Hi there!
I am relatively new to keeping fish -- two years. I am absolutely addicted.
My favorites are my loaches and catfish, but I also really enjoy my bichir, elephant nose and eels. I have 7 tanks, including one for cherry shrimp. I am almost finished cycling my new 55 gallon tank and beginning to stock it. Mostly moving growing fish from other tanks.
Some cool trivia: I spent about 15 years working at Planetariums and museums teaching people astronomy and space science. I became the lead caretaker for A.M.I.G.O., a tilapia born on the space shuttle during John Glenn's flight. The project was called Aquaculture in MicroGravitational Orbit. They wanted to find out if fish born in microgravity (in orbit gravity is about 92% of that on the Earth) would grow bigger and faster than fish born on Earth. Amigo grew very quickly, but because he was the only fish who hatched, nothing conclusive could really be said. They wanted to display the fish, and so I got to take care of him at my museum, his mate Marie, and about 400 fry. They wanted to know if he could reproduce after being exposed to radiation during hatching. No problems.
I look forward to learning new things. Tanja
I am relatively new to keeping fish -- two years. I am absolutely addicted.
My favorites are my loaches and catfish, but I also really enjoy my bichir, elephant nose and eels. I have 7 tanks, including one for cherry shrimp. I am almost finished cycling my new 55 gallon tank and beginning to stock it. Mostly moving growing fish from other tanks. Some cool trivia: I spent about 15 years working at Planetariums and museums teaching people astronomy and space science. I became the lead caretaker for A.M.I.G.O., a tilapia born on the space shuttle during John Glenn's flight. The project was called Aquaculture in MicroGravitational Orbit. They wanted to find out if fish born in microgravity (in orbit gravity is about 92% of that on the Earth) would grow bigger and faster than fish born on Earth. Amigo grew very quickly, but because he was the only fish who hatched, nothing conclusive could really be said. They wanted to display the fish, and so I got to take care of him at my museum, his mate Marie, and about 400 fry.
They wanted to know if he could reproduce after being exposed to radiation during hatching. No problems. I look forward to learning new things. Tanja
