Hello all :)

[Neithan]

My name is Minna and I live in Finland. Been browsing here and there for a while before deciding to actually register..

Currently I have 4 tanks, ranging from 30 to 295 liters (you can do the gallons yourself if you're not familiar with liters, as I'm much too lazy to do it for you =P) with 3 of them being soft/acidic. The 4th, also the smallest, has hard water and a couple of applesnails. The others have a variety of tetras, gouramis and plecos, as well as rasboras, loaches and corydoras.

Got my first tank set up a bit over a year ago and it has snowballed quite a bit since then. Much too many nice fish around to settle for just one tank! I have so far kept myself to smaller fish and intend to keep it like that for a few more years.

I've been fortunate enough to have some of my fish breed without much prompting from me. Bronze corys, silver-tipped tetras and honey gouramis being on that list. Waiting to see if the dwarf croaking gouramis I recently aquired will feel happy enough in their new tank to start blowing bubbles ;)

That's all I can think of for now... feel free to ask questions!

[jeffs99dime]

hello minna. welcome to a.c.

[Abbeys_Mom]

Welcome to the forum :)

[kimmers318]

Welcome to the forum...and congrats on your babies you have achieved! I have sparkling gourami...which I believe dwarf croaking gourami is another common name for....would love to see pics of yours. Mine haven't reached the bright coloration I was hoping for, although you can see the irridescent sheens to them.

[Lady Hobbs]

Welcome. You are so right about never having enough tanks. Fish are like potato chips and a few are never enough. I had fish years ago but also had 4 little ones running around and never had much time to devote to the hobby so gave it up for 30 years !!! and got started on it again last year. I really enjoy it.

[Cichlid_Man]

Nice to have you aboard!

This place is fun and very informative.

Good, knowledgeable, friendly people.

You are making me want more tanks now :-)

[jman]

Welcome enjoy and feel free to ask any questions

[f1oored]

Welcome to AC. Everyone here is great and very helpful. We would love to see some pictures of your tanks. Also make sure to check out the monthly contests at the top of the forums page. Hobbs will be hounding you to vote pretty soon. :)

[Incredulous_Ed]

yes, welcome to ac

[Severus]

Welcome to AC Minna

[crackatinny]

Welcome, I am sure you will enjoy it here

[Neithan]

Thanks for the warm welcome :)

I'll post up a pic or fifteen once I get some decent ones. Unfortunately my camera isn't very good and I'm not a good photographer either, so the quality of the pictures are.. well, varied =P

[Neithan]

I got me some piccies! Now if I can only grasp the concept of uploading them here..... anyway, the quality is poor, but you should get an idea of what they might look like in real life. Also I have to say that I took these after some culling and replanting, as the two bigger tanks had way too many plants hanging around everywhere.

[Severus]

Very nice tanks

[Cichlid_Man]

Hi Neithan..
Those are great pics, are you kidding?

Nice work!

[Neithan]

Thankies :) I wasn't happy with the picture of the 200 liter tank, so I messed around with the camera settings. New one, lo and behold, it's better ;)

[jeffs99dime]

definitely enter those in tank of the month for january. nice tanks. you'll get my vote.--jeff

[Neithan]

Thanks, I'll think about it once I see how the plants grow in the mid sized tank. Of course if I could get a decent picture of the big one, without any houseplants and other paraphernalia in the way.... ;)

*goes to see if that's possible*

[jeffs99dime]

i think your house plants add to the whole "scene" :thumb:

[Neithan]

*chuckles*

I wish I could get my houseplants to grow as nicely as their aquatic fellows! Since I was experimenting with the camera, I'll just keep posting pictures... one of the whole "scene" this time ;) Scuse the *ahem* mess.. =P

[jeffs99dime]

that's awesome