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took a quick stop at a restaurant and noticed they had this ‘icon’ in their menu! it looks REALLY FAMILIAR!

i used the same picture as my avatar since 2000 and for awhile that was the “official” logo of MFT.

and no..they didn’t steal it from us cause I think I found the image on some free clipart website back in the days.

I was watching tv and saw that Osh Hardware stores are having a Tax-Free Weekend! This would be a good time to stock up on any fish supply parts that you have been planning but have been procrastinating. like me.

Let’s see what i need. Probably alot of plumbing parts like PVC pipes cause I’ll be re-doing my plumbing layout soon. I guess I could get a new night light bulb since it’s been about 5 years now since I got the last one. And I’m sure i’ll find other stuff.

Following the tradition of bloggers worldwide, I’ve also decided to jump on the bandwagon and start a linkback promotion if you review MyFishTank.Net.

What Do I Need To Do?
It’s simple actually. If you have a blog/journal online (if you don’t click here to find out how), just write a short review of MyFishTank.Net approximately 100 words minimum. You then link back to this website with an anchor text Freshwater Aquarium Fish. An example would be:

“I found this site that has alot of information about Freshwater Aquarium Fish if you are interested in keeping fish. The site also has a great community forum where members are very helpful and take the time to help you out.”

Okay I wrote a review. What Do I Do Now?
Email me or leave a comment below (get some free traffic while you wait!) with the URL and once I get 5 of these reviews, I’ll make a post linking back to you. I’ll even write a short blurb about your site. This will help you get more visitors to your site and improve the rankings of your website. MyFishTank.Net has close to 10,000 members so it’ll be beneficial to everyone.

Sites That Has Linked to MFT
Here are some sites that we traded links or have linked to MFT. Please visit them!

Mr. Happy’s Nutrisystem Diet
Saltwater Fish
Saltwater Aquarium
Frankophilia.com
Reef Aquarium Fish
120 Gallons
Interesting Health Articles

Amano - For those who have been in this hobby for only a short time to those who have years of experience, the name Takashi Amano represents natural aquariums at their finest. Most can only say they’ve seen pictures of his tanks. The lucky ones have had the opportunity to see them in person. I was one of the lucky ones. After college, I went backpacking in Japan. Being in this hobby for only a few months, I knew already that I couldn’t pass up the chance to see Takashi Amano’s tanks in person. So I took the 2 1/2 hour BulletTrain ride from Tokyo to Niigata to see them in person. Here are the pictures I took….

Natural Aquarium World This is the first book of a series from Amano. The pictures of his tanks are simply amazing. With each picture he includes a detailed description of each tank.

Natural Aquarium World 2 With this 2nd book, he continues where he left off - with more amazing pictures of natural aquariums and detailed descriptions. It’s a must-have!

Natural Aquarium World 3 You can’t just own one Amano book. The 3rd book from Amano is just as incredible as the last two. Every tank is completely different. You have to see it for yourself! It’s totally worth it.

The store is located in the most random area. The area is very rural. There are no other stores and the bus only comes around every hour and a half.	The closest thing in the store to a reptile were these HUGE turtles. Thought they were giant stones at first.
The store is divided into two sections; one for the fish/plants and one for his products.	This is a picture of the other side of the store. All the tanks on the walls looked like lil’ natural aquariums. Imagine going to your LFS and all the tanks are amano-style. neat.
This is the from across the street. As you can see, it’s not a very big building nor a very modern one.

The following pictures are pictures I took at the fish store. These are unfinished tanks in the store that were mostly I think used for storage or minor display tanks.

A visitor left this comment the other day that got me thinking about our MFT logo. He wrote:

I have only one suggestion! It would be great if you replace the bowl from your logo with a fish tank! Reasons behind this are, (1) Your site is ‘My Fish Tank’, not ‘My Fish Bowl’, and (2) Most Importantly, bowls are no good for fishes, except small labyrinths like Betta etc. and all fish lover aquarists should discourage people from keeping the poor fishes in tiny bowls!

I always viewed our logo as a funny logo which reminded me of back in the days when fishes were really put into bowls. sorta like a retro-logo i guess. but i’m having trouble getting a higher quality version of the logo and that comment got me thinking….do you think MFT needs a new logo?

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