About Me

Well this is just an informal introduction :) i started off by keeping a so-called pair of gold fish when i was about 9 years old. The very same night one of the gold fish jumped out and died, and by the next morning i found the other one floating dead on top. There went my latest hobby down the drain. Thanks to Discovery, Animal planet, National Geography and a few good websites, i got hooked on to piranhas(yes those scary little creatures with razor sharp teeth). Tons & tons of reading taught me that they weren't scary at all and were worth respecting. I finally got my self another aquarium when i was 16 years old, and boy-o-boy am i glad i took 7 years to restart an almost dead hobby, I learnt a lot in those 7 years. I bought a pair of pacus(the vegi(ok they do eat a little meat) cousin of the piranha) they are awesome fish, but had to give them back as they outgrow small tanks very fast. when i was around 19, i got a pair of Red Belly Piranhas and named them Calvin & Hobbes, they lived peacefully together for about 6 months after which Calvin decided to snack on Hobbes! Now Calvin is a celebrity in the fish community, and fellow aquarists refer to me as 'the owner' of Calvin. I also have a passion for nice strains of Flowerhorns and other rare fish. I will write about the few species which i have kept in the later posts. Initially(maybe even now) my girlfriend thought I was a little 'mad' because of this hobby of mine, well actually I AM!! Anyway over the past year she seems to have learnt quite a bit about fish & seems to be fond of my RBP, Calvin, even though she denies it. She also helped me out during a certain 'disastrous' period in my hobby. Hope you enjoy my page.
Regards,
Angad Achappa