Ted Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Hello, My wife Terry and I had both kept fish when we were growing up, but soon after we paired off and the fry (kids) were born, priorities changed, the fish were given away, tanks emptied and sold.......20 years later. Terry is a Kindergarten teacher and was looking to set up a tank in her classroom at school. So off we went to the local shops looking for the perfect fish. Questions from the kids about salt vs freshwater, who gets along with who, and finally "WHY DON'T WE HAVE A TANK". Terry said OK, and my life was over. We went to every store in Edmonton looking at fish tanks and equipment, things had really changed in that time. There were fish we had only read about before in the aquariums in the stores, equipment of all sorts, not like the Ol' Woodward's store at all. Our daughter was looking up info on the net and came across the ACE webpage, and there was a meeting the next night, off we went. We were made welcome by a great bunch of folks, watched an interesting video and listened to the discussion, we joined up. We were asked if we would be attending the auction that Sunday, my wife said "you bet", ............the skies darkened. There were all kinds of equipment, tanks, fish, there one of the folks from the meeting brought some fish we had bought a few days before. We bid on some more tanks, fish and plants, we won our fair share. Thanks to Rudy for advice on plants that we had never had before. I backed the truck up to the door to load up our haul, there were tanks in the back, kids had smaller tanks on their laps, bags of plants were tucked into any available space, it looked like the Clampets on the move. We now have enough water in tanks to float a small boat and are waiting for things settle down trying the fishless method of tank cycling. Thanks to those that answered our questions and a thankyou to Tanker for helping us out with our account on the forum, it’s a great resource. Take Care, Ted and Terry Bon Accord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anaitari Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 :welcome: Hello,My wife Terry and I had both kept fish when we were growing up, but soon after we paired off and the fry (kids) were born, priorities changed, the fish were given away, tanks emptied and sold.......20 years later. Terry is a Kindergarten teacher and was looking to set up a tank in her classroom at school. So off we went to the local shops looking for the perfect fish. Questions from the kids about salt vs freshwater, who gets along with who, and finally "WHY DON'T WE HAVE A TANK". Terry said OK, and my life was over. We went to every store in Edmonton looking at fish tanks and equipment, things had really changed in that time. There were fish we had only read about before in the aquariums in the stores, equipment of all sorts, not like the Ol' Woodward's store at all. Our daughter was looking up info on the net and came across the ACE webpage, and there was a meeting the next night, off we went. We were made welcome by a great bunch of folks, watched an interesting video and listened to the discussion, we joined up. We were asked if we would be attending the auction that Sunday, my wife said "you bet", ............the skies darkened. There were all kinds of equipment, tanks, fish, there one of the folks from the meeting brought some fish we had bought a few days before. We bid on some more tanks, fish and plants, we won our fair share. Thanks to Rudy for advice on plants that we had never had before. I backed the truck up to the door to load up our haul, there were tanks in the back, kids had smaller tanks on their laps, bags of plants were tucked into any available space, it looked like the Clampets on the move. We now have enough water in tanks to float a small boat and are waiting for things settle down trying the fishless method of tank cycling. Thanks to those that answered our questions and a thankyou to Tanker for helping us out with our account on the forum, it’s a great resource. Take Care, Ted and Terry Bon Accord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital-monk Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Ah, That's the story. I was wondering who had enough space in their tank / house for a few tanks, and several bags of fish and plants. I figured it was a recent move, or something like that. Welcome to the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Welcome the the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rED O Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 welcome to aa :welcome: yeah at the auctions i find lots of people go over board and get more things then they need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qattarra Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 :welcome: to AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishkabod Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 :welcome: To AA and :welcome: back to the hobbydiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishkabod Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 :welcome: To AA and :welcome: back to the hobbydiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geleen Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Welcome......and have fun! I NEVER buy tooooo much at the auction John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werner Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Welcome! And just in case you didn't get enough stuff, the Calgary auction is coming up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMumba Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 :welcome: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishclubgirl Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Welcome back, the second time seems to be easier and much more enjoyable for myself and hope it is for you as well. The auctions got me hooked again and must be give you a caution. Stay away from Aquabid as it's highly addictive!!!! I need a support group for this. My local aquarium society tends to encourage my behaviour!!! Hope to see you at our auction and good luck with your new finned friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Welcome to the forum Ted and Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnaw Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Hi, and :welcome: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraken Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 :welcome: to the forum :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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