Welcome...

...to Characin Gal's "Just Me" Page!

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Well. Where to start?

Hmm, Happy 5th Anniversary, Aquabid, for starters!

��� I guess the best place to start - with the fishes! After all, I wouldn't even have found this site if I didn't have a love for all things living.

�� I got into the fish-keeping hobby early in my life - I forget the actual age, but I was keeping minnows in a ten-gallon when I was about six. That was back when I used to give my fish names like "Gill" and "Finley".

�� I didn't just keep fish though, when I was that young, people were almost too afraid to go into my room. (and still are, thanks to the snake) Every type of container - from margarine to Tupperware - was filled with any critter I could catch - especially insects and spiders, which I had a certain obsession with. Back then I used to baffle people with my knowledge of the little bugs...and my ability to catch them.

�� Well, I don't keep bugs in scores of little containers anymore, and my dreams of becoming an 'Entomologist' have ended. I don't name my fish, but my love for that fascinating creature has grown enormously over the years. I now own a 33 gallon community freshwater tank, housing several characins :) and other fish.

��� I now have a snake named CB, Firebelly Newts, and African Dwarf Frogs - but don't worry - no bugs!!!!

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Here's me and my planted

FW 33 gal>>>>>>>

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