Has it been 18 months already

Hi all,

Just realised, it has been just over a year since Jay (Viperbot) got me hooked, excuse the pun, when he introduced me to his Vision 180 freshie tank, 18 months and a few K later I am really happy to report the folowing.

Death list and causes
1 x CLown loach, from my first purchase, my introduction to Ich as well.
3 x Pleco juveniles unknown
8 tetras Unknown
2 mollies 1 trapped 1 old age
10 Corydoras forgot to plug in filter after maint, a rookie mistake made early on and aeration failure while away
1 Ruby shark falling decor, again rookie mistake

Apart from Ich from my first purchase no outbreaks ph crashes infestations parasites spikes of ammonia ect. A big part of why I have managed to avoid a lot of nasties, ITFS, and QT QT QT.. QT.

Did I mention Quarentine:)

In this past 18 months I have bought
6 54Ls
1 450 vision
2 240L Fluval
1 300L Aqua One
1 90L DD Nano
1 200L Azoo
1 190L Trigon
1 150L Eheim
1 180L Vision
1 240 Rio
Ayynnnd.. I have set up most of these tanks more than once.
picking up a Betta 300 with sump on sat:)

I would like to thank many on here but I will narrow it down a little as there are so many contributors to ITFS. Viperbot JohnH and Stretnik all of whom made this past 18 months or so a hell of a lot easier and educated me at the expense of their patience. Also a big thanks to the ITFS admins and mods, cracking job folks, this forum stops me doing a ful circle of redoing setups as when I need a fix usually I get posting otherwise I start eyeing up a tank for new ideas.

Thanks to all who post their experiences and share their knowledge and are just helpful auld sods, to name a few Platty252 Igmillichip Wolfsberg Dar Des Gerry_the_chip and many many more, too many for my feeble mind to remember.


Is this the goddamned best hobby in the world or what:)

Heres to another fairly trouble free year, fingers crossed.


Mark

wow thats some list of tanks for an 18 month period,
how many of them are you running at same time?

T

Mark you forgot to mention quarantine. this dam hobby is so addictive, thank god my missus has me well whipped or i'd be over run with tanks. speaking of tanks i know your selling up but i'm off to look at a tank or two today, all i'm told is that they are around 2 foot (no heater or filter with one) and seeing as i'm not allowed do want i want i am thinking of dumping them on you but we shall see how that goes

yeah i'd agree, this is a great oul forum, the best ive found, it has a good balance of been extremely informative and a good laugh at times.i normally last about two weeks before i'm banned off sites but the lads on here are decent oul skins

Fairplay Mark. This savage hobby is very addictive and i think like Dar if i could have the free reign a fish house would have been built by now. This forum is great and its because of all the guys on here that all our questions are answered. Its because of this forum that access to great bargains(fish, tanks, plants)are available. If i hadnt joined the forum i think i would still have me one or two tanks on the go but i know so much more about fishkeepin now and have met some great dudes as well. May the tanks and setups keep growin Mark. U are a credit to the forum.

Mick...

tommyt wrote:

wow thats some list of tanks for an 18 month period,
how many of them are you running at same time?

T

Oh I wish I still had em all (Sob Sob) but then again I wish I had a fit spine too:) Just 6 for now and a new on ont he way tomorrow, I fotgot to add to 60Ls to the list:)


@Mick, another ITFS stalwart, and a good catfish man to pick the brain of:) Cheers matey.


@Dar I am shifing off all my smaller tanks, well, have shifted. got me a Betta 300 wiuth sump for a tetra biotope I am going to set up, it is time I went down this road to gain experience seting up biotopes as I am coming up severely short. The 450 a Clown Loach biotope as well as focusing on breeding tetras for the next 12 months at least. you cna only learn so much by reading, practical hands on is what I am missing.



Mark

Good to see that the old fish have grabbed you well and truly.

Fair play Mark! There are worse ways to waste your money... like drugs or golf.

We, as fishkeepers, have indirectly learned a lot of other things from being interested in fish... we know of Lake Inle, about water chemistry, Irian Jaya, political and environmental issues of countries we will never visit. These are things we might not have known about otherwise, so we are educating ourselves without it "hurting"... I think that's one of my many favourite things about this hobby.

You're never done learnin'!

PS You forgot that Fluval Edge I sold you!

Rory you are right, add 2 x Fluval Edges too. True enough you are never done, more you think you know, the less you actually do know eh.

I gotta admit, I barely grasp the extremities of what Ian explains most times, even the layman's explanations:laugh: Persevere I shall none the less.



mark

Fair play Mark. That is some 18 months. I think you'll need to go to FA meetings soon. "My name's Mark and I'm a Fishaholic"

mark how does the miss s let you away with it man hahhahahahaha

yeah, i'd have to agree with Mark and the lads
i love this hobby, i'm totally hooked
the info on this site is amazing, i've learned so much mainly from Derek, Darren and Kev
i'm reading a lot of ziggy's posts lately, very interesting
you meet a lot of really nice like minded people through this site
long live the ITFS

Mark with that amount of water u could hav flooded the biggest room in your house and went scuba diving Looking forward to seeing this new Tetra biotope, Keep us all posted.

Gerry

Mark. wrote:

Rory you are right, add 2 x Fluval Edges too. True enough you are never done, more you think you know, the less you actually do know eh.

I gotta admit, I barely grasp the extremities of what Ian explains most times, even the layman's explanations:laugh: Persevere I shall none the less.



mark

Umm...which Ian is that Mark? Some are more hippy-like than others and speak in words fused from the humus, sunlight and cosmic rays offered to us by mother nature.

Don't worry too much about me, Mark, I'm from a different era in music....JohnH's era maybe? Go search out Pink Floyd, Yes, Van Der Graaf Generator..... you'll see, it all makes sense in the end.

This is a very good forum. I have to agree with Mark on that.

There is a healthy mix of all different experiences and expertise going into developing a wider knowledge of our chosen subject of fishology.

I've ventured onto some much bigger forums (overseas ones) and really found something 'not great' about them.

So it is great that you've found a good forum with some very nice people on..... in 'forum format' and in 'real life'.

ian

igmillichip wrote:

Mark. wrote:

Rory you are right, add 2 x Fluval Edges too. True enough you are never done, more you think you know, the less you actually do know eh.

I gotta admit, I barely grasp the extremities of what Ian explains most times, even the layman's explanations:laugh: Persevere I shall none the less.



mark

Umm...which Ian is that Mark? Some are more hippy-like than others and speak in words fused from the humus, sunlight and cosmic rays offered to us by mother nature.

Don't worry too much about me, Mark, I'm from a different era in music....JohnH's era maybe? Go search out Pink Floyd, Yes, Van Der Graaf Generator..... you'll see, it all makes sense in the end.

This is a very good forum. I have to agree with Mark on that.

There is a healthy mix of all different experiences and expertise going into developing a wider knowledge of our chosen subject of fishology.

I've ventured onto some much bigger forums (overseas ones) and really found something 'not great' about them.

So it is great that you've found a good forum with some very nice people on..... in 'forum format' and in 'real life'.

ian

Which Ian indeed:) I refer more to my lack of understanding than to the technical detail of the free education offered by some:) Some very nice folks indeed.
Flip the coin though and I have had people come to buy fish from me as agreed only to turn up with an empty wallet and an excuse, patethic shameless cheapskate behaviour in my humble opinion as I tihnk you would not arrive and expect to get fish with no cash, but they did. I have more respect for a fellow keeper than that.


I got some Floyd right here, every album in a discography:)

mark

'Just 6 for now and new one on the way tomorrow'

This must be the phrase of the year!

Fairplay to you man; heres looking forward to a good 2011 for us all too.


Regards;
Andrew

des wrote:

you meet a lot of really nice like minded people through this site
long live the ITFS

Yeah man, we're a bunch of freaky weirdos who get along with fish better than we do with people:laugh:



mark

lol, holy crap Mark...I think I need a new missus...I'm at this about 18 months too (actually its probably more like 2 years at this stage) and I thought I was doing well finally getting a 125l in the house and surviving the experience!

Its a fantastic hobby but that's some amount of tanks you've had...you must have been setting up a new tank pretty much the entire 18 months...

Keep us in the loop with how your betta breeding gets on...

Neil