What are you keeping?

**MRTom** 2013-11-02, 13:33

The last thread on who is keeping livebearers made me wonder what else everyone is keeping... then I saw that we can make polls, and I couldn't help myself! So here we go, check away and let me know what you got!

(secretly hoping for a huge contingent of minnow and gourami lovers!)

CrazedAce 2013-11-02, 13:38

African and American cichlids, bettas, anabantoids, plecos, catfish and low tech plants.
I only have one blue gourami left from my last batch, but I used to breed them and they are purdy when in full breeding colors Very Happy

I used to have white cloud minnows as well, which I may eventually get again because they don't eat their young and I love when they display.

KaraWolf 2013-11-02, 15:07

I counted my RTS as a Minnow and a fw shark >> Very Happy

I also have endlers livebearer males (possibly guppy hybred) and cherry shrimp Very Happy

cichlid-gal 2013-11-02, 15:18

I marked all species I have, even if I just have one of them...I still have them Smile

and put livebearers under "other".

**MRTom** 2013-11-02, 15:26

LOL, I totally wrote livebearers the first time around, but a bug made me loose the list. I forgot to add them the second time around!

**MRTom** 2013-11-02, 18:57

KaraWolf wrote: I counted my RTS as a Minnow and a fw shark >> :DI also have endlers livebearer males (possibly guppy hybred) and cherry shrimp

Every time I see your profile pic, I am reminded how much I want to keep a RTS someday! Very Happy

**Madness** 2013-11-02, 19:47

OK,

South & Central American Cichlids, African Cichlids, Plecos, loaches, Bichirs.

fishNAbowl 2013-11-02, 20:07

Am I the only one growing high tech plants?What is considered a "high tech plant"?

**MRTom** 2013-11-02, 20:48

I would guess anything that needs CO2?

fishNAbowl 2013-11-02, 21:01

MRTom wrote:I would guess anything that needs CO2?

Oooh, okay...

Well 3 of my tanks are CO2injected, LED & T5HO, & an array of fertilizers. I would guess this is "high tech" Very Happy

KaraWolf 2013-11-02, 21:04

MRTom wrote:
Every time I see your profile pic, I am reminded how much I want to keep a RTS someday!

bwhahaha a convert!!! Very Happy

I love mine and plan on always having at least 1 Smile

they're awesome bebeautiful fish <3

Angelman 2013-11-03, 01:09

Cant put them all on one so 2 manny

**MRTom** 2013-11-03, 01:24

fishNAbowl wrote:Oooh, okay...

Well 3 of my tanks are CO2injected, LED & T5HO, & an array of fertilizers. I would guess this is "high tech"

Yep! Heck, high tech java fern counts! Wink

To be honest, I'm more curious about how many folks are bothering with CO2 injection, T5 and fertilizer and how many are going plastic or java moss. The bummer is this implies there are very few folks doing amano landscapes or nature aquariums. On the upside, lots of cool fish!

KaraWolf wrote:bwhahaha a convert!!! :DI love mine and plan on always having at least 1 they're awesome bebeautiful fish <3

You got that right! I recently got a 125... and while my true dream is to get 1000 sparkling gouramis in there... 1 red tail would do wonders too!

Angelman wrote:Cant put them all on one so 2 manny

Keep the addiction going!

Guest 2013-11-03, 02:35

No section for shrimps and other invert.

**MRTom** 2013-11-03, 03:32

Doh, another lost option due to the bug and reentry! Just vote other for now and comment Smile

sorry about the omissions!

Guest 2013-11-03, 03:38

Its ok. Tom.

The "other fish" for me is shrumps and snails.

**MRTom** 2013-11-03, 03:51

In spite of the other snafu, a few interesting things are cropping up... like the need to have a lot of killifish pics to get people excited about keeping huge schools of clown killies and others like them! (I also love killies!)

And I'm blown away and totally excited to see two shark keepers! I almost put that on there expecting 0 or 1 Very Happy

**Madness** 2013-11-03, 12:48

What about Bichirs? Smile

**Madness** 2013-11-03, 12:54

Oh and loach's. Are they referred to as something else in your list?

**MRTom** 2013-11-03, 13:47

Other? I was thinking of hillstream loaches when I thought of sucker fish. But where does that leave clown loaches? Man! We're gonna have to do this again in a few weeks!

DMD123 2013-11-03, 13:54

I counted my bichir as 'other'

**Madness** 2013-11-03, 14:34

Bichirs are becoming very popular. I bet if they were on the list they would have more vote than 5 of your choices, maybe more. Wink

KaraWolf 2013-11-03, 16:11

MRTom wrote:
KaraWolf wrote:bwhahaha a convert!!! :DI love mine and plan on always having at least 1 :)they're awesome bebeautiful fish <3
You got that right! I recently got a 125... and while my true dream is to get 1000 sparkling gouramis in there... 1 red tail would do wonders too!

I was gonna say go find an even tempered one(the guy in the tank that isn't beat up much,isn't paled out, but isn't actively chasing anyone who didn't start it first) but sparkling gourami's are even smaller then what I currently have mine in with 0.o She has cohabited so far with: otos whom she doesn't give a hoot about-not even to kick out of her personal cave, black skirt tetra, black phantom tetra, and orange von rio flames. Eventually she will have to put up with marble hatchets and lemon tetra too. Smile

So far I've found anything with half a brain for escaping predators do just fine.

fishNAbowl 2013-11-03, 21:33

MRTom wrote: be honest, I'm more curious about how many folks are bothering with CO2 injection, T5 and fertilizer and how many are going plastic or java moss. The bummer is this implies there are very few folks doing amano landscapes or nature aquariums. On the upside, lots of cool fish!

I don't know what this means? In nature CO2 in the water is abundant. So is many of the fertilizers we add. These elements are produced very slowly in an enclosed environments, so slow that many of the plants are stunted, or may die completely. Adding supplements is a way to mimic natural habitats.

**MRTom** 2013-11-03, 21:59

fishNAbowl wrote:I don't know what this means? In nature CO2 in the water is abundant. So is many of the fertilizers we add. These elements are produced very slowly in an enclosed environments, so slow that many of the plants are stunted, or may die completely. Adding supplements is a way to mimic natural habitats.

I don't think there is an official definition of high tech or low tech aquariums. In fact a quick google search turns up more discussions like this one asking the question than anything else. In the end, If you consider yourself high tech, vote high tech, otherwise low tech. We should start (or revive?) a separate topic on the subject and rochambeau over it Very Happy

**MRTom** 2013-11-03, 22:01

KaraWolf wrote:I was gonna say go find an even tempered one(the guy in the tank that isn't beat up much,isn't paled out, but isn't actively chasing anyone who didn't start it first) but sparkling gourami's are even smaller then what I currently have mine in with 0.o She has cohabited so far with: otos whom she doesn't give a hoot about-not even to kick out of her personal cave, black skirt tetra, black phantom tetra, and orange von rio flames. Eventually she will have to put up with marble hatchets and lemon tetra too. :)So far I've found anything with half a brain for escaping predators do just fine.

This is awesome info. When I am ready with my big tank, I will totally start a topic asking for recommendations like this one Very Happy

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