My name is Nick, and I live in Virginia. Now that the explanation of my super creative user name is out of the way......
I've been keeping fish for quite a few years now, mostly little guys, easy fish that didn't require too much knowledge or equipment.
That was until I, like so many others apparently, was duped by employees of pet stores. It wasn't too bad of a duping, I just bought some Oscars for a 55 gallon tank being told that "yeah, sure, 55 gallons for two Oscars and a Jack Dempsey? No problems!" Normally I'm not one to be tricked like this, but I was told by several employees at several stores it was fine. So I did it.
It was only in later reading that I discovered this wasn't the greatest situation for the fish. So I started looking to upgrade. Not a huge deal, I love fish and planned on upgrading to a larger tank anyway, this just kind of forced my hand.
So now I'm the owner of a 150 gallon tank. I found a great deal on it, all I had to do was get it out of the owners house. Doesn't get much better than that, right? Oh, except this peach of a deal came with a Pacu. He's about 12 inches right now, is about six months old according to the previous owner, and is getting along just fine with two Oscars, a Jack Dempsey, and a Pleco. Sadly, I know this 150 gallon tank will never be big enough for this guy and I do have plans in the future of expanding to a much bigger tank (this is a vicious cycle).
So that's what brings me here. I'll be posting questions in the appropriate forums after I do some reading around here to see what's already been covered.
So, there you have it, my introduction.
I've been keeping fish for quite a few years now, mostly little guys, easy fish that didn't require too much knowledge or equipment.
That was until I, like so many others apparently, was duped by employees of pet stores. It wasn't too bad of a duping, I just bought some Oscars for a 55 gallon tank being told that "yeah, sure, 55 gallons for two Oscars and a Jack Dempsey? No problems!" Normally I'm not one to be tricked like this, but I was told by several employees at several stores it was fine. So I did it.
It was only in later reading that I discovered this wasn't the greatest situation for the fish. So I started looking to upgrade. Not a huge deal, I love fish and planned on upgrading to a larger tank anyway, this just kind of forced my hand.
So now I'm the owner of a 150 gallon tank. I found a great deal on it, all I had to do was get it out of the owners house. Doesn't get much better than that, right? Oh, except this peach of a deal came with a Pacu. He's about 12 inches right now, is about six months old according to the previous owner, and is getting along just fine with two Oscars, a Jack Dempsey, and a Pleco. Sadly, I know this 150 gallon tank will never be big enough for this guy and I do have plans in the future of expanding to a much bigger tank (this is a vicious cycle).
So that's what brings me here. I'll be posting questions in the appropriate forums after I do some reading around here to see what's already been covered.
So, there you have it, my introduction.
