FalconStorm
Fish Crazy
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Newbie!!!!
I am a newbie nut. I grow into a newbie tree with enough water, sunlight, and FISH!!!! Okay. Mostly, I'm just a nut. But, I'm a fun nut!
Well, a little about me... I'm 24 years old, now. The last time I had a tank, I was thirteen, I think. I probably kept it going by the skin of my teeth since I didn't know anything about cycling, and I believe I was using chemicals to keep my ammonia levels down. Heh...we live, we learn. Needless to say, I got tired of cleaning bad algae off the walls and losing fish to chemical spikes I wasn't aware of and gave up after around a year. Of course, even then, I had a raging case of MTS, but no funds to support it. Probably a good thing too. Who knows how many fish I might have killed before I caught a clue.
For 11 years, the MTS has lain dormant, only rearing its ugly head every now and again...and then...I saw the bettas at the pet store, so did my friend who lives with me, and it went downhill from there. With fundage available, I caved. I now have a little ten gallon tank sitting in my bedroom and have my eye on a beautiful 90 gallon at my LFS. *drools*
I'll be honest, though. With this tank, I've probably made every newbie mistake in the book. *sigh* I set it up, get my fish, and THEN do my research. I KNOW better! *smacks self* I won’t go into detail here, but I think I’ll post my adventures in the general fish area. Heh…I’m sure I’ll be looking for all kinds of advice around here. Hopefully, I’ll be able to give some eventually.
I am a newbie nut. I grow into a newbie tree with enough water, sunlight, and FISH!!!! Okay. Mostly, I'm just a nut. But, I'm a fun nut!
Well, a little about me... I'm 24 years old, now. The last time I had a tank, I was thirteen, I think. I probably kept it going by the skin of my teeth since I didn't know anything about cycling, and I believe I was using chemicals to keep my ammonia levels down. Heh...we live, we learn. Needless to say, I got tired of cleaning bad algae off the walls and losing fish to chemical spikes I wasn't aware of and gave up after around a year. Of course, even then, I had a raging case of MTS, but no funds to support it. Probably a good thing too. Who knows how many fish I might have killed before I caught a clue.
For 11 years, the MTS has lain dormant, only rearing its ugly head every now and again...and then...I saw the bettas at the pet store, so did my friend who lives with me, and it went downhill from there. With fundage available, I caved. I now have a little ten gallon tank sitting in my bedroom and have my eye on a beautiful 90 gallon at my LFS. *drools*
I'll be honest, though. With this tank, I've probably made every newbie mistake in the book. *sigh* I set it up, get my fish, and THEN do my research. I KNOW better! *smacks self* I won’t go into detail here, but I think I’ll post my adventures in the general fish area. Heh…I’m sure I’ll be looking for all kinds of advice around here. Hopefully, I’ll be able to give some eventually.
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