nativecollector
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Hello guys and gals
I am a native to North Carolina, although for the last 15.5 years I have been in the military I still claim my southern state as being home. I have been a fish keeper sine I was 9 or so years old, ever since I started catching tadpoles in the ditches in front of my parents house. It took me several years to get a tadpole to make it to adult froghood, but during that time I found that fish keeping was a bit better than tadpoles. The first fish that I was able to get to spawn and keep almost every baby alive was the least killifish. From there my hobby drove my mom nuts and my dad was more than helpful in bringing fish home for me to put in my tank. He eventually bought me a 75 gal tank that filled up with natives faster than my mom could count them, and my younger sister just want to name them but ran out of name even faster.
I didnt start into the tropical fish until I joined the army and got back from Saudi the first time (1991), I got married to the wicked witch of the north (she was from NY) and was able to get a 3 bedroom place that was quickley filled up with tanks. I breed mainly africans but what kept my hobby alive was the perfectly matched pair of oscars that I had. They would have enough babies to supply my hobby with tanks and just about anything from the 3 LFS that I wanted. I would have never purchased the oscars but I went to a fish show and the main speaker there was telling everyone about how he paid for his cadillac, then he showed us pictures of his set up. He had two pair of oscars that put out around 500 to 1000 eggs each month, he sold the survivors for .50 ea and in 1992 or 1993 that would have more than made the car payment. So from that I started with the oscars, and they supported my hobby hands down.
I have since remarried and have 2 kids (oh one from the first wife) and will be building my retirement house this summer and plan on adding a built in fish tank to the livingroom, guess what the occupents of that tank will be. They may even make my house payment for me. LOL
I am a native to North Carolina, although for the last 15.5 years I have been in the military I still claim my southern state as being home. I have been a fish keeper sine I was 9 or so years old, ever since I started catching tadpoles in the ditches in front of my parents house. It took me several years to get a tadpole to make it to adult froghood, but during that time I found that fish keeping was a bit better than tadpoles. The first fish that I was able to get to spawn and keep almost every baby alive was the least killifish. From there my hobby drove my mom nuts and my dad was more than helpful in bringing fish home for me to put in my tank. He eventually bought me a 75 gal tank that filled up with natives faster than my mom could count them, and my younger sister just want to name them but ran out of name even faster.
I didnt start into the tropical fish until I joined the army and got back from Saudi the first time (1991), I got married to the wicked witch of the north (she was from NY) and was able to get a 3 bedroom place that was quickley filled up with tanks. I breed mainly africans but what kept my hobby alive was the perfectly matched pair of oscars that I had. They would have enough babies to supply my hobby with tanks and just about anything from the 3 LFS that I wanted. I would have never purchased the oscars but I went to a fish show and the main speaker there was telling everyone about how he paid for his cadillac, then he showed us pictures of his set up. He had two pair of oscars that put out around 500 to 1000 eggs each month, he sold the survivors for .50 ea and in 1992 or 1993 that would have more than made the car payment. So from that I started with the oscars, and they supported my hobby hands down.
I have since remarried and have 2 kids (oh one from the first wife) and will be building my retirement house this summer and plan on adding a built in fish tank to the livingroom, guess what the occupents of that tank will be. They may even make my house payment for me. LOL
I'm really glad you joined us.
