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LauraR
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I'm Laura I live in Manchester but originally from Huddersfield. Currently my zoo consists of two shih Tzu's Wilfred and Elsie. Two albino African claw frogs, one golden albino axolotl, 4 danios, 5 male Siamese fighters, 17 betta females, 6 corydoras 3 of which are albino Rams and 26 various colourful guppies. All in various tanks and rooms. The newest tank to our home is with 3 albino corydoras and 10 mountain minnows. The first tank which kicked off our obsession is in our living room with 2 yellow goldfish, 2 shubunki s and one massive bubble eyed fantail oranda.

I'm disabled so I spend a lot of time watching the fishes. I have multiple long term and incurable illnesses and find hobbies are my way to cope. I love to garden when I can. I'm into cross stitch, sewing, wood craft kits and pyrography. I do a lot of crafts and find my days that I'm not at the hospital then I'm occupied. I have my mum living with me and we get on brilliantly. At the moment she's dealing with a serious condition but we're pulling each other through. My other passion is music, it's always on in our house even the dogs know when the music is off we're going out or to bed. I don't go out alone as I'm not safe by myself so fishkeeping is literally keeping me sane right now.
:swim: Laura :swim:
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Wow, that is a menagerie! Welcome to the site, Laura.
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Hi Laura & welcome!!

I’d love to see a picture of your Axolotl, I find them fascinating & very pretty :]
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this thread needs pictures (or more like it's own gallery lol)
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I agree :D Sounds like you have an AWESOME collection! Welcome to Aquarium Forums :D
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Hello and welcome to AF-UK :)
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Hello and welcome Laura

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As others have said WOW! You really have your hands full there.

So glad your fish (and the rest of the zoo) give you so much pleasure. With all those critters around I'm sure you have tons of experience to add here so welcome and I look forward to pictures too :grin:
500L Sooperhooge Goldfish tank :)
200L The Barbarium….Tiger barbs and a very grumpy BN plec
200L Marine Reef.....stocking in progress!
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Welcome to the forum :)
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Hi Laura welcome to the forum :) Thanks for sharing your story, very interesting and I can certainly relate to a some of it.

Love the sound of your menagerie. Sounds like you caught MTS (multiple tank syndrome :D ). Glad to hear how much you are enjoying fish keeping. It really is so rewarding. Such a variety of fish, I'm sure they keep you very entertained.

That's a lot of hobbies Laura, what a talented person you must be! :D Very nice that you and your Mum are there for each other.

Hope to see a lot more of you here on the forum :)
Fishkeeping - 4yrs

Aqua One 405lt 5ft tank - Sailfin pleco, Rainbow shark, albino/bronze cory x 11, 7 x Clown Loach
Filtration 2 x Aqua One Aquis 1050 externals, 1 x Ocellaris 850 external

Juwel 120lt 2ft - 12 x Cherry Barb, 10 x Panda Cory, 1 x Albino Bristlenose Pleco
Filtration Fluval 205
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