The beginning of SiRWesDragon's aquatic hobby

It start with a 36gal bow front tank with community fishes that died or eaten slowly by red blood parrot fish. Bought it cause I didn't know any better and listened to the Petsmart guy. With reading on forums like this one and watching vids on youtube.  Got better at it and also started a 55gal african cichlid tank. Then started  a 30 gal planted/shrimp tank. Upgraded my african cichlid tank from a 55gal to 90gal. Then sold 55gal and 30gal. Then 35gal bow front was converted to a dirted planted tank with community fishes and shrimp tank was downgraded to a 15gal with low light plants. Then a few months later shrimp tank was downgraded again to a 10gal tank and 15 gal sold to get different 30gal for another planted tank. Then sold the 90gal african cichlid tank with all fishes to get a 125gal American cichlid tank

My 125gal American cichlid tank. It has blue electric acaras, rainbow cichlids,  firemouth cichlids,  sp. Goldsaum cichlids, festivum cichlids, Synodontis eupterus cats, clown loaches,  and a pleco
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My 36gal bowfront walstad planted tank. It has neon tetras, black emperor tetras, pristella tetras, rummy nose tetras, tiger barbs, harlequin rasboras, angels, kuhili loaches, otocinclus , nerite snails and cory cats.
Before set up(30gal eclipse[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Before setup(36gal bowfront walstad planted tank)[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Current set(36gal bowfront walstad planted tank)
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My (old aka sold it) african cichlid tank has  White labs, Demasonis, Auroras, Red zebras, OB Fuelleborni, Blue regal peacocks, Blue Dolphins,  Venustus, Livingston, Yellow tail blue acei, Blue johannis, Saluosis, Hongi, Chisumulaes,  M.chipokae & plecos.
Before 90gal tank (a 55gal tank)[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
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My 10gal planted dwarf shrimp tank. It has red painted cherry reds, and tiger shrimps.
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My planted 30gal tank. Has angel fishes, albino bushy nose plecos and loaches.
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Current 30gal planted tank.
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are those eggs on the slate piece to the right?

Yup. Trying to hatch them in another tank. Hatching brine shrimps right now. I see wigglers now 2nd day. Hope they survive to a dime size to sell or trade.

I had discus wigglers sunday. mom ate them by the end of the day. she drops eggs about once a week, so I get plenty of chances to experiment what works...I guess if I were serious about it, id move them to a sterile breeding tank...but im more along the lines of, "if it doesn't work out this time..ill wait another week"

good luck with yours..

Always cool to see where it all began. This will be really neat to look at in a couple years when you have more tanks (and BIGGER!) and see where it all started.

Its actually been only a few months like last winter.  Lol. Im obsessed. Saltwater is my next future project but maybe a couple years to collect the equipment I need slowly to set up the perfect medium sized tank.

I think ur tank has more than enough plants in it....once they fill out at least, however you gotta post pics of the damage you do with that bag o' vegetation you have now

Its for the 30 gal angel tank. For the empty side. But I shared with Freddieb half of the bag. Hes starting out on the plants.

Thanks nick. I was also paying it forward.  

well, those started from a few clippings I was given + a few I got from CL. my tank was barren, then it grew into a jungle, now I gotta give the stuff away or toss it. otherwise I have no room for fish. good luck