How many tanks is too many tanks?

[Dmf]

Right now I have 3 set up 100g 2 75g, a 55g sitting, 2 20T sitting, a 29T sitting, a few 10g sitting. I am planning on getting another 75g today and hopefully a 125 soon.. Just have to figure out where to put them. I need a bigger house!!! Or I will have to take all my furniture out of my living room cause my dining room is full with just 3 tanks :/

 

[Betty]

I have 14 running, all over the house and one in the garage, ranging from 75 to 20 gallons. Some days I feel like that's 13 too many!

 

[L190]

I have 13 tanks running, I am trying to consolidate into 5-6 tanks

 

[Madness]

oh gees, Id say about 38, ranging from 20 to 406gal.

 

[lloyd378]

I have 9 tanks running . 100+ down to a nano 5

 

[DMD123]

Ive only got 3 tanks running currently. A 300g, 65B, 40B

 

[ObsessiveFishGuy]

I've only got 3 at the moment. But gonna keep adding more as the budget allows.

 

[Paintguy]

as many as your spouse will let you get away with and you can keep heated & fed. Then again I used to tell people that my wife said I can only have 3, so I got 4.

 

[Loren]

I started out with 1 nano tank at the beginning of this year and am now up to unlucky number 13.

 

[sir_keith]

Well, that depends on a lot of things, but I think a good rule of thumb is that if taking care of them has become a chore, you have too many tanks. I had 30+ tanks years ago when I was keeping both Tanganyikans and Malawians, but now that I keep mostly Tropheus, I have 12 tanks in my fish room (55, 75, and 100 gallons) plus one show tank in my living room. That's just right for me.

 

[Pleco Jim]

I'm sitting with 22 tanks running ranging from 55 to 5 gallon. And 8 tanks sitting in the garage not running. Once you get to the point you can't properly tend to them, then it's time to either cut back on tanks or create a better running set up... like auto water changes and what not.

 

[lymitliss]

I have 9 up and running, with 5 extras. Fish room coming soon.

 

[Dmf]

I am thinking about taking a wall down or moving it back 3ft in the living room. I would kill for a big house with a nice basement or large room to put my tanks. My problem is I like to see my fish and I feel they are more interactive with me seeing me all the time. I have a 75g I need to get up and running plus i am supposed to be getting a 125.. i just have no idea where i am going to put it. If i put it in the front bedroom I would have to put it in the window and figure out how to get the stand in the room :/ I might be able to stand it up on its side i just have to measure the doorway lol That is why i wanna knock down the wall. And i just redid the carpet in the living room so adding 3 ft to it means I have to get more carpet lol AHhhh what to do what to doo.. Why did i agree to buy this house!!!

 

[L190]

Put it in the garage and spend time in there. I had to do that with my big tanks because I'm pretty sure my floors can't handle the weight.