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Just sayin a hello to all.

I'm WP, I live in the UK, keep cold water Fish and am dyslxic.

I'm not new to keeping fish, BUT I am new to takeing it serusly. I have kept a goldfish for about five year's and he's a happy, healthy goldfish. about three day's ago my old filter packed in, and I discovered to my horror at the pet shop the next day that I had in fact for the last two year's been useing the wroung filter size for my auarium, witch was why Golaith has been do dosile, I had been worried about him lately but unsure of what to do. he is now an over excited fish who is totally back to his mentel self.

I have added other fish to the 2 foot aquerm I have now, three mino's and an algie eater, they are getting on well and seem happy.

the bottom feeder was named Henry, I have no idear why but I started calling him that and that is what he is. the three mino's are Fraya, Thor and Odin.

I am hopeing to take on a torpical tank of about the same size around Yule, but first I have to make sure that the cold water fish I own now will be fine as they are.

I dont wont to make any mistake's as it will be the fish that will pay. so that's why I have a stake of book's to read and have joined this forum.

Well it was nice to meet you all, catch you on here at some point hopefully.
WaterPixie!
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Hi WP
Sounds like you are a very loving fish owner and good friend to Goliath..... hope to see more of you on the boards.

wish-ga

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Hey WP. Nice to have you on the site.

And is it just me, or do a lot of fishkeepers name at least one of their fish "Goliath"? I've seen it mostly with Bettas.

Joe Potato

Greetings, WP - welcome to Fish Profiles!

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lol , he's named after a cartoon charter from a TV show called Gargoyels, witch rocked and ended too soon.

I love fish, but it grates my cheese when I see kid's gettin them as first pet's and the adult's dont bother reading up a bit on what the animal achelly need's. they think a tank, some gravel, a plant and some food is enoff to keep it alive. but it isn't. I wish I knew what I know now when I was younger. I alway's loved keeping fish, but they died alot when I was small because I didn't know what they really needed.

My next door naouber's kid's are getting their first fish today. I promised the younger boy who is 8 that he could have one, as an early birthday present, as I got his brother a hampster (the brother was 10 last week).
I cheeked with their Mum first of corse, but I said to him that he would need to look after and maintaine the tank propply. so I got him a bowel, filter, gravel, plant and air hose, food and fish. (The fish is currently in my tank as I set up his yesterday) he was surprised about the amount of stuff a goldfish would need and said so. but he's so excited about getting his first pet.

anyways, Thanks for the hello's peep's.
Water Pixie!
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Welcome to FP

Gargoyles did indeed rock

"No whammy, No whammy, No whammy, STOP!!"

1984-Michael Larsen On Press Your Luck

Welcome btw but wow i feel old now, (Grew up on Transformers, he-man, thundercats and gobots). Anyways welcome, I too am from the land of brit. Im now an alien, a legal alien, im an Englishman in Salt Lake...City of course hehehe

Thanks for your input as always, Shane
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I love fish, but it grates my cheese when I see kid's gettin them as first pet's and the adult's dont bother reading up a bit on what the animal achelly need's. they think a tank, some gravel, a plant and some food is enoff to keep it alive. but it isn't. I wish I knew what I know now when I was younger. I alway's loved keeping fish, but they died alot when I was small because I didn't know what they really needed.

I personally think it is for two reasons:

1. Fish aren't normally associated by the majority of people as "cute", so they don't get as much care as other pets.

2. Goldfish are so darn hardy that they will tolerate absolutely horrid conditions for a reasonably long period of time. If you keep most other pets in squalor like that, they'd die pretty darn quick.

I'm positive that almost every fishkeeper goes through a phase where they just chuck some goldfish into a tank and are confused as to why they all die after a few months. Those of us who are really dedicated try to find out why and then change the way we do things, and I'm happy that you're one of those people.

Joe Potato

I feel old too, fishmonster... I babysat a kid who watched Gargoyles...

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Hay I LOVED transformer's and He-Man (I'm 25 btw ) She-Ra rocked also, and Captain CAAAAAAVVVVE MAAAAANNN and the teen angel's, also classic scooby doo and Danger Mouse lol.

In my option, your NEVER too old for cartoon's, but then I have flatly refused to grow up in alot of way's

Water Pixie!
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