I am finally here

[Andrew Soh]

Hello Guys,

I am finally here. Didn't know there is an interesting aquarium fish forum here with so high daily traffic...well done guys.

Stan introduced me to here. Hope you guys can accomodate and old man like me......

See you guys around,

Andrew

[vinz]

Hello Andrew,

Welcome aboard!!!

Yes, Stan mentioned you to us and we asked him to invite you here. We are really glad that you have accepted the invitation.

[Andrew Soh]

Looks like I am quite....out of place here....

Most members are either young or middle-age....and I'm over 50.....wow....

Thanks anyway...

Andrew

[celticfish]

Woo Hoo!!

No worries Andrew, we are fast on our heels and right behind!
Welcome to AQ!

[windcharm]

Welcome to AQ! This is definitely a great forum! Experience comes with age It is the passion that counts.

[vinz]

Andrew, I think it will be great if you could give us a brief intro about yourself and your journey in the aquarium hobby. I understand from Stan that you are very experienced with discus (avoiding the word "expert" so as not to make you feel more uncomfortable).

[luenny]

I think very experienced is an understatement. I will let Andrew introduce himself in anyway he sees fit. Anyway, nice to see you here Andrew.

[bossteck]

Welcome to the forum Andrew!

[StanChung]

Welcome Andrew!

I would not have thought of inviting you here if Vinz did not ask me to.
I need some places to hide from you, you know.
[They say familiarity breeds contempt... hehe]

Wish you the best on your 2nd "Discus The Naked Truth" book!
Really enjoyed the first one. Maybe your second one will bring me back in from my 'wild' obsession at the moment.

Perhaps you can embark on corydoras breeding techniques from your perspective. [if you already haven't done so!] Guppies and swordtails are nice but not really my cup of tea but please do share some tidbits as the members here have very wide ranging tastes.

[bliss01]

Hi Andrew Soh ,

Welcome to the forum.....

[Andrew Soh]

Thank you guys for the warm welcome and I am feeling young already

I think very experienced is an understatement

I agree Luenny......"Had experienced a lot of failures in the past" is a more appropriate phrase.....

But then again, willing to learn from failures will make us wiser and a better chance of success in future endeavour...........unfortunately...I am still riding on the learning curve....ha!ha!ha!

Will see you guys in the sub-forums.

Yes, Live bearers were my former farm's main production for a period of 10 years. Still keeping them as hobby though.....

As for discus......I am 53....and started at 19.....wow..shy to minus....only make me more out of place....

Ciao...talk later,
Andrew

[hwchoy]

Hi Andrew, welcome to AQ. are you keeping livebearer species?

[Wackytpt]

Hi Andrew,

Welcome to AQ!

Great to see you here.

Cheers

[Andrew Soh]

are you keeping livebearer species?

Yes, HW......I do.....and they are all the common live bearers like Platies, Mollies, Swordtails and Guppies.

Take care,
Andrew

[hwchoy]

Yes, HW......I do.....and they are all the common live bearers like Platies, Mollies, Swordtails and Guppies.

Take care,
Andrew

halamak and I thought you might have lobangs for species of livebearers. the recent addition of 20+ species in Poecilia alone makes it a nice genus to mess with.

However I am also interested to see the "common livebearers" in their natural forms. In your breeding experience, do you have to bring in fresh wild specimens to inject some vitality into the gene pool?

[Andrew Soh]

In your breeding experience, do you have to bring in fresh wild specimens to inject some vitality into the gene pool?

Yes I do....but will take 6 generations to perfect them. Anyway, this is a wrong thread to discuss this.....maybe start a new thread to discus your concern?

Take care,
Andrew

[Biotopeshop]

Hi Andrew,

It is great to see you here.

Best regards

Thio

[vinz]

We're discussing something at the administrators level. But have to wait a while as we're not all contactable at the moment.

[ranmasatome]

Welcome mr soh..

not old not old.. keeping fish makes us all young..

[Andrew Soh]

Hello Guys,

It's really o.k.....to be a junior member......that title keeps me young......

Vincent, I have listed my past indulgences/invovements with fish-related activities as per your request.

It is a standard format I kept in my computer.....hope it is not too blunt in presentation.


I started discus-keeping back in 1973 and in 1989, transformed the hobby into a business venture, known as Associates Aquarium Pte Ltd specializing only in discus. Later on, acquired a piece of 1.95 hectares land in 1994 to expand into other ornamental fish production.

1995 to 2001: Served as Secretary of the Singapore Aquarium Fish Exporter Association

Present portfolio: Regional Consultant; Farm cum Hatchery design and Creation of healthy and pathogen-free live-bearers’ brooder-stocks for regional commercial farming/mass production.

Besides being invited as lecturer for the local farmers and trainees under the government body, Agrifood and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), I have given many talks during Ornamental fish events locally and overseas which include:

Aquarama 1995, Seminar speaker ‘Discus Health’

Aquarama 1997, Conference speaker ‘Intensive culture of Artemia’


Aquarama 1999, Seminar speaker ‘Sexing of Discus’


Agrifood 2000, Seminar speaker on ‘Creating new Guppy’

Interzoo Germany 2000, Conference speaker ‘Ornamental fish culture in Singapore’

Sri Lanka 2002, the only speaker for 2 days workshop ‘Good husbandry and export practices’ – specially invited by the Fishery Department of Sri Lanka

4th International Discus Competition Germany 2002, Seminar speaker ‘Sexing of discus’

Bagalore, India 2006, Seminar speaker ‘Discus health and treatment’

Cochin, India 2007, Conference speaker ‘Management, Disease control and Autopsy of fishes’ plus workshop – specially invited by the fishery Department of India

ACA Sacramento, USA 2007, Conference speaker ‘Discus health, Disease and Treatment’

BIDKA, Bristol, UK 2008, Seminar speaker ‘Best discus practices disease control’

Besides judging in some of the local discus shows, he was a discus judge for the following overseas events:
Discus Competition 2001, Indonesia


1st Discus Championship 2002, France

4th International Discus Championship 2002, Germany

ACA Discus Championship 2007, USA

BIDKA Discus Championship 2008, United Kingdom


Written a book titled “Discus, the Naked Truth” in 2005 and a new book on discus to be released in first quarter of 2009 titled “Discus, Problems and Solutions”



Thanks and take care.
Andrew