Hello! I'm new...so I just wanted to be social!

Algaedarling · Post by **Algaedarling** » 19 Aug 2004, 02:17

I'm from Colorado (USA) and our water is generally terrible, however I do my best and filter the heck out of it and my fish seem to do alright, especially the catfish! I love comas, as you might have seen. I also love fish. I've had them since I was eight years old and officially count as an addict. I've stuck to freshwater so far. My tanks (as of today...) are as follows:
325 gallons
125 gallons
100 gallons
55 gallons
25 gallons
10 gallons
So, here's me and my fish in a nut-shell!

Post by **Shane** » 19 Aug 2004, 02:22

Guess that explains why Coors beer has such a bad taste. Welcome,
-Shane

Algaedarling · Post by **Algaedarling** » 19 Aug 2004, 03:01

You know, in all honesty, our water is so wonderful(sarcasm) that keeping fish in Coors might be easier. Our local water companies actually add ammonia to the water, just for the fun of it!

Post by **medaka** » 20 Aug 2004, 23:08

our water here in the uk is getting bad to many additives

they added extra chlorine tonight could smell it as soon as i turned the tap on

a big hello
medaka

S. Allen · Post by **S. Allen** » 20 Aug 2004, 23:27

Jeez algae, glad they didn't do that here... welcome to the board. ;) you wouldn't want a pair of Potamotrygon leopoldi for that 325 would you?

Algaedarling · Post by **Algaedarling** » 21 Aug 2004, 05:11

Hello!
Want? Of course! Can I have? No. It's a community tank and there are many mouth-sized niblets swimming around (tons of catfish too!). Plus, the substrate is a small, coarse gravel. I'm glad to hear that Spring's water is better. I don't know why Aurora adds ammonia. They started it after the Haymen fire. It was bad before that but now it's just a chemical bath. I know they probably have a reason for it, but I think all water companies should make their water "fish-grade". That's my vote!
Alyx
-And thank you to everyone for the "Hello"s and "Welcome"s!-

S. Allen · Post by **S. Allen** » 21 Aug 2004, 05:41

haha, I had to try... ;) had a buyer with a verbal agreement who backed out, and I could use the cash.

I dunno, the fires make a big problem in the way of erosion, perhaps that has something to do with it? No idea. I was up in Ft. Collins for about 6 months a few years ago, wonder if they have added all sorts of nasty chemicals. At least no big fires this year, and at least here a lot of moisture.