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    Soooo joining a forum is the first step in admitting I have a problem eh? I tried for as long as I could to ninja surf HFB. I could'nt take it any longer. Tired of not being able to see all the awesome pics and threads. Somehow my wife (imjustme) got me into this damn hobby by starting off with a 10 gallon and some 10 cent goldfish. I now have to put on scuba gear to get through the house. My wife and I traded some fish to a LFS and we ended up with a Tropeus Chimba. My research of Tropheus lead me to this forum and had no clue she already joined. I bought a used 125 gallon on craigslist from an HFB member (ya small world) that housed Tropheus in it. I am working on slowly but surely a Tropeus colony. So far I have a 125g with a 110ac, fx5, Eheim 2229, and 2 Koralia 4 ph's full of Demasoni. Enough ranting, I just put my cigarette out in the wrong beer. Sooner or later I will be on the hunt for a Tropheus colony and looking for adivice on keeping a colony. Do yo think I could replace my wifes fish with Tropheus and she would'nt notice?
    Professional Nitrate Brewer

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    Dude you have come to the right place. LOTS of Tropheus keepers on this site.

    We got a club too, just send me some contact info and you can join, real easy.

    Welcome to the Box!!!
    380G For Sale $3000 Acrylic tank & stand
    300G Petrochromis Trewavasae and Tropheus mpimbwe Red Cheek & Duboisi
    180G For Sale $1,100 Oceanic Cherry with Stand, T5HO Lights, (2) Eheim 2262
    150G Tropheus Annectens Kekese & Ikola

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    • #3
      hey there man, im the HFB member that you bought your 125gallon from. I remember you said you were interested in getting some tropheus and this is definately the place to go. there are many established colonies up for sale at random times, plus many fry to go around as well. Welcome to the box as an official member finally. Good luck in your hunt for the right colony. Ask as many questions as possible and READ UP on them as they are a very fun and interesting and addicting fish.
      250gallon-Wild Angels, community

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      • #4
        WELCOME!!! You have come to the right place!!

        jose

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        • #5
          well welcome to the addiction...it's okay to admit it on this forum....where alot of us suffer from this syndrome.....if your in the market for a nice starter colony there is one for sale on here now....these were tank raised by myself and they are established breeders....all of the adults are what they call F1 which means they are the children of (WC) wild caught parents....check them out...as i said i raised them from tiny fry and now as a proud fishmommy they are grown and having kids of their own....

          HoustonFishBox is an online community dedicated to bringing together people and their fish in Houston, Southeast Texas, and beyond.



          and again welcome to the addiction.....

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          • #6
            Welcome to the Houston 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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            • #7
              Howdy.....

              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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              • #8
                Welcome! Fishlady beat me to it, but I was also going to mention the Chimbas currently for sale.

                You're going to love it here!

                (Thanks for the laugh about the cigarette and beer - made my morning a bit happier, lol!)
                "Millennium hand and shrimp!"

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                • #9
                  Welcome!
                  Fish are people too, they just have gills.

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                  • #10
                    Welcome! Like everyone has said, you have definitely come to the right place. I think you're gonna fit in well here. :) With your 1 paragraph, I can already tell you have a lot in common with most other 'Boxers. Me and guygeek also have to wear scuba gear to get through the house.

                    As for whether you can replace your wife's fish with trophs without her noticing...probably not...but put her in charge of feeding them for a week and it's likely she'll end up wanting to fill all the rest of the tanks with Troph colonies. I started with a couple of Duboisi...now we have 9 colonies.
                    Our Fishhouse
                    Sleep: A completely inadequate substitute for caffeine.

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                    • #11
                      Welcome to the box. Hey your name is Nick's nickname.
                      Resident fish bum
                      330G FOWLR
                      34G Reef
                      330G Discus biotopish (no longer running)
                      28G JBJ Reef (no longer running)
                      Treasurer, GHAC

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                      • #12
                        As much as I'd like to welcome you to the box, sadly, I can't. I regret to inform you that you can't stay. We don't put up with wasting beer like that...there's a 12 step program I need to refer you to...just gotta find it...somewhere around here...






























                        Mark
                        What are the facts? Again and again and again--what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore devine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history"--what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your only clue.

                        Robert Anson Heinlein

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                        • #13
                          Welcome- and what are you doing smoking in the house anyway?
                          What am I going to do with you!
                          Oh Ya - and dont you dare touch my fish
                          Last edited by imjustme; 09-18-2009, 11:49 AM.

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                          • #14
                            Hi.
                            So many things can be a mystery, when all we're seeking is freedom...

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                            • #15
                              Thank you all for the welcome. I have never joined a forum before so this is going to be another learning curve. I am a Auto Tech a.k.a grease monkey and I do not get along with computers well. If i cant adjust the torque on the flux capasitor, add blinker fluid, or fix it with a sledge hammer and duct tape then im lost. I feel I know half of you crazy people already. OMG i have to get my spull chek fixd.

                              Originally posted by geoff_tropheus View Post
                              Dude you have come to the right place. LOTS of Tropheus keepers on this site.

                              We got a club too, just send me some contact info and you can join, real easy.

                              Welcome to the Box!!!
                              Thanks for the invite. I will send you some info asap. My wife says you owe us a tour of your Tropheus collection

                              Originally posted by newb View Post
                              hey there man, im the HFB member that you bought your 125gallon from. I remember you said you were interested in getting some tropheus and this is definately the place to go. there are many established colonies up for sale at random times, plus many fry to go around as well. Welcome to the box as an official member finally. Good luck in your hunt for the right colony. Ask as many questions as possible and READ UP on them as they are a very fun and interesting and addicting fish.
                              I felt alot better about that tank purchase when I found out my wife knew you from HFB. We had a previous nightmare purchase. If my wife was an Eskimo anyone could sell her a ketchup popsicle. Im going to hang on to the Demasoni for a little while. Figured they would be a good (cheaper) aggressive learning fish. Plus my son named them so gonna have to wait till he gets bored of them. My research of Tropheus continues for now because if your gonna do it do it right.

                              Originally posted by imagirlgeek View Post
                              Welcome! Like everyone has said, you have definitely come to the right place. I think you're gonna fit in well here. :) With your 1 paragraph, I can already tell you have a lot in common with most other 'Boxers. Me and guygeek also have to wear scuba gear to get through the house.



                              As for whether you can replace your wife's fish with trophs without her noticing...probably not...but put her in charge of feeding them for a week and it's likely she'll end up wanting to fill all the rest of the tanks with Troph colonies. I started with a couple of Duboisi...now we have 9 colonies.
                              Whats a paragraph? And why did you skip down a few spots to the next sentence? )

                              Originally posted by Darbex View Post
                              Welcome to the box. Hey your name is Nick's nickname.
                              Ack! sorry Nick I didnt mean to steal your identity.

                              Originally posted by wesleydnunder View Post
                              As much as I'd like to welcome you to the box, sadly, I can't. I regret to inform you that you can't stay. We don't put up with wasting beer like that...there's a 12 step program I need to refer you to...just gotta find it...somewhere around here...



                              Mark
                              Who said I didnt finish it off anyway?

                              Originally posted by imjustme View Post
                              Welcome- and what are you doing smoking in the house anyway?
                              What am I going to do with you!
                              Oh Ya - and dont you dare touch my fish
                              Open foot insert mouth :icon_hang:
                              O well guess i'll sleep on the couch next to your fish tank. Some Tony Chachere's, a lemon, and your blue one would probably be good :evil:
                              Professional Nitrate Brewer

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