- Where you're from
- Whether you're a member and why (or why not)
- What kind of fish you keep
- Some fun fishkeeping accomplishments or goals for the future
- Whatever you like :smile:
Hello, all...
My name is Richard Chisholm, but most simply call me Rich.
Originally, I'm from Harrisburg, PA, but currently live in Waldorf, MD.
I am currently a member of the CCA, and have been for over 3 years! Wow... time flies! I joined this club after coming to a meeting, and seeing how extremely cool it was. And then I have met many, many new friends through this club, and where else can you find cool people, monthly meetings with great speakers, and just an awesome resource of all things fish-related, than the CCA! Started off with 3 friends in this club (DQ, Caleb and Mike-Danger_Chicken), and now have too many to name them all!
I keep a list of fish that may be a bit long to put here (5 tanks, including two 125 gallons, 90 gallon, 75 gallon and 55 gallon... recently sold a 33 gallon), but I did start a thread here that has what I keep (and what a lot of other people on this forum keep):
http://www.capitalcichlids.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15410
I guess my biggest accomplishment was the first successful spawn I had in a tank, which was a total accident, with a pair of green flier cichlids I had (currently in the able hands of the OP of this very thread)! Spawning has never been my big primary goal in this hobby, though maybe one day I'll be more into it. I just like having tanks full of pretty fish, at the end of the day.
Three future goals... to one day get back into discus, and do them right. It's a fish I love, but admittedly have withered a bit under the water change demands it has. I mean, I do water changes plenty, but just haven't had lots of luck with juvies of this species. I may go straight adults one day, and not worry about growouts... we'll see. 2nd goal, I really, really want a larger tank, in the 220 gallon or larger neighborhood. Of course, finding one of those "cheap"... ahem... is not easy... and so I wait... My other big goal is to one day setup a saltwater tank. I just have to, at some point.
There are a few Steeler fans in this club. I don't know if I'm the biggest, but I know I'm close!
Welcome to CCA new members... and non-members, what are you waiting for? I DARE you to name something better to spend $20 A YEAR on!
-Rich