Cole
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone. I'm from Nebraska and came to this site after watching Cory & Bob on the livestream on Sunday. My wife and I have been in the hobby for about 16 years, going through the various phases of fishkeeping that most people eventually do at some point. Once we bought our first fish tank, we were hooked. Despite going through many ups and downs in the hobby, we've always had at least one tank up and running.
In the early days, we had 13 aquariums in a 2-bedroom apartment. Some of those tanks were decent size, too. It was wall to wall fish tanks. We had 2-110 gallon show tanks, a 90 gallon, a 75 gallon, 2-65 gallon tanks, and bunch of 40 gallon breeder tanks. We've kept lots of species of fish including snakeheads, South American cichlids, some Central American cichlids, rainbowfish, African cichlids (Malawi and Tangs), Australian climbing perch, and many others. We were even heavy into turtles at one point, keeping 3 Fly River turtles, numerous diamondback terrapins, razorback musk turtles, and an African helmeted turtle.
Currently, we have a 600 gallon fiberglass tank that is home to our 15 year old Fly River turtle, named Ra. Next, a 300 gallon Marineland Deep Dimension tank is home to a South American cichlid community, including 5 Geophagus winemilleri, an angel, 2 uaru amphiacanthoides, a female chocolate (temporalis), about 35 Emperor tetras, and about 24 corydoras catfish (rabauti, CW 051, aneus, and schwartzi). Over in the 265 gallon aquarium, we have another South American cichlid community. The inhabitants include 13 tiger striped silver dollars (Mytennis fasciatus), 6 Geophagus red head Tapajos, 2 uaru amphiacanthoides, a chocolate cichlid (coryphaenoides), 4 keyhole cichlids, and a pink-tailed chalceus.
In one of the 2-75 gallon tanks, we house a male chocolate cichlid (temporalis), a small school of black neon tetras, a small school of lemon tetras, and about 12 corydoras (including orange laser, concolor, sterbai, and adolphi). The other 75 is home to a True Parrot cichlid (Hoplarchus psittacus) and a large bristlenose pleco.
Then, we have a 55 gallon tank, which is a temporary home for 9 Mascara barbs and 5 panda garra. Next up is a 40 gallon breeder. Current inhabitants include 6 Rohani barbs and 6 filament barbs. Lastly we have a 29 gallon tank that is exclusively used as a quarantine/hospital.
This coming Black Friday, we're going to be picking up 2-125 gallon ensembles from Petsmart, or whoever has the best deal if we strikeout there. One will be the future home for all the previous listed barbs, plus more panda garra (somewhere around 15 total), a school of clown barbs, and a school of Odessa barbs. We'd also like to add a small school of Dawkinsia exclamatio and spanner barbs (if we can ever locate them). We plan on setting the other 125 gallon tank up to be the future home for fancy goldfish. We just ordered our first two from Cory at Aquarium Co-Op and will be ordering at least one more (a Ranchu) from him in the near future.
In the early days, we had 13 aquariums in a 2-bedroom apartment. Some of those tanks were decent size, too. It was wall to wall fish tanks. We had 2-110 gallon show tanks, a 90 gallon, a 75 gallon, 2-65 gallon tanks, and bunch of 40 gallon breeder tanks. We've kept lots of species of fish including snakeheads, South American cichlids, some Central American cichlids, rainbowfish, African cichlids (Malawi and Tangs), Australian climbing perch, and many others. We were even heavy into turtles at one point, keeping 3 Fly River turtles, numerous diamondback terrapins, razorback musk turtles, and an African helmeted turtle.
Currently, we have a 600 gallon fiberglass tank that is home to our 15 year old Fly River turtle, named Ra. Next, a 300 gallon Marineland Deep Dimension tank is home to a South American cichlid community, including 5 Geophagus winemilleri, an angel, 2 uaru amphiacanthoides, a female chocolate (temporalis), about 35 Emperor tetras, and about 24 corydoras catfish (rabauti, CW 051, aneus, and schwartzi). Over in the 265 gallon aquarium, we have another South American cichlid community. The inhabitants include 13 tiger striped silver dollars (Mytennis fasciatus), 6 Geophagus red head Tapajos, 2 uaru amphiacanthoides, a chocolate cichlid (coryphaenoides), 4 keyhole cichlids, and a pink-tailed chalceus.
In one of the 2-75 gallon tanks, we house a male chocolate cichlid (temporalis), a small school of black neon tetras, a small school of lemon tetras, and about 12 corydoras (including orange laser, concolor, sterbai, and adolphi). The other 75 is home to a True Parrot cichlid (Hoplarchus psittacus) and a large bristlenose pleco.
Then, we have a 55 gallon tank, which is a temporary home for 9 Mascara barbs and 5 panda garra. Next up is a 40 gallon breeder. Current inhabitants include 6 Rohani barbs and 6 filament barbs. Lastly we have a 29 gallon tank that is exclusively used as a quarantine/hospital.
This coming Black Friday, we're going to be picking up 2-125 gallon ensembles from Petsmart, or whoever has the best deal if we strikeout there. One will be the future home for all the previous listed barbs, plus more panda garra (somewhere around 15 total), a school of clown barbs, and a school of Odessa barbs. We'd also like to add a small school of Dawkinsia exclamatio and spanner barbs (if we can ever locate them). We plan on setting the other 125 gallon tank up to be the future home for fancy goldfish. We just ordered our first two from Cory at Aquarium Co-Op and will be ordering at least one more (a Ranchu) from him in the near future.