Hello Again

Hello all,

I was an active member of thinkfish maybe 8 - 10 years ago but due to work, life, etc, etc I started to spend less and less time on the hobby.

I'm a biker who has now sold his bike. I enjoy playing Guitar, building models and visiting zoos. I'm married and we have 2 cats.

Back in the day my wife and I had 3 tropical tanks:
-Juwel Trigon 190 (as an amazon biotope)
-Juwel Vision 180 (general community tank)
-60L hospital/quarantine tank

Now we're down to only having the vision 180 left and the only fish is a Plec. It isn't ideal having a Plec in a tank that size, we were sold a young Bristlenose (quite rare to find in Liverpool at that time) which turned out to be a common plec. He's about 30cm and has stopped growing (thank god).

we've just redecorated the tank and we're looking forward to restocking the tank back to its former glory. Maybe Rams would be a good choice.

Well, thats me.
Andy

Hi,

I've been trying to attach a photo but it doesn't seem to want accept the post so i've put some pics on my original post.

Welcome back @AndyCbr 

Hi Andy.

I have been trying to remember your user name, though it may well have changed since you were last on Thinkfish. The site changed hosts in 2012 and we all had to re-register on the new forum.


Some things have changed since 8 to 10 years ago - for example, we will now ask you how hard your water is 

Dan's title was 'advisor', and he left after the previous owner allowed a member who worked for API to use the company logo as her avatar. He wasn't at all happy with that. Then several new people joined who had problems, and there was no advisor or moderator to help so that's when I started trying to help. The previous owner was a fish expert, but he sold the site to the current owner who admits he knows nothing about fish which is how I ended up as a moderator.


The fish list looks fine - provided you have soft water. The community creator, like all programs, is dependant on how the program is written. With something like fish combinations it is impossible to cover everything. The main danger would be due to the sheer size of the plec. There is the possibility of it harming smaller fish by crushing them by accident.
Your plec looks most like Pterygoplichthys pardalis https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=88 though I freely admit that I'm not an expert on plecs. The problem is they need huge tanks, at least 6 feet long. A Vision 180 is not big enough 

Hi Andy,


Good to see you back!


A retired biker huh? I had a Rocket up until recently, needed a new bathroom so alas, sold to the highest bidder it was 

The previous owner was a fish expert, but he sold the site to the current owner who admits he knows nothing about fish which is how I ended up as a moderator.

I do know that they look super pretty and may have even learnt a thing or two since perusing, I am of course passionate about keeping this all going and keeping it up with the times. Sue and other mods are of course excellent custodians and are all super helpful to the people who use the resource, a fact I'm sure we are all grateful for