- hi y'all! my name is gee. I'm 40, I'm an author, and I've been in the hobby for about 5 years. I had a betta and a goldfish in college but didn't really know what I was doing. I sold some stuff to a member who told me about this club and now I'm here! I actually am going to post about this separately but bc of some hardships I've got to get rid of my stuff ASAP. 😔 but once things get stable again I want to come to some meetings and meet some of y'all!
sorry to hear about your emergency sale. Good luck with that. You should post here when you are in a better position because we all have extra tanks and equipment that you might be able to get on the cheap. In February we have a big live plant auction at the meeting, and it is always a big hit.
Hello,
Old / new member here. Some of you might recall I hosted a HAAS picnic maybe 10 years ago in DeSoto. I just recently got ‘bit by the bug’ again, and have started to resurrect my fish room. It will be significantly smaller this go round, downsized to a more manageable 12 tanks, but still respectable at just over 1000 gallons.
Here is how things look now:
300 gallon: Central American cichlid community tank featuring Vieja’s and others, plus an approximately 20 year old L128 blue phantom.
210 gallon: Tanganyikans. A couple of 7” female Fronts, a mated pair each of marlieri and leleupi, and a trio of Telmatachromis sp. orange scribble (purchased at the fall 2025 auction) of which the 2 largest have also bonded and mated.
135 gallon: a single 8” female festae Red Terror. She’s a beaut!
135 gallon: South American cichlid community tank featuring sub adult threadfin acaras, keyhole cichlids, some Laetacara araguaiae, plus assorted livebearers and plecos. I find this tank to be arguably my favorite.
125 gallon: currently empty but am pretty sure it will be mostly Cory’s and plecos. It will be setup this week.
38 gallon: a mated pair of Coptodon sp. bloody deepwalkers (available as a trade?). These dwarf African cichlids are on the IUCN red list and are endemic to Lake Bermin in Cameroon, a very small crater lake. I also have a group of about 2 dozen juveniles (approximately 3/4” to 1-3/4”) available. These feisty guys are starting to color up. I would trade these for a group of laser Cory’s in a heartbeat!
Future plans over the next year probably involve changing the 300 to the South American community tank and phasing out the centrals? I’m thinking about getting a group of 6 or so uaru’s for this?
I’m looking forward to the swap and seeing folks again. I will be shopping for Cory’s. Specifically orange and/or gold lazers, possibly others. Maybe a Tanganyikan? Uarus? Dwarf cichlids? I have a handful of 10 & 20 gallon quarantine tanks set up and ready to go.
Thanks,
Doug Henderson