April 2009 - Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society
April 2009 - Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society
April 2009 - Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society
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A P R I L 2 0 0 9<br />
‘Turner’d’ in my family. Some consider it a genetic defect, I<br />
think it’s just being safe than sorry.<br />
Q. Do you have any additional thoughts for people considering<br />
setting up their first aquarium<br />
I’ve got it bad. There is no known cure as far as I can tell, with<br />
the exception of the amount of living space available in your<br />
home, so I guess there are some theoretical limits at least.<br />
Some of Cam’s Mixed Malawi Cichlids<br />
Lethrinops letrinus<br />
On that note, I would like to conclude this interview and wish<br />
you all the best in your future endeavors. Once again, thank<br />
you Cam, Tanya and Owen for your time today for this<br />
interview and photo shoot. - Phil<br />
A. Perseverance is the difference between success and failure.<br />
Also, I don’t think I would still be in this hobby if it weren’t for<br />
KWAS. This is why we like to give back, but at the same time<br />
we did a lot of early learning from books and from talking to<br />
staff at fish stores. We received a lot of contradictory advice, but<br />
learned that it’s up to the hobbyist to ultimately decide what<br />
they want to believe and go forward with. Also, more<br />
information is definitely better than less. We took about 6 weeks<br />
from the time we decided we wanted our first tank to the time it<br />
was actually running, so impulse purchases are probably a bad<br />
idea, if not for your pocket book then a least for your long term<br />
enjoyment of the hobby.<br />
Q. Who invented the phrase ‘MTS’ which in our hobby is short<br />
for Multiple Tank Syndrome Do you feel you suffer from it,<br />
and is there a known cure<br />
A. I actually learned the term on the KWAS forum, so I have no<br />
idea who actually invented it. After the purchase of our fourth<br />
tank within 8 weeks, I decided that MTS needed a mathematical<br />
definition for clarity and severity. So I started a poll on the<br />
forum that defined MTS as the number of gallons in your tanks<br />
divided by the time in months you’ve been in the hobby. The higher<br />
the number, the worse you’ve got it. So as time goes on,<br />
dedicated hobbyists are going to need more and more tanks. If<br />
it’s slow and steady I wouldn’t call this MTS, but if there is a<br />
rapid escalation in gallons then this I would classify as MTS and<br />
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