Obsession Or Not

[Alm0stAwesome]

I'm actually surprised by the number of posters that didn't start with tiny tanks!

 

[Lufbramatt]

had a 10 gallon, fishless cycled, once stocked it lasted about 6 weeks

upgraded to a 29 gallon, lasted about 7 months

then got a 90 gallon, has been set up since december 2011, cant have anything bigger not got any more space

About 2 months ago I set the 29gal back up which now houses a breeding pair of brevis shelldwellers and a bunch of fry

when/if I move house I want an 8x2x2 240 gallon for frontosa or featherfin cichlids

The beauty of it is that once you've done one fishless cycle its easy to clone a filter so it becomes very quick and easy to upgrade or start up new tanks . . .

 

[Llegmore]

Everyone's obsessed!!!! lol

I (personally) started with a 5 gallon when I was 12 because the family 33 gallon sprang a leak and I wanted to save my betta buddy. This escalated to a 160 litre (35 gallon) 4 years ago. Then a 10 gallon. Then another 10 gallon. Then a Rio 180 about a month ago. I've never got rid of any of my tanks / traded them up so I just keep on adding.

I'm hoping to upgrade the 160 litre to a Rio 240 at Christmas and I still want more tanks.

Unfortunately my parents have now drawn the line as they think the floor of my room is going to give Still, I do like to fall asleep surrounded by fishies.

It's a very addictive hobby. But in a good way.

 

[alihar]

I started with a 60litre tropical community tank 17yrs ago, switched it to cold water a year later then sold it on.
Went back to tropical with a 72lire wich I kept for years then had to downsize to a fluval edge thru moving to a flat.
As soon as I moved back home I got a Roma 125 wich lasted around 4 months and I upgraded to the Roma 200.
I only have the 200 and a small hospital tank.
I would probably have another tank but I maintain a friends 64 litre and her mums 280 litre for them so it's more than enough water changes a week for me!
I may get a nano going again at Christmas

 

[brian1]

Amazing reading all this, and most are so funny,I am slowly getting.........obsessed...help!!

 

[Steve H.]

Amazing reading all this, and most are so funny,I am slowly getting.........obsessed...help!!

Resistance is futile....we will assimilate you

 

[Llegmore]

Amazing reading all this, and most are so funny,I am slowly getting.........obsessed...help!!

Resistance is futile....we will assimilate you

STAR TREKK!!!!

This whole thread is making me laugh so much.

 

[brian1]

Amazing reading all this, and most are so funny,I am slowly getting.........obsessed...help!!

Resistance is futile....we will assimilate you

 

[Dazzler666]

Resistance is not an option ..... The calling of the fish WILL get louder the more you try to resist!!! . Your only optoon is go with it until you cant afford anymore tanks or you cant afford a bigger house to put them all in!!! Lol.
Great thread mind!!

 

[brian1]

Resistance is not an option ..... The calling of the fish WILL get louder the more you try to resist!!! . Your only optoon is go with it until you cant afford anymore tanks or you cant afford a bigger house to put them all in!!! Lol.
Great thread mind!!

Thanks Dazzler, I said to the wife last night,I am thinking of getting a bigger tank,she said, "over my dead body" had to phone for an ambulance..........

 

[tribalbrit]

I started by taking over my late father-in-laws tank over, 40 liter's, started breading increased to seven tanks.
Got rid of those...

Now have a 750 liter built into lounge fire place, a fluval edge shrimp tank and my daughter has a 130 liter in her bedroom.

 

[andyg81]

started with a 32 litre tank, nice little set up, 3 weeks later, overstocked it so brought a second hand juwel rio 180, still have that but want a 5x2x2 either that or sell the old 3 foot and pack in fish keeping ! cant decide which right now due to problems im having

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Thanks Dazzler, I said to the wife last night,I am thinking of getting a bigger tank,she said, "over my dead body" had to phone for an ambulance.......... :/ :D

Haha! Brilliant!

What's even better is that last night I (jokingly) said to my husband that I was shopping for a bigger tank and he didn't even bat an eyelid! So I pushed a little harder...as ya do, and said "Yes, we can wall over that door there and could fit a 6 footer" his response was "sure but the room would seem a little crowded, the dining room would be better"

I NEARLY DIED OFF!

 

[Salam]

More or less exactly a year ago I started with a tiny 25l tank for my son. I now have eight tanks ranging from 25l to 260l. Obsessed much? Yes, indeed

 

[This Old Spouse]

I started about two years ago when my neighbor asked if I wanted her tank. It was a tiny 5g, plastic no less, that housed 3 male guppies, a Chinese algae eater and a goldfish, all with neon pink, blue, green and purple gravel.

I immediately rehomed the goldfish, and got myself a few female guppies. Can anyone guess where that lead?? It gets better. A friend of mine works at the local landfill (garbage dump) and started offering me all these free tanks. So I set up a 10g and moved the guppies over. Added a couple of hermit crabs and they all got along well. Then I got a 29g ... free ... and moved the scores of guppies there. Then got a 20g .... yep, free ... and moved all the female guppies and fry to it and kept the males in the 10g. Hoo boy ... an ad on Freecycle for a 55g with all the equipment! Oh, no!!!! So that was set up as a community tank and also the start of my cory obsession. I also had some dwarf gouramis that I dearly loved but lost all to dwarf gourami disease. Got myself a common pleco before I knew any better.

Next ... another free 55g. So my husband picked up the slack and took the original 55g and I moved all my fish to the new 55g. Hubby got himself a pair of firemouths and a pair of Jack Dempseys and other bottom dwellers. That didn't satisfy him for long, so he got himself a 75g where he's now raising discus and others.

At one point I had a 55g, a 29g, 20g, 15g, 10g and a 5g all set up and running. What am I, nuts?? I'm down to what you see in my sig, but the next adventure will be to get a 30g long tank for cory and some type of middle dweller. It's an illness. Terminal.