Hi there - I've participated in some aquarium forums a little bit but haven't been on this one before. I got into the hobby a couple of years ago when my daughter's science class did their ecosystem section and their teacher was giving away the guppies she used for their lab. My daughter wanted to keep one of them in a butter dish but I thought we could do better. I'd kept fish as a kid and had been thinking about getting back into it, and it was the push I needed. I told her to tell her teacher we could take 6 of the guppies and I bought a 15 gallon tank while she was at school. Of course she came home with 11 guppies and 3 snails! I had never heard of tank cycling and as I did research realized I'd have to work hard if I was going to keep them alive. I managed to cycle it and only lost 2 of the guppies. Should have never put the snails in there though...good grief they got to be everywhere.
Anyhow, over the last two years I have had different fish in that tank. I've become a bit of a fish tank addict and added a 36 gallon that is now a thriving community tank. I just recently purchased two 5 gallon tanks that I'm working on cycling (fishless) to put bettas into. My dream is a great big saltwater tank, but I've never done salt before so I'm probably a year or two away from attempting it.
Glad to meet everyone!
Anyhow, over the last two years I have had different fish in that tank. I've become a bit of a fish tank addict and added a 36 gallon that is now a thriving community tank. I just recently purchased two 5 gallon tanks that I'm working on cycling (fishless) to put bettas into. My dream is a great big saltwater tank, but I've never done salt before so I'm probably a year or two away from attempting it.
Glad to meet everyone!
. Oh well...worth it for those silly things
