MullyJully
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Hi, nice to meet you all!
My interest in aquatic creatures started near the beginning of the UK lock downs. I had 2 aquariums in my house, one is my dad's goldfish tank, the other is a 110L tropical setup I bought for my dad as a birthday present. I hadn't really been interested in the fish, I would stop to have a little look in passing, but I wouldn't stay long, until I'd noticed one of my dad's orange and black mollies was looking a little chunkier than usual. I mean, it looked like it was about to expload!
After doing a bit of research, I found out that SHE was pregnant! Little did I know what I was about to get myself into...
I came to the tank multiple times a day to check for babies, and finally, one morning I found what I was looking for! 'Hooray! But, oh wait, is she trying to eat them!? OMG! SHE'S EATING THEM!?'
Immediately I'm on amazon looking for a small tank and filter. I paid about £120 for a fluval spec 19L. It came next day, I set it up, then remembered that I'd need some time to let it cycle. I jumped online to see what I could do in this situation, found out about breeding nets and headed down to my not so local fish store to pick a couple up!
Not too long after cycling my new tank, it started to become over populated. I gave most of young mollies to my not so local fish store and started to prepare for the next few batches by buying a couple 60L plastic storage containers and sponge filters.
Two and a half years later Im ten tanks deep and dreaming of the day I can own a tank, pond, or a lake big enough to swim in with my lovely aquatic beauties!
I've a 350L planted community tank, a 160 bristlenose breeder, my dad's original 110 is now a yellow tiger endler breeder. I've 160 hillstream loach/pygmy cory community, which could be a potential breeder tank. Two 60L grow out tanks, one of which may potentially become a Japan Blue/gold breeder, and three 15-25 litre tanks for quarantining/half way homes. Oh, and a 140ish goldfish tank that'll probably need an upgrade soon! Goldfish grow pretty big, huh?!
My interest in aquatic creatures started near the beginning of the UK lock downs. I had 2 aquariums in my house, one is my dad's goldfish tank, the other is a 110L tropical setup I bought for my dad as a birthday present. I hadn't really been interested in the fish, I would stop to have a little look in passing, but I wouldn't stay long, until I'd noticed one of my dad's orange and black mollies was looking a little chunkier than usual. I mean, it looked like it was about to expload!
After doing a bit of research, I found out that SHE was pregnant! Little did I know what I was about to get myself into...
I came to the tank multiple times a day to check for babies, and finally, one morning I found what I was looking for! 'Hooray! But, oh wait, is she trying to eat them!? OMG! SHE'S EATING THEM!?'
Immediately I'm on amazon looking for a small tank and filter. I paid about £120 for a fluval spec 19L. It came next day, I set it up, then remembered that I'd need some time to let it cycle. I jumped online to see what I could do in this situation, found out about breeding nets and headed down to my not so local fish store to pick a couple up!
Not too long after cycling my new tank, it started to become over populated. I gave most of young mollies to my not so local fish store and started to prepare for the next few batches by buying a couple 60L plastic storage containers and sponge filters.
Two and a half years later Im ten tanks deep and dreaming of the day I can own a tank, pond, or a lake big enough to swim in with my lovely aquatic beauties!
I've a 350L planted community tank, a 160 bristlenose breeder, my dad's original 110 is now a yellow tiger endler breeder. I've 160 hillstream loach/pygmy cory community, which could be a potential breeder tank. Two 60L grow out tanks, one of which may potentially become a Japan Blue/gold breeder, and three 15-25 litre tanks for quarantining/half way homes. Oh, and a 140ish goldfish tank that'll probably need an upgrade soon! Goldfish grow pretty big, huh?!
