Hi,
I am very excited to find this club. I grew up with salt water tanks (lived in Hawaii where is was very easy), and after a long hiatus my husband and I are entering the fresh water world. He is German and interested in aquascaping. We currently are cycling a 30 gallon fluval flex, we have a small house without a lot of aquarium space sadly. I know I like kribensis, and my husband would like to learn to grow plants. If anyone has suggestions of forgiving plants and fish while we learn the freshwater world we would love advice.
Thanks, and nice to meet everyone!
Likewise, this group is great, I have been very warmly welcomed!
Hello Christine,
Welcome to the club! It was very nice meeting you today at the virtual meeting.
Thats a great idea, we just moved some guppies into a 10 gallon tank and that may work well there. Is you tank planted?
Welcome to the club, If you are looking for a great planted tank occupant you might want to look at Neocaridina shrimp, pretty easy to keep and add very nice pop of color and will breed in to a large colony and I love watching them zoom around the tank.
Welcome Christina!
We've raised some nice Kribensis if you'd like some. See quick video below.
They'll rip into some plants, so for an aquascape, you'll want to do some research.
Some easy plants to start with would be hornwort and watersprite. I have both that I can give to you free of charge to start you off with. If we get an outdoor market place setup I could bring them to you at that time
Regards, Jim Chitty
Welcome! Ditto what Frank said. Keep in mind as you start stocking that we are planning an outdoor marketplace event where you will have access to buy hardy, healthy gorgeous fish from other club members at fantastic prices. We are still nailing down the date. Normally we would have an all-day auction on the first Saturday of October. Since this will be a more informal, outdoor event we have to consider the weather balancing temperature with the hurricane threat. Stay tuned.
Welcome! Where are you Christina? DC? MD? VA?
Welcome to the Club :)
Thanks!!!! Just joined GAWPA
You all should be interested too in https://gwapa.org which is our local aquatic plant club or aquascaping club.
Most livebearers and tetras and barbs could qualify as fish that are hardy for beginners, though I have been keeping them for a couple decades (well not the barbs, but that is another story). Corys catfish and the common bristlenose catfish would also fit well and help keep a small (or large) aquarium in good shape.