Looking for a Mentor?

[Adorkable]

I am welcome to any PM's, cause I don't get any....

In these areas I rate my knowledge as: (score 1-5 and add notes)
Plants: 2 (I have a 20 Gallon planted)
Livebearers: 0 (I know nothing!)
Cichlids: 0 (Hoping to learn though)
Bottom Feeders: 2 (Plecos and Corydoras)
Gourami/Betta: 3 (I have four and going to get more once I get my new tank)
DIY/Equipment: 3 (I have lots of knowlage on tank equipment,)
Chemistry: 2 (I have cycled my own tank, and I have the basics down)
Saltwater: 0
Brackish: 0

[Kissyboots]

In these areas I rate my knowledge as: (score 1-5 and add notes)

Plants: 2 (I’ve got some anubias’ and a betta bulb)
Livebearers: 4 (I had swordtails and raised fry successfully)
Cichlids: 0 (Although I'm getting some GBRs soon)
Bottom Feeders: 4 (I have peppered cories and raised fry successfully)
Gourami/Betta: 3 (I had a male and a female betta together, had eggs but no fry)
DIY/Equipment: 1 (I made a feeder ring)
Chemistry: 2 (I cycled none of my tanks properly, but I test my water)
Saltwater: 0
Brackish: 0
Diseases: 1 (I went through some unknown diseases with my male betta)
"Critters": 3 (I had ghost shrimp, had eggs and had a baby one but it died, and had a bamboo shrimp but didn’t last long, had a frog from a kit but it got too big so gave it away, and have a dwarf puffer!)

[marvin]

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"Well, I'll post even though I'm not as frequent a visitor as I used to be... But I usually answer PM's - Tho I will say, I'm easily put off by those who can't be bothered to do a google search first."....AndyL... Guess that say's it all! I didn't get up one day and say I think i'll go buy 15 tanks and stock them with, of all fish cichlids. I have e mail address for experts all over the world that I have ask questions. My web www./ sites are numerous. Some people think these sites are bogus and some are! But I think one that has detailed info. on 2,600 dif. fish aint gogus. DR. Phill isn't always real nice but I still have my licence he does not LOL.. I dont like to see fish die or people so I can be a little rough at times.

[ishar]

In these areas I rate my knowledge as: (score 1-5 and add notes)

Plants: 3 (Most knowledge comes from research but I keep a planted tank with a variety of successes with a variety of plants)
Aquascaping: 4 (Through research, gallery gazing, and my own tank I have gained a good experience with layouts but still lack plant matching experience)
Livebearers: 3 (Have had male and female guppies and their fry in a community tank setting)
Cichlids: 0
Bottom Feeders: 0
Gourami/Betta: 2 (I have had both a betta and a dwarf gourami but due to infections in my tank I failed to keep them for very long)
DIY/Equipment: 2 (I’ve made a HOB filter outlet redirector and a DIY CO2 system and a simple background)
Chemistry: 2 (A bit of knowledge in ways of water parameters, and some in ways of fertilizers)
Saltwater: 0
Brackish: 0
Diseases: 3 (I have had ich, finrot, fungus, and the dreaded camellanus. Only ever treated for the ich and camellanus)
"Critters": 3 (I have very successfully kept amano shrimp, but also had a flower shrimp (it jumped ship on me- unknown cause))

I love getting PMs so let me know if I can help. My main area of knowledge is in the planted tank area, with aquascaping being my forte. I am good with layouts through experience and research, but have knowledge of many plant types as well as some fertilizer experience. I lack the experience to know which plants look good with which though. Please PM me for any questions regarding the planted tank . If I don't know the answer I will do my best research to find out for you and me

[zzz22zzz]

Plants: 1 ( I only have ever had 1 planted tank)
Livebearers: 1 (only guppies)
Cichlids: 0
Bottom Feeders: 1(clown loaches)
Gourami/Betta: 4 (betta's lots of them)
Equipment: 3 (I have had 7 diffrent tanks )
Chemistry: 1 (only certain things)
Saltwater: 2 (only ever had nanos no big tanks)
Diseases: 1 (Ich thats it and onlyever had once)
Critters: 3 (3 diffrent fiddler crab set ups)
Do-it-yourself: 1 (I have fixed filters and bubblers for people)

[zzz22zzz]

Feel Free to pm me whenever Im rlly good with naon's salt and fresh water also im good with common fish like goldy and tetra's

[Fuzz16]

Plants: 3 i know what plant yo can and cant keep wit lighting. how big they get, basic info about them
Livebearers: 4 bred guppies, mollies, mosquito fish, platys and swrodtils
Cichlids: 4 i know exotic larger cichlidsthat are more uncommon, some africans, disucs, angels, and dwarf cichlids
Bottom Feeders: 3 bred cories, kuhliis, bns, spawned clown plecos. kept botias, plecos, sst. loaches
Gourami/Betta: 3 have spawned bettas and kept gouramis
DIY/Equipment: 0 mentally blonde wit this.
Chemistry: 3.5 cycling, know about parms for salt and fresh
Saltwater: 3 know fsh and corals. not so well edudated on sps and lps but learnin, keep 2 tanks
Brackish: 3 know fish, how to acclimate them, how to make brackish
Diseases: 3 can identify most of th time and know how to treat
"Critters" 2 kept assorted shrimp, snails, hermits, turtles.


i actully feel dumb about fish in general still...even for everything i do know

[BlueStraggler]

Wow, everyone rates their knowledge pretty low. You are either very modest or its proof that we are all still in the learning process.

I'd love a mentor (see below signature) because I'm attempting some species I've never kept before. There are some species I've cared for and love so I learned a lot about them. Here goes:





Plants:0
Livebearers: 5
Cichlids: 3
Bottom Feeders: 2
Gourami/Betta: 3
DIY/Equipment: 0
Chemistry: 3 can cycle fresh and sw but I'm better equipped for fw
Saltwater: 2
Brackish: 1
Diseases: 0 never had to deal with diseases yet (knock on wood)
"Critters" 0

[Matt Nace]

Have been keeping fish for almost 20 years now of all types and size tanks. From failing in the past to planning and researching so I succeed ..I would love to share and help anyone who needs help.

In these areas I rate my knowledge as: (score 1-5 and add notes)

Plants: 4 Have kept fully planted tanks for years in low and high lighting envirnments.
Livebearers: 4 Guppies and molies
Cichlids: 2 Have kept mostly CA Cichlids in the past and currently enjoying them again
Bottom Feeders: 4 Kept many cories(bred bronze), loaches algae eaters over the years and a few other types of catfish
Gourami/Betta: 3 Kept male and female bettas, blue, dwarf, honey Gouramis
DIY/Equipment: 4 (Diy co2, sumps and filters, lighting. Have kept a variety of equipment over the years.
Chemistry: 4
Saltwater:3 Kept reef corals and reef fish for about 5 years a few year back
Brackish: 0
Diseases: 3
"Critters": 3 Have kept fresh water shrimp, crayfish and crabs. Marine crabs and shrimps of many varieties.