introduction

Hi All: I am new to Forums but have had tropical fish a number of times since the late 60s. My main interest in joining this forum is for an exchange of ideas about the care and maintenance of aquaria. The hobby has really changed a lot over the years, in particular with substrates, planting...

Oh Damn, I spent my whole life and had never found this forum despite being fish lover. Fortunately, my new friend send this to me recently. Would love to help and seek help, to contribute in the forum from now on.

Hi, I recently started keeping fish as a way to relax and de-stress. I started off at a local fish store hoping that their expertise would ease me into the world of fish keeping. I was sadly mistaken, but it did lead me to a wonderful discovery: fry! The fish I had purchased were pregnant platys...

Started the aquarium hobby not long ago, currently have a planted 10g tank, with cpd and pygmy corydoras, looking forward to discussing and helping one another!

I have been lurking around for about a year and finally decided to make an account. I started my first tank almost a year ago. Now I have quite a few small tanks, and a couple I would put in the medium size category. Most of my tanks have actually been given to me by a friend who used to...

Hi all, my name is Aynia. I've already posted a few threads on the forum and realized that I never did an introduction post. About me: I'm from Ontario, I love anything geeky/nerdy, anything artsy or crafty and I absolutely love animals. I'm a bit of a crazy cat lady but have recently really...

Hi everyone! I am new to the hobby as of December 2018. I have a 5.5g betta tank and a 10g that currently houses two platies—with lots of plants in both tanks! I’m having a lot of fun with the hobby so far. :)

Hi my name is Madison and have been in the fish-keeping hobby for almost a year. I currently have two telescope butterfly goldfish and have raised mystery snails in the past. I joined this forum because I cant go asking questions about non-goldfish topics in a goldfish only forum so here I am...

Hey friends I'm new around here and I'll say a little about myself. I have a twin tail half moon betta (male) named King Neptune and a nerite snail named James Madison. I've a huge passion for music (and food) and spoil my pets rotten. So, I'll just be hanging around the forums, occasionally...

I am new to the site and joined with a question about my two small tanks that I have since resolved!  I have a 1G snail/shrimp tank and a 5G betta/shrimp tank.  Both are Aqueons and have the filters the setup came with.  I have had Wesley the veil tail betta for 14 months and am new to the...

Hello!   My name is Jamie and I am slightly new to the fish keeping world. I used to have 5-10 gallon tanks with male bettas but otherwise have always helped my sister- who spends countless hours on forums such as this and researching aquarium information.  The need to rescue 2 neons in a poorly...

Hello,   My name is Vethian or Chris.  Im new to this hobby and excited about it!  I just setup a 29 gallon tank and I am waiting on the cycle.  I wish I had looked online first about cycling.  I was directed to use fish.    I currently have 4 Cherry barbs swimming around and they seem very...

Hi guys! So my name is Emmanuel and I'm here to learn more about fish with the help of you guys! I hope that I could get some friends in the "fish" community as well hahaha!   And maybe this is your ID here, so I'm going to give you the capacity of my tank which is a 5-gallon tank with...

Hi,  I'm new to the forum world and wanted to say hello, I work for Maidenhead Aquatics and i am in the later stages of my 3 year build of my fish room :) witch is below my house. I've already got my tanks ready just slowly scaping and stocking so keep a eye out for any of my journals, my goal...

Hi everyone!   My name is Sunny and I live in Chicago, IL! My boyfriend and I just started keeping aquariums last October and we're hooked! At the moment we have 4 freshwater, planted aquariums. I'm definitely looking into getting a reef tank soon. I'm excited to be here, can't wait to learn so...

I recently got back into aquarium keeping with three planted nano tanks in my office.   I have 2 five gallon tanks each with one betta and one assassin snail (though i'd like more, I'm not having a lot of luck with them!) and a 2.5 gallon with 8 baby red ramshorn snails (I will be getting a...

Well where to start.  I suppose a short introduction would be suitable. Hi my names Tom i am 21 years old and have been addicted to nature since i was very young i live in Birmingham city *uk* and i have recently become addicted to fish it started with tadpoles then frogs and we have a pond so...

Hello, Im new and just wanted to introduce myself, Im Guppy. I love nature, animals, fish and all that! I have a lovely aquarium and I dont bite. If you like to get to know me better, Id be happy to chat!

Hello Everyone,   I am an retiree (just another way of saying "old man").  Likes all fishes but cannot afford all.  At the moment, I have few snakeheads (I am from Singapore and all snakeheads are legal to keep as pets) and two arowanas.  Hoping to learn from this forum :)

Just posting here to introduce myself and give everyone a little information. I haven't been in the aquarium hobby as long as most (about 2 years now) but I am picking up on everything fast and want to continue learning about eveything there is to know in the hobby. Right now I am mainly into...