Your first post on MFK!

[CLDarnell]

This might be fun . It will be interesting to see what some of our 5,000 post members had to say when they first joined MFK!

Quote your first post ever and paste it here. If you don't know how to find it, go to your page, click on Statistics, Then the link below "Find all threads started by (your username).

I'll start with mine:

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Hi all!

New to the forum (0bviously!)...

I don't have any monsters yet, just monsters in the making

I am running multiple tanks including the following:

(1) 150 Gallon Cichlid tank
(1) 55 Gallon Community tank
(1) 29 Gallon Isolation tank with a male Makobe Island on time-out!
(1) 29 Gallon Brackish Water tank with Leopard Puffers (for now)
(1) 20 Gallon Isolation tank currently cycling
(1) 10 Gallon Nursery (with Maylandia Livingstonii fry)

I have enjoyed reading the posts here...you're a flamboyant group!

Take care...see you around the forum!

Cliff

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Copy and paste away my friends

 

[Miguel]

great idea!

 

[Pharaoh]

Short and sweet. Little did I know I'd become this involved with the site. Ha!

Hi to everyone out there. New to the site. I am generally an MCA guy but I figured this could be another place to find info.
Right now I am keeping only African cichlids. Awesome fish!
Well, I'm sure you'll find out the rest later.
Bobby

 

[Lupin]

Er...I dunno if I can ever dig up my first post again. It wasn't a thread but a post about advice if I remember right. My first thread was a birthday thread for Dixon but I made my first thread 6 months after joining here.

 

[125]

gar rescue

I am new to mfk and love the sight but need some help
i rescued a 10inch gator gar from a friends 30gal tank
i have had him 9 days and have not seen him eat
i have him in a 125g tank with a parrot...

 

[125]

i thought i posted mine but it didn't show up

 

[k0y0te]

Hello every one. My name is Roy but my friends call me k0y0te. I am a florida native and live in Sanford. I am a gamer at heart and enjoy watching my fish. I have had several differant size tanks over the many moons that past but current tank now is a 55g and working on something more bigger..lol.
anywh0 jsut wanted to give a shout out to every one and say hey!

that's when i only had 1 tank.. now i have mts... up to 8 tanks and an indoor pond...lol

 

[Spiritofthesoul]

1st post was asking advice on bichirs

Hi, im new to this forum and i have always been fascinated by bichirs due to their prehistoric looks. After research on bichirs, i went to get the largest tank which I could afford and would fit nicely in my room.

The tank was a 70 gallon. Dimensons are 39 x 17 x 24. Im currently running a Atman CF-1200 external canister filter with Atman surface skimmer and a 100w Atman heater (Yes my LFS seem to be a huge fan of Atman).

I was hoping to get some advice on how many bichirs could i fit in that tank without overstocking it, as I overstock my 20 gallon in the past and lost my bichirs (I was ignorant back then).

Bichirs I hope to get
- Ornate (definately but wasn't sure as they are known to grow BIG)
- Endlicheri
- Delhezi

 

[Joao M]

I´ll play along. Here is mine (posted on the datnoid forum):

Hi,

I am new to MFK and to big FH fish in general.

I´ve kept fish for aroud 30 years, mainly reef tanks, but I´ve been "dry" for 2,5 years (keeping only green tree pythons).

Encouraged and guided by a close friend (Miguel, here in MFK) I am setting up a 120g (4x2x2´) tank to keep datnioids. The tanks already exists and at least for the time being,it has to be this one.

I have spent some days reading about keeping these wonderfull fish (most of the threads of the first 8-9 pages in this forum...) and I think I can say I got the basics.

In the meanwhile, a good opportunity came along to acquire a few of them. In Portugal it is not common to see Dats so... when there is one (or even 2, as you´ll see) promising group available, action needs to be taken.

In a LFS I know for several years, there are 3 IT/D. microlepis for couple of months of around 4" that are eating (at least) frozen krill. I went there today with Miguel and of the 3, 2 look very confident and take the food from the hand of the employee. The other is mor shy (being dominated) but also eats frozen.
Curiously, judging by the colours, the 2 more confident are unstable and the shy one is stable. Go figure.

Another friend of us, that usually imports, has a group of 7 or 8 much smaller (1 to 2") that could also sell me. All of them are eating frozen as well.

Given the status, here are the questions:

1. Size of the group: of what I´ve read, specially when they´re young it is advised to have a bigger group (more than 5) to minimize the effects of agression. In the situation above, should I take them all (3 of 4" + 7-8 or 1 to 2"), or is it too much? The "shy" of the bigger three will be better once it has smaller ones around, I imagine. Will the smaller ones be in risk with the 3 bigger ones?

2. Tankmates: I see you advise having tankmates as "dither" (sp.?) fish as that is beneficial for the dats. Bichirs are usually advised. I am considering a group of 3 ropefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus) of aroung 6" also available in the same LFS. Additionally I am considering another fish for "higher waters". A Flagtail ? Others?

3. Substract, plants and decor: I know some of you prefer the no substract and no decor method and others (like me, as a general) prefer decorated tanks.
I also read that some of you think decoration (driftwood, for example) aggravates their shyness, while other consider the opposite. I imagine there is no exact answer and it´s a trial and error.
I am considering a black substract (sand? other) a few woods (branches-like) and a background of giant valisnerias. Thoughts?

4. Light: dim

5. Filtration: strong. Will a Eheim 2250 be enough?

6. Water circulation: ? will a good filter return pump be enough? or should I add another pump just for circulation and aeration?

Well, I think this is all for the time being.

Thank you for reading such a long post and looking forward to your advise.
Regards
Joao

 

[Dan F]

Pseudodora niger

I have just returned to Monster Fish Keeping after a 6 month lull. My last Turushuki was 24' and 11 pounds when I moved him to a larger (200 gallon) tank. Unfortunately, he never ate after the move and died a few months later.http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...lies/frown.gif
Two days ago I was at the Animal House in Corvallis. When the owner saw me I could tell he had something good. Long story short, I left with a 4" L-075 pleco AND a 6" Pseudodora niger!
The Animal House rules! They had at least a dozen varieties of monster cats (including a 2" electric cat!), arowanas, a Johani pike, an African Pike, an African lungfish, and hundreds more rare and unusual fish. I am not trying to advertise for the place (they do NOT sell online), but if you live within a hundred miles and like catfish, it is the best!



**Wow, that is strange to see... By the way, the 200 gallon tank I was referring to is a 4x4x2, so please don't flame me for jamming my monster cat in too small of a tank.**