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Thu Apr 07, 2005, 12:10 PM
#1
What got you into this Hobby
Im just woundering what drove everyone on this site to appreciate the grace and beauty of the discus fish.
I Kept fish for years as a Junior just guppys etc.
Had a lot of fish keeping years off due to playing football cricket all that sort of stuff.
Ive nearly finished playing football, a few years ago I decided to fire one of old tanks up. I walked into my LFS noticed in his display tank these awesome gracefull discus fish and have been hooked ever since and havent stopped.
I plan to play golf and stuff around with Discus for a long time now.
Thats my story whats yours
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Thu Apr 07, 2005, 12:24 PM
#2
I myself have kept just normal tropicals since I was about 17 had a break for a while I had a couple of children well 4 actually and then someone gave me a baby turtle well I got him a 2ft which he outgrew so I gave him a 4ft which he stayed in for about 2 yrs. I actually out grew him myself as turtles are really dirty (if you think discus have big poos u should see a turtles) and I eventually sold him to a pet shop. I ended up getting some tropical fish like angels and tetras etc and then my sister also got into fish she bought a couple of discus and I knew that that was what I wanted to have and I love them some days I just drive around all day looking at the fish in the lfs the end
Leanne
Ps chris i sent you a pm
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Thu Apr 07, 2005, 01:28 PM
#3
i started breeding and hand-raising cockatiels since i was about 9. did that for a couple of years until recently when i sold most of them and up graded to more exotic birds. during this time my brother had a couple of gouramis and angles ect. and i kind of enjoyed them when i had nothin else to do. i often said to him how could you possibly like something that doesnt do anything? you dont pat it, it isnt affectionate, it cant do tricks, it is nothing compared to a bird, cat, dog, sheep, horse, blue-tonge, hermit crab (i have all of these at pressent except the hermits and sheep, but i used to have them). i thought fish were a total waste of time until the day i was at my friends pet shop and he had shown my brother the round fish with striking colours. my brother ended up buying 2 discus and i started enjoying them allot more. i even cleaned his tank for him when he was at his friends place for the week end! HOW LOW CAN I GO!!!! (he is a bit slack when it comes to tank maintanence!)
i gathered info on discus and was tricked when most of my info saidthat they are really hard to keep and are for experienced aquariusts only. so i started on the quest of gathering experience with guppies and after about 4 months came accross a guy selling discus for $10 ea. i thought this would be a good starting point on discus so i bought a couple. i experience some large losses during my first year of discus (im in my 3rd) and since then gotten a six ft tank, gotten discus from turks to white butterfly's and not lost a discus in over 1 and 1/2 years and breeding them!
sorry if i bored every1 with my whole birds and past and present pets thing just thought some pet enthousiests (hope i got that right) might like to know what i have
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Thu Apr 07, 2005, 01:46 PM
#4
wow david and if im right your only 14 my son turns 14 in june and all he has is a cat. How do u afford it.
Leanne
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Thu Apr 07, 2005, 01:50 PM
#5
Cool Stories
There both cools storys Dave and leanne.
Never thought about that Dave they dont crave our attention you cant pat them but we are all fascinated.
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Fri Apr 08, 2005, 12:37 AM
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Fri Apr 08, 2005, 02:18 PM
#7
the need of some new dinner plates
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Fri Apr 08, 2005, 03:10 PM
#8
I first started this hobby just to entertain my daughter, cause she liked looking at fishes swimming in aquariums at LFS. My first tank consisted of a few varieties of fish but once I got my first discus, Wooooooo, I go crazy with them. And now, after almost 10 years, I can't think of anything that will ever stop me from keeping discus.....................
Happy Discus Keeping Everybody...............
Regards,
Sanie.
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Sat Apr 09, 2005, 10:15 AM
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Sat Apr 09, 2005, 10:18 AM
#10
Great stories
Great stories people lets here somemore :P
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