# of tanks just for fun

number of tanks and general inhabitants / contents

#1) 125 gallon severums/convict/ feather fin cat fish
#2) 55 planted tank / otos/ ramshorn snails/ albino bushynose/ snowball plecos/ red cherry shrimp
#3) 40 orange killifish/ red cherry shrimp/ more plants
#4) 40 corn snake currently
#5) 20 different killifish grow out/ snails/ java moss
#6) 29 conditioning water
#7) 4, betta containers 1-5 gallons lots of java moss
# and a 4 liter emersed grow experiment


keep it going it would be interesting to see what everyone has hidden away / keeping , i obviously have mts the disease you give to your friends and cant control (MTS= multi tank syndrome)

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1) 5gallon betta tank
2) 5 gallon hex betta tank
3) 20 long with pair of dwarf gouramies, 10 sterbai cories and 5 pygmy cories
4) 29 gallon with 4 otos and 22 guppies (fry)
5) 29 gallon with one pumpkinseed

1) 300g dry
2) 125g Tanganikyan
3) 125g Mbuna
4) 100g isolation
5) 55g Mbuna
6) 55g dry
7) 55g dry
40g breeder Mbuna
9) 40g breeder Mbuna
10) 40g breeder Mbuna
11) 20g long Mbuna grow-out
12) 20g long Mbuna grow-out
13) 20g long Mbuna grow-out
14) 20g long Mbuna grow-out
15) 20g long Mbuna grow-out
16) 20g long Mbuna grow-out
17) 20g long Mbuna grow-out
18) 20g long Mbuna grow-out
19) 10g dry
20) 10g dry
21) 10g community
22) 6g OEBT shrimp
23) 5g dry

1) 26g planted angel breeder
2) 40g planted community with breeding kribs
3) 10g guppies & platies and floating plants
4) 10g Endlers, clown plecos & floating plants
5) 10g Fundulopunchax scheeli killie & floating plants
6) 10g Albino Bluegrass Guppies & planted and floating plants
7) 5g Sunset/Tequila Guppies & floating plants
12g Half-red/cobra skin Guppies and floating plants
9) 10g Half-red/cobra skin Guppies & no plants
10) 55g Community Mix of Amazon Species of tetras, Plecos, cherry shrimp & heavily planted
11) 54g Corner Bowfront Community Mix Amazonian Species of tetras, Plecos & heavily planted
12) 2.5g Cherry Shrimp
13-16) 10g Cycling
17) 55g Cycling
18) 54g Corner Bowfront Dry
19) 55g Dry
20) 20g Dry
Several more sizes dry in the garage

Geeesh. I hope my wife doesn't see this! I don't think she's stopped to count them. I just keep the ones in the living room REALLY clean and stocked with the fish she likes to watch...!

1)300g Hoga pair, Loisellei pair, Org Pike pair, 2 x Kraussi, Lenticulata Pike, Blue Devil, Red Devil, Urothalmus, Grammode M&F, 2 x Hoduran Jags
2)250g Zonatus x 4, Bifasciatus x 3, Argentia x 3, Black belt x 3, Nurasatti x 4, Rhytisma, Nicuarguensis x 2, Sieboldi, Delhezi Polyptures x 2, Fen Catamaco x 2, 5 exotic plecos
3)210g RTM x3, Costa Rican Gold male Dovii, Freddies x 2, La Cieba Freddie x 2, Carpintis Escondido pair, Cubans x 2, Blythe/Tiger loach x 3, Choco Pleco
4)135g pair of Xilo, pair of Devils
5)150g Grow out tank to many to list
6)135g Hoga pair, Zonatus pair
7)125g Umbee pair, Jag pair
8)120g Red Isletas pair, Blue Devil, Cream sickle Devil
9)125g Festae pair
10)125g Dovii pair
11)40 breeder Red Isletas spawn #1 & 2
12)40 breeder Xilo fry
13)40 breeder Zonatus fry
14)40 breeder 19 festae, 5 Bocourtti
15)55g Hoga and Devil fry
16)55g 4 umbee grow outs, 1 female Costa Rican Gold Dovii
17)75g Jag, Zonatus, Xilo, Carpintis fry
18)55g Various African Cichs 20 and some fry
19)20g Dempsey fry, Umbee fry
20)20g RTM fry, Festae Fry
21)240g DRY
22)40g tall empty
23)20g long DRY
24)300g Tub for fry Empty

1) 40 gallon tall, planted, x6 steatocranus tinanti, 3 female bettas, 3 female guppies, 1 male, 3 nirate snails, 4 mysteries snails. (300gph filtration)
2)25 gallon, planted 5 female guppies, 2 male guppies, 2 female platties, 1 male platty, 3 ottos...snails(tons of fry)
3)20 gallon, planted 1 male convict, 1 female, few 100 fry)
4) 20 gallon long,planted 2 prickly sculpin, 5 guppies
5) 10 gallon,heavily planted 2 lyre tail killifish, 1 marbled cray, 2 nirate snils
6) 3 gallon QT tank, 7+ lyre tail killifhish fry
7) 3.5 gallon, 1 male betta
40 gallon, up and running but empty,
9) 55 g, dry
10) 29g, dry
11)16, dry
...i think thats all.

1) 10 gallon saltwater with various coral, 2 red leg hermit crabs, 2 blue leg hermit crabs, 2 nassarius snails, and a yellow clown goby
2) 29 gallon: Java Moss, 9 Het. Rasboras, 5 Black Neon Tetras, 2 Cherry Barbs, 2 Ottos, a Golden Wonder Killifish, and 3 generations of Peppered Corydora Catfish (I'm guessing about 12)
3) 10 gallon: Java Moss, 3 African Dwarf Frogs, and 6 Platies which I breed for live food
4) 5.5 gallon: planted, 4 Pygmy Multi-Stripe Loaches, 3 Emerald Dwarf Rasboras, a Clown Killifish, an Otto, and a Peacock Gudgeon
5) 2.5 gallon bow front: planted, 6 Red Cherry Shrimp, and a female Betta
6) 2.5 gallon bowl: planted, 5 White Cloud Minnow feeders, and a Ghost Shrimp

You people are crazy!

I have 1 40 fry/grow out tank and 1 110 soon to become a 165 mbuna tank. Acei,Rustys and some yellow labs with 1 demason and 1 socofoli.

So far I have
1. 40 Breeder community guppies and tetras.
2. 20L Angel Babies and cory cats
3.55 gallon breeding pair of angels and buenos aires and blue tetra
4. 55 gallon waiting to be setup
5. 25 gallon turtle habitat with 2 res
6. 10 gallon w/ 3 goldfish
7. 10 gallon w/ 1 female betta soon to be divided for the male
8. 1.5 gallon bowl w/ male betta
9. 165 gallon working on being setup
10. 1/2 gallon cube with male betta
11. 45 gallon hospital tank also a JIC of leakage.
12. 29 gallon being setup this week for my breeding pair of angels.
13. 5 gallon maybe planted shrimp tank.

I am pretty sure I suffer from MTS and I really hope my hubbby doesn't see this because I really doubt he has been counting too!!!

1. 210g / fish listed in signature
2. 120g / for sale
3. 29g / empty
4. 2.5g / betta tank

Can't seem to get out of the hobby.
1. 110 Gallon Red Heads
2. 55 Gallon Grow out tank of Festaes.

wow.. I feel much better about my fish addiction next to you guys.

you need to join the big boy club and get yourself a 200+ there Paintguy maybe yuour wife be ok if you trade the rest in lol

240g and 80g

6 festea
1 red tex
1 Hericthys Labridens.
1 Herichthys bartoni
2 Hondo jags
1 Vieja regani
3 Vieja Zonatum
1 Amphilophus nourissati

1) 180: 4x pearsei, 2x meeki, 3x loisellei, 1x argentea, 1x maculicauda, 1x salvini, 1x green phantom pleco L128 (I think)

2) 125: breeding pair of managuense, 30x fry

3) 110: 8x aureus, 7x f1 red isletas, 4x seiboldii, 4x istlanum, 2x robertsoni, 1x salvini, 1x cutterii, 1x zonatus.

4) 45: 1x loisellei, 1x bocourti

5) 29: live rock

6) 20L: 7 amano shrimp, 4 rummy nose tetra, 2 chinese algea eaters, anubias "petite nana", java fern trident

7) 10: hospital, growout etc.

::edit::
Dident relise we were doing dry as well
3x das 75 gallon tanks, 1 of each 90, 72 bow, 40L, 40 breeder, 29, 20, 15, 5.5, 5 hex, 4 bow.

madness wrote:2)250g Zonatus x 4, Bifasciatus x 3, Argentia x 3, Black belt x 3, Nurasatti x 4, Rhytisma, Nicuarguensis x 2, Sieboldi, Delhezi Polyptures x 2, Fen Catamaco x 2, 5 exotic plecos

-1 Black belt!

Thanks for the new fish! He is as big as my pearsei.

DMD123 wrote:

madness wrote:2)250g Zonatus x 4, Bifasciatus x 3, Argentia x 3, Black belt x 3, Nurasatti x 4, Rhytisma, Nicuarguensis x 2, Sieboldi, Delhezi Polyptures x 2, Fen Catamaco x 2, 5 exotic plecos

-1 Black belt!

Thanks for the new fish! He is as big as my pearsei.

Now about 3 more fish and you will be spot on.... lol, j/k!!!

I thought we were calling it a she.

1. 75 gallon Tropheus Bulu Point
2. 75 gallon Lake Malawi haps and mbuna
3. 60 gallon Lake Malawi mbuna
4. 55 gallon Lake Malawi mbuna
5. 38 gallon rescued (2) blood parrots tank
6. 29 gallon Julidochromis marlieri Gombe
7. 29 gallon Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor Victoriae
8. 20 gallon Altolamprologus calvus white Chaitika
9. 20 gallon Lamprologus leleupi
10. 20 gallon breeding trio bristlenose and fry
11. 20 gallon L134 (Leopard frog) plecostomus
12. 10 gallon Lamprologus brevis Katabe
13. 10 gallon Albino bristlenose
A few empty 10 and 2.5 gallon tanks

madness wrote:I thought we were calling it a she.

"It" is doing great! Colored up nice, and seems to be playing nice... so far, that why I had said "he" because girls just dont get along.

I have to say I am very shocked at the number of tanks some of you are keeping. I am really shocked. This is a great thread. And all of you with more then 10 tanks, I envy you. I really thought I had a lot of tanks in my house. I need to grow some. I'm going to show my wife. Some are scared to do this. I am gonna say, why do they get that many and not me..... I'm totaly gonna whine.

fish_n_vw wrote:

DMD123 wrote:

madness wrote:2)250g Zonatus x 4, Bifasciatus x 3, Argentia x 3, Black belt x 3, Nurasatti x 4, Rhytisma, Nicuarguensis x 2, Sieboldi, Delhezi Polyptures x 2, Fen Catamaco x 2, 5 exotic plecos

-1 Black belt!

Thanks for the new fish! He is as big as my pearsei.

Now about 3 more fish and you will be spot on.... lol, j/k!!!

Ok, only if I get to pick from the same list! madness, I will take a Zonatus, a Bifasciatus and one of the exotic plecos.

DMD123 wrote:

madness wrote:I thought we were calling it a she.

"It" is doing great! Colored up nice, and seems to be playing nice... so far, that why I had said "he" because girls just dont get along.

I see, and you are correct. We will call him a he.

fish_n_vw wrote:I have to say I am very shocked at the number of tanks some of you are keeping. I am really shocked. This is a great thread. And all of you with more then 10 tanks, I envy you. I really thought I had a lot of tanks in my house. I need to grow some. I'm going to show my wife. Some are scared to do this. I am gonna say, why do they get that many and not me..... I'm totaly gonna whine.

You know, whining just might work.

1)55 gallon 5 silver dollars 3 golden loach 5 giant danios 1 pleco
2)55 red swordtail fish 7 red wag platy 4zebra danios 3 black skirt tetras 4 red eye tetras
3)20 gallon planted red cherry shrimp ghost shrimp 5 glow fish
4)20 gallon planted 17 neon tetras
5)5 gallon zebra danios fry
6)2.5 gallon baby cherry shrimp

fish_n_vw wrote:I have to say I am very shocked at the number of tanks some of you are keeping. I am really shocked. This is a great thread. And all of you with more then 10 tanks, I envy you. I really thought I had a lot of tanks in my house. I need to grow some. I'm going to show my wife. Some are scared to do this. I am gonna say, why do they get that many and not me..... I'm totaly gonna whine.

You may not have the "quantity of tanks" others have but you do have some bigger tanks with higher volumes of water. So I'm sure someone else is saying 'why cant I have a tank thats at least as big as his, I would gladly give up some of these little ones for a big tank'.

[quote="DMD123"][quote="fish_n_vw"]

DMD123 wrote:

madness wrote:2)250g Zonatus x 4, Bifasciatus x 3, Argentia x 3, Black belt x 3, Nurasatti x 4, Rhytisma, Nicuarguensis x 2, Sieboldi, Delhezi Polyptures x 2, Fen Catamaco x 2, 5 exotic plecos

Ok, only if I get to pick from the same list! madness, I will take a Zonatus, a Bifasciatus and one of the exotic plecos.

OK. It will be $40 for the Bifa, $20 for the small Zo and $60 for the big, and the plecos are all $50ea

Well that dident go as planned, I read off everyones tank size and numbers of tanks. She sits there's and waits for me to finish. When I did I said why do all of these people get all these tanks and I don't. Her lips turned to smile and she said (in a very polite voice) "because your life sucks, your a piece of crap and you should kill yourself"............ WTF!!! Seriously!!!! My wife has the biggest heart. She's so kind and nice to everyone. Seriously she is, she's freakin mormon for gods sake. She is not like that. I don't know where that came from.............. oh well, I will try again tomorow.

madness wrote:OK. It will be $40 for the Bifa, $20 for the small Zo and $60 for the big, and the plecos are all $50ea

Really? Your ready to part with some... didnt that workout catching the black belt make you want to say forget it, everyone stays it just too much work catching you guys.

Yes very true. So you are correct, not selling any until I am ready to sell a hand full at once.

DMD123 wrote:

fish_n_vw wrote:I have to say I am very shocked at the number of tanks some of you are keeping. I am really shocked. This is a great thread. And all of you with more then 10 tanks, I envy you. I really thought I had a lot of tanks in my house. I need to grow some. I'm going to show my wife. Some are scared to do this. I am gonna say, why do they get that many and not me..... I'm totaly gonna whine.

You may not have the "quantity of tanks" others have but you do have some bigger tanks with higher volumes of water. So I'm sure someone else is saying 'why cant I have a tank thats at least as big as his, I would gladly give up some of these little ones for a big tank'.

Your probably right, but I still want more. I guess I have a 150 going in as soon as the remodel in the front room is done, and my wife gave me permision for a 5' tank in the boys' bedroom..... ehh, I'm not very patiant though.

fish_n_vw wrote:Well that dident go as planned, I read off everyones tank size and numbers of tanks. She sits there's and waits for me to finish. When I did I said why do all of these people get all these tanks and I don't. Her lips turned to smile and she said (in a very polite voice) "because your life sucks, your a piece of crap and you should kill yourself"............ WTF!!! Seriously!!!! My wife has the biggest heart. She's so kind and nice to everyone. Seriously she is, she's freakin mormon for gods sake. She is not like that. I don't know where that came from.............. oh well, I will try again tomorow.

That was a appreciate what you have talk. So think about it , is it really that bad that you "only" have a 180, 125, 110, 20, 10 etc... that is 400+ gallons more than what many have!

Not bad, I was recycling the talk I get from my wife about "only" having the one large tank.

I do the 'but madness has...' and then the speech begins "If madness jumped off a bridge would you?" and I say "If he's jumping off the bridge there must be some really good fish down there"

Lmao...

DMD123 wrote:Not bad, I was recycling the talk I get from my wife about "only" having the one large tank.

I do the 'but madness has...' and then the speech begins "If madness jumped off a bridge would you?" and I say "If he's jumping off the bridge there must be some really good fish down there"

i guess im lucky that my girlfriend really has never told me not to get a tank. my valentines present this year was a 120 with a stand and lights lol

lucky man. im single and all my tanks are in my larger bed room and i always have to give the heads up speach that im not some sort of fish hoarder.. if they freak out about the aquariums they are pretty much done hahaha

Whenever my wife says "enough already" I remind her that we started this with a single 10g tank because she wanted it. Went to a 55g because we needed to be able to keep more stable parameters and we needed a small tank to quarantine anyway. And so on... and so on.... LOL

At this point she has 3 of the tanks in her office. I only have 1 in mine (plus 11 in the office close/fish room)

hobbyorobsession wrote:lucky man. im single and all my tanks are in my larger bed room and i always have to give the heads up speach that im not some sort of fish hoarder.. if they freak out about the aquariums they are pretty much done hahaha

Amen to that. I dated this woman for 3 years, and all she could do is question my hobby. As we started talking more about getting married, she started saying crap like "You know that when we get married, you wont be putting those things in my house." REALLY? And I want us to get horses. She says. I tell her that I have absolutely NO interest in a horse. But I will be more than happy to buy her a horse so that she can enjoy her hobby. Oh thanks honey, but still no fish. REALLY?

3 years and 1 month and she was on her own. Wish she would have told me that sooner, I would have left long before the 3 year mark.

im not going to give up my interest in the hobby at all. and to start off a potential relationship with it being an issue is just a big red flag. my interest in fish feels like a part of me...and frankly were going to spend many a weekends doing the fish store runs...get used to it or please be on your way =)

its all about give and take and if all they wanna do is take your fish away it probably time to give them away

Exactly. They are like my children, if you want me to choose between you and my children. Guess what? You lose.

my dwarf breeder wall has 75- 10gallon tanks in fish room. My discus river has 18-20gallons and 15-29gallons all plumbed into a 200gallon sump in fish room. 5-29gallon tanks not plumbed into river for sick discus...in fish room. I have a 325 reef/frag tank in fish room. 1-180gallon salt tank for seeding captive live rock, can we say sustainable reef keeping (selling lots of rock soon..only every 6 months...)100 gallon quarantine salt tank in fish room. 4-180gallon planted fresh tanks in main house. 1-180 gallon frontosa tank in fish room thanks to fishbox member giving me is 13 fish colony of fronts. 1- 150gallon paludarium in main house, home for lungy my lung fish 36" long. 1-220gallon planted tank in main house. 1-72gallon planted corner bow in main house. another 180gallon reef in main house. 1-30gallon guppy tank in babies room. 6-55gallons for grow out angels and discus in fish room. 2- 4foot 100gallon tanks to hold "resting" breeder discus in fish room. Another 500gallons of random tanks crammed in where they fit in fish room...all powered by one turbine blower (runs on 1.5amps) and sponges. 1 mag drive powers discus river. Have addition 1,000 gallons in dry storage for my future green house.
Lilydog

wow do you run a business with all that?

1) 20 gal, planted, 7 rummy nose tetras (son's choice since they have "race flag tails" ), 5 harliquen rasboras, pink ramshorn snails, red cherry shrimp, and hopefully a pretty betta after I get the new moss established enough not to have shrimp on the menu

2) 10 gal, planted, 5 glofish (son's choice), 1 amano shrimp, pink ramshorn snails

My hubby has limited me to 2 tanks, but I can understand that since we're currently renting and probably going to move in a year or so...I don't think I want anymore right now, now that I'm thinking of it. Maybe I will later

I just sold off a couple tank but here's what I have now..

1. 300 gal Geophagus/Satanoperca tank
2. 6 gal fry tank
3. 40 gal fry grow out tank
4. 37 gal soon to be salt water tank.
5. 20 gal fry grow out tank
6. 300 gal ray tub..
7. 6 gal Fluval Edge for the kids..

I think that's it for now.. Lol