New to the site but not to fish keeping. I've kept fish since I was 11 years old starting with my first 10 gallon tank in 1996. As soon as I graduated college with my associates degree I moved to a bigger city and started working on my bachelors. My first year at K-State I set up my first big tank - a 55 gallon. I stocked it with my south american cichlids, loach and fire eel. I added a clown knife for a few months, but he quickly outgrew the tank. After my prize fish died on the floor below my tank, I buried it (a foot-long fire eel) in the back yard. Soon after I traded in the rest of my fish for store credit.
The 55, I decided, was going to be my first african cichlid tank. I bought a bunch of slate tile from Home Depot and rented a tile saw to shape pieces for my background. I kept mostly Tanganykans - julis, young frontosa, and a few malawians. The food my lfs recommended to me killed most of them off from improper diet. The sharp pieces of slate I had stacked to the surface didn't help matters, either.
Within the first year of my stay in Manhattan I had found a 90 gallon tank and ordered fish online - something I would have never tried back home. The fish I got were great and soon I needed (ok wanted) bigger tanks. Before I knew it I was driving my roomate's truck to pick up a 125 gallon from Topeka. I ordered more fish - F1 Mpimbwe Frontosa from a breeder. I also changed my 90 gallon into a Malawi community. I've been breeding ps. demasoni and yellow labs for awhile. The fronts and the new fire eel (18 inches now) are all growing out in the 125 in my living room. The alpha front is about 6 inches long now and he's beefing up nicely.
Tomorrow I'll have to take down my 90g and ship my demasoni breeders off to Cali. They're really great fish, especially the alpha male. But I'm moving and I need to clear up some space - which means taking the tanks down for storage and finding homes for my prize fish.
Now that I've graduated with my bachelors I need to be able to move anywhere, my tanks and my fish would potentially hold me back from becoming a billionaire - which can't be allowed. I hope to get a job aboard a cruise ship or a passenger freighter so I can travel the world, and scope out opportunities for business endeavors. Business endeavors like a live fish import export company.
All I need to do now is learn Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese!
The 55, I decided, was going to be my first african cichlid tank. I bought a bunch of slate tile from Home Depot and rented a tile saw to shape pieces for my background. I kept mostly Tanganykans - julis, young frontosa, and a few malawians. The food my lfs recommended to me killed most of them off from improper diet. The sharp pieces of slate I had stacked to the surface didn't help matters, either.
Within the first year of my stay in Manhattan I had found a 90 gallon tank and ordered fish online - something I would have never tried back home. The fish I got were great and soon I needed (ok wanted) bigger tanks. Before I knew it I was driving my roomate's truck to pick up a 125 gallon from Topeka. I ordered more fish - F1 Mpimbwe Frontosa from a breeder. I also changed my 90 gallon into a Malawi community. I've been breeding ps. demasoni and yellow labs for awhile. The fronts and the new fire eel (18 inches now) are all growing out in the 125 in my living room. The alpha front is about 6 inches long now and he's beefing up nicely.
Tomorrow I'll have to take down my 90g and ship my demasoni breeders off to Cali. They're really great fish, especially the alpha male. But I'm moving and I need to clear up some space - which means taking the tanks down for storage and finding homes for my prize fish.
Now that I've graduated with my bachelors I need to be able to move anywhere, my tanks and my fish would potentially hold me back from becoming a billionaire - which can't be allowed. I hope to get a job aboard a cruise ship or a passenger freighter so I can travel the world, and scope out opportunities for business endeavors. Business endeavors like a live fish import export company.
All I need to do now is learn Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese!
