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mykiss

Oct 27th 2006, 06:57 PM

The site looks great guys!

just out of curiosity but how many tanks do you all have?

I've got one salt tank and about 11 freshwater tanks. I'm planning to setup a few more tanks so when I do I'll have some pics to come!!!

Oh, and I have 4 tanks in my office!

thegrandpoohbah

Oct 27th 2006, 08:58 PM

4 FW tanks running right now. A 5th ready to go for applesnail babies which will hopefully be arriving soon.

blainep

Oct 27th 2006, 10:09 PM

I've got 14 tanks in the 'condo' ( See DIY ) , 8 more planning to be up and running in fishroom phase 2 and the big tank in the living room. All freshwater, no salt yet.

AquaScaper

Oct 27th 2006, 10:21 PM

5 Tanks for me, still holding out for that 200gal lol.

I have all FW but am hoping to one day have a Nano, if I can just get passed the idea of the creepy crawlies that like to hitchhike in the Live Rock:Scared:

Melody

Oct 27th 2006, 11:56 PM

Ah, good question! Do you want the truth or what people tell their spouse's? :Devilish:

My numbers fluctuate according to what's in quarantine, breeding, how many fry I have, etc. Right now I have <counting> 14.:witch:

CACAdmin

Oct 28th 2006, 01:33 PM

At the moment, I have 4 FW tanks. (+ 1 bucket of tiny baby snails, if you want to count that...lol).

mykiss

Oct 28th 2006, 06:17 PM

HHmmmmm I guess buckets count too then...lol

Melody

Oct 28th 2006, 08:46 PM

ROFL Definitly! Buckets, tubs, margerine containers, its all 'tanks'! So says we, the membership, who must surely know everything between the lot of us!

blainep

Oct 28th 2006, 11:15 PM

Ok, if we're counting tubs and buckets, then I need more fingers and toes to count on :laugh:

Norstar

Oct 29th 2006, 11:05 AM

Hi everybody!

OK, here it goes

1 @ 110 gal. Sea Star - Discus
1 @ 65 gal. - community
1 @ 50 gal. - swordtails
3 @ 25 gal. - angel breeding pairs
1 @ 25 gal. - shrimp
3 @ 10 gal. - angel fry
3 @ 10 gla. - empty (for now - hahahahaha........)

I think I am now officially maxed out.

CACAdmin

Oct 29th 2006, 11:34 AM

I think I am now officially maxed out.

For the moment anyway, because that's what we all say! :Devilish:

fishenthusiast

Oct 29th 2006, 11:52 AM

Right now I have....6 tanks running, ranging in size from 55G to 5G. I also have 2 empty 10G tanks. I keep only freshwater fish, I don't think I could handle salt water.

BC_Kron

Oct 29th 2006, 02:49 PM

Lets see......

2 @110 gal - 1 community, 1 Geophagus, SA
2 @55 gal - 1 Malawi Cichlid, 1 Angel Fry Grow out
1 @50 gal - Pair of Jack Dempseys
1 @27 gal - Lake Victorian Fry Grow out
2 @33 gal - 1 pair of Angels, 1 Livebearer community
3 @ 10 gal - 1 brackish, 1 Clawed Frogs, 1 Victorian Fry
3 @ 5 gal - 1 angel fry, 1 Geophagus fry, 1 Quarantine
1 @ 20 gal - oodles of Snails
Most are planted, all are FW

and a couple 33's, 10's and 5's "on deck" waiting.

Melody

Oct 29th 2006, 06:20 PM

OK now you're just showing off :Frog: :witch:

BC_Kron

Oct 30th 2006, 06:38 PM

OK now you're just showing off :Frog: :witch:

:Blush: maybe a little.... but no disrepect meant!

CACAdmin

Oct 30th 2006, 07:09 PM

and a couple 33's, 10's and 5's "on deck" waiting.

Waiting for what? Lots of fish out there to chose from! Oh, I get it, it's the decisions that are holding this up.:Think: The options are endless of course. You'll have to let us know which lucky critters eventually make this their home.

I wish I had the room you have for all those tanks but then I'd have to quit my job to be able to find time to do all those water changes. lol.

Oh, BTW, if w're counting tanks 'in waitng" I have a 'mini' pond on the balcony which houses Hets & snails in the summer.

mykiss

Oct 30th 2006, 11:52 PM

ok, so I've got:

2 x 75g tanks, one that's planted and has shrimps and plecos, and the other has nothing but waiting for some cool fishes

3 x 33g pleco and plant tank
2 x 15g shrimp tank and the other as a Heterandria formosa tank
1 x 48 gallon planted shrimp tank
1 x 10 gallon shrimp tank
2 x 27 gallon tank for crystal red shrimps and the other for a mixed shrimp tank
1 x 30 gallon salt water tank with a 20 sump

I'm also setting up 3 x 48 gallon tanks which just needs water and fish. They are all cleaned and ready to go! I'm also setting up a rack for about 5 x 27 gallon, 5 x 10gallon, and about 2 x 33 gallon tanks for my breeding project. And last but not least I'll hope to also have another 75 and 45 g tanks setup for my grow out tanks for the koi angels.

I also just tore down 2 x 10g and a 27g tanks so that I can set it up at the new place.

Many tanks to setup yet so little time....

Melody

Oct 31st 2006, 02:48 AM

:Blush: maybe a little.... but no disrepect meant!

LOL Puuuuuure envy talkin' over here my dear! Meow & all that :witch: .

Melody

Oct 31st 2006, 02:51 AM

bettakim

Oct 31st 2006, 06:36 AM

Currently I have 5 tanks running, picking up 4 more on Friday and who knows what I'll come home with Saturday from the Brampton show/auction. :witch:

Melody

Oct 31st 2006, 04:08 PM

Awesome! I think the only thing better than having lots of tanks, is getting a new one.

Can you PM me your club info when you have a spare moment, Kim? I want a full listing here as time permits, plus I'm contacting them all with a free banner that will go into rotation on the site with their permission. There is nothing better for a hobbyist than a thriving club, in my opinion.

Have fun!:D

Candice

Nov 1st 2006, 10:13 PM

Just 4 right now.
108/30/20/20

Carlos the Aquanut

Nov 10th 2006, 12:39 AM

Well, as of right now... I have the following

90 gal commuity planted

72hex discus breeding

46 bowfront angel breeding

33 hex community

2 gal quaritine

Soon to add...

30-40 gal cube

135 gal community tank

yup..I am hooked...and now my gf wants more tanks... hinting at another 130..... good thing I have a house now..LOL:twitcy:

BC_Kron

Nov 10th 2006, 11:45 AM

Well I had to triple check so as not to miss any....:Think:

OK....Room 1

2 X 55g ( 1 asst chichlids ie:lithobates red peacocks etc, 1-attempting to breed angels)
1 X 50g ( pair of dempseys)
1 X 27g ( fulu juvenile grow out tank)
2 X 110g ( 1-asst'd geophagus breeding tank, 1-turquoise rainbow & glass catfish well planted community tank)

OK....Room 2

2 X 33g ( 1-breeding Angels & khuli loaches, 1-livebearers:guppies & asst'd swordtails)
3 X 10g ( 1-sleeper goby & feeder fish, 1-6 clawed frogs, 1-fulu fry grow out)
1 X 5g ( red hump geo fry grow out)
1 X 2.5g ( quarantine)

And I can't leave out the 20g packed w/apple, red ramshorns and MTS snails from Melody along with a load of ghost shrimp and a breeding pair of bettas....we have oh I dunno 4, maybe 5 or 6 more asst'd size tanks not set up at the moment but it is Friday and the Mr BC_Kron loves projects so the numbers could increase at any given moment:wideeyed: It doesn't help that I am just as quick to stock the tanks...okay it does help:yes:

Mrs BC_Kron

You can tell what tanks the Mr pays more attention to verses the ones I do, just by the descriptions of each tank...hee hee

bettakim

Nov 10th 2006, 01:01 PM

Sounds like around our house, except the kids want to stock the tanks. Hubby came home last night from work to 2 more 10g, a 5g and a 26g being set up. He asked if I was done buying tanks. I smiled and asked to have the freezer moved out of my work room. :yes:

Melody

Nov 11th 2006, 03:07 AM

LOL I've said it before and I'll say it again, if Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. Sounds like there's at least a couple of Hubbies who have that figured out. "Let her have another tank, I get dinner for another month... or whatever :Embarassing: .

The lovely Mrs. BCKron, so nice to have you stop by. I thought he had buried you in the backyard or someting :wideeyed: . But then I realized that of course, he would never, ever do that.

Might want to put a pond in someday and you'd be in the way.

:rofl:

Pamelajo

Nov 15th 2006, 06:15 AM

Seven.

mixixe

Nov 16th 2006, 10:17 PM

FW:
1 x 75
1 x 55
2 x 33
1 x 8.5

Then 3 betta bowls.

SW
1 x 5 g nano

I think i've got some catching up to do!

Melody

Mar 28th 2007, 12:55 PM

This just came up in another thread so its time.....

:bump-5:

traco1

Mar 28th 2007, 01:14 PM

Melody is one step ahead of me. I was just asking this question in another thread.

Myself, I have for tanks

~ 90 gallon planted, discus, angels, tetras, plecos
~ 65 gallon bare bottom, 7 juvenile stendker discus babies
~ 55 gallon planted, swordtails, cories
~ 33 gallon planted, platies, cories
~ 10 gallon planted, shrimp only tank
~ two 5 gallon QT tanks running at the moment

I still have vacant a 20 gallon and a 29 gallon.

Great thread to see what everyone here has. I wonder what your water change schedule is like.

Osprey

Mar 28th 2007, 04:55 PM

I have four; two FW planted community tanks (10g high-light, 46g low-light) a 30g SW quarantine, and a 90g saltwater that will eventually become a reef tank. Unfortunately, I'm running out of room for more tanks (I don't have the option of creating a fish room), and my sister has informed me that I need to buy a dehumidifier before I even CONSIDER trying to add a few more.:nah:
Ah, well... one day, I'll have a real house, all to myself, to fill with fish tanks...

fishykisses

Mar 28th 2007, 06:12 PM

i have a 7ft - 96g planted community, a 55g african, 55g planted livebearer that's going to be for the rare and endangered, a 25g long that currently houses the rare and endangered, another 25g that needs to be resealed and a 10g in storage waiting for the galaxy rasboras.

mixixe

Mar 29th 2007, 02:04 PM

Now.. I have 2 sw tanks, one nano and the other one a nano propogation tank. and I have 4 fw tanks. My next goal is to do a larger sw tank!