Admiral akhbaar
Junior Member

About Admiral akhbaar

Location:

Lancaster UK

Interests:

fishkeeping, reading,cycling

Occupation:

semi-retired

About Me:

long time hobbyist, used to show & breed fish. Had 15+ tanks in a custom built fish house (prior to divorce)

Music:

soul, jazz, R&B

Movies:

Star wars, kingdom of heaven, deliverance

Who I'd like to meet:

Leonardo Da Vinci

Books:

Tom Clancy, Terry Pratchett, Bernard Cornwell

Heroes:

Leonardo Da Vinci

TV:

docs, river monsters, corrie, emmerdale

Gender:

Male

Orientation:

Straight

Ethnicity:

White

Smoker:

No

Marital:

Married

Drinker:

Yes

Education:

Graduated

Why do you like AC Tropical Fish:

No fish clubs locally, good source for "meeting of minds" with fish people

Children:

2

Aquarium 1:

127 litres heavily planted, 4x ancistrus,3x otocinclus, 6x zebra danios & 2x dwarf gouramis

Aquarium 2:

212 litres, 5x rasbora trilineatus, 2x pimolodus pictus, 2x platydoras costatus

Aquarium 3:

20 litres ( empty at moment)

typeof:

Freshwater

Rest of Your Aquariums:

I don't have more aquariums than that/those described above.

How I got started with aquariums.:

coldwater catfish (ictalurus) 1981

Favorite fish:

Haplochromis compressiceps

Fish I have bred:

tiger barbs, steatocranus casuaris, neolamprologus cyclindricus, neolamprologus brichardii, haplochromis ahlii, haplochromis moorii, haplochris fenestratus, pseudotropheus lombardoi, pseudotropheus elongatus, julidochromis reganii pseudotropheus socolfi & many many other species.

Why I like fish::

therapeutic to watch, rewarding to keep, they don't bark or meow

Best advice:

join a club, talk to experienced keepers -learn a thing or two

Other pets:

none