Hey everyone my name is Jona, I am a college student in Laredo, TX. I just recently was brought under the water a month ago. I have been really good about following all the directions and recommendations. So far I think I am doing ok. I may have made a bad call on my first fish, he was all alone in a aquarium with a bunch of dead fish(like 12-15)he was an angel fish named aracis, he is no longer with us unfortunately, I am really not sure what happened with him. He seemed to be pretty active, once I got him home(but not at wal-mart). He had friends with him in the tank and since then I have added 3 more fish, and so far no prob. with anyone yet.
I guess I got the bug pretty good, cause I went out almost less then 3 wks later and bought a 20 gallon show tank[I couldn?t help it! it was really cheap].I have been slowly getting everything and I am almost ready to start filling it. I am all excited its been a while since I have found something this enticing to keep up with!
I started with a small 5gallon hex tank. My first fish were 2 Guppies, an Angel fish (small), and a Pelco. When Aracis died I bought my first Blue Gourami, and a Loach Dojo. I then did the stupid thing and kinda crowded my tank. I was at some little shop we have here in town and fell in love with this little power house of fish, so I added another little Blue Gourami, the first day was cool, everybody was fine. But the next day I noticed that everybody in the tank was a bit on edge when I would walk in and out of the area I have the tank in. They have calmed down a bit since but it forced me to move a bit quicker on the completion of the new tank
My current tank.....
Aracis R.I.P. 8/21/06
the gups (Cloey and Zoey)
Larger Blue Gourami(Kodex)
Smaller Blue Gourami(Rukus)
WISH ME LUCK! 
