Hello, my name is Mike and I am addicted to fish., And I love it!!!! |
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 Apr 23 2004, 06:43 AM
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 Newbie  Group: Member Posts: 21 Joined: 17-April 04 From: Oregon Member No.: 5491  |
Anyone know of a good Fishaholics Anonymous site? - j/k
 I had a couple of 10 gallon tanks when I was a kid, but never had much success, now I know why (you mean you have to cycle a tank and perform regular maintenance?  )5 months ago I was admiring my bosses tanks, and she ended up giving me a 15gal tall eclipse system with 2 cichlids and a ple*o (here's your free crack). I now have a 10 gal hospital/quarintine, a 5 gal Dwarf puffer, and a 29 gal community tank. I have to say I was looking for a good all around fish site, and this looks like the place. So far everyone has been great and I almost spend more time reading about fish than I do watching my own.  Tank inhabitants: 5 gal: 2 Dwarf Puffers, 1 oto 10 gal: 1 Cardnal Tetra with Ich  15 gal: 1 Red Jewel, 1 Firemouth, 3 Giant Danios (Gave the ple*o back to my boss as the one in here big tank died and he was growing like a weed in my tank) 29 gal: 1 Angel, 1 Red Tail Shark, 5 Cardinal Tetras, 1 Chinese algea eater, 3 Red Wag Platties, 10 platy fry Thanks for all the great info and help so far, Tandor |
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Apr 23 2004, 07:13 AM
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 Forum Fan  Group: Member Posts: 2676 Joined: 23-February 04 From: North Pole, Alaska Member No.: 4408 |
Hi Mike, sounds like you are off to a great start! I've never tried the puffer thing but they are ever so cool.
ALASKA |
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Apr 23 2004, 07:20 AM
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 Newbie Group: Member Posts: 24 Joined: 31-March 04 From: plymouth s-west uk Member No.: 5108 |
 hi welcome to the forum,if you cant learn anything here,sorry theres no hope for you,hope you enjoy the hobbie may see you in the chat channel regards fishbie23
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Apr 23 2004, 01:21 PM
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5423 Joined: 10-December 03 From: Newcastle, England Member No.: 3152 |
LOL
 to the site! We all have problems when we are new. Why have you got the cardingal tetra alone in a 10gall? Do you know when there's ich the whole tank should be treated?Anyway, I'm sure I'll see you around.  ~Dana~
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Apr 23 2004, 02:04 PM
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 Fishaholic  Group: Members Posts: 418 Joined: 24-February 04 From: Yorkshire (UK) Member No.: 4421 |
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Apr 23 2004, 02:29 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes Group: Member Posts: 1209 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Massachusetts, USA Member No.: 4568 |
Welcome to the Forum!
I would move the cardinal back to the main tank and treat the entire tank. Good Luck with all your tanks. and if you do find a fishaholics annoynmous, let me know! 
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Apr 23 2004, 06:51 PM
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Newbie Group: Member Posts: 21 Joined: 17-April 04 From: Oregon Member No.: 5491 |
Thanks all for the warm welcome!
The Cardinal tetra is in the 10 by himself as he and 3 others were just purchased and was only in the main tank for 2 hours before I saw the ich. I didn't want to treat the main tank yet because of the fry so I just moved him til I could do more research. I started a thread in Fish Emergencies looking for more info. I feel really stupid because dispite reading about how important quarentining is, and having a spare 10 gal with just an oto, I went ahead and released them into the main tank. I do hear by swear to use the quarentine tank from now on. fisbie23-What/where is the chat channel? Alaska- I love my puffers. They are the most personable fish I have ever seen. Most of my fish swim over when I am near the tank, but it is only cause they are thinking about food. The puffers are next to my computer desk and they swim over to check out what I am doing, play follow the finger and are really fun to watch. Thanks, Tandor |
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Apr 23 2004, 07:41 PM
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 Fishaholic Group: Member Posts: 437 Joined: 10-September 03 From: Great White North Member No.: 1999 |
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Apr 23 2004, 09:14 PM
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 Happy to be back!! Group: Members Posts: 2702 Joined: 16-October 03 From: Southern IL Member No.: 2549 |
to the forums,Tandor! 
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Apr 24 2004, 01:18 AM
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 Sol Group: Member Posts: 3508 Joined: 24-March 03 From: Canada Member No.: 804 |
Hi there, Mike! It's good to have you here
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Apr 24 2004, 06:50 PM
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Leader of the Fishes Group: Members Posts: 4742 Joined: 25-September 03 From: Illinois Member No.: 2226 |
to the forum. It seems as though you've got a wide assortment of fish. I'd suggest getting multiple quarantine tanks if you haven't already done so because you have a lot of fish.  This froum should be of great use to you. Keep close tabs on your tanks and the fish should do just fine. I hope you stay with us and join our school.
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Apr 24 2004, 11:35 PM
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 Fishaholic Group: Member Posts: 291 Joined: 30-August 03 From: Ireland Member No.: 1835 |
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Apr 27 2004, 09:44 PM
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 Li'l Ole Fish Lady  Group: Moderators Posts: 12969 Joined: 31-August 03 From: New York Member No.: 1847 |
Hi Tandor
Welcome to the forum
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Apr 28 2004, 04:47 PM
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 Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 9-May 03 From: london Member No.: 1035 |
hi there,
to the forum
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Apr 28 2004, 05:06 PM
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Fishaholic Group: Member Posts: 295 Joined: 6-February 04 From: near reading, england Member No.: 4016 |
hi and welcome to the forum
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Apr 28 2004, 07:50 PM
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 Fish Crazy  Group: Member Posts: 171 Joined: 1-April 04 From: Branford Connecticut Member No.: 5134 |
hello and welcome will your next upgrade be a 55g or bigger lol the addiction only gets worse.
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Apr 29 2004, 04:31 AM
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Newbie Group: Member Posts: 21 Joined: 17-April 04 From: Oregon Member No.: 5491 |
Don't I know it!!!  I check the local classifieds every day because I missed out on a used complete 55gal set up for $65.  Tandor |
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Apr 29 2004, 04:38 AM
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 Just another Fish Group: Members Posts: 1972 Joined: 26-December 03 From: MN, USA Member No.: 3300 |
This post has been edited by Adrinal: May 2 2004, 06:26 AM |
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 May 4 2007, 01:55 AM
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Newbie Group: Member Posts: 1 Joined: 4-May 07 Member No.: 31731 |
I Have a question Mike do you know how long it takes for firemouth cichlids to get those wonderful red/orange pacthes under their gills.
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