I'm Daniel. I've been big in FW since 2004. I took a few years off after divorce and a couple of moves. I'm got re-married last year, bought a new house in June. In December I set up a 2g tank with a couple of couple of guppies. My wife sat with her chin on the counter for 30 minutes after I put the fish in... and it was on....
Now I have a 210 7x2x2 FW. April the 6th I snorkeled in Isla Roatan Honduras for the first time. It was amazing. 2 weeks ago I got a Fluval Spec V for free... I decided to put it on my desk at work. I had thought about using it as a grow out for my 210 but being in my office at work, daily 50% water changes, even though it's only 2.5g isn't that feasible... and I would have it over stocked... so I decided to try SW. I've known Greg at Optimum since back in the day, so I felt pretty comfortable letting him guide me. The tank has sand, rock, 6 small snails, 6 hermit crabs, 1 turbo snail, 2 bigger crabs and a peppermint shrimp, waiting on a pair of clowns in the next couple of days.
Looking to get a 75g+ reef for my bedroom now.
I'm also looking for a used or cheap light to upgrade the Spec V so I can put some coral in it. It's the original version with the lower powered LED.
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210 will be upgraded to a 6x3 or so next year. Stock - three osteoglossum bichirossum 18", 14" and 8", two cichla melanaie (xingu) 6", cichla kelberi 10", two semaprochilodus latcieps 5", megalodoras uranoscopus 6", two pterodoras granulosis 4" and 10".
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Peacock bass are really what got me in to the hobby. I was born in Venezuela and my dad spent half of his life there. I moved to GA when I was 9 months old. I grew up fishing with my dad. One Saturday morning we were watching TNN fishing as usual, and an episode came on of peacock bass fishing in Venezuela. It was amazing. When I was 20 walking through Petland in Kennesaw I saw a peacock bass and then I was hooked. I still plan to go to the Amazon to fish, but I really want to go to Venezuela and the country has been crap for the last 5-10 years. I did spend a couple of hours fishing alone in the canals in Miami for them on a business trip... I saw several but didn't catch any.
Now I have a 210 7x2x2 FW. April the 6th I snorkeled in Isla Roatan Honduras for the first time. It was amazing. 2 weeks ago I got a Fluval Spec V for free... I decided to put it on my desk at work. I had thought about using it as a grow out for my 210 but being in my office at work, daily 50% water changes, even though it's only 2.5g isn't that feasible... and I would have it over stocked... so I decided to try SW. I've known Greg at Optimum since back in the day, so I felt pretty comfortable letting him guide me. The tank has sand, rock, 6 small snails, 6 hermit crabs, 1 turbo snail, 2 bigger crabs and a peppermint shrimp, waiting on a pair of clowns in the next couple of days.
Looking to get a 75g+ reef for my bedroom now.
I'm also looking for a used or cheap light to upgrade the Spec V so I can put some coral in it. It's the original version with the lower powered LED.
210 will be upgraded to a 6x3 or so next year. Stock - three osteoglossum bichirossum 18", 14" and 8", two cichla melanaie (xingu) 6", cichla kelberi 10", two semaprochilodus latcieps 5", megalodoras uranoscopus 6", two pterodoras granulosis 4" and 10".
Peacock bass are really what got me in to the hobby. I was born in Venezuela and my dad spent half of his life there. I moved to GA when I was 9 months old. I grew up fishing with my dad. One Saturday morning we were watching TNN fishing as usual, and an episode came on of peacock bass fishing in Venezuela. It was amazing. When I was 20 walking through Petland in Kennesaw I saw a peacock bass and then I was hooked. I still plan to go to the Amazon to fish, but I really want to go to Venezuela and the country has been crap for the last 5-10 years. I did spend a couple of hours fishing alone in the canals in Miami for them on a business trip... I saw several but didn't catch any.
