Hello

[Toms_fish]

Hello
Been caring for fresh water fish sines I was 10 yrs old currently 63 now I have two tanks 220 gal Ana 75gal in my fish room
I wanted to get another 210 gal but I had a stroke I’m still recobvering from so maint, that I can do is limited.
My name is Tom hope to communicate with all you people. I’ve learned most from trial and error. When I started keeping fish there was no internet to fall back on like today

 

[Andy Sager]

Hi and welcome to the site. Always nice to have another long time fish keeper on the site. I've got you by only a couple of years. I started at 7 and am creeping up on 67 this year. :^0
Just a fair warning here, the internet is a nice place to gather information on wild fish but most of what we have available to the hobby are farmed fish so they are not the same. Many farms change the water parameters they keep their fish in to match the areas of the world they sell their fish to so it's best to get the water parameters of the place(s) you get your fish from rather than changing your water to match what the wild fish come from unless you are getting wild caught fish.

As I'm sure you know, maintenance is one of the most important parts to fish keeping so until you are fully recovered, I suggest not overstocking your tanks to help reduce the amount of maintenance your tanks will require.

Once again, welcome to the site.