Hi!

[stellablu]

Hi, I'm Kimber. I've strayed into the board from another forum (aquariacentral.com...can I say that here? heh) that is down temporarily. I have lurked a few times looking for information so I might as well join, huh?

I'm 24 years old, 25 next month. I have one 55g, two 20g, two 10g, and one 2 1/2g tanks which are constantly expanding and upgrading and more tanks in the planning stages.

55g - set-up for marine. One Domino Damsel right now.

20g - set-up for native brackish fish (going seining this week to collect fish, hopefully a Checkered puffer or Northern puffer. I'll keep you updated)

20g - Two Green Spotted Puffers, one Bumble Bee Goby, and a Black Molly. (Also a resilient crayfish meant to be lunch...now turned pet...at least for now )

10g - (My daughter's tank, soon moving up to 20g) Two Orandas, one Black Moor, Chinese Algae Eater, and African Dwarf Frog

10g - Three Dwarf puffers and a Pleco. (and a couple of guppy fry that are the same size as the puffers)

2 1/2g - Eleven molly fry, one fancy guppy and nine guppy fry.

I am giving all my mollies, guppies, (maybe) pleco to a classroom aquarium. In a few months I am moving the GSP's into a 55g, the goldfish into a 20-29g, the dwarf puffers are fine and small tank is turning into a snail breeder (upgrade from a jar)

My boyfriend has a 30g reef tank with one Long Tentacle anemone, one Green Carpet anemone, one Atlantic anemone, one Pink Skunk clown, one True and one False Percula. Oh, and my favorite the Scooter Blenny. Tank is also home to one Arrow Crab, one Peppermint Shrimp, and soon-to-be Sand Sifter or Red Star. Next summer we plan to add a Mandarin.

I am also doing my homework on future tanks. As soon as I have more time, energy, and money I'll invest in some nice larger, most likely species-only tanks I'll be making some new additions. My dream tank is at least a 90g with a ray; perhaps a Blue Spotted or Teacup...I think Florida requires a special permit for FW rays so we'll see about the latter. I would also like one or two decent sized SW puffer tanks. One project at a time, ya know?

I'm rambing on, I think I'm going through "forum withdrawals" haha

It's good to be here!

 

[jesssa]

good luck and welcome.

 

[Sasha]

Hi and to the forum! I hope you enjoy it here!

 

[Tempestuousfury]

to the forum.

I, personally, find this to be the best forum I have ever been on.

Short blurb on 10g tank:
Too many goldfish in one tank. They get to about 8", so they need room (hence the 20g upgrade ). Also, they are extremely messy and you no doubt notice high readings when doing tests on your water.

The CAE will get to over 9" and become very aggressive, attacking your fish and sucking on their scales. They also need a meaty diet when they get bigger.

What are you feeding the ADF?

I hope you stay with us, even after the other forum comes back up.

Join our school.

 

[stellablu]

Hi! Tempestuousfury I haven't actually had high readings in my tank yet. Could my Biowheel have anything to do with that? Yeah, I know how big they get but we adopted them from another child and haven't had the room to upgrade (it's only been four months) because I have been waiting on a custom tank stand. I like black stained wood stands hehe

I didn't care for the CAE when they gave him to us and I still don't particularly care for him, especially taking those growth and personality changes in perspective. I might give him to the LFS.

I feed my ADF live brine shrimp and frozen brine shrimp...in fact once a day (skipping one day a week) I split a frozen cube between my tanks...everyone loves them! Sometimes he eats freeze-dried shrimp or the occasional softened goldfish pellet. I have seen him grab a flake or two of goldfish flakes. I used to feed him blackworms but I really don't like keeping them if I absolutely don't have to...blech!

I think I might multi-task and stay with both boards...however, I think most of my favorite members from the other board are members here as well. Perhaps I'll post here more often then! Thanks!

 

[aqtaquaman]

Hey, Stellablu, I know you, Stellablu.
Read your post and laughed, as the bandwith issue at aquariacentral pushed me in this direction too.
Looks like a similar set up from what I've seen so far, though I hope the chats are more popular.

 

[stellablu]

Hey! Yeah, I miss the other board, but this one seems to have more members and you get replies MUCH faster around these parts!

 

[lady_tanksalot]

hello and

seems you aleady know your stuff

look forward to chating to you... and don't believe the guys round here... I'm not short

 

[Gimli]

Hello and welcome to the forum.