Omi256
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Swordtails

About Omi256

Location:

Sacramento, CA, USA

Interests:

Fishkeeping, gardening, writing, studying history

Occupation:

Student

About Me:

I am an 18 year old soon to be out of highschool student.

Music:

Baroque (Bach, Händel), Indigenous Californian Music, Gagaku

Movies:

Battleship Potempkin is my favorite movie.

Books:

History books, science books, linguistic books and books on aquatic life and aquaculture.

TV:

Not Much, though I recently saw Henry Louis Gate's Series "Black in Latin America" and I loved it.

Gender:

Male

Orientation:

Straight

Ethnicity:

Human

Smoker:

No

Marital:

Single

Drinker:

No

Education:

In School

Why do you like AC Tropical Fish:

I wanted to share my love of aquatic life with others and gain knowledge on aquascaping and maybe fi

Children:

No

Hometown::

San Francisco, CA, USA

Aquarium 1:

A tropical community tank of 265 L, it is doing splendidly and has a few large plants, some rocks, many fish species and snails; the latter are welcome volunteers! It has sand substrate.

Aquarium 2:

A 40 L tropical community tank doing splendidly, it has rhino shrimp, Anubias, crypt, a rock and black gravel substrate.

Aquarium 3:

I have the basics of a paludarium, substrate, rocks, the emergent wall for land plants and 2 aquatic plants, in a 75 L glass tank.

typeof:

Freshwater

Rest of Your Aquariums:

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

How I got started with aquariums.:

I have long had an interest in aquaculture and fishkeeping and thus I decided to make the theoretical real for me about a year ago with the 300 l aquarium.

Favorite fish:

Celebes Rainbow

Fish I have bred:

None.

Why I like fish::

I have always loved aquaria and even when I was a child I would go to the pond and temporarily capture fish from the ocean or other bodies of water to watch in glass jars. Otherwise, I simply just do.

Best advice:

Be patient and study before you get your pets. Also, develop a good relationship with your local aquarium store.

Other pets:

2 cats.