I just can't stop! - Aquarium Advice

Toirtis · 10-07-2004, 06:39 PM

Got a pair of 4" opaline gouramis today for free from a friend that is moving (I was 10 minutes late in scooping a sextet of sparkling gouramis off him, too), and I am buying four 2½ gallon tanks off him for $20...so I should not lack for small show tanks for a while.

What is really dangerous is that a bunch of friends and I are meeting on Saturday to socialise and visit a [acronym:ce3fda79cd="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:ce3fda79cd] that has 2for1 fish all day this Saturday...

Fruitbat · 10-07-2004, 07:42 PM

Repeat after me...."Hi! I'm Toirtis...and I'm an addict."

Menagerie · 10-07-2004, 09:16 PM

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visit a [acronym:45bb7295fc="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:45bb7295fc] that has 2for1 fish all day this Saturday...

WHERE??!!

okaquarium · 10-08-2004, 10:50 AM

the first step is admiting u have a problem....the second step is to understand you could have alot worse addictions....and u cant pass up 2for1 fish u just cant...lol

Toirtis · 10-08-2004, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Menagerie

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visit a [acronym:e095bc54e8="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:e095bc54e8] that has 2for1 fish all day this Saturday...

WHERE??!!

Riverfront, of course....second Saturday of each month. Come hang out on Alberta Aquatica, so you can keep up: http://www.s6.invisionfree.com/AlbertaAquatica

Toirtis · 10-08-2004, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Fruitbat

Repeat after me...."Hi! I'm Toirtis...and I'm an addict."

Don't laugh..its probably more true than you realise (who else do you know that has tanks in their pantry?)...Besides, I already am talking about it on a site who's intials are "AA".

webmoose · 10-08-2004, 04:27 PM

I was at river front today.. It was really busy. It almost had a carnival atmosphere. I think people were checking out fish to buy on the weekend.. haha..

I got to see some Julidochromis regani up close... When I had tanks when I was a teenager I definately had some of these guys.. Someday down the road I will have them again..

Moooose

Fruitbat · 10-08-2004, 05:24 PM

Don't feel bad Toirtis.....I've been back in the hobby for less than a year and already have 5 aquariums set up with a 120gallon in the works as soon as possible. I'm as badly addicted as I was 20 years ago!!!

Toirtis · 10-09-2004, 04:45 PM

The sale is going to continue all week, this time. I managed to get away quite inexpensively...$1.50 for a large dojo loach, and $3.00 for a fairly large figure-eight puffer. I had intended on blowing $25 on more chocolate gouramis (at $2 each) and $30 on some [acronym:548820a681="Wild Caught"]WC[/acronym:548820a681] scalare angels (at $5 each), but the shop ran out a week ago, and hasn't been able to get more in. On the other hand, there are those large kuhli loaches now for $2 each, albino P. senegalus for $35 each, some nice kribs for $2.50 each, and some transparent knife-fish for $5.50 each.

Menagerie · 10-09-2004, 05:28 PM

I will simply avoid that [acronym:e1bc334ce3="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:e1bc334ce3] and try to work on a paper that is due on Thursday.

10-07-2004, 06:39 PM	#1
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,768	I just can't stop! Got a pair of 4" opaline gouramis today for free from a friend that is moving (I was 10 minutes late in scooping a sextet of sparkling gouramis off him, too), and I am buying four 2½ gallon tanks off him for $20...so I should not lack for small show tanks for a while. What is really dangerous is that a bunch of friends and I are meeting on Saturday to socialise and visit a [acronym:ce3fda79cd="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:ce3fda79cd] that has 2for1 fish all day this Saturday... __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

10-07-2004, 07:42 PM	#2
Fruitbat Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Garland,Texas Posts: 1,818 Images: 30	Repeat after me...."Hi! I'm Toirtis...and I'm an addict." __________________ Loaches: Botia almorhae, B. kubotai, B. striata, Noemacheilus triangularis, Schistura sp.aff.nicholsi, S. vinciguerre, Sinibotia robusta, Vaillantella maassi Bichirs: Polypterus senegalus, P. senegalus (albino), P. delhezi, P. sp. 'Congo', P. palmas polli, P.weeksii, P. ornatipinnis, P. palmas buettikoferi, P. retropinnis, P. endlicheri congicus, Polypterus bichir lapradei, P. palmas palmas, Erpetoichthys calabaricus Anabantids: Ctenopoma acutirostre, Ct. ocellatum, Ct. oxyrhynchum, Ct. kingsleyae, Microctenopoma ansorgii, Mct. fasciolatum, Trichogaster trichopterus, Belontia signata, B. hasselti, Anabas testudineus, Macropodus opercularis, Betta splendens Catfish: Dekeyseria sp. (L-052)Sturiosoma panamense, Hypancistrus inspector (L-201), Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis nigrita, Synodontis brichardi, Synodontis soloni, Anaspidoglanis macrostoma Barbs/Rasboras: Capoeta tetrazona, Rasbora borapetensis, Labeo cyclorhynchus Tetras: Phenacogrammus interruptus Other: Xenomystus nigri, Papyrocranus afer, Pantodon buchholzi, Oxymormyrus boulengeri, Protopterus annectens andPhractolaemus ansorgei

10-08-2004, 04:27 PM	#7
webmoose Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 1,508 Images: 7	I was at river front today.. It was really busy. It almost had a carnival atmosphere. I think people were checking out fish to buy on the weekend.. haha.. I got to see some Julidochromis regani up close... When I had tanks when I was a teenager I definately had some of these guys.. Someday down the road I will have them again.. Moooose __________________ 58 gallon Community Planted - 4 boesmani / 1 praecox rainbow, 3 giant danios, 1 clown / 1 albino pl*co, 1 bronze / 2 albino cories, cherry barbs, sunset platy's, cardinal tetras 8 Gallon hex - 3 F1 Black Brichardi and fry..("Lamprologus sp. Walter") 10 gallon work tank - Pair of dwarf gourami and 2 cherry barbs / 2 gallon - 4 Fundulopanchax gardneri / 10 gallon - bunch of killitanks Vote Here for Aquarium Advice

10-08-2004, 05:24 PM	#8
Fruitbat Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Garland,Texas Posts: 1,818 Images: 30	Don't feel bad Toirtis.....I've been back in the hobby for less than a year and already have 5 aquariums set up with a 120gallon in the works as soon as possible. I'm as badly addicted as I was 20 years ago!!! __________________ Loaches: Botia almorhae, B. kubotai, B. striata, Noemacheilus triangularis, Schistura sp.aff.nicholsi, S. vinciguerre, Sinibotia robusta, Vaillantella maassi Bichirs: Polypterus senegalus, P. senegalus (albino), P. delhezi, P. sp. 'Congo', P. palmas polli, P.weeksii, P. ornatipinnis, P. palmas buettikoferi, P. retropinnis, P. endlicheri congicus, Polypterus bichir lapradei, P. palmas palmas, Erpetoichthys calabaricus Anabantids: Ctenopoma acutirostre, Ct. ocellatum, Ct. oxyrhynchum, Ct. kingsleyae, Microctenopoma ansorgii, Mct. fasciolatum, Trichogaster trichopterus, Belontia signata, B. hasselti, Anabas testudineus, Macropodus opercularis, Betta splendens Catfish: Dekeyseria sp. (L-052)Sturiosoma panamense, Hypancistrus inspector (L-201), Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis nigrita, Synodontis brichardi, Synodontis soloni, Anaspidoglanis macrostoma Barbs/Rasboras: Capoeta tetrazona, Rasbora borapetensis, Labeo cyclorhynchus Tetras: Phenacogrammus interruptus Other: Xenomystus nigri, Papyrocranus afer, Pantodon buchholzi, Oxymormyrus boulengeri, Protopterus annectens andPhractolaemus ansorgei

10-09-2004, 04:45 PM	#9
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,768	The sale is going to continue all week, this time. I managed to get away quite inexpensively...$1.50 for a large dojo loach, and $3.00 for a fairly large figure-eight puffer. I had intended on blowing $25 on more chocolate gouramis (at $2 each) and $30 on some [acronym:548820a681="Wild Caught"]WC[/acronym:548820a681] scalare angels (at $5 each), but the shop ran out a week ago, and hasn't been able to get more in. On the other hand, there are those large kuhli loaches now for $2 each, albino P. senegalus for $35 each, some nice kribs for $2.50 each, and some transparent knife-fish for $5.50 each. __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

10-08-2004, 10:50 AM	#4
okaquarium Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: oklahoma Posts: 77 Images: 6	the first step is admiting u have a problem....the second step is to understand you could have alot worse addictions....and u cant pass up 2for1 fish u just cant...lol

10-09-2004, 05:28 PM	#10
Menagerie Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 11,246 Images: 77	I will simply avoid that [acronym:e1bc334ce3="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:e1bc334ce3] and try to work on a paper that is due on Thursday. __________________

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