Hello Fellow Fish People

[James From Cali]

Hi everyone, just found your site today. I am on a few other sites as well that are aquarium related such as The Planted Tank, My Fish Tank, Aquatic Plant Central, and Aquarium Malta. I frequent The Planted Tank the most and the others whenever I get the urge. Now enough about that!

My name is James. Im 17 and homeschooled, which means alot of time on here and The Planted Tank. I am in Sacramento and use to attend the Sacramento Aquatic Plant Society but have gotten quite busy. I have Petsmart and the store Fish Planet closest to me. As far as that, I use to have worked at Fish Planet maintaining the Aquatic Plants.

Right now I am in the midst of creating biotopes. I have a 10g that measures out to 20"Lx10"Dx12"H and another 10g bowfront tankthat measures to 13.75"L(Back)/14"L(front)x13.5"Dx12.75"H. Im going to recreate a Mekong River Biotope with Betta Splendens, SAE, Slim Harlequin Rasbora, Tiger Lotus, Green Hygro, Giant Hygro, Cryptocryne crispulata, Cryptocoryne affinis, Watersprite, and Onion Plant. I also will recreate a Central American Biotope with Variatus, Guppy, Platy, and Molly.

I also have 2 Parakeets and a Cockatiel. So I hope I can elp you guys as much as I can get help from you.

~James~

 

[Zagz]

Welcome to AA. We have a great planted tank section.
I would love to see pics of your tanks and your birds. I have a 27 year old CAG.

 

[roka64]

Welcome to the site!

 

[blazeyreef]

welcome! another homeschooler oh ya! 16 and homeschooled here I also have a cockatiel and a planted aquarium. Nice to meet you

 

[James From Cali]

Everyone-Thanks!

Zagz-I will definitely post pics of my birds and my tank. Right nw my tank is not in the best condition as Im trying to create biotopes and until I get the other tank ready (which will be in a Journal for it's progress) it will look its nicest. Is that an AGP in your avatar?

Blazeyreef- Yeah homeschool is great. Unfortuantely I been spending more time with my tank and not my work haha. But new semester started and Im getting on track. BTW, nice apistogramma!

 

[blazeyreef]

Everyone-Thanks!

Zagz-I will definitely post pics of my birds and my tank. Right nw my tank is not in the best condition as Im trying to create biotopes and until I get the other tank ready (which will be in a Journal for it's progress) it will look its nicest. Is that an AGP in your avatar?

Blazeyreef- Yeah homeschool is great. Unfortuantely I been spending more time with my tank and not my work haha. But new semester started and Im getting on track. BTW, nice apistogramma!

Thanks LOL, I wish it were mine though I hope to have one like it soon
I do that all the time LOL do more fish stuff than actuall school work

 

[James From Cali]

I get in trouble with my mom cause if Im not doing school work Im at someone's house or at a party.

 

[blazeyreef]

I get in trouble with my mom cause if Im not doing school work Im at someone's house or at a party.

sounds like my mom Im always wanting to take the car somewhere LOL

 

[James From Cali]

Haha, yeah luckily we dont own a car cause she would never have it. lol

 

[James From Cali]

Here are my birds. Not the best pics but here they are. The Cockatiel is LeeAnn, the parakeet with darker colors is Brandon, and the other parakeet is Mellisa.

 

[melosu58]

Welcome to AA. Nice birds

 

[James From Cali]

Thank you

 

[Zagz]

The birds are gorgeous. Yes my avatar is my 27 almost 28 year old CAGn Pepper. He is a card. I didn't realize until recently how many members have birds.

 

[James From Cali]

Wow, those are one of the most interesting birds to me. I have always wanted one. Eventualy I wil get one when money permits.

 

[Zagz]

I was lucky, I inherited him from a family that had him for 26 years and didn't have time to spend with him anymore. His health was poor, his disposition worse. Now he is a different healthy bird. He has grown feathers back, even flight feathers. He is amazing.

 

[James From Cali]

I rescued my LeeAnn(Cockatiel) in the middle of winter 2006. I found her in a wet box with little food. She had no feathers and had a little crack in the beak. By last christmas she was fully back to normal. And she had bird communications as her cage is next to our parakeets.

 

[Zagz]

That is a sweet story. I bet they chatter back and forth.

 

[blazeyreef]

I rescued my LeeAnn(Cockatiel) in the middle of winter 2006. I found her in a wet box with little food. She had no feathers and had a little crack in the beak. By last christmas she was fully back to normal. And she had bird communications as her cage is next to our parakeets.

found her in a wet box?(like outside on the road or?) poor thing
I got my baby from a family owned store. Before her I had two keets as well.

 

[James From Cali]

Yeah I woke up to go to school and almost tripped on the box itself. She was suffering from malnutrition. And she did not like anyone but me. I would hold her in my lap and someone would walk by and she would hiss at them and then she would get on my shoulder and make clicking noises. I had to wing her off parakeet food when I actually got some cocaktiel food- and a cage. She slept in cardboard box with sheets and a mesh screen over it so she couldnt get out, and she didnt mind.