Anyone here keep aquarium fish?

[spranga]

I am currently getting out of the fishkeeping hobbie( reason being getting married) i had a 38gal setup with little cichlids. a 75gal setup with a 9"red devil. and my pride a 110gal set up with 6 6"-8" red breasted piranhas.

 

[idesign]

Awesome!

I currently have 11 tanks set up.

From largest to smallest

125 gallon - chili red arowana, black arowana, flagtail, polypterus delhezi, polypterus palmas polli, polypterus delhezi, synodontis occelifer and lastly synodontis eupterus

90 gallon - all full of aquatic turtles! 3 diamondback terrapins, mississippi mud, asian yellow pond turtle, pink belly sideneck

90 gallon - male show tank of african cichlids. Have probably over 30 fish in there. Brightest tank in the house!

35 gallon - african cichlids. two groups consisting of aulonocara kandeense and copadichromis trewavasae likomo mloto.

35 gallon - breeding group of aulonocara sp. "Lwanda" (red top peacock)

25 gallon - aulonocara jacobfreibergi (lemon jake), pseudotropheus acei (ngara), protomelas steveni (taiwan reef), and a breeding trio of cynotilapia white top "zebra hara"

25 gallon - breeding group of pseudotropheus saulosi and a few pseudotropheus polit

10 gallon - fry growout tank consisting currently of aulonocara lwanda and pseudotropheus saulosi

5 gallon - sam the salamander!

2.5 gallon - black halfmoon betta

1.5 gallon - white/red halfmoon betta

that's crazy
seeing first time someone with this much aquariums.Hey frozenfire can you take pic and post here.we would love to see your collection.
thx

 

[flash_kid]

i would love to see the tortoise

 

[chibi]

i would love to see the tortoise

i'll post some pics tomorrow!

 

[chibi]

my little guy Spot!!!

 

[MikeyMikey]

YOU MISSED! CAN YOU STEP TO THE RIGHT LITTLE MORE ?

Sorry, I am sure it's enjoying 40C+ temperature inside the shell.

 

[chibi]

YOU MISSED! CAN YOU STEP TO THE RIGHT LITTLE MORE ?

Sorry, I am sure it's enjoying 40C+ temperature inside the shell.

hahahahaha
this was taken last year... temperatures must have been a scorching high 20s to low 30s with no wind... i don't take him/her out otherwise

he/she has grown a lot since... maybe i will post update pictures later... i don't like taking many indoor pictures because the flash is probably irritating

 

[Spinninreel]

Is that one of those species of Tortoise that can live over 300 years?

 

[chibi]

Is that one of those species of Tortoise that can live over 300 years?

300+ years?!!! there are tortoises that can live that long? whoa... haha think of how many generations could take care of one.

but no
leopard have a life span of 70+ i believe

 

[BassHunter]

I have three aquariums at home one 20+ gallon aquarium has 2 perch and a rock bass. The other 12+ gallon aquairum has 2 crayfish and a bunch of minnows that I caught. The third aquarium is 2.5 gallon and has minnows in it.
My 12+ gallon aquarium is very interesting because it is an improvised aquarium. I bought a heavy duty storage container and then I went to a baseball dimond took some gravel and boiled it to disinfect it. Next I went to G Ross Lord PArk and gathered rocks and boiled them as well. I filled the container with water put the rocks in and voila and aquarium. This aquariums sole purpose was to support my 2 crayfish, which are very interesting creatures.

 

[flash_kid]

Is that one of those species of Tortoise that can live over 300 years?

300+ years?!!! there are tortoises that can live that long? whoa... haha think of how many generations could take care of one.

but no
leopard have a life span of 70+ i believe

hmm leopard looks kinda cute....cuter than my old turtles anyway.

 

[frozenfire]

I will take more pics when I have time to clean the front glass and so on. :twisted:

 

[flash_kid]

yeah you people with aquariums should post some pics for us to see. maybe it'll get the rest of us interested in keeping fish too. :twisted:

 

[chibi]

TORTOISES ARE ALWAYS CUTER THAN TURTLES
ALWAYS
=D

i'm biased dont blame me haha

 

[Spinninreel]

My kids are talking about getting some fish, I still haven't decided.

 

[frozenfire]

good to get kids into fish keeping. it's a cool hobby.
i got into as a kid and turned out fine hahaha.

 

[Spinninreel]

One of the biggest challenges was keeping the tank clean from algae. What do you do to help keep it clean?

 

[Bigfisherman]

My kids are talking about getting some fish, I still haven't decided.

I plan on getting a few beta fish just to see how they handle taking care of them first, then will get a bigger aquarium. Only 1 issue tho Da Cat.

 

[Spinninreel]

You may find that feeding the cat goldfish (letting it catch it's own food) will cost less than regular cat food and keep him or her occupied for hours.

 

[sumgurl008]

Aquarium fish?! Well, my father in-law, < who lives with me> used to raise guppies, which were very cool as I watched them have babies and such. Then he switch to angel fishes that didn't last very long. Anyhow, after raising a bunch of different species and cleaning the tank constantly, he went out and bought a dozen feeder fish and threw out everything that was in the tank such as pebbles, marbles, plants, and decorations. this was just about 3 weeks ago that he did this, then my husband came home from fishing last week with a tub filled with minnows and threw them in with the feeder fish!! WHAT IS GOING ON?? Anyhow, as for me, i use to raise piranhas. Well just 2. They disappeared when I was away for the summer a few years back. My in-laws said they died because of the stupid wood I put in the tank for decoration, so they threw em out, but I KNOW my father in-law killed them!!! He's never like them in the first place! GRRRRRR...