hiya I'm new here

[lynzmk]

Hiya my name's Lynz from Bolton, I'm 20 and live with Tony. We have a 3 foot tropical community aquarium and are aboutt o set up a 2 foot coldwater (yay!)
Our tropical tank has been established for 15 months and is a real feature in our living room!
We also have a dog, Tilly, a cat, Whisper, 4 fancy rats and a hamster.
Anyway, nice to find such a lively fish forum - we hope to learn loads more about our hobby in which we're relative beginners.


L x

 

[Cheese Specialist]

Cool

to the forum!

What are you putting in the coldwater tank? I had a 4ft (160litre) one until today, but I gave away all my goldfish to someone with a pond.

Look forward to posting with you

~Dana~

 

[lynzmk]

hi dana
would love to get my hands on some far eastern bitterlings for my coldwater... failing that i love the colour of black moors but am not keen on some of the scary freaky looking fancy goldfish that are about
I used to have 3 beautiful common goldfish in the tank with black substrate and they lookd amazing. So maybe i'll go down that route again
L x

 

[Cheese Specialist]

hi dana
would love to get my hands on some far eastern bitterlings for my coldwater... failing that i love the colour of black moors but am not keen on some of the scary freaky looking fancy goldfish that are about
I used to have 3 beautiful common goldfish in the tank with black substrate and they lookd amazing. So maybe i'll go down that route again
L x

Sounds good, just remember to not put too many in. They need much more water than tropicals.

I am a bit scared of the fancies too. I never kept them.

 

[lynzmk]

ooh no i didnt mean all of them at once lol!
more 'either/or'
with us not driving we're really limited as to suppliers we can get to though so i think i'd tend to go for the healthiest looking coldwater fish they had.
I've previously kept 2 fantail types in that tank and they lasted around 18 months.
Some you see are just gross though - huge swollen bodies or those big bubble eyes it's such a shame.
As i say i feel that really healthy, good specimens of the common goldie can look stunning and far more hardy.

L x

 

[cutechic]

Hi lynzmk and welcome to the forum! May I ask what fancy rats are?

 

[jams.alaskan]

Hi and welcome! I'm also waiting to find out what a fancy rat is!

ALASKA

 

[lynzmk]

hiya!
hehe theyre are just pet rats, we use the term fancy as opposed to wild...
they're such little beauties as well ... just now theyre all clinging to their cage watching me type begging to be let out
Nice to meet u all
L x

 

[Guppylover]

Rats cool, wish I had some

Well, WELCOME to TROPICAL FISH FORUMS
Hope you enjoy it here.

 

[lynzmk]

hehe don't get me started about just how cool they are guppylover
I really like this forum what a find!

L x

 

[sinistral]

to the forums!

 

[jjsdad]

 

[HeatherSweetness]

to TFF!

 

[Inchworm]

Hi lynzmk

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Aquagurl]

Hi and !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TFF are the best ever!!!! You will see for yourself!