Thread: Aquascapers & Aquarium Lovers?

I've recently gave away my silver arowana since it outgrew its 75 gallon tank rather quickly before I could find time to upgrade, but here's some pictures of my setup. My tank before some changes , and fish before sending him away to pet store over a foot long

Most fun I ever had with a bigger fish was a large mouth. He was only about 6" but he would let me know when he was hungry by slapping his tail against the heater. He went back to the lake after a couple of months, I was afraid he was going to crack the glass. I was given a salt tank once but after cleaning it up when I got it home I just couldn't go for the punishment. The fish or corral tanks are most beautiful but I didn't have the time for it then. LOL not sure I ever will have that much time. Plus the cost of heartbreak with that learning curve.

Originally Posted by Marcelitegti

I've recently gave away my silver arowana since it outgrew its 75 gallon tank rather quickly before I could find time to upgrade, but here's some pictures of my setup. My tank before some changes , and fish before sending him away to pet store over a foot long

Thanks for postings pics! I like simplistic tanks like that one. I had a 20 gal w/ white sand, a couple rocks, and submerged drift wood. It was simple and clean just like yours.

That's awesome you guys had arowanas. My favorite fish I ever had were a bichir, Chinese algae eater, and flying fox.
Has anyone had a shrimp tank? I've been wanting to start one up.

Originally Posted by dfafs

Thanks for postings pics! I like simplistic tanks like that one. I had a 20 gal w/ white sand, a couple rocks, and submerged drift wood. It was simple and clean just like yours.

That's awesome you guys had arowanas. My favorite fish I ever had were a bichir, Chinese algae eater, and flying fox.
Has anyone had a shrimp tank? I've been wanting to start one up.

Glad you liked the arrowanas,however I dont think those poor mice were too fond of him....
I wish I had a picture of my first Black one....almost two and a half feet before I sold him.

I loved my salt tank I had, but I left it when I left the "x" wife. My old pier & beam house can't handle the load of a larger tank in the 100gal size, so I've just stayed away from the hobbie. Loved hand feeding the lionfish & puffer's. Great hobby though, especially after a bad day at work..

Haven't kept an Aquarium in near 15 years now..

My favorite was a a 55 gal, that I kept a Snakehead in, that was the meanest fish I have ever seen in a tank, I grew him (Nitro) from 10" to 22" before finally selling him..
Easiest fish to care for too, just had to watch the ammonia levels and clean it once a month and life was good..
My understanding is they are illegal to raise anymore, in many states


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We kept a couple of Oscars in that tank for awhile but finally sold the tank when we moved to Idaho

Funny..I have tried to reply three times to this thread and nothing but problems...anyway.

I was wondering, did you notice that the most expensive fish die first?

I had found out afterwards that something living in one of my live rocks...some kind of tube worm that I did not know was there died..it through the nitrate levels so far off in A matter of two days that it killed everything..

Man did I love that set up...

I used to keep fish... started off with a 30 litre tank (a BiOrb) then increased to 100 litre, then 240 then 400.

Kept Malawi cichlids and had some sucessful breeding going on. Spent an absolute fortune. Moved in with SWMBO and was told to get rid of the tanks... so off they went.

Im getting the urge to keep fish again... just need to talk SWMBO around.

Hi, I used to keep aquarium fish when I was young and my first tank grew and multiplied to about 15 tanks, so I got rid of them all when I realized that chasing girls was much more fun, 35 years on later and with a wife and 3 daughters, I decided it would be nice to have another large tank in the corner, got a 630 liter tank and put in some cichlids, which bred and so needed some more tanks to house them ended up with 8 large tanks. Spent a lot of time (too much) cleaning them, and looking after them, so again decided to sell them all off.

That was the last time I will get an aquarium, they are too addictive, I think most of us on this forum have Acquisition Disorders, whether it be razors, hones etc., must be our personality types!

Cheers

Ed.

Any of you guys ever had a golden pike? beautiful fish, but, as they get bigger they go into full bloom,with really nice colors,and then kill everything in the tank.