Fishy Ambition?

[Flubberlump]

Some really interesting ideas so far. There are so many different ways to branch off in this hobby

I have also decided that I'd like some mudskippers in my fish room

Ahhh i've done all the fishrooms and millions of tanks and millions of different species from arrowanas and stingrays to koi and fancy goldfish, from teras and danios to discus and angels... sorubim limias and great big L number plecs...

Tropical, coldwater, brackish and marine. Planted and rivererine, big tanks and picos.... been there and done that, even if not kept for too long.

At the moment i have 4 tanks on the go at work, two coldwater Fluval Chi (one of each size), a Fluval Spec and a Kent Marine Bio Reef 94 and soon to be a heavily planted tank.

I dont have any tanks at home as I am living temporarily with my parents again (sigh!) but when i do have tanks, they will definately be biotope or species specific.

Like in my signature, i really want a tank for a peacock mantis shrimp, a larger marine tank for native british species (anemones, crabs, gobies etc) and I would really like seahorses again but to do it properly and breed them. Want a less common species than kuda or reidii. I like the Zebra Snout Seahorses... and pipefish, i love pipefish too so.. hrumph...

I'm so jealous of all the different things you've done! *sigh* I just need to win the lottery and invest in a bigger house and a lot of equipment!

Pipefish are very interesting, and not something you see everyday in home aquariums!

 

[Fishy friend2]

Or maybe even keep some of these
http/www.google.com/search?q=pink+dart+goby&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=xqo9T6C-HajA2gW_rcyvCA&biw=1024&bih=644&sei=yKo9T9zMDKWr2AX_m-yjCA
Possibly even some Aioliops megastigma

 

[Flubberlump]

Oooo they're pretty!

 

[micko]

This changes daily but I'd eventually like to keep wild discus, I've got a nice group of captive bred at the moment. Arowana, dwarf sea horses, various larger cichlids etc.....
In an ideal world I'd like to just be happy to concentrate and keep only one tank and be happy with just the one tank.

 

[Flubberlump]

This changes daily but I'd eventually like to keep wild discus, I've got a nice group of captive bred at the moment. Arowana, dwarf sea horses, various larger cichlids etc.....
In an ideal world I'd like to just be happy to concentrate and keep only one tank and be happy with just the one tank.

I know how you feel. But there are so many different species that I'd love to keep, and they all need different environments. I'd need a much bigger house, a lot more time, and a lot of money to keep everything I'd like to

 

[pablothebetta]

I'd love to have the room, money and time to have more tanks as I currently only have one and it's not very big at all.

I'd love a high tech heavily planted tank, with a selection of 'tiny tropicals' (microrasbora, scarlet badis, killis, etc). Not sure which, as I love them all. I'd also like a dwarf puffer tank and a large-ish community tank. I'd have to have khuli loaches, cories and a large shoal of fish in there, though I don't know what else. One thing I'd love to try one day is to venture into marine, though that would make at least 5 tanks in total, and I'm not sure I'd be able to keep up with them all.

When will I realistically be able to achieve those things? Only in my dreams

 

[parker313]

I'm working on it now An angel based community tank. I've done several different FW setups as well as a nano reef and a 55g saltwater tank but I just keep coming back to angels. I have converted my 55g salt tank back to FW and am building my community. I currently have platies, cory cats and 5 angels. Pretty much the only thing I lack is some bolivian rams

Ultimately, I want a tank that I enjoy looking at but don't hate maintaining!

 

[mark2109111]

Some really interesting ideas so far. There are so many different ways to branch off in this hobby

I have also decided that I'd like some mudskippers in my fish room

Ahhh i've done all the fishrooms and millions of tanks and millions of different species from arrowanas and stingrays to koi and fancy goldfish, from teras and danios to discus and angels... sorubim limias and great big L number plecs...

Tropical, coldwater, brackish and marine. Planted and rivererine, big tanks and picos.... been there and done that, even if not kept for too long.

At the moment i have 4 tanks on the go at work, two coldwater Fluval Chi (one of each size), a Fluval Spec and a Kent Marine Bio Reef 94 and soon to be a heavily planted tank.

I dont have any tanks at home as I am living temporarily with my parents again (sigh!) but when i do have tanks, they will definately be biotope or species specific.

Like in my signature, i really want a tank for a peacock mantis shrimp, a larger marine tank for native british species (anemones, crabs, gobies etc) and I would really like seahorses again but to do it properly and breed them. Want a less common species than kuda or reidii. I like the Zebra Snout Seahorses... and pipefish, i love pipefish too so.. hrumph...

I'm so jealous of all the different things you've done! *sigh* I just need to win the lottery and invest in a bigger house and a lot of equipment!

Pipefish are very interesting, and not something you see everyday in home aquariums!

I actually have a trio of freshwater pipefish. They are quite enjoyable.Here is a short video i took of them. http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdmg1ZhhCEY

 

[MBOU]

Awwwww I miss my pipefish!!!

What species are they?

I had 5 Doryichthys boaja. Didnt realise they got so big! So hard to ID species when sellers dont have a clue! Mine were donig amazing and their behaviour was fascinating but unfortunately when he had that awful heatwave 3-4 years ago, in the building they were in it hit 41 Deg C and i just couldnt keep temeperature down, not with waterchanges or ice managed to get them through the day actually but had to trust someone else the next day and they couldnt keep up with the ice and half hourly brackish water changes hehs

http/www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=pipefish+boaja+dorichthys&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=14403l17068l1l17240l11l11l0l0l0l0l206l1575l1.9.1l11l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1059&bih=607&wrapid=tlif132951159144110&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=vLw-T_HOLcfB0QWLntCsDw#um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=doryichthys+boaja&oq=doryichthys&aq=2S&aqi=g2g-S2&aql=&gs_sm=1&gs_upl=7805l7805l1l9939l1l1l0l0l0l0l143l143l0.1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=cc776754a4ac551f&biw=1059&bih=607

 

[finmama]

I really really want a killifish tank. I need a bigger place, and to save money. I have a flagfish in my 29g community tank, but have never seen any other killi's for sale here. Someday

 

[Shovelman]

MBOU- I saw that you have a peacock mantis in your signature. Needless to say, im jealous!

They (and other matis species) are probably the only reason in wanna do salt water....

 

[Keeper Of Cichlids]

Well what I'm going to do is a 6ft species tank dedicated to breeding Festaes.
Many things I would like to do, I guess the main thing would be Arrowanas.

 

[FishFanatic04]

I want to breed Apisto's, Angelfish, and Gouramis.

 

[Keeper Of Cichlids]

I want to breed clown loaches naturally, I don't know how or when all I know is that it's going to happen!

 

[Fishy friend2]

I would love too have a beautifully planted 5-6 ft community tank, as the 16 gal. I have now looks puny