are as follows:

1 55 gallon long tank. This is my main tank. It is currently home to 3
Blue Paradise Fish (1 male and 2 females), 3 Black Fin Tetras, 3 white
clouds, 2 Golden Wonder Killie fish, 10 Neons Tetras, 2 Plecostamos
[sp?], 3 Corydoras catfish (2 albino, 1 green). Those are the non-
livebearers. It also houses 15 (or so) guppies: 1 male lyre tail, 2
male half-black red delta tail, 1 male German pink short tail (I think
it is called a German pink. That is the closest variety I could find
to how he looks), 2 wild-marked males, one of which might end up as a
lyre tail, and the rest are various fancy females, mostly golds,
though some do have a bit of color on their tails. Next, I have the
platies: 2 males (a mickey mouse and a golden sunset) and 6 females (3
red wags, 1 mickey mouse, 1 golden sunset, and 1 black hi-fin). The
last group of live bearers I own are the mollies: 1 male (creamscicle
sail fin lyre tail) and 4 females (1 black, 2 silver, 1 dalmatian) and
roughly a dozen juvenilles I haven't sexed yet, born about 2 or 3
months ago.

1 10 gallon tank. This is my nursery tank. As I find babies in the
main tank, I scoop them out and place them in here. On occassion, I
will also take the gravid female and place her in there, if it is an
eagerly awaited breeding. Right now, this tank is home to roughly a
dozen platies born about 3 months ago. The female was a red wag, and
as this was before I got the male mickey mouse, then it the golden
sunset male would have been the father. This pairing produced some
highly interesting results. So far, only one has actually shown any of
the distinct deep reddish orange of its mother, though all the fry
sport the deep black fins. The rest of them are very pale, with a few
even being white in the body, with blue eyes, though, again, they are
still sporting the black fins, so I know they are not albino. I am
eagerly watching them develop to see what they become. This tank is
also home to roughly 20 or so guppy fry, born yesterday, as well as a
couple molly fry and some others I am not quite sure yet born about a
week or 2 ago (all newborn fry tend to look alike lol). But as they
mature, I am certain to keep anyone interested updated.

1 1.5 gallon tank. The purpose of this tank is to house Jack, my Betta
Splendens. I bought Jack from a dollar store of all places, and have
had him almost 3 years so far.

1 30 gallon octagon. This is our project tank. We are in the process
of re-sealing it. It will take a few weeks. When it is done, I may
designate it a new nursery tank, or use it to keep the sexes seperate,
I dunno yet. It has possibilities.

1 1 gallon. This was jacks old tank. It has a crack. I am going to try
and repair it. If I can, I may use it for newborn fry or perhaps to
raise brineshrimp in. Who knows.

So, that;s me and my fish. Honestly, if we weren't renting this house
right now, I would probably have even more (or larger) aquariums, but
that is all space (and my fiancee, who thinks I am nuts lol) will
allow right now.

Tasha

[NetMax]

Hi Tasha, sounds like you're having a lot of fun. Welcome to the
group.

NetMax

[Fins N Fur]

Hehe, bucket loads. I never realized how much I missed fish until I
started keeping them again. Ty for the welcome!

[Joe]

Hello, I am a newbie and I have 2, 10 Gallon, tanks - one for each
kid. I am about three weeks into this venture and one tank looks
incredible and the other one is suffering misserably! I truly hope to
learn a lot on here from the many knowledgable experts!!!

On Apr 23, 6:47 pm, Altum <Pt.al...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello and welcome.  If you're new to the group, please take a moment
> to introduce yourself by replying to this post.  Google closes old
> messages to replies so if there is only a "Reply to author" link on
> this message, keep looking down the thread at newer posts until you
> find one with a "Reply" link.  Hitting "Reply to author" will send me
> an email and not post to the group!
>
> You can read older intros in the threads below:
>

[NetMax]

Welcome aboard Joe, maybe someone can help with your miserable tank.
Start a new thread and describe the setup, the maintenance and the
problem. Being 3 weeks into it might just mean the tank is still
cycling, or living the effect. Overfeeding can be a big issue too
(kids!).

NetMax

On Jun 11, 10:45 am, Joe <capecoach...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,  I am a newbie and I have 2, 10 Gallon, tanks - one for each
> kid.  I am about three weeks into this venture and one tank looks
> incredible and the other one is suffering misserably!  I truly hope to
> learn a lot on here from the many knowledgable experts!!!
>
> On Apr 23, 6:47 pm, Altum <Pt.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello and welcome.  If you're new to the group, please take a moment
> > to introduce yourself by replying to this post.  Google closes old
> > messages to replies so if there is only a "Reply to author" link on
> > this message, keep looking down the thread at newer posts until you
> > find one with a "Reply" link.  Hitting "Reply to author" will send me
> > an email and not post to the group!
>
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[frutte]

Hi, I am new to the group, and is a fish frantic in Singapore. I enjoy
blogging about freshwater fishes, shrimp, terrapins, and crabs at <a
href="http://www.aquariumlore.blogspot.com"> http://www.aquariumlore.blogspot.com</a>.
In my free time, I do some research on freshwater fish species and
publish my findings on my blog, or travel around my country looking
for new aquarium suppliers to meet my demand for rare, exotic
fishes. :P Some of my adventures are chronicled in my blog.

At home, I have 4 x 36" tank, containing various small to medium size
fishes. there are quite a number of pictures in my blog regarding my
tank. :)

I joined this group as I love find out what is new in the aquarium
community online and how I can blog about it to interest my
readers. :P

Regards,

Eugene

[frutte]

Tasha, I love some pictures of your tanks and frys and would love to
blog about them at my blog. Would you like to be a guest writer?
http://www.aquariumlore.blogspot.com .

Regards,

Eugene

[Mister Gardener]

Hi, Eugene - I enjoyed your blog and I, of course, went straight to your angel fish page. Nicely done. You provide links to angelfish sites, but of the four, two of them are not working, and the "varieties available" at Angelfish Alley led me to a blank page. But your intent appears to be in the beautiful photos more than the selling. I can think of at least one angelfish breeder with some nice gallery images and a few quicktime videos that would be happy to permit you to link to his site.

(Tooting my own horn again)
Mister Gardener
www.angelfishgardens.com

[Fragge]

I'm an Aquarium beginner who just started a 60 L tank for my daughter,
with a few fish whose names I haven't actually learnt yet. I try to
learn as I go along, although it is difficult to know what advice to
use. I will try to pop in here now and then to pick up some new
skills!

Cheers,
Fragge

[Gill Passman]

Hi Fragge,

Welcome to TFA....please ask as many questions as you want to.....we are all
keen to help anybody new to the hobby as well as those that might seem more
experienced.....if you need help in identifying the fish that you have try
posting some pics and we will all be happy to assist....

It's a great hobby.....I hope you and your daughter will enjoy the
experience....

Gill

Cheers,
Fragge

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[Mister Gardener]

We'd love to share our experience with you, and believe me, we've experienced a lot. Where are you at as far as your startup tank? What kind of fish are you planning to keep, what kind of filter, any plants? Lighting? Do you test your water and has your filter completed nitrification? We're happy to have you aboard. (How old is your daughter?)

Mister Gardener

[EJ]

Hi,
I was introduced to freshwater aquariums as a child in the family
home. It's been a long time since then, but I decided lately to start
it up again. I have a ten gallon tank with two Whisper filters (a "10"
& a "20"), a couple of plastic plants, a twelve inch bubble wand , and
a bubbler toy.
I joined the group hoping to find some anwsers to my problems in
setting things up. As my first post states, I've been having major
problems with ammonia levels.
Things sure have seemed to have changed since the old "family"
aquarium. I don't recall worrying about the water quality as much. In
those days we just had a 10 gallon tank with one of those corner
filters that uses charcoal and glass wool. No body ever mentioned
things like ammonia, nitrites, natrates, etc. It was essentially "plug
and play".
I'm really glad to find a group like this, and hope that in time I may
be able to provide others with the kind of help I now seek.
Thanks (in advance) to all!
EJ

On Jul 14, 6:55 am, Mister Gardener <mistergarde...@email.toast.net>
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[Mellie]

Hi EJ. Welcome to the group. From what people have said it seems
that aquaria has changed loads in the past few years. I'm so glad
that we have all these gadgets and contraptions to help us now as I
don't know if I'd have been as interested :-)

I'm sure it won't be long before you are in the thick of things with
advice. I started 3 years ago and have been known to give the odd bit
of advice. Not saying it was great but made me feel good.

Please ask away, no question is too silly.

Cheers
Mellie

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[yng...@aol.com]

Hi, I am pretty new to the hobby. Last year we put in a teensy garden
pond and I bought a few tadpoles and snails. It was fun watching the
tadpoles grow into frogs. One made it to frog-hood and stuck around
awhile. The other tads got eaten by something, I suspect a neighbor's
cat. This year I got a few more tads but in the first week, something
got all of them but one. We had a 5 gallon aquarium my sister had
given us years ago and decided to set it up and bring the tadpole
indoors. Since I didn't really know what I was doing, I bought a small
bag of live sand as the substrate. Soon, due to the way the water
started to smell, I realized I needed to buy a filter.

Even though this is a freshwater tank, I suspect the live sand helped
it cycle very quickly. Once I learned about water testing I started
doing it, but never got high ammonia or nitrite/nitrate readings in
that tank. That tank now has a tadpole, myriad little pond snails, and
maybe a couple of ghost shrimp although I think now that the tad is
big enough to have hind legs, he might have eaten the shrimp.

We decided to get another tadpole and move them to a ten gallon tank.
By this point we had learned enough about it to know how to set up the
tank (with gravel substrate and live plants) and that it had to cycle.
I had a bunch of rosy red minnows outdoors in the pond that kept
dying, so instead of tadpoles I moved them into the ten gallon tank.
Also bought a mystery snail and some ghost shrimp. Lost a few more
minnows while the tank was cycling and then the ammonia was so high I
removed them and let it finish cycling with just the shrimp and snail.
When the nitrites were high, also found a couple of dead shrimp but I
am not sure that's what killed them since they survived the high
ammonia for so long. They just turned white and stopped moving. I also
found an empty shell so I know one moulted.

The tank is cycled now, and is stable with three rosy red minnows,
some ghost shrimp, a golden mystery snail and a few tiny pond snails
that are laying eggs all over the place so I am trying to get rid of
them. The plants are hornwort, a java fern that is pretty beat up by
now, and a fanwort which I might remove due to shedding.

Future plans are to get a betta for the five gallon tank when the
tadpoles turn into frogs and have to go back outside, and to add maybe
some panda corys to the ten gallon. Eventually want to get a larger
tank but not until we learn more.

Sorry this is so long!
-yngver

[janetra]

Hi I'm janet and I live in Antigua in the Caribbean. I've been here
about 18 years, I'm originally from the UK. I have a tropical tank set
up, and as I live in the tropics I run it without a heater! I have a
problem though. The electricity supply is very poor and we frequently
get power cuts lasting many hours, so it really doesn't do my aquarium
much good for the pump to be off for extended periods. I lost quite a
few fish when I first set it up here, so what I do now is go to the
local pond and catch some wild guppies. They seem to be much hardier
than fish brought at my local pet shop and can mostly stand the
problems. We only have 1 shop selling tropical fish and I'm really not
sure how well they look after the fish as there are frequently dead
ones in the tanks. That's another reason I'm catching local fish. They
aren't quite as pretty as the pet shop fish but I've had them for a
long time now.


Glad to join the group.

[NetMax]

Hi Janet,
For areas where power is a problem, I suggest you use sponge filters
on powerheads. These will keep their bacteria alive much longer, with
less harm to the fish. Having a low fish load and live plants will
help too.

Welcome to the group.
NetMax

[sim248]

My name is Collin. I had never been around fish tanks or aquariums
ever, until my boss at work got one. I must admit at first I wasn't to
happy about the whole thing. Now being that I have moved on into my
own location, I have done the same by adding a fish tank to my work
place. At the moment i only have a few clown fish. My plan includes
adding 2 eels and if I'm lucky 1 would be albino. I'm trying to find
out more about sea urchin I would love to have one in my collection. I
have started a blog and this is my first post feel free to stop in
sometime http://fishtanksupplies.myincomesites.com

[Mellie]

Hi Collin. welcome to group. so happy for you that you caught the
'fish' bug. we look forward to hearing more from you and share with
us anything interesting please.

cheers
Mellie

[Troy Truchon]

Well local fish need tending too,

What kind of filter are you running? You might want to pick up some kind of UPS if the blackouts are fairly short, or a battery powered airpump if feasible.

--
Troy "Capheind" Truchon http://3goldfish.wordpress.com/
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"There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters."
-Alice Thomas Ellis

[ceiteag]

Hi and thanks for the welcome.

I've had freshwater and saltwater tanks before. Did okay with the
freshwater (as an ignorant hobbiest) and very poorly with the
saltwater. Since then changes in my life have ended my fishkeeping and
seen my tank given to my sister for her corn snake. My husband and I
are planning on buying a home in about a year's time and will be
getting another tropical, freshwater tank. I'm here now in order to
learn what I need to learn to do a better job this time.

ceiteag

[Mellie]

Hi Ceiteag and welcome to TFA. Hope that we can be assistance in
helping you get ready for your new tanks. Feel free to ask any
questions no matter how small or silly they sound.

Look forward to hearing from you

Mellie

[Julie]

Welcome! I'm Julie and I also left the hobby and came back. There's a great deal of
fun and valuable information here,I received A LOT of help from these people and my
30 gallon is coming along swimmingly. (bad pun intended)

So feel free to ask whatever you want to,there's plenty of experts here to help!

Julie

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[Deepak]

Hi all,

Im Deepak, from India and just getting into the hobby.
Im almost at the end of researching and will be setting up a 3ft tank
in next week or so. Have been fascinated by the native fishes of India
and will try to concentrate on these.
Hope to learn things as much as I can and then contribute back.

Cheers,
Deepak

[NetMax]

Welcome Deepak, I'd wager that you still have lots to choose from if
only looking at Indian fishes.

NetMax

[hcbowman]

Hi to the Group!

After a couple of months of talking about it, my wife and I just set
up a small freshwater aquarium. It's a 20L (76 liter) sized tank, and
we've put 4 platys and 3 ghost shrimp into it so far. We made a
couple of mistakes (chose crushed coral for the substrate before
thinking about whether we wanted plants, for example), but everything
is healthy and the water appears to be cycling ok. We'll probably top
out with two more platys in a couple of weeks if everything remains
stable.

Our interests are small freshwater tanks, and we're thinking about one
or two 10G/38-liter tanks to try other things. We'd like to try a
planted aquarium for sure, and we're interested in a number of other
fish species. Clearly, we've got to do more homework, so we're
looking forward to learning from everyone here.

--Cliff

[Mister Gardener]

And Hi right back atcha! The 20 gallon long tank is a lovely shape and size for torpedo shaped fish and guppies with lots of plants. And 20 gallons is about the minimal size I would recommend for a first tank.
Welcome aboard and good fishkeeping.

MG

[jmt1]

My name is Jeff and I'm in Atlanta, GA. My enthusiasm for tropical
fish tanks
began when a friend of mine, who was living in Hawaii, had an awesome
saltwater tank.
It took a lot of work, so I started slow, with the Betta. The
enthusiasm of the kids
made fishkeeping a no brainer. Also, I started a blog, I hope I can
mention it here,
but its new. http://www.tropicalfishtanksblog.com.

One great aspect of fishkeeping is allergies. My wife is extremely
allergic to most pets,
but fish are no problem!

On Aug 9, 4:26 pm, sim248 <collinpetersen...@yahoo.ca> wrote:

[Mister]

It has been pointed out to me, pointedly, by the TFA management, that
my quick response in suggesting that the web sites below appeared to
be spam was perhaps inappropriate. I followed the links to the sites
in question and followed the links, but was unable to find anthing
that appeared to be blogs. One site included in its name, "my income
sites dot com", and that site offered to sell me a subscription to TFH
Magazine for $40 a year, when I know that TFA's regular subscriber
price is $28. But I concede that I may be seeing spam where there is
none, and if no spam was intended by the new members, then I
apologize; hope my early morning knee jerk reaction doesn't discourage
you from further posting here.

MG

[Rich D]

Finally !

I've been in the hobby for a few years, with a Juwel Vision 180
Community tank with Kribs, Neons, Normans Lampeye, Swordtails etc.
I've also enjoyed breeding projects such as Endlers, Guppies, and of
course my favourite has to be Kribs.

I say finally, because I gave up lurking in Usenet a good while back
because it became unusable due to trolls and idiots. This group is a
breath of fresh air. Well done to the mods.

--
Rich
http://www.richdavies.com
http://www.richdavies.com/tomtom.htm

[Andy Gratton]

Welcome  to  the Group  Rich ,   we are  a friendly  bunch  with lots  of  aspects  of fishkeeping covered

2008/10/25 Rich D <sup...@richdavies.com>

[Boston]

come to think of it
I have noticed the underside of bridges round here tend to be vacant
love B

unusable due to trolls

[NetMax]

.. and the kitchens are free of spam : )

Welcome Rich

NetMax

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[Rebecca Turp]

We need a fine box for the bad jokes guys!

:P

beki.

2008/10/26 NetMax <comput...@hotmail.com>

[NetMax]

Ah well, if I had a nickel for every good joke I've told, I'd still
have as much money as I have now : (

NetMax

On Oct 29, 11:02 am, "Rebecca Turp" <rebeccat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We need a fine box for the bad jokes guys!
>
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>
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> 2008/10/26 NetMax <computeral...@hotmail.com>

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> > Welcome Rich
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>
> > On Oct 26, 4:58 am, Boston <MaxTanksGaller...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > come to think of it
> > > I have noticed the underside of bridges round here tend to be vacant
> > > love B
>
> > >  unusable due to trolls
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[Essen]

Hi, all,

I am Essen from Southern California.
This is my first post/introduction, after joining the group about year
back and I visit TFA almost every day for the last two years. I am
happy to
be here.

I am in this hobby for about four years.I have a 60G with a heavy fish
load
(30 Cardinals, 10 Rummys, 6 Roseline, 10 SAE, 4 Corys and 6 Otos),
a high 20G with 4 Mollies, 1 Guppy and 2 Otos and a 10G with RCS & 2
Otos.
60G is heavily planted with CO2 injection and 2 x 65 (12 hours) & 4 x
65 (8 hours) 6700K,
use Seachem (Flourish,excel, Trace, Iron, Nitrogen, Potassium and
Phosporous) for fert.
20G & 10 G are lighly planted.

-Essen

On Oct 29, 8:05 am, NetMax <computeral...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ah well, if I had a nickel for every good joke I've told, I'd still
> have as much money as I have now : (
>
> NetMax
>
> On Oct 29, 11:02 am, "Rebecca Turp" <rebeccat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > We need a fine box for the bad jokes guys!
>
> > :P
>
> > beki.
>
> > 2008/10/26 NetMax <computeral...@hotmail.com>
>
> > > .. and the kitchens are free of spam : )
>
> > > Welcome Rich
>
> > > NetMax
>
> > > On Oct 26, 4:58 am, Boston <MaxTanksGaller...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > come to think of it
> > > > I have noticed the underside of bridges round here tend to be vacant
> > > > love B
>
> > > >  unusable due to trolls
>
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Rich
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[Gadixie D.]

Glad to have you on board Essen... :)   Feel free to join in on our conversations and playful 'quarrels'..  

 

Gadixie

[NetMax]

Welcome Essen, sweet tanks. I hope you can post some pix of the 60g
sometime.

NetMax

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[Ed from AZ]

I've mentioned off and on for several years that I would like an
aquarium. You don't have to get up at 3 AM to let the fish out, nor
clean up the back yard when they're done! And fish don't keep you or
the neighbors awake.

So my birthday present this year was a 20-gallon starter set-up. Just
add water and fish, yah? Hah!! First add gravel and decorations, set
it all up and add water, monitor every night for a week, and THEN add
your first small fish. It would have been less work to get another
dog, I think!!

But the tank seems to be doing okay so far. I started with four Zebra
Danios about a week ago. Last night we added six Platys. The
instructions with the aquarium said to introduce the fish a few at the
time, and monitor water quality, so we're taking it slow rather than
lose all the fish. I think I'd like to add some Neon Tetras, an algea-
eater or two, and maybe something with some lots of color. The
problem I may have is that our water here is so hard - the GH on my
test strip is always off the chart. But the fish don't seem to mind.

Cheers!
Ed

[NetMax]

Careful Ed, this can become an additive hobby. Fish which naturally
enjoy harder water conditions are the livebearers (Guppy, Platy, Molly
and Swordtail), and lake fish from around the world (such as Rainbows
from Australia & New Zealand). Check our group links to learn about
cycling a tank (which is where you are now). It's probably the
hardest part of the hobby, the first 6 weeks, while the tank's waste
disposal sanitarial services get established by the bacteria. Any
questions, don't hesitate to ask.

cheers
NetMax

[Andy Gratton]

Welcome to the group Ed , I concur with Netmax  it is an addictive hobby, and you can contract this thing called MTS (multi tank syndrome )  lol

2008/11/14 Ed from AZ <prof_...@yahoo.com>

[uneekfish]

Hello,
I missed this when I joined, and sent a intro and question to the
group. However I will do so here as it is the proper place.

I live in the "North Cost" in the USA. That is the Great Lakes
region. Not very tropical here, so heaters are a nessasary tool!

I am a 60 year old maile, that did have 2 tanks at 55 gallon each. I
had a community tank in one, and "Knuckles and Spike" lived in the
other. Two Oscars that grew from about an inch to whoopers that were
about 8 inches plus tail fin. They were getting mishapened by being
in too small a tank.

I was pretty uninformed, in fact the only thing that kept me going
without all dying was water changes and a filter the use dia something
earth, that I hung on the side of the tank to get rid of the
cloudyness. I worked long hours at the time, and the wife was not an
ardent fan, so I sold the stuff and have not been interested in quite
awhile.

About a month ago I purchased a red Betta for my office, and now I am
hooked on the idea again. Been reading, and see a great many of the
mistakes that I was making before. Know that I should mabe get a
bigger tank than a 12 gallon, but it is as large as the office can
support. If I am successful at the office and my interest stays high,
I will introduce the hobby to my home once again. Hey, my wife has a
cat I can not stand, so it seems only fair... Besides, I plan to
retire and bring it home in 5 years, if we still have retirement
savings left by then. I sure like bull markets better than bear ones!

I look forward to meeting all of you, and learning from you.

[ruby]

Hi! I'm new to the forum but not at all new to the hobby. Since I do
have a personal website (www.oursimplejoys.com) with a section devoted
to my articles on fishkeeping, let me just pick up from my "About Me"
page to introduce myself...

I grew up in Asia, helping my parents care for several aquariums and
outdoor ponds filled with swordtails, carps, and tilapias. My passion
for aquarium fish expanded to breeding and caring for numerous exotic
varieties when the family engaged in a tropical fish venture. I also
assembled aquarium tanks, raised live fish food, and maintained
community set-ups in homes, schools, and business establishments. The
family endeavor gave me the opportunity to take part in local
exhibitions and conduct tutorials for fish hobbyists. I am now a
freelance writer sharing my knowledge and skills on tropical
fishkeeping and many other interests.

I am also in-between tanks right now, because we recently relocated,
and it might take a few more months before I can set up new tanks
again. I plan to start fresh, maybe work on totally new aquarium
concepts and designs. So, for now, I'm checking out fish groups and
forums, looking for inspiration to try something new.

Looking forward to participating in the discussions. Thanks!

[NetMax]

Welcome to the group Ruby. The group posting rules are listed in the
Pages section (we are a non-commercial site). You might want to post
a link to your web page there too.

NetMax

[StuartM]

Hello all:

I have been keeping Goldfish for about 15 years and have been looking,
for some time, for a suitable forum to share information with others
and learn a bit more. I see a lot of intros from tropical fans. Are
there any other goldfish people in the group?

I currently have a 30 gal bare bottom tank with a Moor, a Telescope,
and a Pearlscale. They are kept company by 2 dwarf catfish and a
snail.



Best regards to all,
Stuart
----------
No one can feel as helpless as the owner of a sick goldfish.
Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)

[denizen]

Hi Stuart,
I used to have a few goldfish but now only have tropicals. I have
planted aquariums, and found that the goldfish did ok with Anubias,
Vallisneria, Java Moss, Cryptocorne wendtii and the like. Do you have
plants?

By the way, new posts to the guestbook are not obvious in my view of
the group using a browser, so you may want to start a new topic.
d.

[StuartM]

Hey denizen:

I have never had much luck with plants in my tank. I keep saying that
I'll try again.

I'll probably read the forum for the next few days, to get a feel for
the community. I'll post when I have something worthy to say.

Speak to you soon.

Stuart

[Rebecca Turp]

My fiance keeps goldfish, well really they are mine, but the tank is in his flat and I spend his money on them! :P

He has a 50gallon tank, with 1 Fantail, 2 Orandas and 1 Black Moor and some apple snails,
There is also a bubbling Buddha head in the tank :-)

Good luck and everything,
beki.

2009/1/22 StuartM <srma...@gmail.com>

[Zelda Fitzgerald]

Hi Stuart, I'm a newbie with a 55gallon tank with 3 comets and 4 little fantails.  I realize the day will come when i need to put the comets in tanks (large) by themselves or take them back to the fish store, but for now I've just fallen in love with them.  And the same for the fantails.  I haven't had any issues with them, I've had them a year now, except for Sam, you met him on the post I wrote the other day, I'm going to post some pics one day soon.

I've checked out other groups and not to sound like a cheerleader or anything, but this is the best game in town!  Welcome!

Zelda

--
MP

[Gill Passman]

Hi Stuart,

Welcome to TFA :-)

We have a number of members that keep goldfish either in tanks or in
ponds. Mine are in my pond - I've got around 20 Shubunkins in there -
just waiting to see how they overwinter.

Enjoy the group

Gill

[CARollins.com]

Hey There!

Glad to be a part of the group. I have a new product that I'm
inventing that combines fish aquariums and non-aquatic plants. I will
have a test product by June 2009 and will need some feedback and
possibly testers. I look forward to hearing your feedback and
receiving any aquarium help. It has been years since I have had my own
aquarium when I sold fish.

Thank You!

Chelsea A Rollins
car...@gmail.com
Ambrias Co News Blog:
http://ambriasconews.blogspot.com
CARollins Photography & Design Blog:
http://carollinspnd.blogspot.com
CAR Daily:
http://car-daily.blogspot.com/

[Altum]

Greetings and welcome. So you know, we're a noncommercial, hobbyist
group. That said, I doubt many would turn down an opportunity to help
test a new aquarium product. It sounds pretty interesting. Feel free
to ask any aquarium questions you like. If you've been out of the
hobby for a while, you'll find a lot of changes to both equipment and
the varieties of fish available.

--Altum

[Cory Doras]

Hello, everyone

I have been reading the posts in this newsgroup since it was created
but could not participate because of a computer problem that did not
allow me to create an account. I finally had somebody come and fix it.

I have two aquariums:
- a 100 gallon tank set up as a South American community, with
glowlight tetras, pristella tetras, bronze cories, Sterba's cories,
otos, cockatoo dwarf cichlids and brisltenose plecos. I also have two
small angelfish in quarantine who will eventually go in there. For
plants, there are three varieties of swordplants and lots of
sagittaria. There are also some really nice pieces of bogwood that
form caves for the catfish.
- a 20 gallon tank with Endlers, two varieties of swordplants and a
few sagittaria.

In addition, I keep two quarantine tanks running at all times; right
now they are both in use, one with the angels and the other one with
bristlenose pleco babies who were born in the big tank last December
(I caught them out one by one with a turkey baster...) .

For filters, I use Eheim Ecco (I love them!), 2 medium-sized ones on
the big tank and a small one on the 20.

I have kept the planting simple, with no stem plants because they grow
non-stop and constantly need trimming... I wanted to minimize the
work...

I do a 50% water change every week. Since I live in an area where the
water is extremely soft (less than one degree of hardness), I actually
have to add mineral salts to increase the hardness. I keep the pH
around 6.5.

I hope I will now be able to participate to the group once in a while
instead of always being on the outside looking in.

Cory Doras

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[Altum]

Hi,Cory and welcome. Glad you are able to post now and we'll look
forward to hearing from you more.

Your tank sounds lovely. I have a 100g with swords and angels too.
They're wild spotted scalares. I haven't stuck quite as tightly to
biotope (I have espei rasboras) but it's mostly South American fish.
I know what you mean about pruning stem plants. They have a knack of
taking over.

--Altum

[Kathy Fuller]

Hi, my name is kathy i have a few tanks but only have a 55 gal one up.
I have a biocube it is a 29 gal hope to set it up for saltwater i hope
that if i can find book. Thanks love the group.
Kathy

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[angelwi...@gmail.com]

Hi! I'm new to the group. I have a 60g with two angelfish and have
been looking for a freshwater aquarium group for some time. I'm still
new to all this, but am enjoying the hobby very much. This looks like
a great forum. I look forward to being a part of it.

angelwitch

[NetMax]

Greetings angelwitch and Kathy, welcome aboard!

NetMax

On Mar 28, 7:20 pm, "angelwitch3...@gmail.com"

[Corey Doras]

Hello....

I have actually joined this grouped on March 5, but under the name of
Cory Doras and the address of corydoras....@gmail.com. I found
that address too cumbersome, so I created a new, shorter one. The old
one can be deleted from the member list.

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[Mister Gardener]

Hey Cory - I enjoyed reading about your aquariums. Glad you are now able to add your voice to our meanderings.

MG

[Sohil]

Hi all

Did not know about this post, hence never posted here (although have
shot some questions in the group before ;-) ). I am a newbie in this
hobby with my second full fledged aquarium. The first one was gifted
to a friend. I have had some fish pots (not bowls) before during my
childhood but was not successful.

Both of my aquariums 10g and 16g are freshwater community tanks. The
current one (16g) has the following:

4 mollies
2 guppies
2 snails
3 shrimps

2 live plants (i think one is dwarf grass and the other some plant
from new zealand).

I like aquascaping (with definitely zero skills) and try to copy what
I see and read about...

I have been following your posts for quite sometime now and find them
pretty interesting. Lets see where this hobby takes me...

regards
Sohil...

[Harl Myers]

Welcome, belatedly...

[Pterophyllum altum]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lucille <vhf...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 3:47 AM
Subject: Re: Guest Book - New member introductions
To: Altum <Pt.a...@gmail.com>


Hay people  =D  New England here

Tank 1: 125 gal. fresh w/ 2 tiger Oscars and 1 pleco

Tank 2: 100 gal fresh w/2 gray bichirs, 1 ghost knife, 2 leopard
bushfish and a handful of corys

I've been keeping freshwaters for 4 years now, did some livebearer
breeding in the past, also raised up a Dragon Goby for my friend who
didn't have the room or finances to keep a large enough tank, setup,
and maintenance.

Well, I thought I'd say haaaaaay and get to know everyone  =D  Take
care!

[John ><>]

Many of you here already know me from the old newsgroups days. Back at
the beginning of the century until about 2006, I had great adventures
in aquaria.

One of my greatest adventures included a 1000 Gallon acrylic tank with
freshwater game fish including a 27" Tiger Muskie, several Large Mouth
Bass, Bluegill (bream) Catfish and many many more. Owning a Bait and
Tackle shop we kept 10's of thousands of minnows (bait fish) so
feeding the tank was relatively cheep.

Filtered with a mid sized swimming pool sand filter/pump unit and a 70
Gallon wet sump with filter floss and bio balls. Always wanted to add
UV, but never got to it.

At one time we had nearly 2,000 Gallons of water going. Other tanks
included a 55g, 75g, 2 - 110g and one 1,000g (actually 955g) tank and
another 600 gallons for the minnow tanks.

Getting back into the hobby (obsession) and filled a 110g last week
with fresh water. Waiting for it to cycle with a few small freshwater
minnows. Thinking about Planted with Fancy Guppies for a change of
pace.

[Conee]

I have guppies which I have had for a few years now, they are doing really well, breeding as they do... and healthy, also have 4 otocinclus dwarf catfish, 3 of them are females full of eggs and one is a male , was wondering if the females lay will the guppies eat the eggs. Also have a tank with fancy tail goldfish, one has a bladder problem, he's a floater, wondering if anyone knows how long he has. This is my first time bogging. Not too sure how it works, But I am really happy to start and perhaps hope to meet other fish keepers and learn from your experience

Thank you

Conee

[NetMax]

Welcome Conee, posting the issues in the group would be the next step,
but I can give you some remarks before you do that.

I think the Otos would only lay eggs in a more acidic environment
which would not be great for Guppies who like alkaline water, so I'm
not sure how that would work, but yes, if eggs were laid, they would
be eaten.

Try feeding the Goldfish sinking fish food. Very often they swallow
too much air with the floating foods. You can also try bits of
fruits, veggies or algae wafers. Many Goldfish like citrus
(tangerine, orange etc), so experiemnt with some small pieces.
cheers
NetMax

[Conee]

Thank you very much, for your suggestions and kind welcome, I am new to blogging, yes indeed I would like to post in the group, with complete humility and sincerity' How do I do that or have I already done that?'

Thank you NetMax

[NetMax]

If you open an existing 'thread' and want to add remarks, click on
'Reply', type and then press 'Send'

If you want to open a new 'thread' then on the home page, press + new
post, type and send.

It's actually called 'posting' since you are posting messages to a
public forum, rather than blogging which is more about putting up
messages related to yourself or some activity, and then having it read
by others.

Another term common to 'posting' is usenet, which is outside of the
Google servers and is usually not moderated.

hth (hope that helps)
NetMax