Who has inspired you as a fish keeper?
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bigspizz;1558234; said:Wow! thanks for the props guys.My list is HUGE! When someone displays a pure passion for something it inspires me,
like Wurm and loaches,
My Mom.... She started all of this...
PP and Pikes,
Staitjacketsar and every fish plant and trivial thing that exists,
MikeD and Africans and kids,
Dr Joe and DIY,
Wyldfya and Davo with plecs,
Wyld also plants,
Davo also with herps,
Neo and over the top,
Oddballer and his wild job,
John PTC and "The Tank" Nuff said,
Rally's and Wet Dry,
Chompers and his DIY and humor and just plain smarts are impressive,
Modestman is a smart fellow
TheTrust His collection is rarely rivaled
Twhittle He has some of the largest and nicest cichlids on this board...
Miles He knows his freshwater and from what I hear he is a hell of a salt keeper also. And he is the Original owner of my big Gt
Tongue33 He reminds me of me..lol
Milkman I wish I had his mom and dad...lol And he is a cool kid
Skylar69 FAIL!
Convictbreeder HEART!
Miguel His collection is vast
Liz She has her moment with every one of the members on this forum
Gr8Karma Should have been first on this list...Not many good guys left on Earth..Luckily WE have Gr8!!
RuckFules Largest cichlids in quatnity I have ever seen. And just pretty pretty fish Ruck has
Bogwoodbruce Sad to admit I admire him and his massive collection..lol
Dasarab Blood parrots...Nuff said...Oh yeah where are those pics Dasarab? lol
Bastardfish FH again Nuff said
Mgamer20o0 (Sp) Inverts I now have a vast collection and his informative posts on plants and Snails/Shrimps have helped me realize my once unknown passion for inverts
Mystix and Liam are my buddies
Sorry if I missed anyone....
Mwhahaha! I knew my name would pop up somewhere, even though I post in the lounge anymore than anywhere else...
..damn MFK, It's destracting me from doing my assignment, lol.
My biggest inspiration was some unknown worker in the pet store who dumped several tanks of fish out in the parking lot when I was seven. My brother and I found some cups in the trash and scooped some fish out of the puddles. The fish lived in jars until our mom bought a fish bowl. A few years later, our sister dragged home a discarded fish tank to become our first community tank. Thanks Sis. Of course, she is the one that thinks I have lost it. During Christmas two years ago, she took my mom around the house counting fish tanks. Honestly, I had no idea that there were fifteen.
^^ very cool story
Everyone here is an inspiration IMO. True new fish in the hobby/new combo's that people get are inspirations. But almost everyone has a great idea how to accomplish/build something. I learned so much from MFK in a year and a half, couldn't begin to list screen names though as they're so many.
Everyone here is an inspiration IMO. True new fish in the hobby/new combo's that people get are inspirations. But almost everyone has a great idea how to accomplish/build something. I learned so much from MFK in a year and a half, couldn't begin to list screen names though as they're so many.
I would have to say Jed aka TheTrust.. He was the one that turned me on to this sight and it's all history since then... I had no idea what real MONSTER Fish keeping was about until i saw his tank..
I've always had fish, and theres alot on here of who helped inspire me along the list, but what inspired me to start, hands down is oscars. I always wanted one for as long as I can remember, and when I was younger got a 55 only to learn it was too small a tank to have one. From then on I just eyeballed them, untill I saw one kept in crap conditions that wouldn't make it otherwise, and told myself this is the one, saved it, grew it out, then bought him a 90, and decided itd be happier in a 220 which I am still setting up...and thats how I got inspired to keep monster fish haha.
oh and its the fish in my avatar btw.
oh and its the fish in my avatar btw.
I've always been into fish since I was like 12. But when I got back as an adult.
My cousin "FASTFREDDY".. he started me on all this madness. I never knew about Dats, Rays, Oddballs..etc..etc,
until he came over one day and said, "check out this site called Predatoryfish". That opened the doors and there was no turning back....
My cousin "FASTFREDDY".. he started me on all this madness. I never knew about Dats, Rays, Oddballs..etc..etc,
until he came over one day and said, "check out this site called Predatoryfish". That opened the doors and there was no turning back....
R1_Ridah;1558976; said:I've always been into fish since I was like 12. But when I got back as an adult.
My cousin "FASTFREDDY".. he started me on all this madness. I never knew about Dats, Rays, Oddballs..etc..etc,
until he came over one day and said, "check out this site called Predatoryfish". That opened the doors and there was no turning back....
Why so sad? That is a good thing he did for you..
