Recent content by fastzander

I'm starting to learn these tasks via short online instruction pages and YouTube videos (mainly to verify that none of it looks too difficult or time-consuming), but I'm not going to go into this in-depth until after I'm sure that I can afford this at all and am going to do it---otherwise, doing...

I'm certainly not going to abandon the tetras after a few months, if that was the impression I gave. I'll absolutely keep them for as long as they survive. Just making the point that I don't care if the tetras would be "boring", because I'd be rearing them more for the sake of learning the...

Eh, at this stage I don't really care if a given fish will be "boring". Before I think about which fish I find "interesting" I'd prefer to verify that I can perform the basic tasks of setting up a tank, circulating a tank, checking the chemical levels, introducing the fish, feeding the fish...

In light of the responses to my first post (https://www.fishforums.net/threads/thinking-about-getting-into-fishkeeping-would-like-estimates-of-the-likely-costs.480202/), as well as some further research, I've been able to nail down what I might start with if I get into fishkeeping slightly more...

Hey, folks. Noob here. I'm considering getting into aquaculture/fishkeeping as a hobby, and have started out by reading a few books, subscribing to a few forums, YouTube channels, etc., but before I spend time and money conducting more in-depth research, one of the first things I want to...