This seems to be one of the least populated topics on the What's Best Forum - 6 threads and only 138 posts..... so I thought that I'd contribute here instead of the more contentious audio threads
I've been keeping fish for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest memories was flailing around madly after I fell head first into one of my father's fish tanks in Ipoh, Malaysia when I was just a toddler. My best memories as a child was in the little creek behind the house, trying to catch guppies in the wild. They aren't native to Malaysia, but I'm sure bred from run-away fish as they are pretty prolific! By the time I was 10, I had a pretty little business breeding and selling tropical fish. I had accidentally discovered how to breed "The Krib" and I was selling them to the fish-shops in the neighborhood. I recruited my sister Carol as my "runner" and we sold every fish I could produce. Since at that time the African Cichlids were just discovered, they were still extremely expensive.
Fast forward to today - since coming to the US, I've had a couple of fish tanks. But now that I'm permanently here, I decided to set up a tank properly. We had a previous tank in the factory at Genesis, but that was infected by black hair algae. So, if there is any interest, I'll go step by step through the planning process, acquisition, and setting up and maintaining an aquarium. I know that there are a number of fish-keepers here in WBF, so please chime in!
Here's what it currently looks like on Day 4.
I've been keeping fish for as long as I can remember. One of my earliest memories was flailing around madly after I fell head first into one of my father's fish tanks in Ipoh, Malaysia when I was just a toddler. My best memories as a child was in the little creek behind the house, trying to catch guppies in the wild. They aren't native to Malaysia, but I'm sure bred from run-away fish as they are pretty prolific! By the time I was 10, I had a pretty little business breeding and selling tropical fish. I had accidentally discovered how to breed "The Krib" and I was selling them to the fish-shops in the neighborhood. I recruited my sister Carol as my "runner" and we sold every fish I could produce. Since at that time the African Cichlids were just discovered, they were still extremely expensive.
Fast forward to today - since coming to the US, I've had a couple of fish tanks. But now that I'm permanently here, I decided to set up a tank properly. We had a previous tank in the factory at Genesis, but that was infected by black hair algae. So, if there is any interest, I'll go step by step through the planning process, acquisition, and setting up and maintaining an aquarium. I know that there are a number of fish-keepers here in WBF, so please chime in!
Here's what it currently looks like on Day 4.