Introduction of myself and my fish
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:12 pm
Hello everyone!
I was recently told by someone in the Off-topic forum that I should do a basic introduction of myself and my fish. I figured that, since this forum has become a staple of my day that it is high time that I gave a full account of myself. Also, the misunderstanding with Dave C in one topic helped prompt my decision. (http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=15981 )
Anyway,
Hi! I'm Rae. I am a 23 year old female software engineer for a government contractor. I live in Gaithersburg, MD; 15 miles NW of central Washington DC. I have a Bengal cat (see my icon <---) Teddy and I want to get a dog in the near future to train to be a sound alert dog for myself (I'm 65% high pitch deaf, yay for not being able to hear fire alarms. Oops, I forgot that is a bad thing).
And of course, I have my fish. I currently have 3 P.oblonga, 1 B.striata, 1 B.almorhae, and 3 Otocinclus vestitus in a 10 gallon tank. I didn't realize when I got the botias that they were communal fish. I also have a 5.5 gallon q-tank that I am keeping my guppies in. I have 2 adult guppies and probably 12-14 sub adults. I recently had a die off and put my guppies in the q-tank for treatment and I left them in there, for the time being, because the levels in both tanks are stable. Plus I want to continue a salt treatment on the guppies.
I am in the process of preparing two larger tanks (both 30 gallon longs, base size 36" by 12"). One will be a tank with a sponge filter for the Pangios, Guppies, and some Otos. For the other tank, I want to create a small river manifold for my botias. I was thinking about adding some Otos (though I don't know how they will do in a river tank) and some dither fish as well.
I want to upgrade to a 55+ gallon tank within a year *crosses fingers* and hopefully get a wide variety of loaches.
I originally was a crazy guppy lady (still am) but I am an almost certifiable loachaholic at this point. Thanks for all the information that everyone has given to me and all the help on the path to being a loach lover.
Sincerely,
I was recently told by someone in the Off-topic forum that I should do a basic introduction of myself and my fish. I figured that, since this forum has become a staple of my day that it is high time that I gave a full account of myself. Also, the misunderstanding with Dave C in one topic helped prompt my decision. (http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=15981 )
Anyway,
Hi! I'm Rae. I am a 23 year old female software engineer for a government contractor. I live in Gaithersburg, MD; 15 miles NW of central Washington DC. I have a Bengal cat (see my icon <---) Teddy and I want to get a dog in the near future to train to be a sound alert dog for myself (I'm 65% high pitch deaf, yay for not being able to hear fire alarms. Oops, I forgot that is a bad thing).
And of course, I have my fish. I currently have 3 P.oblonga, 1 B.striata, 1 B.almorhae, and 3 Otocinclus vestitus in a 10 gallon tank. I didn't realize when I got the botias that they were communal fish. I also have a 5.5 gallon q-tank that I am keeping my guppies in. I have 2 adult guppies and probably 12-14 sub adults. I recently had a die off and put my guppies in the q-tank for treatment and I left them in there, for the time being, because the levels in both tanks are stable. Plus I want to continue a salt treatment on the guppies.
I am in the process of preparing two larger tanks (both 30 gallon longs, base size 36" by 12"). One will be a tank with a sponge filter for the Pangios, Guppies, and some Otos. For the other tank, I want to create a small river manifold for my botias. I was thinking about adding some Otos (though I don't know how they will do in a river tank) and some dither fish as well.
I want to upgrade to a 55+ gallon tank within a year *crosses fingers* and hopefully get a wide variety of loaches.
I originally was a crazy guppy lady (still am) but I am an almost certifiable loachaholic at this point. Thanks for all the information that everyone has given to me and all the help on the path to being a loach lover.
Sincerely,
side of the site, and btw I keep a female tri Bengal and a male Snow.It is very obvious that you are a girl to all that listen......
)