Are You Crazy?
Many aquarists refer to themselves boastfully as crazy. From
cichlidiot to reefanatic, we recognize our obsession with our hobby. Some
of us get so enamored of one or more species that we go to extremes to
provide their proper care. A few hobbyists go even further and enter the far
reaches of aquarium eccentricity. We want to feature some of these in a
future issue.
We'd like to hear from you if you or someone you know is one of
these crazy aquarists who has a room-sized cichlid tank, or a reef tank you
can scuba dive in, or a refrigerated raceway for trout, or a circular indoor
pond for stingrays, or a paludarium greenhouse...well, you get the idea.
And it's not just supersized tanks we're interested in. We'd like to
hear about hobbyists who supervise water chemistry meticulously to keep and
spawn fish like chocolate gouramis, or who work with demanding fish like
electric or venomous species.
In other words, we want to take a look at people who invest the
research, time, and money necessary to properly house species that are
generally considered inappropriate for the home aquarium. We don't want
stories of redtail cats or pacus in 100-gallon tanks, but if you can report
on a shouldn't-be-kept fish being properly maintained by a dedicated
aquarist, we want to hear from you!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Most extreme aquarist
> At 09:04 PM 2/27/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >TFH is working on an issue on the most extreme aquarists around. Do any
of
> >you think you qualify? Do you know of any other NANFA members who do?
> >They're looking for aquarists who really push the limits.
>
> In what ways? Number of tanks? Number of species bred? Distances
traveled?
>
> --
> Jay DeLong
> Olympia, WA
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