Hi all,
I've just joined WA Fishbox and am from Auckland in New Zealand.
About yourself?
I'm 30, from Auckland New Zealand, I'm a Chartered Accountant by day and a Big Fish Nerd the rest of the time! Other hobbies include Snowboarding, Aviation, Cars (been checking out your thread on your own cars), Eating
Why join WA Fishbox?
I belong to a lot of online forums & clubs for the hobby and am a fan of various youtube channels who I know frequent this site. There is a club called the Federation of New Zealand Aquatic Societies which have a forum and my username is "Joel" on that too. I like to meet people internationally and learn different perspectives and approaches and so joining this site makes a lot of sense. Plus you all seem so nice !
How did you get into fishkeeping?
My parents got me into it when I was young, I had goldfish when I was about 4 years old and have always been a fish nerd. I became obsessed with Oscars around age 10 and have kept a few of them over the years. I also lived in Australia for a couple of years so was quite into Rainbows in my early teens while living there. In my later teens I was interested in more larger & or/ aggressive fish and had a large tank with huge tinfoil barbs, silver dollars, etc. I took about a decade off while pursuing my career and have just gotten back into the hobby in the last year. I've gone from 0 to 20+ tanks in about 7 months. These days I have africans and livebearers, and of course some Oscars. I'm finding the hobby a lot more fun these days with the power of the internet!
Hope to get to know a few of you and perhaps one day I'll travel to the USA and checkout the fish scene there. It looks amazing!
I've just joined WA Fishbox and am from Auckland in New Zealand.
About yourself?
I'm 30, from Auckland New Zealand, I'm a Chartered Accountant by day and a Big Fish Nerd the rest of the time! Other hobbies include Snowboarding, Aviation, Cars (been checking out your thread on your own cars), Eating
Why join WA Fishbox?
I belong to a lot of online forums & clubs for the hobby and am a fan of various youtube channels who I know frequent this site. There is a club called the Federation of New Zealand Aquatic Societies which have a forum and my username is "Joel" on that too. I like to meet people internationally and learn different perspectives and approaches and so joining this site makes a lot of sense. Plus you all seem so nice !
How did you get into fishkeeping?
My parents got me into it when I was young, I had goldfish when I was about 4 years old and have always been a fish nerd. I became obsessed with Oscars around age 10 and have kept a few of them over the years. I also lived in Australia for a couple of years so was quite into Rainbows in my early teens while living there. In my later teens I was interested in more larger & or/ aggressive fish and had a large tank with huge tinfoil barbs, silver dollars, etc. I took about a decade off while pursuing my career and have just gotten back into the hobby in the last year. I've gone from 0 to 20+ tanks in about 7 months. These days I have africans and livebearers, and of course some Oscars. I'm finding the hobby a lot more fun these days with the power of the internet!
Hope to get to know a few of you and perhaps one day I'll travel to the USA and checkout the fish scene there. It looks amazing!
