Author Topic: ANYONE ELSE!!!  (Read 7137 times)

Offline SKISWETPETS

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 761
    • Alpena
ANYONE ELSE!!!
« on: November 10, 2011, 07:54:21 AM »
Im wondering if anyone else when reading, MOST of what is for sale or wanted as far as fish go doesn't have a clue what they look like. And end up using GOOGLE to find out.  ??? ??? Please tell me im not the only one. I mean some of the names that i read, i just sortof think...WTF.... Then i google it and go, DAMN, i think i would like to have some of those.... And now im done... Thank you,
No longer fishroom, I have a FISH BASEMENT!!!

Offline Regalblue

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5971
    • Livonia
    • MCA
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2011, 11:52:56 AM »
I've been the hobby long enough to know most Malawi, Tangs& New Worlds. 
Also one of the things I like to spend my money on, besides fish, are books about fish.

That's what Google is for anyways;)

Offline Frenchie

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 455
    • Plymouth Michigan 48170
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2011, 02:57:32 PM »
Done it alot of times, Some people will say oh not me.

Offline Leo

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 254
    • Livonia
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2011, 04:20:54 PM »
I do it all the time.  I have a hard time remembering all the Latin names for fish
« Last Edit: November 10, 2011, 09:01:36 PM by Leo »

Offline dbosman

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 43
    • Meridian Township, outside East Lansing, MI, USA
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2011, 06:13:47 PM »
Sorry. At the meeting people decided it was just you. And me. And...

Offline Regalblue

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5971
    • Livonia
    • MCA
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2011, 09:47:26 PM »
Don't get me wrong,  I'm NOT saying it doesn't happen to me.

Offline Super Turtleman

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1141
  • Turtlemeister
    • Grayling, MI 49738
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2011, 11:28:46 PM »
I do plenty of checking...but I've been learning more and more, so I have usually have an idea if what's for sale may be something I'm interested in or not.
Emil
Turtleman Cichlids
Facebook
YouTube

Offline Frenchie

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 455
    • Plymouth Michigan 48170
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2011, 07:56:35 AM »
I do plenty of checking...but I've been learning more and more, so I have usually have an idea if what's for sale may be something I'm interested in or not.
Good one !!!

Offline Ron

  • African Cichlid Aficionado
  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2739
    • Howell, MI
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2011, 10:37:42 AM »
Done it alot of times, Some people will say oh not me.
Oh not me.  ;D
"All men are equal before fish."
- Herbert Hoover
Planted 100 Gallon Tank
550 Gallon Hap Tank

Offline Frenchie

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 455
    • Plymouth Michigan 48170
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2011, 11:15:09 AM »
Done it alot of times, Some people will say oh not me.
Oh not me.  ;D
Just did it again, For binary !!!!!!

Offline mandalawi

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 65
    • Warren, Mi.
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2011, 01:18:22 PM »
Google is my best friend unless i specifically have kept or absolutely know the name of the species.
~560 Gallons and Growing again~

Offline SKISWETPETS

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 761
    • Alpena
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2011, 08:56:17 PM »
Good to know, Not really feeling so much like i don't belong.... ;D ;D
No longer fishroom, I have a FISH BASEMENT!!!

Offline Regalblue

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5971
    • Livonia
    • MCA
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2011, 09:41:21 PM »
Barron's has a nice little book for Malawi Cichlids that's only $10 . It has profiles for all the more common Mbuna/ Haps.

Offline gmaschke

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 234
    • Sandusky, MI
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2011, 03:31:03 PM »
I use cichlid-forum's a lot to veiw pics of fish I am not familiar with.  Rarely can I not find a pic or two there.  If I don't find it google is defiantely next.   Sometimes I remember seeing the fish before and draw a blank.
Lack of fear equates to lack of intelligence

Offline PaulineMi

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 245
    • St. Johns
Re: ANYONE ELSE!!!
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2011, 04:40:13 PM »
I do it too but frequently go one step further....I see if the fish is on you tube. That way I can see the fish in action, what it really looks like and can get a better idea of it's overall size. Sometimes several photos of the same species of fish look very different due to photo shopping, angle taken or lighting.