medhatnoobee Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Hello fellow fish fiends, I'm a newbie from Medicine Hat (hence the username) that for the last two weeks have been dreaming of the possibilities. I'm the guy that was given a tank, filled it with water in the morning, got a dozen comets, and a week later had three left. I hop on the interwebs and find out where I went wrong. I lack patients (I'm working on that) and follow through (a year to renovate my kitchen, not working on that). I'm learning more every day and it's starting to consume me. I have visions of a basement full of tanks. I don't think I can be content with just one. My wife cannot understand. Presently (little over two weeks with first drop of water in first tank) I have a mix match of fish in a 25 gallon tank and I'm on my third day of battling columnaris. It has one more gourami in it's grasp but everyone else has gotten better. This was my lack of patients that got me into this mess from a lack of cycling. Lesson #1 learned the hard way. My goal will be a large coral reef sometime in the future. For now I want to fix this tank and have no fatalities for a while. I have a 30 gallon that will be starting up soon and I'm watching the local kijiji for a 50-70gallon deal for a larger community. Thank you for your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 haha - not laughing @ you - just at your story I'm fairly confident you will learn everything you need to know here! If it isn't here there are Thousands of hours of reading on the web!!!! I can't stress enough research research research I spend days looking up info on something before I go out and purchase it!!! Anyways man good luck!! Why don't you post a pic of your tank and your little friends that inhabit it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cgy_Betta_Guy Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Welcome! Mistakes happen. The people on this forum can help you limit those mistakes some what... hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvianAquatics Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Don't worry, I lack patients and motivation as well (actually those are my two worst traits lol) but for fish keepers patient will come naturally eventually (hopefully) and you don't really need motivation since you'll love fish keeping so much that you'll do anything fish - related on your own accord (for me anyways). And welcome to AA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I see you are on you way to the syndrome knows as MTS . Remember research, and more research. (or just ask you questions here) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Welcome home to AA! (no, not that AA, this one! lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhatnoobee Posted August 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Why don't you post a pic of your tank and your little friends that inhabit it!! As you wish, in this 2week old tank there is 2 feeder goldfish left (of 12), 2 Chinese algae eater (mistake #2 buying before researching) 3 gourami (of four) and I haven't counted the minnows (unknown make, 10ish, none dead) and crayfish (5 or 6, also hardy) the kids caught out of the river. The columnaris is just about cleaned up. The last female gourami had it bad and I didn't think she would make it but today she's getting her color back and the fungus that developed on her tail has cleared up as well. Finally something going right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefKeeper Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 What a nice start up. I feel your pain when it come to starting up anew. But after many costly mistakes I have still not learned the rule of slowness sometimes does win the race. Welcome to the forum. I just started on the forum myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronosdelsol Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 (edited) . Edited October 2, 2010 by Kronosdelsol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhatnoobee Posted August 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Welcome aboard. Just make sure you take it really slow when you start the reef tank. Yeah, I started on it a couple weeks ago, maybe in a couple years I'll purchase the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronosdelsol Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 (edited) . Edited October 2, 2010 by Kronosdelsol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Welcome to the forum... Patience...what is that again?? lol I personally believe there are ways of getting around the cycling issue, but that's just me. lol Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medhatnoobee Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Oh-ohhh, now I've gone and done it. Found a few tanks used and bought them all up. One is an established 55G with electric yellow cichlids, and a few other fish. A 45, 30, and 25 come with the deal. Add that to my 25 that still isn't cycled, as well as a 30 and 10. Now what to do with all these.....Hmmmmm. I might need to make some room and get rid of a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronosdelsol Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 (edited) . Edited October 2, 2010 by Kronosdelsol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewels Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 :welcome: Always good to see another 'mad hatter' We are few and far between down here. Get some sunshine on those puddles - I will bring on the free plants. I have just undertaken a major gleaning; but give me a week or two , , , I will unload a pile on ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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