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<blockquote data-quote="Grendel" data-source="post: 1751304" data-attributes="member: 15821"><p>In my youth I was an aquarium buff. Still am, just don't have any any more. I had five separate tanks all freshwater, the biggest of which was 30 gallons. I got to the point where I was breeding some and trading the young for more aquarium gear. There used to be a pretty big aquarium store in OKC up on North MacArthur I think?</p><p></p><p>I would suggest going to your local book store and picking up a copy of <a href="http://www.tfhmagazine.com/" target="_blank">Tropical Fish Hobbyist</a> from the magazine rack. Should be a good starting place to start reading and getting familiar with gear and techniques, etc... I always spend a lot of time reading before I jump into a hobby. A lot of stuff has changed since I was in it 20ish years ago, especially with lighting. Also make sure to buy a test kit and stick to a regular water testing regimen. I lost a whole 20 gallon tank due to high ammonia levels once. And if you are going to keep warm water fishes, you can't spend too much money on the heater. Buy one rated for 1 1/2 times the tank capacity that you are going to put it in. I always used Visa Therm. One of my current co workers had a little tank that he started, and lost everything because the El-Cheapo heater he bought at Wall-Mart cracked and electrocuted all his fish. He decided to get a dog after that!</p><p></p><p>There's several different filtration methods, and reading up in TFH will help you figure out which type you want to use. And I would start out with hardy fishes like mollies, neons/cardinals, some of the African Cichlids, angel fish, etc...Stay away from discus, those are advanced hobbyist fishes. If you plan to put live plants in your aquarium, you almost have to have a separate quarantine tank that you keep highly medicated as the new plants will ALWAYS bring snails, and some other parasites with them. Putting the plants in the quarantine tanks for a week before transferring them to the main tank will kill the snails and other free loaders. </p><p></p><p>Aquariums are a hell of a lot of fun, but time consuming, and will empty your pocket book faster than you think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grendel, post: 1751304, member: 15821"] In my youth I was an aquarium buff. Still am, just don't have any any more. I had five separate tanks all freshwater, the biggest of which was 30 gallons. I got to the point where I was breeding some and trading the young for more aquarium gear. There used to be a pretty big aquarium store in OKC up on North MacArthur I think? I would suggest going to your local book store and picking up a copy of [url=http://www.tfhmagazine.com/]Tropical Fish Hobbyist[/url] from the magazine rack. Should be a good starting place to start reading and getting familiar with gear and techniques, etc... I always spend a lot of time reading before I jump into a hobby. A lot of stuff has changed since I was in it 20ish years ago, especially with lighting. Also make sure to buy a test kit and stick to a regular water testing regimen. I lost a whole 20 gallon tank due to high ammonia levels once. And if you are going to keep warm water fishes, you can't spend too much money on the heater. Buy one rated for 1 1/2 times the tank capacity that you are going to put it in. I always used Visa Therm. One of my current co workers had a little tank that he started, and lost everything because the El-Cheapo heater he bought at Wall-Mart cracked and electrocuted all his fish. He decided to get a dog after that! There's several different filtration methods, and reading up in TFH will help you figure out which type you want to use. And I would start out with hardy fishes like mollies, neons/cardinals, some of the African Cichlids, angel fish, etc...Stay away from discus, those are advanced hobbyist fishes. If you plan to put live plants in your aquarium, you almost have to have a separate quarantine tank that you keep highly medicated as the new plants will ALWAYS bring snails, and some other parasites with them. Putting the plants in the quarantine tanks for a week before transferring them to the main tank will kill the snails and other free loaders. Aquariums are a hell of a lot of fun, but time consuming, and will empty your pocket book faster than you think. [/QUOTE]
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