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    Hello all!
    I picked up some live rock & fish from a nice guy a couple of weeks ago and he told me all about this website!  So here I am!  I am in NW Houston and I'm a stay at home mom of two little boys, 4 years and 2.5 years.  My kids know more about fish than most adults!  
    I have loved fish and ocean stuff for my whole life, but the most I've ever kept before last September was a goldfish in a bowl when I was a kid and a betta in a bowl when I first lived alone on my own.  The hubby and I have always wanted to have a large fish tank, so we never got a small one because we'd always say oh, we don't want one until we can have a 100 gallons or more.  Well, last Sept. I had some birthday money and was in Wal-Mart with the kids and we looked at the fish.  Before you could say multiple tank syndrome, I had a 10 gallon kit and lots of accessories in my shopping cart and we headed home with our first fish tank!  It took about 5 more minutes for us to acquire a 2nd 10 gallon, then a 28 tall, then we really hit the jackpot in December and got our hands on a really nice 110.  I'm a Craigslist addict!  If you have gotten messages from a girl wanting to buy your awesome setup for $200, that was probably me!  LOL  What can say, once I find a bargain, I try to stick with it!    Then, out of the clear blue sky, a beautiful 105 gallon Oceanic RR system fell into our laps.  Pure luck and just a wonderful blessing as we'd never have been able to afford to start up a saltwater tank from scratch!  This thing came with everything but the powerheads.
    Okay, so here is the list of our tanks & what's in them right now!
    55 gallon planted community - driftwood - fake and real, lots of plants I don't know all the scientific names, I just know I think they're pretty.  Opaline gourami who is the star of the show, blue male betta, 4 diamond tetras, 2 platys, 3 male guppies, 2 german blue rams, 5 mixed cory cats, 1 albino bn pleco, 1 ginormous gold apple snail, lots of ramshorns, 1 bamboo shrimp, 8 amano shrimp that disappear into a 2nd dimension of the tank unless they feel like being seen.
    75 gallon - empty at the moment, might be trading it to a gal for a 135 gallon!
    110 gallon - mixed African Cichlids - all juveniles, 1 daffodil brichardi, 2 mbuna - red & ice blue zebras, 1 gorgeous blue & black stripey one, 1 lavender & yellowish plaid looking one, 4 Jewels including 1 breeding pair that can't hatch an egg to save their lives, 1 bright yellow gold guy, several unidentified babies I adopted from Petsmart - think they're red snooks, 5 baby convicts I adopted from Petsmart, and a school of 8 rosy barbs as dither fish and they do a great job and are just as feisty as the cichlids, thank you very much.  
    105 gallon Saltwater - 150 or so pounds of live rock, 100 pounds live sand, 2 sebae clowns (about to be evicted for eating my yellow clown goby), 1 Scooter Blenny (dragonette - I'm breeding pods for him!), Pair of gold headed sleeper gobies, 1 orange diamond goby, 1 six spot goby (also being evicted for being ugly to pretty much everyone), 1 foxface (being evicted for taking up valuable space & I want different fish and he came with some of my rocks), 1 cleaner shrimp, multiple hermits and snails, 2 pom pom shrimp but I haven't seen them since I put them in last weekend.
    Before anyone says WHOA, she's stocked that saltwater tank WAY too fast, I bought most of my live rock from well established tanks and it came with fish.  I also bought the sand from a well established tank that was over a year old.  I've got loads of pods in there.  I also brought the water from the 1 year old tank we bought stuff from.  SO, I basically had an established tank without all the waiting for the cycle!  

    Okay, this is probably too long.  I'm chatty, especially about my fish.  I know you understand.  Look forward to getting to know you guys and buying many bargains off you!    Below are some pics of my tanks!
    Annette the bargain hunting fishymommy


    salty tank


    110g cichlid tank - been reaquascaped since this pic though


    Don't have one of the 55 yet, but we're giving it to a friend when we get the 135 we're swapping for.  Hopefully the 135 will become the cichlid tank and the 110 will be for my community fish.  Or I'll be giving away my community fish so my husband can keep Oscars and other enormous mean fish in the 135 and I'll keep my Africans in the 110.  

    Okay, really done now!  Time to start looking around and asking questions!

  • #2
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    Hello and welcome.
    So many things can be a mystery, when all we're seeking is freedom...

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    • #3
      Re: Hello! Glad to join you guys!

      Welcome to the BOX!

      Looks like you are addicted all around wet pets!
      700g Mini-Monster tank

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      • #4
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        Welcome to the box :)
        Since you are on the NW side of town and on this Sunday at 5pm one of the local Fish Clubs is holding its monthly meeting, I would like to invite you to it to meet many more addicts like your family.  Kids are welcome as there will be several other families showing up with kids around their age group.

        See :: http://houstonfishbox.com/modules.ph...t=4482&start=0 for more information.

        Again Welcome to the Fish Box :)

        What fish do Jesper have
        180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
        110
        Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
        58 S. Decorus

        "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret Thatcher

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        • #5
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          ....welcome to the box....from the reading of your introduction i can tell you'll fit right in on here. on here it's not just a hobby....it's an addicted lifestyle....where we plan our outings, and vacations around water changes..... ....it's great to have you ....jump right in...and as secretary of the Greater Houston Aquarium Club i also extend warm wishes for you to join our meeting tomorrow at 5 pm i see zu has linked the thread already for you....we have a mini auction there so you never know what you might end up taking home to add to your fish communitee's... :wink: ....but welcome, and hope to see you soon at our meetings....

          fishlady......

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          • #6
            Re: Hello! Glad to join you guys!

            Hello and Welcome,

            Happy to have you join us, you're amongst good company if I may say so myself.

            Cf
            Truth is the cement that holds the bricks and stones of a sane and civilized society together. Remove the former and the latter will crumble.

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            • #7
              Re: Hello! Glad to join you guys!

              Welcome to the box.  You should definitely come to the meeting tomorrow.

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              • #8
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                Ditto
                Raul
                PokerFace

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                • #9
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                  Howdy!

                  How Big are the Red Snooks that you have?
                  Scarecrow : I haven't got a brain... only straw.
                  Dorothy : How can you talk if you haven't got a brain?
                  Scarecrow: I don't know... But some people without brains do an awful lot of talking... don't they?
                  Dorothy: Yes, I guess you're right.

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                  • #10
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                    Welcome!  Sounds like you'll fit right in!!  Good to have you here.

                    You'all...don't forget to pimp the GHAC website....

                    Fishymommy - To find out more about the club everyone's been talking about, check out www.myghac.org.
                    Our Fishhouse
                    Sleep: A completely inadequate substitute for caffeine.

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                    • #11
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                      :( ....i was pushing the meeting though???...sorry traci....my bad....i'll do better i promise.....

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                      • #12
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                         That's cool.  She would've found out about it eventually anyway.  It's going to be the next big site on the web.  
                        Our Fishhouse
                        Sleep: A completely inadequate substitute for caffeine.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Hello! Glad to join you guys!

                          Welcome Annette.
                          Yes, please visit our website - www.myghac.org  and come to the GHAC meeting on Sunday at 5pm. You'll find alot of bargains at the mini-auction.

                          Since you are in NW Houston I'm sure it's  close - right off Gessner between Beltway 8 and the 290.

                          Hope to meet you tomorrow.

                          Roy and Heidi

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                          • #14
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                            HI, welcome. You should be in this box long time ago. Congratulation.
                            100 gal- java fern windelov,anubia petite,xmas moss, crypt,val, sword, riccia fluitans, Sagittaria subulata
                            30 gal:e.tenellus,hygrophila wavy,acicularis vivapara,Limnophila aquatica,Hygrophila corymbosa,Hydrocotyle(praecox rainbow,Celestial PD

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                            • #15
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                              welcome

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