Hi from Wisconsin

I inherited a 30G community tank last summer. There was one occupant that I saw only glimpses in the early morning or late at night after I came home from work. Determined to get a good look "him", I stayed up one night and kept the lights low. Out of the bottom of this 3 tier barnicle decoration popped a 4 inch, bright orange "thing" with tentacles all over it's head. My first reaction was "Yuck that's pretty ugly". But, as fate would have it, "Bob" grew on me and I proceeded to visit several lfs in search of ABNS. This past March, I experienced the 1st spawning of 2 of my lfs finds (Bob sadly passed on in January). This was so cool because I bought them before I could ID male from female (about 2 inches), watched them mature, spawn, lay eggs, protect eggs and currently have 100+ fry. I feel like a very proud mom though in this case, I guess I should say grandmom. I'm so glad that I found your site and people like me who are crazy about BNs

Welcome, don't hesitate to shout out any unanswered questions. We all love having new members with first-hand experience.

May you not regret a single moment of water changes.

High abnmom1 and welcome to the forum . Is that a pic of poor bob as your avatar?-
coz thats a crakin fish for gift even if "thought" he was ugly.
You'll enjoy the job of water changes ( lol violetmoss) , sounds like all ready enjoy
watching them grow up in the tank across from your desk - you'll get the hang of it .
Happy posting .
J

Welcome to the forums mate enjoy and post plenty for us lol

Hi and welcome to the Forum