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Posts : 30 Location : Virginia Beach, VA Favorite Fish: : Betta, Blood Parrot, Arrowana
Subject: Hi from Virginia 2/15/2011, 9:59 pm
Hi. I'm Joodie from Va Beach, VA. I'm just starting out with this fish stuff. I think it will teach me some patience! I have a couple of Betta for the kids. But I would love to have a full set up of brackish puffers.. :) they are too darn cute~
hope you guys can give me some advice here. I love to hear from experience rather than just google. LOL
proyect01 Captain
Posts : 1196 Location : Fort Myers Fl Favorite Fish: : Aulonocara species
Posts : 1340 Location : New Iberia,Louisiana Favorite Fish: : Ornate Bichirs, Synodontis Angelicus, Filamentosus barb,
Aristochromis Christyi, Ptychochromis Grandidieri and all other Madagascar cichlids.
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/15/2011, 10:11 pm
Joodie again, Welcome to the box! Enjoy yourself! Lots of friendly people here!
strikingthematch Captain
Posts : 1118 Location : Virginia Beach, VA Favorite Fish: : Discus, Stingrays, Arowana, Rams, and Angels
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/15/2011, 10:29 pm
Welcome! I see you are in Virginia Beach good to see someone else close to me! If you didn't already get some pictures up of that tank. I agree those puffer fish are too funny to watch.
I am sure there are plenty of people on here that have had puffer tanks setup as well. Tons of great info!
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D'Claro Sergeant Major
Posts : 278 Location : Virginia
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/15/2011, 10:30 pm
Hey, Joodie. TankGirl has a great brackish set-up for her puffer. Check it out here: https://usafishbox.forumotion.com/t6674-my-tanks-updated She has the brackish thing nailed! I've seen her puffer Otis in person and he is quite the character.
I love getting out to Virgina Beach to visit Animal Jungle. That's a great store! Welcome to
Heading to your neck of the woods tomorrow for the sale at Animal Jungle! You should check it out I understand.. It will be my first visit. Bill in Richmond..
KMX Admin
Posts : 16094 Location : Mansfield, TX Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
Posts : 1878 Location : Sandston, Virginia Favorite Fish: : Venustus and Catfish
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 6:09 am
strikingthematch Captain
Posts : 1118 Location : Virginia Beach, VA Favorite Fish: : Discus, Stingrays, Arowana, Rams, and Angels
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 6:09 am
Animal Jungle is having a 25% off store wide sale Friday 6-10PM just so you know bill if there was more then just fish stuff you wanted. The wet Wednesday deals still work I believe.
Posts : 30 Location : Virginia Beach, VA Favorite Fish: : Betta, Blood Parrot, Arrowana
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 6:17 am
strikingthematch wrote:
Animal Jungle is having a 25% off store wide sale Friday 6-10PM just so you know bill if there was more then just fish stuff you wanted. The wet Wednesday deals still work I believe.
thanks!! I want to get this brackish tank started. that will help a lot. plus, should be getting my tax refund that day.. oh no.... LOL
strikingthematch Captain
Posts : 1118 Location : Virginia Beach, VA Favorite Fish: : Discus, Stingrays, Arowana, Rams, and Angels
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 6:27 am
If you check out their website it says that everything is 25% off besides sale items and that you can even place special orders if paid in full!
joodie Private First Class
Posts : 30 Location : Virginia Beach, VA Favorite Fish: : Betta, Blood Parrot, Arrowana
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 6:28 am
i was just in there on monday and couldn't get anyone to help me. i was a bit tiffed... but i will give them another shot.
Hello and welcome to the Box. Be sure to check out the Va Chapter March 6th meeting would love to meet in person.
Keelo Major
Posts : 899 Location : Springdale, AR Favorite Fish: : Mollys, BN plec, and Thoracochromis brauschi
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 6:09 pm
Welcome!
Guest Guest
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 6:14 pm
Hello and Welcome!!!!!
cwillis Sergeant Major
Posts : 285 Location : Florida Favorite Fish: : all of them that the problem but I do favor the shubunkins.
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 8:44 pm
welcome to the site, Joodie
MarkM Lieutenant Colonel
Posts : 1324 Location : Prairieville, LA Favorite Fish: : If it swims and has fins and gills, I like it.
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 8:55 pm
jake Staff Sergeant
Posts : 164 Location : north fort myers Favorite Fish: : cichlids
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 9:01 pm
welcome aboard! here's my cuties
strikingthematch Captain
Posts : 1118 Location : Virginia Beach, VA Favorite Fish: : Discus, Stingrays, Arowana, Rams, and Angels
Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 9:13 pm
joodie wrote:
i was just in there on Monday and couldn't get anyone to help me. i was a bit tiffed... but i will give them another shot.
I have notice that at times the people working are hanging out in some corner and not really doing anything. They are fairly good about information there but some of the sales people really lack knowledge in specific types of fish. Most will be able to tell you "aggressive" or not but will likely have a very limited ability to tell male and female a part which makes things more difficult in some of their mixed tanks (like rainbows/tetra/dannios/Gouramis.)
One nice thing is their plant section has recently expanded. They don't have any rare plants but they are taken care of fairly well. I have found that very few of the sales people have experience in plants though. They will spill out talk of the major things Phosphate/Lights/ Nitrates ect... but when it comes to growing this or that plant CO2/water hardness ect. they really have no clue.
All in all I now firmly believe that if you want to succeed in something it is best to research prior to going and buying. We do it for everything else (Home/Car/Job) but when it comes to fish it is just oo pretty "I'll take 6" hehe. Then we get them home and they all die and we say well I hate fish so much for that... Just a little research and we avoid a huge mess when it comes to these fish stores.
Once you go there a few times you will know who to rely on. Then it is just a matter of waiting for them unless you already know what you need.
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Subject: Re: Hi from Virginia 2/16/2011, 10:56 pm
If your interested in puffers also check out Skoolz of fish from Richmond (Rama is the owner). If he doesn't have them he will order them for you and very reliable. Here's his link
2/15/2011, 9:59 pm
TankGirl has a great brackish set-up for her puffer. Check it out here:
here's my cuties
