Hi from a new member in Surrey!

I have been keeping fish for almost 9 years now and am getting to really enjoy and love this hobby, i hope i can soon answer any questions from people who are newer to the hobby

first of all I would like to give a little overview of what kind of fish i keep. I have a community tank with 1 male BN, 1 rusty L310 pleco and 1 sailfin pleco. I also have one huge catfish, which i think is a black upside-down catfish, I have 2 blue gouramis, 1 swordtail, 2 koi angelfish and 2 silver sharks, so as you can see, a rather mixed variety of fish.

I hope to upgrade to a 6 foot tank at some point, when we manage to get this new tank, i hope to use our old tank for breeding Bristlenoses. Firstly commons, then possibly albinos and if i am lucky pepps or starlight BNs

Now to my BN. I hope to get a female when he gets a bit bigger and more mature so that he has a tankmate. He is almost 2 inches long and I have had him for about 5-6 months.

Lastly i really love this website, it holds a lot of information which i have used in the past, keep up the good work!

welcome mate!

glad to hear you like the site. I want a 6ft too but alas, im poor

Hi PlecoJames and welcome to Bristlenoseworld

I hope you are lucky enough to get some Pepps or Starlights one day they are stunning fish.

Thanks

I fully agree with you, they are beautiful fish, and the bristles add something that to me that makes them more appealing, dunno why

Also, just out of interest, how do you become a V.I.P member or moderator?

You can find out about becoming a V.I.P. member HERE.

I think moderators are chosen by Curby, who runs the site.

OK, thanks for the help, great information there

hey buddy,

Just approved you pics and the big catfish is a featherfin catfish (Synodontis eupterus). I have one too...Felix the catfish

Doug wrote:

Just approved you pics and the big catfish is a featherfin catfish (Synodontis eupterus). I have one too...Felix the catfish

OK, thanks for the ID, I have wondered for a long time what it really was, , and thanks for approving my pics

Welcome abaord james...although i think youve already been here some time lol,,,the long awaited intro mate.. Enjoy..

thanks curby