Howdy From a New Guy!

[ShakeyGizzard]

Welcome to Reef2Reef

 

[Kevinsl06]

Thanks for the warm welcome! I am in no way apposed to saltwater, but at 18, I'm only going to spend so much on an aquarium and a small fresh water tank will scratch that itch, for a reasonable price.

You can private message me about freshwater. I keep 2x 60 gallon tanks.

And greetings from a fellow Texan!

There are freshwater persons here including myself who owned an LFS
What questions do you have?

Maybe a moderator can help out here, but is it okay to start a thread for my questions, or do I need to keep it within private messages?

 

[Kevinsl06]

Welcome Kevin, glad you are here! I’m Kevin as well and enjoy my birds. A lot of people on here keep both saltwater and freshwater. @Calmwaters , @00W .

Nice! Eastern Bluebirds are fun! I saw a few this morning.
Also, if you ever have a bird you need identified let me know.

 

[kevgib67]

Nice! Eastern Bluebirds are fun! I saw a few this morning.
Also, if you ever have a bird you need identified let me know.

I appreciate it Kevin, when my kids were little I got the guide to North American birds because they would always ask me. I got pretty good but here’s a couple that stumped me. :winking-face:

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R Kevin. There are fresh water keepers here.

 

[Kevinsl06]

I appreciate it Kevin, when my kids were little I got the guide to North American birds because they would always ask me. I got pretty good but here’s a couple that stumped me. :winking-face:

Clearly that is a Purple-headed Sparrow-Hawk from deepest Africa with it's chicks and a pair of Mongolian Albatross.

And if anybody believes that, I have a few things to sell you.

 

[FrugalReeferJon]

 

[Elira_6301]

These freshwater enthusiasts are our potential future reefers. We need to stop blowing them away and give them an opportunity to get the help they need. I can’t count the number of members with reef tanks who started with freshwater tanks and even their first fish- a goldfish from a fair

@revhtree

Yep I started fresh. Agreed! Haha.

 

[Elira_6301]

Thanks for the warm welcome! I am in no way apposed to saltwater, but at 18, I'm only going to spend so much on an aquarium and a small fresh water tank will scratch that itch, for a reasonable price.





Maybe a moderator can help out here, but is it okay to start a thread for my questions, or do I need to keep it within private messages?

I think if you are only going to be talking freshwater, there are threads

Thanks for the warm welcome! I am in no way apposed to saltwater, but at 18, I'm only going to spend so much on an aquarium and a small fresh water tank will scratch that itch, for a reasonable price.





Maybe a moderator can help out here, but is it okay to start a thread for my questions, or do I need to keep it within private messages?

Hi!! If you are wanting to strictly talk about freshwater, this would be a great forum for you below. But you are always more than welcome to private message me with any questions if you cannot find answers elsewhere. Im always available.


Tropicalfishkeeping.com

 

[Kevinsl06]

Thanks everyone! I'll check out the sources sighted, and if I have any questions and I can't find the info for somewhere else I'll be back.
Also it's possible my parents may be getting a saltwater after a 20 year break, so I may be back with saltwater questions.

 

[p1u5h13r4m24]

Helllo and welcome!!!

 

[Peace River]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!!! We don't currently have a dedicated freshwater section, but several of us keep both saltwater and freshwater tanks.

 

[Old Man Sauce]

Hello and Welcome Kevin. While this forum is geared towards reef aquariums, im sure there are a good number of members who are or were into freshwater at some point and would be more than happy to help out where they can. I myself have about 40 years in the hobby, a good number of which were spent keeping freshwater. I've kept nearly everything you can imagine at one point or another..... except freshwater shrimp. LoL. But if you ever need help with anything on the "general freshwater" topics and cant find an appropriate place for your questions, feel free to send me a message and I'll do my best to help you out. But I warn you now, spend too much time in these forums and you wont want to stay freshwater for long. there is something about a reef aquarium that you just don't get with other aquarium types. That coupled with the absolutely fantastic groups of folks here will make it a hard change to avoid. Best of luck with the new adventure, regardless of the direction it takes you.

 

[CoralB]

Welcome !! :cool:

 

[Fish Fan]

Welcome Kevin, glad you are here! I’m Kevin as well and enjoy my birds. A lot of people on here keep both saltwater and freshwater. @Calmwaters , @00W .

Great pic! I have a lot of those guys in my area of Upstate/Central New York. I believe you can set half oranges out to attract these bluebirds; I'd like to try that someday.

Oh! I did hang a bat house like 4 years ago..... It works great for attracting woodpeckers lol!

 

[RockRash]

 

[kevgib67]

Great pic! I have a lot of those guys in my area of Upstate/Central New York. I believe you can set half oranges out to attract these bluebirds; I'd like to try that someday.

Oh! I did hang a bat house like 4 years ago..... It works great for attracting woodpeckers lol!

Good morning Mr. Fan, I was surprised that about 15-20 years ago when I first started setting up my bird feeders that all winter long they would attract eastern blue birds. Since they are primarily insect eaters I thought they all migrated south. But I put out four different types of suet, one has berries and another mealworms. They really prefer the one with berries. The wood peckers like them all. I get at least 3-4 different types of woodpeckers all winter long.. Around the 14th of this month the bird feeders go down and the hummingbird feeders go up. I never knew how many hummingbirds were around until I put up the hummingbird feeders.

 

[Fish Fan]

Good morning Mr. Fan, I was surprised that about 15-20 years ago when I first started setting up my bird feeders that all winter long they would attract eastern blue birds. Since they are primarily insect eaters I thought they all migrated south. But I put out four different types of suet, one has berries and another mealworms. They really prefer the one with berries. The wood peckers like them all. I get at least 3-4 different types of woodpeckers all winter long.. Around the 14th of this month the bird feeders go down and the hummingbird feeders go up. I never knew how many hummingbirds were around until I put up the hummingbird feeders.

Thank you for your reply! We have lots of woodpeckers all year, I'd like to see more of the Bluebirds. I do know they like suit with fruit. We were feeding just a mixed seed for the last couple of years, but it makes a huge mess. I'd like to try a more targeted approach for the birds we want to attract. I'd love to seem more hummingbirds too, we've placed feeders but maybe get one or two a season. Thanks again for your help!

 

[Ocean_Queenie]

Hello & Welcome Kevin!

 

[Dmmz]

Welcome to R2R!