How wonderful to find other nuts like me!

[Merrilyn]

Hello from sunny Frankston on the bay. Soooo pleased I found this site. For more than 30 years (oops....is my age showing) I have been keeping discus. Back in the dim dark days when we all fed live tubifex and wondered why our fish didnt thrive. :( So much more information now and knowledgable people to ask when we have a problem.
I have recently retired so I now have more time to devote to my beloved fish.

Current set up:- 8x2x2 (yup - 900 lts.) grow out tank with approx 40 discus of various ages including juveniles and non breeding pairs including some 8 year old marlboro reds (my passion) turks and snakeskin plus breeding pair blue diamonds.
5x2x2 cichlids (husband's idea - not mine) :cry:
4x2x2 grow out tank approx 20 discus juveniles
3ft breeding tank (marlboro reds)
3 ft breeding tank (red pearl)

Now that the (human) children have left home I've filled the house with fish tanks for the fishy children.
Looking forward to some interesting discussions!

[DiscusMad]

Welcome ladyred

wish I had more room for more tanks

[DiscusMad]

Oh please post some pics of your discus

[AdelaideAnt]

looking forward to your words of wizdom :). Begginer discus keepers and future breeders like me will surely benifit from people like yourself who have been keeping/Breeding discus for many years. Good to see you on the forum.

Anthony 8)

[flukes]

Wow sounds like you have a nice fish factory operating there, ill have to come have a look one day over a coffee. Iam only a little bit further up the bay.

Welcome


Scott

[Mattzilla]

yeah we want pictures!!!!!

welcome
matt

[Merrilyn]

Thankyou all for the warm welcome. There will be pics, I promise - just as soon as I work out how to post them on this site (pretty new to this computer stuff) but I'll try.

[DiscusMad]

coool can hardly wait!

[Proteus]

Oh yes, pics are compulsory...

btw, welcome to DF.com

:wink:

[Merrilyn]

As promised, here is a link to my photos.

Sorry they're not very good but I'm still learning how to use this new camera- so hopefully I'll get better. :lol:

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/album_personal.php?user_id=222

[kalebjarrod]

very nice tanks,

envy envy envy

[Annie]

ladyred,

I am a bit behind inthe welcomes, but a big belated "welcome" to you! :D

[Merrilyn]

Thanks Annie - glad to see you back on the forum.

[Annie]

Oh, you are sweet. Thank you! :)

[Proteus]

ok, you are both sweet...

:oops:

(goes and hides his head in a trough after that ga ga talk)

lol

[Merrilyn]

And so are you Proteus. What a little sweetie. Kissy. Kissy Kissy. :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :roll:

[Annie]

:wink: SMACK!!!!! :oops:

[weird]

Sorry to interrupt ... but ladyred ...and inappropriately uses a 'dude' remark .... dude ... your tanks rock ! 8x2x2 !!!! omg ! I am just getting use to a 4x2x2 ... I love your tanks ... and btw I can understand the hubbies chichlides 5x2x2 tank ... wow ... thanks for affirming my love with discus !

[Merrilyn]

Thanks for that. Took a lot of years to get that tank, but I just love it. Haven't told hubby, but I think the cichlid tank has to go to make way for more REAL fish. Now let's see - how many discus can I fit into a 5x2x2 ......... hmmmmm that's how many gallons ............... :wink:

[Annie]

You know, I was going threough all these posts...and I stumbled across this one...I just realized that ladyred had call us nuts.... :shock: ..I guess she had us all pegged!!

[flukes]

HEY!! oh yeah thats about right... :oops: