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Attila
04-14-2013, 08:46 PM
Hello everyone :wave:
I have been keeping tropical fish for about 14 years, since getting my first aquarium for Christmas when I was 10 years old. It all started with 10 cent goldfish from Wal-Mart, which blossomed into a livebearer fascination. It was not long until I had a 55 gallon Amazon biotype and an African Rift Lake biotype. Throughout my middle and high school careers, when I still lived at home, if it held water, it had a thriving community of some kind of fish in it in my room. When I moved away for college, I very reluctantly reduced my obsession to the 55gallon African cichlid tank, which my parents could take care of when I was away. At college, it killed me that I had to just stick to a 2 gallon Betta tank.

I graduated college, got a job, an apartment, and am back in full swing :-)

When I started up again from scratch, I wanted a challenge. I could not think of a better challenge than keeping the mystifying discus. I got a few discus, and fell in love! I currently have discus aquarium, a saltwater reef tank, and a small Amazon community aquarium. I am in the process of getting two more large tanks to expand my discus fascination. Hopefully by next weekend, they'll be here and full of water :cheesy:

I will post pics of some of my below as soon as I figure out how :-)

lipadj46
04-14-2013, 08:49 PM
Welcome, I'm up in queensbury, a recent transplant from western NY via NYC. Uploading pics in photobucket then copying and pasting the img code works best.

sent from an undisclosed location using morse code

Attila
04-14-2013, 09:06 PM
Here's a view of most of them:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y429/AttilaR89/IMG_6461B_zps5ea12200.jpg


My male Sunrise Blue Diamond:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y429/AttilaR89/IMG_6471B_zps203c70da.jpg


A close up of my Red Melon (I love photography...and love shooting in macro):
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y429/AttilaR89/Discus1C_zps62ffdb5c.jpg


One of my marine fish, a Coral Beauty Angelfish:
http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y429/AttilaR89/CoralAngel2_zps76d34735.jpg

Attila
04-14-2013, 09:08 PM
Thanks, lipadj! I figured it out, I think...just waiting to be approved by moderator.

Second Hand Pat
04-14-2013, 09:17 PM
Welcome to Simply Attila, go ahead and post your pictures and I will approve them. Once you reach 10 posts that will no longer be needed.
Pat

Attila
04-14-2013, 09:43 PM
Thank you, Pat! Will PMs be allowed after 10 posts, too?

Second Hand Pat
04-14-2013, 09:44 PM
Yes Attila, you should be able to PM.

Mary10
04-14-2013, 10:31 PM
Very nice fish!!

Attila
04-14-2013, 10:38 PM
Thank you, Mary!

MarkNJD
04-14-2013, 11:45 PM
Nice fish, hope I can raise some Discus that look as pretty as yours do some day soon.

joanstone
04-15-2013, 06:30 AM
Welcome, it's nice to have another member in our neck of the woods.

Attila
04-15-2013, 11:29 AM
Thanks, Joan! It's nice to know I'm not all alone here :)

Sandy Clay
04-15-2013, 12:23 PM
Beautiful fish you have!

chaoslite
04-15-2013, 11:44 PM
Welcome to Simply. Great photos!

Mishka

Chad Hughes
04-16-2013, 12:01 AM
Welcome to SD!

Great looking tank and discus!

Attila
04-16-2013, 12:32 AM
Thanks everyone!
I wish I had found this site sooner. There is sooo much information on here...and such nice people! The information flowing from all you veteran enthusiasts is invaluable to discus neophytes like me!