fishin4cars
True friends just call me Larkin
Hello, my name is Larkin, I live in Hammond LA. I presently have three ponds at my home right now. 1-2500 U.S. gallon (7' x 23' by average depth 2' = 2415 gallons, add the filter water falls and it should be about 2500 gallons) with primarily Butterfly koi (My largest Koi are a Butterfly Chagoi 17" a butterfly Hi Matsuba 15" a very poor standard Kohaku that I adopted a couple of years ago that is 15" long and a Doistu Butterfly, a Kumonryu butterfly, and a Goshiki butterfly that are all about 13" along with a few others that are all under 9". 1-300 gallon pond that is a holding tank for new fish and where I keep my youngsters until they are large enough for the big pond. 1-100 gallon pond that is mainly plants that I keep a few Guppies and mollies in during the summer just to keep the mosquitos out. I also have one 75 gallon aquarium that I house two large red hook silver dollars, a LARGE red tail shark, A large male green terror, two syndontis Catfish (1 angelicus, and 1 Multipunctatus hybrid) and a pair of bristlenose plecos. I also have a 55 and 30 gallon aquarium in my bed room. The 30 gallon houses my fancy fantail goldfish and the 55 that houses some african cichlids for the time being. I also maintain two local koi ponds and have a couple of friends that I have gotten started into koi ponding that I consult and help them out when needed. Plus ifv that's not enough, I also have two turtles, one soft shell and one Painted, a bearded dragon lizard, 1 cat, three dogs,and yes, I'm still married! lol
I worked for about 8 years in the pet industry from working at a fish nursery to part owner of my own pet store. That was cool but not a lot of money to be made. I moved on to work for the U.S. Army Corp. of engineers in invasive aquatic plant control for a few years before settling down to work off shore on oil and gas platforms for the past 15 years until I was injured offshore in 2007. I'm a proud father of four great kids 2 grandsons and another on the way. I was injured offshore in 2007 and was not able to return to work so I have been renewing my hobby of fish keeping. To occupy my time. I found this site linked to a Youtube video about DYI filters and decided to check it out. I belong to another ponding forum but it seems to be quite smaller than this one so I decided to join in and see what all you have to offer. Never can get to much info when it comes to fish keeping.
Last but not least, I am a HUGE NASCAR fan and diecast collector. My favorite Driver is Kevin Harvick and presently my collection of NASCAR diecast cars is over 10,000 with about 300 of those on display. So as you can tell from my long introduction, I'm long winded, I have expensive tastes in my hobbies and a lot of free time on my hands. hope to get to meet some of you soon. Have a Great day and happy ponding.
I worked for about 8 years in the pet industry from working at a fish nursery to part owner of my own pet store. That was cool but not a lot of money to be made. I moved on to work for the U.S. Army Corp. of engineers in invasive aquatic plant control for a few years before settling down to work off shore on oil and gas platforms for the past 15 years until I was injured offshore in 2007. I'm a proud father of four great kids 2 grandsons and another on the way. I was injured offshore in 2007 and was not able to return to work so I have been renewing my hobby of fish keeping. To occupy my time. I found this site linked to a Youtube video about DYI filters and decided to check it out. I belong to another ponding forum but it seems to be quite smaller than this one so I decided to join in and see what all you have to offer. Never can get to much info when it comes to fish keeping.
Last but not least, I am a HUGE NASCAR fan and diecast collector. My favorite Driver is Kevin Harvick and presently my collection of NASCAR diecast cars is over 10,000 with about 300 of those on display. So as you can tell from my long introduction, I'm long winded, I have expensive tastes in my hobbies and a lot of free time on my hands. hope to get to meet some of you soon. Have a Great day and happy ponding.
