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Seems like just about everything we do in aquarium keeping invloves some sort of "right of passage", or "barrier to entry" before you achieve exactly what you want to achieve, right? see this with crystal clarity with the "New Botanical" style aquariums we espouse so much here: A week or...

After a year plus hiatus, I finally am getting back into the tanks. Now that I can have a dedicated fish room (garage), I plan to dedicate myself to more variety. I am mostly into smaller cichlids, and one of the fish I am very interested in getting to breed is Apistogramma barlowi. I bought a...

Hello Everyone, My name is Richard and I am 34 years old living in Southern Maryland with a wife and 3 children. My wife and I have recently gotten back into the Cichlid hobby and have been bitten bad!!! However, there is no local fish store closer than 70 miles. We were recently informed...

Greetings. My dog recently convinced me that I needed to get some fish again. (It's a long story.) No fish yet, but I've got a 29 gallon just starting to cycle -- my first tank in over 10 years. I'm hoping to work up to something larger later this year or next year. Now I just need to get...

Hi. My name is Rich. I live in central PA. I had several FW tanks in the early and mid 90's, mostly with S.A. cichlids. I enjoyed arowanas too. Well, now I have decided to get back into the hobby. I started a 10 g tank for my kids a couple months ago and they love it. So, I set up a 150 g...

Hello everyone! This is BBQgrippos (best chips ever made IMO) and I hail from the Louisville, KY area. I am returning to hobby after several years of not having fish. One upon a time I kept a pair of large Oscars in a 55gal. setup. Recently, I purchased a 38gal. tank and have an assortment...

Hi all, When I was a teenager I had six or seven tanks going in the house, almost all cichlids. My kid brother and I had a 75 gal in which we kept big africans and later some big south american guys. We stuffed our tanks full of big messy fish with personality. Fast forward 25 years. My...

I recently joined the board and figured I'd introduce myself. My name is Nick and I live in Baltimore. While I'm new to this board I have been in this hobby for awhile. I just broke down my 75g reef tank due to a move, and plan to reset it back up as freshwater. Not sure which way I want to...

Hi, I just became a member of CCA. I've been out of the hobby for about 7yrs and I hope to get to know some of you guys at the meetings. I just recently set up a 29g with a few Lake Tanganyika cichlids. I am a huge fan of any and all Julidochromis species and I have a few of them now and I'm...

This is my 5000 gal , Koi pond in my yard ,Just a few pictures with my phone, .As you can tell. My wifes orange Butterfly KOi is 15 yrs old.

I have been an avid aquarist since a kid. I was given a 20 gallon kit on my 10th birthday and the passion has only grown since. I am now 27 and currently maintain a 120 gallon mixed African tank, a 90 gallon discus community tank, a 55 gallon breeder tank, and several fry/growout tanks. My...