The old Thinkfish forum had many active members, who will hopefully soon find the new forum is now active, and there will be many new members joining. I thought that it might be an idea for members, both old and new, to introduce ourselves.
I’ll go first
I started keeping fish in 1995 when my teenaged sons came home from the fair with 4 goldfish. I gave the goldfish away after 9 months, bought a heater and got tropical fish. I signed up to Thinkfish in 2006 after finding the forum while researching a fish I wanted to buy.
Back in ’06 the forum did not have the facility for user names; we had to use our real names. So although we can now choose user names, since I was known on the old Thinkfish forum by my real name I will continue to be known as Sue.
I have a rather old degree in chemistry, and one of my sons worked for several years for a water testing company, so I am usually able to help with water chemistry problems, even if I have to consult my son occasionally.
I was well known on the old forum for my lack of plants growing skills so I leave planted tanks to other people.
I currently have 3 tanks.
125 litre
Green neon tetras, male endler/guppy hybrids, dwarf chain loaches, trio cockatoo cichlids, trio honey gouramis, amano (japonica) shrimps, zebra nerite snails.
Sand substrate
Java fern, anubias, salvinia
50 litre
Male plakat betta (moved), female and fry endler/guppy hybrids, pygmy cories, cockatoo apisto juveniles (swapped for the killifsh) and 2 red and 1 bumblebee nerites. And the occassional male endler/guppy visitor for breeding purposes. New: 10/10/12 a trio of Aphyosemion striatum, a type of killifish
Sand substrate
Java fern, hornwort, salvinia
25 litre
Male plakat betta
Sand substrate
Java fern
Just to prove I do have other interests besides fish, I have collections of African violets, thimbles and minerals in the shape of eggs. I’m also interested in family history/genealogy.