monosnark
New Member
Hi everyone!! My name is Cas, I'm a lifetime fish and ocean enthusiast with 2 fish tattoos (mola mola/ocean sunfish and yellowfin tuna, named Ferris and Cameron respectively. Sloane is going to be a sea nettle) and am soon to have my own space to HOPEFULLY!! create my very first tank.
I owned several bettas in my youth, and as you may imagine, I did not know a lot about fish keeping. I never had a tank with a filter (so sorry!!!) but I changed their water weekly, fed and played with them regularly, and kept the biggest tank I could at all times. I'll see if I can dig up my old camera to upload pictures (from 2010-14, it would have been).
My ultimate dream is to have an in-wall, minimum 180 gallon saltwater reef and tank with a bunch of tangs and wrasse and idols :,). My mom lives in Hawaii and I love to visit her and snorkel every morning, and am taking many notes of corals and livestock to incorporate in the future.
For my first tank though, I should probably start with freshwater, since as mentioned previously I've not yet experienced the upkeep of a *proper* tank, and I fear cycling saltwater and salinity and alkalinity may be overwhelming.
Some facts outside of fish/the ocean:
I love music! Been very into Childish Gambino's and Willow Smith's new albums, Peter Gabriel, Remi Wolf, AURORA, and Elbow lately! I play guitar, bass, and sing fairly regularly, and LOVE to talk about music.
I also love art! I went to art school and majored in comics, and currently do some illustration on the side and am ALWAYS, always reading and supplying myself with a steady stream of inspiration.
I thought narwhals were fictional creatures, like mermaids or unicorns, until I was in college. In my defense, my first and only time seeing a narwhal was in the movie Elf, where a narwhal pops his head out of the North Pole's waters to bid farewell to the titular protagonist. I thought, North Pole, not reality. Got it. And somehow had never questioned this.
Anyway.
Delighted to meet you all and peruse these threads and soak up so much information. Maybe my next tattoo should be a sea sponge
I owned several bettas in my youth, and as you may imagine, I did not know a lot about fish keeping. I never had a tank with a filter (so sorry!!!) but I changed their water weekly, fed and played with them regularly, and kept the biggest tank I could at all times. I'll see if I can dig up my old camera to upload pictures (from 2010-14, it would have been).
My ultimate dream is to have an in-wall, minimum 180 gallon saltwater reef and tank with a bunch of tangs and wrasse and idols :,). My mom lives in Hawaii and I love to visit her and snorkel every morning, and am taking many notes of corals and livestock to incorporate in the future.
For my first tank though, I should probably start with freshwater, since as mentioned previously I've not yet experienced the upkeep of a *proper* tank, and I fear cycling saltwater and salinity and alkalinity may be overwhelming.
Some facts outside of fish/the ocean:
I love music! Been very into Childish Gambino's and Willow Smith's new albums, Peter Gabriel, Remi Wolf, AURORA, and Elbow lately! I play guitar, bass, and sing fairly regularly, and LOVE to talk about music.
I also love art! I went to art school and majored in comics, and currently do some illustration on the side and am ALWAYS, always reading and supplying myself with a steady stream of inspiration.
I thought narwhals were fictional creatures, like mermaids or unicorns, until I was in college. In my defense, my first and only time seeing a narwhal was in the movie Elf, where a narwhal pops his head out of the North Pole's waters to bid farewell to the titular protagonist. I thought, North Pole, not reality. Got it. And somehow had never questioned this.
Anyway.
Delighted to meet you all and peruse these threads and soak up so much information. Maybe my next tattoo should be a sea sponge
