Post by childofiam on Jan 1, 2016 13:35:56 GMT -5
My name is Richard and I live in Indiana, USA. About me... I keep falling in love with my wife of 29 years, she's the only one for me. I started my first Aquarium in 1984 but after my youngest son was born I had to give it up because my children became the most important thing in my life at that time. I didn't get started back into this hobby until my daughter purchased her first aquarium at age 21. I began helping her learn about taking care of her fish until she decided that I needed to get back into this hobby. She gave me a 20 gal high as a birthday present. Within a few months I upgraded to a 37 gal high square tank. This year on my birthday I received a 75 gal tank as a present with no accessories because my daughter said that she knew I would really enjoy the process of building the closed environment more than the tank itself.
I joined this form because I read the rules and loved them. I have decided to leave the other form because of the dog eat dog mentality. One thing I have figured out is that the aquarium world has change drastically from the 80's. Most of the information I knew is being unlearned because back then there was no internet for information.The trial and error of that time was because if you needed information, you had to get into the car and drive to the pet store. Most of the time you got wrong information, and I didn't one a single test kit. I didn't know that fish live more than 6 months, man did I kill a lot of fish...
I found American Aquarium by googling for information on water quality for aquariums and found the article "Aquarium Chemistry | Calcium & KH & GH & pH & Electrolytes (ions)" by Carl Strohmeyer. This article changed my hobby. Thank you Mr. Strohmeyer. I will stop buying from amazon and be dedicated to purchasing my needs from and through American Aquarium products.
I am looking forward to meeting new friends here and learning the Aquarium world all over...
Richard
I joined this form because I read the rules and loved them. I have decided to leave the other form because of the dog eat dog mentality. One thing I have figured out is that the aquarium world has change drastically from the 80's. Most of the information I knew is being unlearned because back then there was no internet for information.The trial and error of that time was because if you needed information, you had to get into the car and drive to the pet store. Most of the time you got wrong information, and I didn't one a single test kit. I didn't know that fish live more than 6 months, man did I kill a lot of fish...
I found American Aquarium by googling for information on water quality for aquariums and found the article "Aquarium Chemistry | Calcium & KH & GH & pH & Electrolytes (ions)" by Carl Strohmeyer. This article changed my hobby. Thank you Mr. Strohmeyer. I will stop buying from amazon and be dedicated to purchasing my needs from and through American Aquarium products.
I am looking forward to meeting new friends here and learning the Aquarium world all over...
Richard
