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April 9th, 2009
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| Aloha all,
New here and "new" to fish keeping. Had some when I was younger, the unknown nitrogen cycle kept my piggy bank pretty low  Have decided to get back into it and want to intro my boys to the experience (with more education this time around).
Will have more questions than comments, at least initially  Guess that is it for now...
Aloha,
HIPunch | 
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April 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Aloha Welcome to Fishlore 
Questions? Folks here LOVE questions. | |
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April 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Welcome, you have come to the right place to get your answers..these guys know their stuff! | |
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April 9th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Welcome to the forum everyone. | |
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June 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Hey I thought I would introduce my self. I am 26 with a 5 year old and currently going to school in Northern Idaho. I found my way here whilst trying to identify some Algae growing on drift wood in my 55gal tank. (Figured out it was ok )
I started keeping fish a couple years ago when I was living in the barracks, and needed something to do. I found it very relaxing, and while I had to get rid of those fish when I got of the Army and moved, I have since Acquired more.
Presently I have a 55gal tank, a 20 gal tank, and two 10 gal. I am keeping a variety of cichlids, barbs and loaches throughout them all as well as a couple sharks (bala, rainbow). I hope to get bigger tanks someday when I have an actual house, perhaps even a fish room.  | |
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June 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| Welcome to Fishlore!  | |
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June 15th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| New to Fishlore
Hi Everyone! I have had fish for about 2 years. It started with my sons 10g. freshwater. Then I upgraded him to a 20g.. I enjoyed it so much (I say I because he didn't do the maintanance) that I decided to get a SW reef tank. I bought one already set up (mistake!) it had aptisia(sp?) and green hair algae!! Long story short after a year of SW I decided to go back to what I enjoyed FW.
So, that is what I am in the process of doing now.
I was going to give my 75g reef set-up to a friend of a friend and go back to a 20g. When I told Kevin the fish guy @ the fish store that, he said that I could bring in all my LR and polyps and fish and get store credit!!!  So I did. I received enough to completely do a planted aquarium! THANKS KEVIN!! You ROCK! So, I have been doing plant and fish research for about 3 week and cleaning my 75g to get it ready. I am very excited about doing a planted tank. This site has great info so, I decided to become a member.  | |
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June 15th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| We're glad to have Candy, welcome to the forum. | |
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June 16th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Hello all,
My name is Mike and I'm a newb to saltwater. Luckily my brother is into the hobby and has been a huge help. However it's been 10 years since he had a tank running so his info is a little out of date. I'm in week 3 of cycling my 46 gal bowfront Oceanic and I'm in love already. Planning on going Reef once it's all ready to go! Currently it's FOWLR. Fish being a few damsels and a couple chromis. Up to 20 lbs of LR now, but I'm very picky so usually bring home 5 lbs of choice rock per trip to the LFS.
Thanks for having me! | |
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June 16th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Welcome to Fish Lore. Lots of great information here and friendly people. | |
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June 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| I finally got my own fishtank. Woowhooooo! | |
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June 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| welcome, good luck and have fun! | |
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June 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| W
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July 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Hi, im 13, and i love fish, im from Albuquerque, NM. I like playing computer games, and swimming. SOoo,, yea | |
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November 9th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Hi, Me and my mom just got a 215 gallon saltwater reef tank in april 2009, and so far we had an outbreak of flatworms, and now our fish have a bad case of ick!!! Can any thing else bad happpen  Anyway, I love horseback riding, scuba diving, and swimming, i want to be a marine biologist, and my favorite color is blue. | |
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November 9th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Welcome to Fish Lore | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Welcome to FishLore,
its been a while since i was active i should re-introduce myself. hahaha | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Welcome back to Fishlore, Mike
And welcome one and all! | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Hello Wanna-be and Mike. Welcome and welcome back to Fish Lore!
Ken | |
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November 17th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Hi All, and greetz from Benoni, South Africa.
My name is craig and I've been bitten by the bug.
It started with a Crowntail betta (Lou Cipher) in a small display tank thingy, which grew to a 2 ft long on my work desk
now Lou's companions are 6 fancy /fantail guppies with attitude!!!!
I'm probably going to be mostly lurking - but come december I'm planning on starting a planted tank, and fishlore has become my bible WRT finding out about the little critters.
cheers
Craig
Last edited by craigsankyo; November 17th, 2009 at 12:40 PM.
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November 17th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Hi Craig welcome to FishLore | |
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November 17th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Welcome to Fishlore, Craig! | |
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November 28th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| 'ello! I'm Kairi, 19, goldfish lover, known at my university as the "Goldfish Guru." I care for my twelve fish as well as the university Mob of nineteen fish. My fiancé jokes that the only children we are ever going to have are scaly.
Goldfish are incredibly exciting to me, and over the last eight months I have watched my four babies grow from $0.15, 1.5 inch feeders to eight inch flake-munching machines. Also, whenever Petsmart actually has 10 gallon tank dividers IN STOCK (grrrr), the Siamese fighters I have will upgrade to five gallons each instead of the 2.5 they each currently swim in.
My fiancé (he says hello) doesn't have an account, but wants me to mention that he has a 5" green terror cichlid named Zeus. Whenever one of us comes home, we shout, "HEY-ZEUS!"
Last edited by Cobalt Kairi; November 28th, 2009 at 01:08 AM.
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November 28th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Welcome to Fishlore! I'm just down the road from you! | |
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November 28th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Hello Cobalt and Welcome to Fish Lore. Glad to have you on board. Hello Zeus!
I hope you all enjoy the site!
Ken | |
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November 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Howdy !! I've been a member of FishLore for a couple years now, just getting around to introducing myself now. It all started 2 years ago with a 10g community tank for my college age son, who was home recuperating from surgery. We were looking for something to prevent him from going stir crazy while being laid-up. Little did I know that it was just the beginning...
We now have 2x29g, 1x20g long & 1x10g, along with a few empty tanks I'm trying to set-up. [2x29g, 2x55g, 1x45g tall] Since my husband doesn't quite understand why I want more - it takes a bit of wrangling to talk him into each one. I'm making progress though-this weekend he agreed I could set-up 1 of the 55g & trade the 10g for a 29g. Yeah!!
In addition to MTS - we also have MPS "Multiple Pet Syndrome" Does this even exist Currently our brood consists of:
Rainbows(8), Neon Tetras(5), White Skirt Tetra (4), Blood-Fin Tetra(1), Tiger Barb(3) Zebra Danio(1), Long Fin Blue Danio(1), Veil-tail Goldfish(2), Comet Goldfish(2), Chinese Algae Eater(2)
1 dog - Lady, English Cocker Spaniel
1 cat - Mao, Orange Tabby (Mao is chinese for cat) He's our Chief Laser-Spot chaser!
1 parrot - JoJo, Umbrella Cockatoo "Self-Appointed" Ear Drum Tester
This site has been indispensable whenever I've needed fish/aquarium info. My father had an aquarium when I was growing up, but that was back when water changes only happened when the water became too cloudy to see the fish  or the aquarium needed to be relocated. He did have the most beautiful angelfish though - unfortunately I haven't found anything similar around here. Maybe they don't exist anymore or my memory is exaggerating their beauty. Anyways, I've had & will no doubt continue to have questions. Thanks for a great site which makes looking for the answer fun!
Right now I'm trying to figure out the best way to set-up the new 55g & move-up to the 29g. I'll post my question later tonight in the appropriate thread. I just wanted to introduce myself first.
Thanks for reading,
JO 
Last edited by MrsJmo; November 29th, 2009 at 08:19 PM.
Reason: Oops Forgot my Tiger Barbs ???? | |
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November 29th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Wow, lol, glad you decided to finally introduce yourself.
That must be some kind of record!
Welcome! | |
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November 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Hi! I'm Vicky. I have many, many interests...sometimes too many, I think! LOL...Love animals, have 2 hunting dogs (love to hunt as well) and one chihuahua that doesn't count as a dog, at least she doesn't think she's a dog, but our cat does! I tend to attract the strangest pets...I currently have a 10 gallon guppy tank and am looking for a bigger tank. My husband thinks I'm crazy, but he enjoys my fishies as much as I do! We both have Harley's and ride whenever we get the chance, I'm a mother of two fabulous grown children who I adore (they also think I'm crazy...lol). That's about it!
I'm SO glad I found this website! Seems that the teenage girls that work at my local fish store are only somewhat knowledgeable, but moreso that some of the big pet store chains, for sure. | |
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