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How many of you like Science? Or that was your favorite subject (one of your favorite) in school?
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I enjoyed science. I love nature stuff and interesting facts about it. Maybe that's why I'm into tropical fish also. I have a bad **** 5 year old red belly piranha and a 4 year old black piranha(a mean mother fu#ker that will reach 2ft long when fully grown). I also have a few tetras and a pair of angel fish that have bred many times. I love fish almost as much as audio:).
Maurice -
Yup, I'm one for science. Unlike organ here, I'm all about physical science rather than life science. Laws of motion, mechanics, ahh, building potato guns - that counts as an application right?
I once tried to build an electric potato gun (Gauss Rifle) that could shoot anything metal, but it didn't have the power we needed. So we entered it into the school science fair as a method of large scale trasportation and won $50! Score! -
Organ:
I have a Pleco (these are so rad), 4 Yellow Tetras, 4 Bloodfin Tetras, 8 Red Eyes Tetras, and 2 Corie Cats.
I'm going to be getting saltwater fish when I get my own house. -
I love science. I'd like it more if there wasn't so much math that goes with much of it. I'm a Discovery and TLC watching fool.
I too love aquarium fish. It wasn't that long ago that I had 11 tanks going. They were all freshwater. I'm down to a measily two. I had a room that had most of my tanks. I'd come home from the midnight shift and enjoy the tanks, music, and a few beers. That room is now my daughter's room. I like her too and all, but at 3:55AM she's fast asleep.Make it Funky! -
Only fish here are fillet-o's... now, a little rerailing...
Sid,
Loved Chemistry and Math. Probably why I chose Chemical Engineering for my degree. :rolleyes:
Physical Chemistry was a favorite subject. Pure understanding of principles and their real world applications with very little memorization. Organic Chemistry was just the opposite, all memorization.More later,
Tour...
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Hi Demiurge,
Those plecos are awesome but they crap so much when they're older. I gave mine to my dealer when he was about 5" long. It's a cool fish to scare the girls when they come over. They're grossed out but still show interest in the fish's ability to "suck".
Do all your tetras shoal together? Mine only did when I introduced them to the tank. My gold tetras are great shoalers.
The cory cats are nice. They're very cute. I used to have two spotted cat fish.
Ever thought about giving those Discus fish a try before moving to marine fish? I don't want to get into marine fish because they're extremely high maintenance. Discus are very high maintenance for a freshwater fish and adult species look incredible.
Tour, I got 35% in chemistry:D.
Maurice -
Loved Chemistry and Math. Probably why I chose Chemical Engineering for my degree.
Hey Tour, I am a Chem E as well. Cool to know that another Chem E exists in here with all these EE's.
I really excelled in Science and Math. I actually started off in Pre Med which was all memorization, switched to EE (thought I was going to design amplifiers one day) but couldn't really grasp all those electrical concepts and formulas. Chemical Engineering really made a lot of sense to me and I didn't have to work hard at it for my brain to understand it. Heat transfer, fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, kinetics, mass transfer it all made sense to me. One of the toughest curriculums at LSU. Had over 200 in my freshmen class; I graduated with 12 people.
Today I still privately consider myself a doctor. Instead of curing people's illnesses though I fix problems in the process at work. I started off working in a couple of Polyvinyl Chloride suspension plants, then worked in a M.W. Kellogg designed ammonia plant, worked in a utilities plant that makes steam and compressed air, and now I run the world's largest phosphorus trichloride plant. -
OK! The trend continues, I have notiched that people in audio enjoy science. Just my 2 cents...- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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Science is cool, learning what makes things tick. I'm also big on history and current events.
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Originally posted by organ
Hi Demiurge,
Those plecos are awesome but they crap so much when they're older. I gave mine to my dealer when he was about 5" long. It's a cool fish to scare the girls when they come over. They're grossed out but still show interest in the fish's ability to "suck".
Yeah, there is always a 4 inch stand of crap hanging off it all the time. It's kinda gross, but blah. I don't mind cleaning my tank so it's no big deal.Originally posted by organ
Do all your tetras shoal together? Mine only did when I introduced them to the tank. My gold tetras are great shoalers.
The cory cats are nice. They're very cute. I used to have two spotted cat fish.
No the tetras break off by species and then shoal. I'm kinda getting bored with tetras because they aren't a really active fish. They are still cool to look at. I think the lemons are my favorite, and the bloodfins are a close second.
and the corys are great. They can be quite active, but they NEED a pal or 2 or they get incredibly lonely. The 2 I have are ALWAYS right next to eachother. Plus, mine are wild corys so they have a really different look to them. I tool my chances buying them because most wild fish can have parasites. You gotta look for fin clamping and stuff.Originally posted by organ
Ever thought about giving those Discus fish a try before moving to marine fish? I don't want to get into marine fish because they're extremely high maintenance. Discus are very high maintenance for a freshwater fish and adult species look incredible.
Well, heres the thing. My fiance is the biologist of the family. She's still in school for it now. She's really into fish and stuff like that so taking care of fish is an honest hobby that makes her happy. It's not a chore. She's the one that got me into fish to begin with, and I must say, it's addicting. I just can't wait to build my house in the future and build in a large aquarium. We're going to build one with half water so that we can have large rocks, logs, ect in it. It would be a perfect environment for Piranahs, but we're not sure what we're going to put in it at this point. (yes, we talk about a LOT for the future, haha )
Marine fish just have some of the most vibrant colors. It can really accent your home if you do it right. We're definitly going to go this route on a small scale. -
I dig tropical fish as well. I don't have a fish tank right now but used to. I plan to in the future as well.
I like South American and African Cichlids although you really can't mix the two. South American I had a Red Devil and Jack Dempsey. The Red Devil is beautiful and extremely territorial. Jack Dempsey could hold up his own in a fight.
African cichlids are a little smaller but still fierce. Johanni, Socolofi, red zebras, ... I had all of those. Fun to watch those little dudes were always fighting off each other.
Plecostomus "sucker" fish..yeah they are cool because they eat the algae off the glass. But they get big and you have to get rid of them after about a year.
Salt water fish is really what I want to explore next but they are really expensive and delicate.
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Originally posted by Tour2ma
Pure understanding of principles and their real world applications with very little memorization. Organic Chemistry was just the opposite, all memorization.
I have never been one for memorization. Principels, Criteria and a toolbox full of math processes can solve any real world problem.
I always have enjoyed physics for this reason.
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Originally posted by pjdami
...now I run the world's largest phosphorus trichloride plant.
pj, I know exactly the Dr. feeling you are describing.
Henry,
Agree with you about Physics.
I have often told folks what I got out of college was an organized thought process for dissecting a problem, and a set of references for solving it. As time went on I ditched the references and went empirical full-time.
More later,
Tour...
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Originally posted by Tour2ma
That ought to keep life interesting... Here's a tip, do NOT add water...
What about Beer?;)
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Demi,
If you want "crack head" tetras go for gold tetras. I've had mine for over two years and they are the most active fish I know. They're great shoalers and swim around at every level of the tank. Make sure to get at least six so a hierarchy can be made and that usually leads to less agresssion towards eachother.
I agree, those cat fish can get pretty lonely. I had two that loved eachother's company. Sometimes they like to hold fins while chillin.
That tank set up shold be great for piranhas. You can look for shoaling piranhas or solitary spicies. My favorite is the black piranha(solitary) but a large shoal of red bellies, caribe or golds look incredible. The best shoalers and eaters are the caribe. Those things are eating machines! Just make sure you don't put your hand in the tank during a feeding frenzy. If you get piranhas, I suggest you use a canister filter because the water can get pretty nasty after they rip apart a dozen feeder goldfish. Oh yeah, they also LOVE power heads. Here's a great site: www.predatoryfish.net
Paul,
Chiclids are cool but trying to get them to get along is very hard. It's kinda like putting Russman and Troy together with Dan and liv4fam in the same room. I used to have a mean Jack Dempsey that kept beating the crap out of my pacu. However, the most successful chiclid tanks I've seen are very big with plenty of hiding spaces. IMO, a tank that replicates their own environment is as stunning as a marine tank. I love a properly set up African Chiclid tank. My fav marine fish is the Yellow Tang:).
gidrah,
Holy ****! 11 tanks??? I only have three. The biggest one is a 50gal. So what do you have in the two tanks you own now?
Here's something for the fish people www.aquariacentral.com Very informative site with awesome forums like the ones here.
Maurice -
Science is right up my alley. In my earlier years, I had 6 tanks from 10 to 55 gal. all at the same time (mom just LOVED that), and harbored about every kind of tropical fish available (also had piranhas - awesome), never missed a Cousteau episode, and ended up with a B.S and M.S. in Aquatic Biology along with 12 years experience in the environmental consulting industry.
Astronomy is another hobby (yes, I do get out of HT mode every now and then!), so I own a few telescopes and am really into that as well.
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