Hello Everyone.

Doodles · 10-02-2005, 11:56 AM

Im new here! I've been keeping fish for about 14 years, I started when I was 14 years old. Now Im 28 years old and have no room for myself anymore, LOL. I also have 2 jack Russell’s named Rocky & Jack, they are sisters. They keep me going all day long. When they say Jacks are hyper that's putting it lightly, they are crazy! I also have 8 chinchillas so I pretty much own a zoo! Looks like a great board.

Chazwick · 10-02-2005, 12:07 PM

Hey, and welcome to the forum. Hope you have fun

Cichlid Man · 10-02-2005, 12:26 PM

That's great, someone who keeps cichlids too I see. Welcome to the board and don't hessitate to tell us a little bit more about yourself.

Doodles · 10-02-2005, 12:44 PM

Thanks a lot! Yes, I LOVE cichlids. Im in the process of getting a 200 gallon tank for my balas. They are just babies now and in a 75 gallon but Im itching to get that 200 gallon, LOL.

fishfreaks · 10-02-2005, 04:09 PM

Welcome to Fish Forums, we hope that you'll stick around!!

**fish_doc** · 10-02-2005, 07:36 PM

Welcome,,

And you will find out many of us run zoos out of our houses. I have dogs, frogs, a parakeet, quaker parrot, gunnie pig, rats, newts, and 16 tanks of fish.

Hope you stick around and get to know us better.

euRasian32 · 10-03-2005, 10:06 AM

Welcome! Hope you stick around.

Doodles · 10-03-2005, 10:14 AM

Tanks for the Welcomes. I'll definitely stick around. It's nice to know other people have zoo's too, LOL.

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And you will find out many of us run zoos out of our houses. I have dogs, frogs, a parakeet, quaker parrot, gunnie pig, rats, newts, and 16 tanks of fish.

Now that's more then me!!!!

I can't believe you have 16 tanks! i would love to see that.

Georgia Peach · 10-03-2005, 12:35 PM

Welcome to the fish forums! I thought we were supposed to have zoos! lol

Hamm35924 · 10-03-2005, 03:32 PM

welsome to fishforums! i have a bit of a zoo too, i have 4 rabbits, 1 dog, 6 mice, and 2 tanks.

**Fishfirst** · 10-03-2005, 03:54 PM

same here 9 tanks (10 in december), 2 Guinea pigs, 1 bearded dragon, and 1 springer spanial.

Lexus · 10-03-2005, 05:22 PM

Welcome to Fish Forums

Doodles · 10-04-2005, 08:28 AM

This board is perfect for me, LOL. I guess you all love animals too.
Life just wouldn't be the same without my animals.
Hamm - What kind of dog do you have?
Fishfirst- Do you have any pics of you dragon? I would love to see that! Do you clean all your 9 tanks in one day? LOL I used to but now that I have more it's getting to hard. I do the smaller tanks on day and the next day do the big tanks.

**Fishfirst** · 10-04-2005, 09:01 AM

no pics of my beardy yet... but no I don't clean every tank in one day. Usually I just do water changes in one day, but cleaning I do constantly with my mag floats, cleaning collection cups, gravel siphoning is done during water changes. Takes me about 3 hours to do water changes/gravel siphoning. Around 30 min to clean the glass with mag float.

Doodles · 10-04-2005, 10:39 AM

I just ordered a mag float from Big Al's, does it work really good? That's a lot of work, do you do that every week? It takes me about that long if I do them all the same day, maybe a bit less.

**Fishfirst** · 10-04-2005, 05:18 PM

I do water changes/gravel siphons every 2-3 weeks and on occasion 4 weeks. Mag floats work well in my tanks I have 1 for my 125, 1 for the rest of the sw tanks (to prevent cross contamination) and 1 for my freshwater tanks.

10-02-2005, 11:56 AM	#1
Doodles Zoo Keeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 222	Hello Everyone. Im new here! I've been keeping fish for about 14 years, I started when I was 14 years old. Now Im 28 years old and have no room for myself anymore, LOL. I also have 2 jack Russell’s named Rocky & Jack, they are sisters. They keep me going all day long. When they say Jacks are hyper that's putting it lightly, they are crazy! I also have 8 chinchillas so I pretty much own a zoo! Looks like a great board. __________________ Tropical Community Tank, Bala Sharks, Two Plecos, 2 Dwarf Puffers, 3 Green Spotted Puffers, 2 Bettas, 2 Clawed Frogs, 3 Dwarf Frogs, 2 Jack Russells & 8 Chinchillas

10-02-2005, 12:26 PM	#3
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	That's great, someone who keeps cichlids too I see. Welcome to the board and don't hessitate to tell us a little bit more about yourself. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

10-02-2005, 12:44 PM	#4
Doodles Zoo Keeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 222	Thanks a lot! Yes, I LOVE cichlids. Im in the process of getting a 200 gallon tank for my balas. They are just babies now and in a 75 gallon but Im itching to get that 200 gallon, LOL. __________________ Tropical Community Tank, Bala Sharks, Two Plecos, 2 Dwarf Puffers, 3 Green Spotted Puffers, 2 Bettas, 2 Clawed Frogs, 3 Dwarf Frogs, 2 Jack Russells & 8 Chinchillas

10-02-2005, 04:09 PM	#5
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10-02-2005, 07:36 PM	#6
fish_doc Advisor to Neptune (Mod) Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Illinois Age: 40 Posts: 3,953 Blog Entries: 19	Welcome,, And you will find out many of us run zoos out of our houses. I have dogs, frogs, a parakeet, quaker parrot, gunnie pig, rats, newts, and 16 tanks of fish. Hope you stick around and get to know us better. __________________ Dave (fish_doc) A World of fish

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10-02-2005, 12:07 PM	#2
Chazwick <3 Break it... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Inside Your Skull <3 Age: 17 Posts: 404	Hey, and welcome to the forum. Hope you have fun

10-03-2005, 10:06 AM	#7
euRasian32 Why So Serious? Join Date: May 2005 Location: Virginia Age: 33 Posts: 772	Welcome! Hope you stick around. __________________ “Corporations pay people just enough money so they won’t quit. People work just enough so they don’t get fired. What's that about?” – Christopher Walken, Pool Hall Junkies

10-03-2005, 12:35 PM	#9
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	Welcome to the fish forums! I thought we were supposed to have zoos! lol __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

10-03-2005, 03:32 PM	#10
Hamm35924 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 16 Posts: 228	welsome to fishforums! i have a bit of a zoo too, i have 4 rabbits, 1 dog, 6 mice, and 2 tanks.

10-03-2005, 03:54 PM	#11
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,704 Blog Entries: 6	same here 9 tanks (10 in december), 2 Guinea pigs, 1 bearded dragon, and 1 springer spanial. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

10-03-2005, 05:22 PM	#12
Lexus Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 22 Posts: 2,407	Welcome to Fish Forums __________________ 55 Gallon 1 Fantail Goldfish 1 Albino Bristlenose 4 African Dwarf Frogs 4 Black Skirt Tetras 4 Angelfish 3 Zebra Danios 14? Assorted Corys 46 Gallon 8 Tiger Barbs 8 Pulcher/Brichardi Cichlids 29 Gallon 1 Snail 1 Betta 8 Pulcher/Brichardi Fry

10-04-2005, 08:28 AM	#13
Doodles Zoo Keeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 222	This board is perfect for me, LOL. I guess you all love animals too. Life just wouldn't be the same without my animals. Hamm - What kind of dog do you have? Fishfirst- Do you have any pics of you dragon? I would love to see that! Do you clean all your 9 tanks in one day? LOL I used to but now that I have more it's getting to hard. I do the smaller tanks on day and the next day do the big tanks. __________________ Tropical Community Tank, Bala Sharks, Two Plecos, 2 Dwarf Puffers, 3 Green Spotted Puffers, 2 Bettas, 2 Clawed Frogs, 3 Dwarf Frogs, 2 Jack Russells & 8 Chinchillas

10-04-2005, 09:01 AM	#14
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,704 Blog Entries: 6	no pics of my beardy yet... but no I don't clean every tank in one day. Usually I just do water changes in one day, but cleaning I do constantly with my mag floats, cleaning collection cups, gravel siphoning is done during water changes. Takes me about 3 hours to do water changes/gravel siphoning. Around 30 min to clean the glass with mag float. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

10-04-2005, 10:39 AM	#15
Doodles Zoo Keeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 222	I just ordered a mag float from Big Al's, does it work really good? That's a lot of work, do you do that every week? It takes me about that long if I do them all the same day, maybe a bit less. __________________ Tropical Community Tank, Bala Sharks, Two Plecos, 2 Dwarf Puffers, 3 Green Spotted Puffers, 2 Bettas, 2 Clawed Frogs, 3 Dwarf Frogs, 2 Jack Russells & 8 Chinchillas

10-04-2005, 05:18 PM	#16
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,704 Blog Entries: 6	I do water changes/gravel siphons every 2-3 weeks and on occasion 4 weeks. Mag floats work well in my tanks I have 1 for my 125, 1 for the rest of the sw tanks (to prevent cross contamination) and 1 for my freshwater tanks. __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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