Meet Me

**essabee** · 28th Mar 2009, 17:00

I have lived most of my life in or around mixed Sal forests trying to teach uneducated tribes to come to terms with the mad mad world created by the civilised man. I am not sorry for those years although I spent them without running water or electric supply. I had grown up with dogs as pets and planted aquariums from childhood, and in the wild I continued having them and developed my own way with my aquariums totally unaware about the direction the hobby was taking elsewhere. I developed my own systems and tools necessary for my tanks, gathered local plants, and caught wild fishes to keep in them.

Now having retired from active life, I ended up rooted in town for the first time in my life. The noise and the bustle got on my nerves till I found an open terrace on a high-rise with room to hold my 4 cockers and a pair of Irish Setters, and a half-breed lab, a small kitchen garden, and all my tanks and tools. The height gives me isolation from the civilised chaos, and as long as I don't look over the sides (which I never do as I suffer vertigo) I can believe that I am alone.

One great thing about urban life is that I am now free from the drugery of fetching water or cleaning the lamps and so have enough time to discover the modern magic carpet - the internet. I was amazed to see how the aquarium hobby has grown. For the first few years I browsed and browsed and now I think I know nearly as much about this hobby as any other non-professional in the hobby.

So there you know all that you need to know about me. As to my tanks and details be patient and I will introduce to them and whats in them -- I am a severe victim of MTS.

**JadeIceGreen** · 28th Mar 2009, 18:57

Welcome to AQ! Hope that you have a good stay here and I look forward to you tanks.
And it must be nice to have your own place and space to retire, I can't wait for mine but I still have a long way to go. Haha.

**Czyne** · 28th Mar 2009, 19:31

Hope you're enjoying the change of scene, and access to the abundance of information on the internet. It sounds like a really interesting lifestyle you had there, though.
Definitely interested in hearing more about those "systems and tools" you were mentioning for keeping tanks without electricity or running water, too. I bet your experiences could add a whole new spin on conventional advice and methods.

**essabee** · 29th Mar 2009, 21:20

Thank you for the welcome. Moving round the boards and getting to know the regular posters.

**flybaits** · 29th Mar 2009, 22:00

welome to AQ!hope u ll enjoy your stay here and share with us your experience and techniques.

cheers!

**Mez** · 30th Mar 2009, 02:13

Welcome to AQ...please do share any photos of your collecting experiences!

**essabee** · 31st Mar 2009, 09:47

Thank You for your welcome.

Mez, I am sorry that I never thought to record my hobby activities when I was in the wild. I never imagined that one day we hobbyists would be exchanging notes through internet. I regret it now but I can only bite my knuckles.

Some day when I again go hunting for wild fishes, I will post pictures of my activity.