Hi everybody!

ufimych · 06-19-2011, 11:54 AM

I am here for about a month, but it seems I missed the introduction. I am a retired zoologist, currently live in Virginia. I like both fish and plants in the tank, but well being of the fish is most important to me. If plants grow well, this helps to maintain good water quality and the fish. Besides the aquaria, my major hobby is hunting dogs and hunting. We also have a small pond, about 15x15 feet area and about 5 feet deep in the middle, with goldfish and channel catfish. Plants are Potamogeton sp. and one species of water lily with pink flowers. Other inhabitants are natural: aquatic insects, some snakes, bullfrog, piper frog and toads in spring are coming to breed. We also have four goats and about 20 chickens ranging free.

deeda · 06-19-2011, 01:33 PM

Welcome to the forum!! Do you have any indoor tanks setup?

FIT BMX · 06-19-2011, 02:39 PM

What's your pond look like?

wendyjo · 06-19-2011, 02:49 PM

Mmmmmmmmm - channel catfish!

ufimych · 06-20-2011, 01:55 AM

I will tke pictures soon. Inside I have one 29 g tank and three 10 g tanks. Still looking for fish I want to buy, but I already have tiger barbs, glowlight tetras and platies. Platies gave birth to hundreds of young, which I am raising separately. Plats are Hygrophila polysperma, Cryptocorine undulata, Cryptocoryne walkeri (lutea), Java fern both narrow leaf and regular. The pond has a lot of goldfish and channel catfish. Great blue herons and American herons are coming to sparse the population, which I do not mind.

06-19-2011, 11:54 AM	#1
ufimych Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2011 Location: Buchanan, Virginia, USA Posts: 113	Hi everybody! I am here for about a month, but it seems I missed the introduction. I am a retired zoologist, currently live in Virginia. I like both fish and plants in the tank, but well being of the fish is most important to me. If plants grow well, this helps to maintain good water quality and the fish. Besides the aquaria, my major hobby is hunting dogs and hunting. We also have a small pond, about 15x15 feet area and about 5 feet deep in the middle, with goldfish and channel catfish. Plants are Potamogeton sp. and one species of water lily with pink flowers. Other inhabitants are natural: aquatic insects, some snakes, bullfrog, piper frog and toads in spring are coming to breed. We also have four goats and about 20 chickens ranging free.

06-19-2011, 01:33 PM	#2
deeda Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Medina, Ohio Posts: 715	Welcome to the forum!! Do you have any indoor tanks setup? __________________ Dee __________________ Eheim Pimpette #270 Eheim Pro II 2028; Classics Series -2215, 2217, 2260, 2262; Pro 2229 Wet/Dry

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06-19-2011, 02:39 PM	#3
FIT BMX Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Kansas, USA Posts: 265	What's your pond look like?

06-19-2011, 02:49 PM	#4
wendyjo Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (7/100%) Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: DC area Posts: 2,813	Mmmmmmmmm - channel catfish!

06-20-2011, 01:55 AM	#5
ufimych Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: May 2011 Location: Buchanan, Virginia, USA Posts: 113	I will tke pictures soon. Inside I have one 29 g tank and three 10 g tanks. Still looking for fish I want to buy, but I already have tiger barbs, glowlight tetras and platies. Platies gave birth to hundreds of young, which I am raising separately. Plats are Hygrophila polysperma, Cryptocorine undulata, Cryptocoryne walkeri (lutea), Java fern both narrow leaf and regular. The pond has a lot of goldfish and channel catfish. Great blue herons and American herons are coming to sparse the population, which I do not mind.