Fish Keepers. - Page 2

Gungirl · 11-28-11, 09:21 AM

Love seeing all the pictures. I can not wait to get our 55gallon tank back up and running.

**Pareeeee** · 11-28-11, 09:30 AM

Another fishkeeper here for about 10 years! Love da fishies

33gal planted fw tropical tank.

Jay · 11-28-11, 09:32 AM

Beautiful tank!! What's in the back? Giant Val, or onion?

exwizard · 11-28-11, 10:10 AM

I used to keep fish but that was a long time ago. My favorites were the african cichlids of a variety of colors. At one point in time I had 7 tanks going at one and one of them was a saltwater tank. My favorilte out of that tank was an australian lunar wrasse. One of these days, maybe when Im not so busy, I might get back into it again. It was pretty fun.

**millertime89** · 11-28-11, 01:46 PM

Just picked up a 55 gallon this past weekend with 2 plexi tops and an under gravel filter for 20 bucks. Trying to figure out what I want in there. I keep coming back to piranhas because even though they're boring fish, there's just something about saying "I keep piranhas and a reticulated python..."

alessia55 · 11-28-11, 03:57 PM

All of ya'lls fancy fish tanks put my lonely fish to shame

**Pareeeee** · 11-29-11, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jay0133

Beautiful tank!! What's in the back? Giant Val, or onion?

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Originally Posted by millertime89

Just picked up a 55 gallon this past weekend with 2 plexi tops and an under gravel filter for 20 bucks. Trying to figure out what I want in there. I keep coming back to piranhas because even though they're boring fish, there's just something about saying "I keep piranhas and a reticulated python..."

jay: thanks, and it is giant val in the back. I also have cryptocoryne wendtii, cryptocoryne wilissii, dwarf VAL, red tiger lotus (nymphaea sp.) and Java fern.

miller: that's hilarious...yeah it would be cool to be able to say that, lol! you could also get something like arowanna which is a really cool and mean looking fish. Not sure if 55gal would be big enough for one of them tho. also oscars are cook.

Jay · 11-29-11, 08:39 AM

Nice val, how old are they?

**Pareeeee** · 11-29-11, 09:32 AM

I think I got the original vallisneria maybe seven or eight years ago and they just spawned from that one.

Norm66 · 11-29-11, 09:58 AM

Here are some older pics of my 3 tanks. All have Tanganyikan African cichlids as I find them the most interesting fish for some reason. I love how each species has its niche (rock, sand, shell, open water etc.).

The 20 gallon has exlamprologus brichardi or as I like to call them, the Death Squad. They tend to kill everything else in the tank when they start to spawn so I keep them in a species tank. They've given me 6 of 7 spawns and seem to have pretty well stopped now probably due to overcrowding. I'm fine with that since I've only been able to get rid of 10 babies.

The 29 gallon has exlamp. ocelottus (gold occies), Yellow altolamprologus calvus, julidochromis transcriptus and some guppies for the top. The tank is actually set up differently now but I dont' have a recent picture online yet.

Norm66 · 11-29-11, 09:59 AM

Part 2:
This is the 125. It's got altolamprologus compressiceps, exlamp. caudopunctatus, exlamp. multifasciatus, cyprochromis leptosoma, eretmodus cynostictus and xenotilapia ochragenys. All were purchased as juveniles this past summer and so far only the cyps have started spawning for me.

These are all taken with my iPhone. I was saving for a digital SLR when the reptile bug bit me. Oh well. ;^)

Jay · 11-29-11, 10:32 AM

Nice tanks, and yet when that reptile bug bites its a hard bite lol, way better than a camera any day.

**millertime89** · 11-29-11, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pareeeee

miller: that's hilarious...yeah it would be cool to be able to say that, lol! you could also get something like arowanna which is a really cool and mean looking fish. Not sure if 55gal would be big enough for one of them tho. also oscars are cook.

I can, the fish store in town with Piranhas also has a tiny arowanna for sale, but you're right, a 55 would not be able to hold an adult.

Norm66 · 11-29-11, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jay0133

Nice tanks, and yet when that reptile bug bites its a hard bite lol, way better than a camera any day.

Yes. Though reptiles and a fancy camera would be great too.

ashleynicole · 11-29-11, 08:18 PM

I love the rainbowfish and the cichlids! Especially the blurry boesemani!