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01-22-2013, 06:07 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Age: 58
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Hi from West Ky
New here but not to fishkeeping. I got into it when I was a kid and received my first aquarium for Christmas. I remember it so well. It was a metaframe stainless 5 gallon with a slate bottom. My how times have changed. But I still remember my excitement of setting it up and buying my fish at the local shopping plaza at the Kuhn's department store. That was 48 yrs ago. Fond memories. Anyway I still enjoy it. Nice forum.
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01-22-2013, 06:24 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Alaska
Posts: 1,444
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welcome to the forum
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01-22-2013, 08:31 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: SD
Posts: 426
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Welcome to FF,ric44! Still using my metaframe slate bottom- the tanks may change, but the thrill of fish keeping always stays the same!
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20 gal; well planted
2 angelfish
4 cherrybarbs
5 cardinal tetras
1 dwarf gourami
3 oto catfish
1 bristlenose pleco
1 crown tail betta
2 rasboras
1 cory cat
a few shrimp
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01-22-2013, 09:32 PM
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Administrator
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Arizona
Age: 42
Posts: 3,808
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Welcome to the forum!
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01-22-2013, 09:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: SD
Posts: 426
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I have a friend who lives in the Keys, and I have done some scuba diving in the keys--it's kinda like you have a great big aquarium all around you, isn't it?
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20 gal; well planted
2 angelfish
4 cherrybarbs
5 cardinal tetras
1 dwarf gourami
3 oto catfish
1 bristlenose pleco
1 crown tail betta
2 rasboras
1 cory cat
a few shrimp
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01-22-2013, 10:28 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Surrey England
Posts: 578
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Welcome to the forum
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1 Albino Red Oscar
1 Red Tail Black Shark
1 Bristlenose Plec
1 Mega Clown Plec
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01-22-2013, 10:47 PM
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Darth Ichthyos
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 8,180
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LOL!
Not Key West, but West Kentucky.
Somewhere down in Florida I found a petshop that has been up & running for a very long time. For the life of me I can't remember where it is, though. GRRR!!
It's a really neat little place. All the tanks were set up just like you'd have them in your house, fully planted and everything.
How did I know the place was old?
All the tanks in the fish section were Metaframes! Man, what a glorious sight.
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01-23-2013, 05:29 AM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Louisville, KY
Age: 14
Posts: 188
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Hi from West Ky
Welcome to FF. I'm probably your closest neighbor here in Louisville, no one else seems to be from Kentucky.
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01-23-2013, 09:01 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: SD
Posts: 426
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west kentucky! LoL! not key west--oh no, I'm not dyslectic... 
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20 gal; well planted
2 angelfish
4 cherrybarbs
5 cardinal tetras
1 dwarf gourami
3 oto catfish
1 bristlenose pleco
1 crown tail betta
2 rasboras
1 cory cat
a few shrimp
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01-25-2013, 08:34 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Age: 58
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Key West yeah I wish............ lol. Woke up to ice this AM. Nice coat out on the deck. Brrrrrrrrr cmon spring where I can get my patio pools going.
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01-25-2013, 10:05 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: SD
Posts: 426
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ric, I didn't realize KY was so cold! Are you near the mountains? (and yeah, I'm thinking Key West would be nice, about now, as well) What kind of tank, set up, fish do you have now? I got my start as a child, also. It's funny, the magic of that first aquarium never leaves...I had moved a long distance, and put the tank away for a few years, but when I got it back out and running, it was like Christmas, New Years, and a birthday all rolled into one!
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20 gal; well planted
2 angelfish
4 cherrybarbs
5 cardinal tetras
1 dwarf gourami
3 oto catfish
1 bristlenose pleco
1 crown tail betta
2 rasboras
1 cory cat
a few shrimp
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01-25-2013, 01:29 PM
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Always Learning
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Louisville, KY
Age: 14
Posts: 188
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Hi from West Ky
C. King, here in Louisville, (east Kentucky we had temps in the teens, slightly negative with wind chill. Weather here is wacky, we get really hot and humid summers and freezing winters.
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01-25-2013, 03:14 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Johns Creek, GA
Posts: 11,607
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Welcome. I had fish in 1980 and thing have change a lot since then and there was a lot of "new tech" back then.
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01-25-2013, 03:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: SD
Posts: 426
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Visited Louisville once-fell in love with an area called "old Louisville"that had lovely victorian homes in it! and yet, the downtown area by the river was quite modern and new! Best of both worlds!
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20 gal; well planted
2 angelfish
4 cherrybarbs
5 cardinal tetras
1 dwarf gourami
3 oto catfish
1 bristlenose pleco
1 crown tail betta
2 rasboras
1 cory cat
a few shrimp
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