materbona
Member
Platy

About materbona

Location:

Laurinburg, NC

Interests:

painting, making things

Occupation:

part time accounting assistant for my husband

About Me:

MFA in studio painting, former Art and Latin teacher, have varied interests in many topics

Music:

Everything ....Classical, World, Classic Rock & Soul, Iron &Wine, Steve Earl, Modest Mouse, Sun Ra,

Movies:

Monster, Brokeback Mountain, Hangover, Joe Dirt, The Dentist, Freaks, Road Trip,

Who I'd like to meet:

Frida Kahlo

Books:

Geek Love, Erik Larson Books, Kurt Vonnegut books,

Heroes:

Anyone who tries to make the life of another better with acts of kindness

TV:

Boardwalk Empire, cooking competitions, horror movies, The Mentalist, etc.

Gender:

Female

Orientation:

Straight

Ethnicity:

caucasian - 1/2 Russian; 1/2 Finnish

Smoker:

No

Marital:

Married

Drinker:

Yes

Education:

University Degree

Why do you like AC Tropical Fish:

I am trying to learn more about new aquarium products and techniques and share with other avid aquar

Children:

3

Hometown::

Laurinburg, NC

Aquarium 1:

60 gallon with one Oscar named Buddy - Aqua Clear 110 filter system

Aquarium 2:

40 gallon breeder turtle tank with Rosie the common musk (found in swimming pool strainer swimming for her life) and newly acquired Toby (razorback musk), Max (red bellied mud turtle), and Ruby (three striped mud turtle and a small school of guppies as clean up crew for food particles--they out swim

Aquarium 3:

10 gallon with 2 plecos as yet unnamed

typeof:

Freshwater

Rest of Your Aquariums:

10 gallon with 3 Emerald Cories and 4 bronze colored cories? rescued from a friend 5 gallon with one male guppy and one blonde algae eater

How I got started with aquariums.:

Years ago I started with double 10 gallon mixed community tanks

Favorite fish:

Oscar

Fish I have bred:

Of course the guppies, swordtails, platys, (mollies usually died) and usual live bearers. Also some blue gouramies surprisingly had babies

Why I like fish::

They are so beautiful and a real sociological microcosm

Best advice:

Plan carefully and get a lot of advice on maintaining a safe environment for your fish

Other pets:

Homer - 19 year old Quaker Parrot Caesar - 17 year old Blue and Gold Macaw Sherlock - 16 year old