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Back for good i hope this time.

Katorin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:29:06 GMT

Hey folks, Looks like i am finally situated enough to be able to keep fish again, and have time to go through the forums and help out where i can.

It's been an interesting journey to say the least but one that didn't kill me, so hope it made me stronger.

Glad to see all the new faces and also to see old friends are still around.

Howdy Y'all

TVNewsGuy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:24:14 GMT

Greetings from Texas.

I've posted a couple times already and received great responses, so I guess I'll introduce myself here. I'm returning to the hobby after a four-year hiatus. I have a 29-gallon bowfront, freshwater tropical setup with driftwood and live plants. Presently I have three guppies and six peppered corys.

My previous experience was with various small tanks to varying degrees of success. I kept a 55-gallon long cichlid tank with a common pleco and an Aquaedens rivulatus, but when moving cross-country for a job, I decided to give them better homes in my LFS donation tank, rather than risk losing them and the tank in a 1,600-mile trip.

I decided to start small this time around, since I needed to fill the big empty space in my old entertainment center when I upgraded from my 10-year-old, 200-pound television from college to a flatscreen HDTV. Once I get a great community tank going, I'd like to try another cichlid in a bigger aquarium.

I enjoy the magazine and the site. Thanks for reading!

HI I AM BACK AFTER A LONG WHILE !!

DIZZY.KITTY — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:29:22 GMT

Just wanted to say a big Hello to every one on the boards, I used to be here alot at one time then i drifted away, but i am back here now hoping to carry on where i left off with all you lovely people, I down sized abit too since i was last here i have the following tanks and fish :-

20 Gal,

2 Bristle nose cat fish

4 Glow Lights,

6 Rummy Nose Tetras

4 Cherry Barbs

1 red finned Shark

12 gal tank,

2 Peppered Cory's

3 Harlequins

3 Lamp Eyes

Hope to get to know all of you real soon.

new here, not to fish

rasboraV — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:27:20 GMT

hey I'm glad to be here. I stumbled across this site and signed up for a newsletter, me being a big fish lover. I currently have a 20 gallon: http://www.fishchannel.com/blog/viewbio.aspx?apid=170195
and a oriental-themed 10 gallon with live bamboo and nothing in it yet. I will be getting betta imbellis. I've been into fishkeeping for the last 4 years. I started when I got a 10g aquarium and overstocked it with goldfish and a dojo loach... that didn't last for more than 3 months, and then I finally started learning, with platys. My fishkeeping has REALLY taken off this year and I'm really enjoying it. www.myfishtank.net has sure helped me be enthusiastic about my fish and their proper care. Recently my dad bought me a aquarium fish international magazine and so I signed up here

zo

Here is a pic of Red the Oscar

mycar454 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:20:48 GMT

here is red the oscar!

this web site

overstocked — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:35:18 GMT

help!!!!how do i find replies to my posts,how do i add pictures to a post,and how do i find my past posts. thanks,from overstocked

hello

shannon — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:37:02 GMT

just a new member saying hi. I am a lover of fresh water tropical fish in general and cory cat fish most of all.

Two New Setups

bassmaster90037 — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:45:02 GMT

First I like to say "HELLO" to everyone I have had lots of tanks just cant remmeber a few things like what temputure do I keep it at and what should the ph be at and can tropical fish live with wild fish if there all aggresive type fish. any info would be very helpful

Pictures of new tank

mycar454 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:23:32 GMT

Here are some pic's of tanks and fish

Hello from Canada

aquatecdesign — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:48:46 GMT

Hi all, my name is Ben I live near Toronto, Ont Canada. I've been in the tropical fish hobby for about 13 years. I once had a nice fishroom of about 30 tanks. Just getting back into the hobby after a short break. Currently running about 12 from 10g to 112g. All freshwater tropical fish. African cichlids, West African Dwarf cichlids, Apistograms. I am currently setting up a 65g tall planted community tank. Would like to chat with other fish people in my area. Send me a PM.

HI .i am new.(-)

ranchuthai — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:34:27 GMT

my name is ranchuthai ..i want to share my photo ranchu topview and want to your comment. i hope every body well in this night.

tank size

mycar454 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:23:29 GMT

Hi love the site. Need some info on tank size and stand for tank. I have a 48' x 12 3/4 x 26 high tank. What is the gallon and where can I get a metal stand.

Thanks

Mike

hello

mog247 — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:50:10 GMT

I have a 90 gallon fresh water tank with semi aggressive fish. I started 35 years ago with a gold fish i won at a school carnival. I was hooked, I've had tanks ever since. Hopefully will have pics soon.

overstocked's introduction - moved

princessotfu — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:11:00 GMT

from overstocked:new to this site,could not figure out how to post the following info on introductions so i'll do it here.i have 3 tanks at the moment,a 10gal that is my 4yr old sons,it has a blue lobster,goldfish and guppies.a 20gal tall that is my 9yr old girls and 13yr old sons,it has a male betta,4 female bettas,2 clown plecos,2 otto cats and 5 skunk corys.then there is my 38gal it has the following 130,yes,130fish in it,1 bushynose pleco,1 sissortail,2 panda corys,2 skunk corys,2 flame dwarf gouramis,2 cobalt blue dwarf gouamis,3 agassizs corys,3 cherry barbs,3 dwarf honey gouramis,7 pristella tetras,10 serpa tetras,9 black neons,9 silver tip tetras,13 white clouds,15 black phantom tetras,20 glowlite tetras,30 neons.it has a undergravel filter with 4 reverse flow powerheads,2 280gph biowheel outside filters and approx 30 live plants.i do 50% water changes every week and never have any bad water tests.i'm 60yr's old,retired,and a stay at home dad with the 4 kids [out of 6]that are still home.i have a lot of pictures to share if anyone can tell me how to post them. thanks in advance for anyones reply,and comments no matter what they may be.

moved so your intro could have it's own new topic. And welcome to the forums!!!

Bonjour

ziggyneon — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:34:27 GMT

Hi, new to the forums. I have been thinking of starting a marine tank and this place has been very helpful in getting things planned out.

Currently I have a 55 gallon freshwater with three fully grown balasharks (balantiocheilus melanopterus), a spotted climbing perch, ctenopoma acutirostre), three green cory's, a bumblebee catfish and an unidentified pleco.

The sharks I have had for almost five years now, the spotted climbing perch for about six or seven years and one of the corys is between three or four years old. The pleco has got to be ancient since it was given to me by someone who didn't want their tank anymore, and I got that tank in high school about 10 years ago.

And to think I started out as a kid who could barely keep fish alive for a week.

I am currently working on adding live plants to the 55 gallon. After a rough start it is starting to take a turn for the best now with the plans living, growing and thriving after I figured out the bulbs were too old **credit to this forum for that**

And I can't forget the little one-gallon betta tank with the mighty Helios, who happens to look like a solar eclipse.

Was on here years ago....

Dinah — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:08:06 GMT

Hi: I was on this website back in 2000 when I got my first aquarium. It was then called aquariumfish.com. I entered aquariumfish.com and fishchannel.com came up. I last checked in 2006 and my user name and password was still good. I checked tonight 2010, and it is still good. I was so pleased. I kept an aquarium for several years successfully due to the help and info received on this website. I recently set up a 10 gallon aquarium after several years. I would love to have a larger one but no longer able to take care of a larger one. I have a question but will ask in the appropriate place.

Dinah

WHO ARE ALL YOU PEOPLE?!

plecodiscus — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:57:10 GMT

Somehow lots of our well know members are gone and we have lots of people who just kinda popped up outta nowhere lol.

if you all could post in this topic with the following info that would be cool:

what size tank(s) youve got
what fish you have
when you joined

i just wanna get to know everyone better because ive been seeing so many unfamiliar names lately... and fewer names that I recognize.

Greetings

dvine2us — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:57:10 GMT

Joined a couple weeks ago. Love the site already.

Thanks all for the help I have already received.

Hi

BettasRock — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:56:23 GMT

I have a 3-gallon tank with a red and blue Crowntail Betta named Spritz. (Been keeping male Bettas for many years and I ALWAYS keep 1 at a time due to their fighting nature and the fact I can't accommodate multiple tanks like some Betta hobbyists can.)

I got my Betta at pet Supplies Plus. Had him for a very long time. Turning out to be my 2nd longest lived Betta.

Feeling Picked On?

WaterGoddess — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:49:19 GMT

I have only been here a week and i already have a fishkeeper who feels the need to criticize my tank before he even says hello. Advice and criticizing are two differen things. But, i do understand that some people don't have the communication skills needed to give helpful advice. All i ask is that if you don't have those skills, keep your negative comments to yourself until you learn how.

Hello Everyone

GeorgiaPeach777 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:57:37 GMT

My name is Georgia and I used to have an account on here, but when all of my fish died I stopped using it and now I can't remember what it was. lol I kept fish for about 3 years, mainly mollys, swordtails, pictus cats, and a few other fishes. Then I got a freshwater puffer fish and it was apparently sick so all of the fish I had died. That was about 3 years ago. For the past year and a half I have kept a crawdad who died about 2 months ago. Now I am getting back into fish keeping, because I have an AP Chemistry project that I am doing that deals with how water plants affect the PH balance and how the PH affects fish. After the project I am going to keep the fish. Coming this fall I am moving from Ohio to California so that I can study Marine Biology. So I'm pretty interested in any type of marine animal. Any questions...just ask!

Yo, the name's Cuttles

Lord of the Cuttles — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:32:26 GMT

Lord of the Cuttles or LOTC. So ya, I'm new here. I am not that experienced with all of this, but I am expanding my knowledge. I am hoping to aquire 4 Sepia Bandensis in the near future. Looking forwward to sharing knowledge.

Hi!

JessicaR — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:17:26 GMT

Hello My name is Jessica and I am new to fish. I love animals I have 4 shelties, 1 boxer that is a guide dog in training, 2 cats, 1 guinea pig and now 5 fish! Hoping to get some good advise here!

I'M BACK WHO MISSED ME?!!!!!!?

Bloodparrot cichlid — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:00:11 GMT

Its the original bloodparrot cichlid i havnt been on in a while actually a long time but im back and glad to be lets talk fish!!!!!!! and those who dont know me HI

Hi

hatman — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:01:26 GMT

Hi my name is Bryan and I'm a fishaholic. I don't have an aquarium problem I can quit whenever I want. I do have a disease though known as MTS or Multiple Tank Syndrome. Any way hello from me to you.

hello

nivek75 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:03:22 GMT

new here seems like a great site glad i found it

Im new

mcbrix — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:56:35 GMT

Hi I joined today and would like to introduce myself. I have 2 tanks ,1 corner tank about 45cm high,the front bow is about 120cm and the 2 corners is about 90cm.I got 10 discus,6 gold tetra,4 rummy nose tera,5 guppies,2 flying fox,1 albino pleco,1 zebra Danio.The other tank is 76cm high*45 with and 150cm length.I got 9 angels,5 mollies,3 yoyo loaches,1 common pleco and has been running since jan 07,the corner since feb 09.the liters are about around 250l and 500l is there anyone who can tell me the exact liters as as im a bit bad at maths thanks alot mcbrix

Hello everyone! -Full setup thread

LongIslandFirearms — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:52:04 GMT

Hi everyone!

I've started a SW tank this past month. Having good experience with FW and still running it today. In fact its quite self contained with live plants, a beautiful Angel and barbs. (12 gallon)

Okay the SW setup:

37 gallons
44 pounds of live rock (internet and local pet store purchased)
30 pounds live substrate (Nature's Ocean)
eheim ecco 2232 filter
Hydor inline heater (great product)
Hydor Koralia 2
Seaclone protein skimmer (will be replacing with AquaC HOB w/maxi-jet 1200)
Standard light (still dunno what to buy yet)

Tank cycled in 14 days.

Added:

Coral:

3 little Bullseye Mushrooms
1 Taro Tree Coral

Stock:

1 Yellowtail Damsel
1 Blue Damsel
1 Three Spot damsel
1 Feather Duster (never comes out )

Water Levels are great with zero nitrate,nitrite,ammonia. Salinity 1.022

I have not done any water changes.

Make note: Change the protein skimmer asap. The Seaclone created too many micro bubbles even after adjusting the nozzle. It actually only works best with the nozzle completely off..

So, I will be buying additional 'newbie' corals soon. I also want to add two clowns.

I found out about this site from all the advertisement I saw within Marine Fish & Reef magazine.

I read two books;

Animal Planets, Saltwater Aquariums
101 Saltwater fish

Tank setup:

Some of the 'live' rock was purchased from Dr Fosters (22 pounds) 'premium' Fiji rock. My tank was new, and I placed that directly in the tank without any fish/coral. Then went to the LPS and picked up cured live rock that was in tanks with fish. My ammonia spiked to 10.0 within the first week. Second week the nitrite jumped off the charts as well. By the end of the second week, everything zero'd out. I think I did a good job cycling. Having local rock (costly) and the 22 pounds from Dr Fosters (CHEAP!) was a win win for me. Its sped up the cycle.

Again, I am a newbie, just read the books and input from the internet. My next purchase will be the Aquac Remora HOB skimmer. Everyone seems to state that its the best out there. I have also learned to buy it with the maxi-jet 1200 not the Rio+ 800. We'll see. Its quite confusing when you look into this product, since there are options (powerheads, drain fittings, covers..). I will not be running a sump or wet/dry. I cannot seem to figure out why no one came up with a good protein skimmer that doesnt need that powerhead directly in the tank. Its sooo ugly.

I have no cleaners yet. 1 Dunno which to buy (can I get a crab?) Also, I dont think I have enough 'food' yet??

Lighting. OMG there is too many options and brands. I have a the crappy stock setup for now. I know I need to replace it. I also have a canopy. I want something that has LED and white/blue light? (Help me out people!)

Look at my picture of my tank and let me know if I should get a lower intake tube. Seems like the 'green' one I have doesn't get to the bottom of the tank.

Any other pointers will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for reading my thread.

Hello!

Neons4ever — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:27:38 GMT

Hi! I'm new here! I just got my first tank which holds 37 gallon, I haven't put everything together yet but I will soon, and I love fish! I've just about driven everyone I know insane about it. So, Hi!

New Here

WaterGoddess — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:45:32 GMT

Hello fellow fishkeepers. I am new here and would like to introduce myself. I have been keeping fish since i was about 13. I am no expert by any means, i just enjoy it as a hobby. The tanks help me to relax.

It was really awesome to find a network just for that! I love the fishchannel!

New Member Hello to everyone

Pat4fish — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:26:30 GMT

Hi I'm Pat and I am in love with my fish. My children are all grown and have left the nest. My Discus fish all have their own names. They have the most unique personalities!

I can not find any good local fish stores, I have tried several online vendors and I have had mixed results. Like everyone, I know Discus fish are more delicate than most freshwater fish. I have been buying from Somethingsphishy online for close to 5 years. I have heard others absolutely trash this company. You know, everyone is entitled to their opinion. My experience has been extremely positive. I did my research, asked a lot of questions and found the staff at somethingsphishy.com to answer all questions and concerns quickly and thoroughly. I have spent thousands of dollars with them and have fish that are healthy and I even have a pair of Discus that paired off several years ago. They lay eggs often, some have survived and are now adults. Most of the time the other fish eat the eggs before I see them.

I have some of the most beautiful fish in my home. I have a redtail catfish that I bought from them around a year ago, man, that fish is huge now. It gets along great with my discus and a variety of rams and plecos. My fav is my watermelon pleco, he is 4 yrs. old and yes, he came from my fav. vendor, somethingsphishy.

Can anyone recommend a good site for plants?

Hope to post pictures of my little darlings soon.

Pat4fish

Hey Everybody

camaroracer214 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:36:59 GMT

Hello everyone. My name is Brandon. I am a marine biology graduate from Texas A&M University Galveston. I have been keeping a saltwater aquarium for several years, I am a board member on my local aquarium forums, and I have also created my own blog (http://blog.aquanerd.com).

i have a 180 gallon Aquarium Obsessed custom aquarium that is SPS dominated, but I am in the planning stages of a new tank build to go along with a house build. So, we'll see how that goes.

I'm glad to find yet another aquarium website to join...this makes like 15 .

***moderators, if I'm not allowed to post links to my blog, please remove them, thanks***

Advice for me?

Mcarpo13 — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:31:54 GMT

I have a 20 Gallon Long tank and a 10 Gallon

In my 20 Gallon, i have 2 Gouramis (i believe a Pearl Gourami and a Dwarf Gourami, but im not 100% sure) and i also have an Archer fish with them.

In my 10 Gallon i have 9 Zebra Danios and an African Dwarf Frog.

In both tanks i have heaters, filters and some sort of airation. I feed both tanks with Tetramins Tropical Flakes, and the fish seem to eat it.

Is there anything i need to change with my tanks? Can i add fish to my 20 Gallon? Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.

Intro & info for Characin tank

rsn48 — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:50:58 GMT

Hi, my name is Rick Nicholson and I live in Deep Cove in North Vancouver, British Columbia. You will become a bit familiar with North Vancouver soon as a few of the Winter Olympics (Feb 2010) will be hosted here on the North Shore.

I've been "into" aquariums a few times in my life. Like many, I started out with the small tank (5 gallons) and spent my way through many tanks over the years. I've owned guppies to elephant noses, to Geophagus Jurapari's, from eels to salamanders. At one time I bred Gold Severums, but this was some time back.

In my not to distant past, I had larger aquariums again with larger fish, and usually a well planted tank, but certainly not as dramatic as some planted tanks that can be found today. I must confess the first thing coming as a surprise as I currently review the literature on aquarium issues and maintenance, is the use of CO2 for plants - Uh! who would have thought.

This time, I'm not going to get the "giant" tank, I think something around a 50 gallon - 36 by 18 by 18. I prefer the depth of this tank to the narrower 55 gallon tank; I think it will give me more depth for an allusion of a "deeper" plant growth.

I am also thinking the tank will be mostly a plant tank with fish to enhance the plants, I'm thinking a Tetra tank - our water here in North Vancouver is acidic, perhaps too much, but at least I have the acid base, I just have to tone it down a bit. I'm also toying with adding a few Cory's and maybe some algae eating fish, haven't made up my mind on this.

I am planing on a canister filter, some I see suggest two, one at each end of the tank, and an undergravel filter. Dark gravel to enhance the colours of the Tetras, etc.

This will be a bedroom tank so I can lay in bed, read, listen to music and watch the fish, so a "quiet" tank will be important to me. I also see the recommendation to use two heaters instead of one, this is new to me but it makes sense.

If I don't do a specific Tetra tank, the only other idea I might go for is something when I first entered the hobby in around ...ah ....ummm ....errrr ... okay 1960. A gentleman took me to his home and showed me his tank, which was probably around 60 gallons (at my age back then 60 gallons looked like a 150 gallon tank) and he only had Neon Tetras and Tiger Barbs. Since both these fish schooled, the patterns they made, and the combination of their colours made for a beautiful tank. Well enough of my babbling, I will ask more specific questions in other areas here.

I would love to see some pics of any Characin tanks, if you so have, and I'm definitely open to advise and recommendations.

hey all you fish freaks

bassboy1234 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:29:47 GMT

hi there. im Andrew. i have been a fish keeper since i was 4. im nice and love fish and music. so i hope to meet some new people and to get help with my tank every now and then.

so yeah, im not real good at introductions. so yeah, uh bye

New to fishchannel and to fish keeping

barbarossa4122 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:26:07 GMT

Hello,

My name is Constantin, I live in NYC and about 2 months ago my wife and I started a 55 gallon goldfish tank, out of the blue I might add. We are having lots of fun so far. We did a lot of research on this and last night I happened to find this great site. Happy I did.

I'm new.

Faraday — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:46:32 GMT

I love fish and reptiles. I like reptiles a little bit more but I already have an account on reptile channel, so now I have one here. hi.

I'm Finally Back on the forums.

Katorin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:25:24 GMT

Hey folks. I'm finally back and looking forward to chatting with you all again about our little wet friends.

New to Fish Channel

discusangeltetra65gal — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:04:53 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am Samantha and I new to the Fish Channel site, but not fish.

I have had tanks since I was 7years old and am now 20 years old. I had started out with a 10 gallon fresh communtiy tank, as most children. Since then my facination with fish has grown so much I am considering changing my major in college to be a Marine Biologist. I currently have gotten into saltwater tanks about a year and half ago. I have 4 tanks at my house and 3 betta bowls. Two of my tanks have a frog and turtle in it. I have a 10 gallon saltwater tank. With Clownfish, Fire fish, Anemone, Anemone crab, 2 hermits. I have plenty of filtration in my tank to keep a 30 gallon going, and it gets changed on a regular basis. I also have a 65 gallon custom built tall/wide tank. It used to be an African Cichlid Tank, but now is being converted into a Discus Tank with Angel fish and Tetras. I love fish and hate to eat them. I DONT EAT FISH.

I am in college and work full time as well.

Samantha

Hello fishlovers

ramfan7597 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:15:59 GMT

Hello all fishlovers! My name is Jerry and i am a teen that has been in the hobby for about 8 months and since then, i have been absolutly obsessed with fish. In those eight months, i have learned so many things and seen so many fascinating spieces. I hope i can keep this hobby for years to come!

FishChannel Forums / Community Forums / Introductions

Back for good i hope this time.

Howdy Y'all

HI I AM BACK AFTER A LONG WHILE !!

new here, not to fish

Here is a pic of Red the Oscar

this web site

hello

Two New Setups

Pictures of new tank

Hello from Canada

HI .i am new.(*-*)

tank size

hello

overstocked's introduction - moved

Bonjour

Was on here years ago....

WHO ARE ALL YOU PEOPLE?!

Greetings

Hi

Feeling Picked On?

Hello Everyone

Yo, the name's Cuttles

Hi!

I'M BACK WHO MISSED ME?!!!!!!?

Hi

hello

Im new

Hello everyone! -Full setup thread

Hello!

New Here

New Member Hello to everyone

Hey Everybody

Advice for me?

Intro & info for Characin tank

hey all you fish freaks

New to fishchannel and to fish keeping

I'm new.

I'm Finally Back on the forums.

New to Fish Channel

Hello fishlovers

HI .i am new.(-)