MNAquatics Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Hello everyone! Well .. where to start. I have a farm in Minnesota where I was a horse breeder/trainer... raised Friesians and Friesian sporthorses .. something I wanted to do and loved all my life. I've got an amazing husband who has a good job and could afford to fund the money sink that is a horse passion. Unfortunately, I got sick a few years ago and everything changed. Had to give up the career... so I went from lots of horses down to a few and got bored. I thought I would cheer myself up with a fish tank. I had them when I was a kid and loved them. So I went and bought a 55 gallon and when it was ready I was off to buy guppies and neons and gouramies... and .. what? a freshwater shrimp? turns out the little guy was called a ghost shrimp. Well I had to have some. Of course the fish ate most of them, and the other hid out for a good 6 or 8 months, but eventually went exinct in their tank. By the time they did I bet I had another 20 tanks and at least 10 kinds of shrimp I found on the internet. I guess you could say I go all in on things. I'm up to about 60 tanks now and I've pretty much given up the first floor of my house. I've found a new career it seems. I love my job. I find myself in all my extra spare time, staring at my favorite tank... it has 8 kinds of caridinas in it and is a 75 heavily planted tank. One of these days maybe a pinto will show up in there... I've got the tigers in there.. got the crystals in there, the blue bolts, the king kongs, the pandas the ..yeah.. I go all in. It's all the ghost shrimp's fault. And the fish tank? I still have it. I'm waiting for the fish to die of old age so I can use it for a shrimp tank. Nice to meet everyone! Cheryl dr0p, Shrimpscales and Nuthatch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wygglz Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Welcome Cheryl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyeGuy411 Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Welcome ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimple minded Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Welcome to TSS! Your list of "Inverts you keep" is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishprinceofca Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETAquarium Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Welcome Cheryl! I am glad you finally made it to this forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Good to have you here. You'll fit right in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Welcome, wow you are a real shrimp addict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesHe Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Welcome, you have more tanks than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNAquatics Posted September 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Thanks everyone! I still consider myself a newbie.. I've had a really steep learning curve, but I work on my tanks every day.. trial and error as it were. Thankfully I've not had too many mishaps. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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