Richer Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Hey everyone, its nice to find an Albertan forum predominately occupied with FW keeping. I wish I knew of this resource a long time ago. My father started the ball rolling when I was young. He kept several things when I was young, but the one tank I remember the most was his arowana tank. I don't know how big the tank was, but it looked huge from my prespective (I think it was around 180-200gallons). I started keeping FW fish about 5-6 years ago after receiving a single betta in a 1 gallon bowl. This 1 gallon bowl quickly evolved into a 15gallon planted tank complete with a 55watt PC light fixture, and a DIY CO2 system after I did some research on the internet. This tank was shut down a couple years later when the betta died. Shortly afterwards, I started keeping malawi cichlids in a 20gallon bowfront, within a few short weeks this also evolved into a 65gallon tank complete with an Eheim 2026 filter, and 2 AC300s. Even though cichlids were interesting, the planted aspect of this hobby seemed more interesting for me. About 3 years ago, I started the setup of a new 65gallon planted tank. This setup was lit by a 220watt PC DIY fixture from ahsupply, and had a pressurized CO2 system. It was my pride and joy for quite awhile. However, over the past year or so, the pressure of university, work, etc. got the better of me and the tank started going downhill. This tank was unfortunately taken down a couple months ago. Presently, I still have my cichlid tank, but I am more involved with the SW aspect of this hobby, probably because I found a predominately SW Canadian forum about a year ago. Who knows, maybe after hanging around here long enough, I'll seriously get back into FW again -Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beermaster Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Welcome and Greets, nice to see you over here Rich, we have alot of knowledge in this forums so i am sure if you need help with anything one of us can jump to the task Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toirtis Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Welcome to the board, Rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaddict Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 (edited) wecome welcome welcome you should get back into africans... we have fresh and salt water set ups 5 in total. enjoy the forum it is awesome :thumbs: Edited March 14, 2005 by finaddict Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestic_Aquariums Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Welcome, Richer! Can't get over how many Canreefer's are joining! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Welcome Rich! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyasa Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Hey Richer, I remember you from back in the day on Aquaria-Central. That was one of the first web forums I followed. Nice to see you here. David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freshmike Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Welcome to the forum, Rich! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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