Post your first tank vs. newest!

[BrianK]

Wow... You've known the hobby for some time!

Intermittently. Not continuously. Most the time was not fish but an aquatic turtle tank.

 

[Rocky998]

Intermittently. Not continuously. Most the time was not fish but an aquatic turtle tank.

Still counts I guess

 

[Alice B]

I didn't get into fishkeeping as a kid, I never saw a fish in an aquarium until I was 21, so I'm starting to feel a bit like a beginner around here.

 

[GaryE]

I come from a family of fishkeepers. My great grandfather bred goldfish, my grandfather bred bettas, my mother had a tank of hatchetfish - I have always had at least one tank of fish for 56 years now. I don't have any 'new' tanks, but I did buy a pile of second hand 10 gallons a few months ago, and pulled 4 25 gallons out of storage last week. A lot of my tanks are over 20 years in use, and still solid.
Brand new tanks never look right. They're like brand new gardens.

 

[AmyKieran]

Ooh I can contribute here
Two tanks, both of which I still own and are still running, comparison between 2014 and now.

So a 120x50x60, then a tanganyika now "amazonia"
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60x30x30, then a badly done community tank, now a quarantine
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btw yes, parts of the anubias are from these plants for sure...along with like 9 other plants I have now.

What is the large grass mossy type plant in the second picture? Java moss?

 

[Fishfaced]

My first tank is still my only tank.
This is it's progression over the past 20 months

 

[lottabubbles]

can't come up with a pic of my little 12 gallon back in 1958, red sward tails and black molly back then though,

 

[Beastije]

What is the large grass mossy type plant in the second picture? Java moss?

The one in the middle, the big mess is Najas guadalupensis. I recommend it way more than hornwort that i used to have, that one is like a little girl.
The one sticking behind it with the long stems is a Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia

 

[Uberhoust]

I don't have pictures of my first tank. That was about 55 years ago,lol.

Similar situation though closer to 50 years for me. I don't dare post my tanks now because they are both a mess. My display tank is getting new fine gravel/sand (2mm gravel) soon, if successful I will post a picture.

 

[lnsaneM]

I wish I could still get pictures on my first tank, that feels like ages ago when I was still in high school. But I could still remember some of the fishes I had: blood parrots, bgk, silver arrowana, cat fish of some sort, leopard crabs and some others I couldn't remember. Man do I miss those times. Oh and I had a plastic piece of driftwood and plastic plants

 

[Aqua67]

I’ve been keeping fish for a loooooong time so there is no picture of my first tank anywhere as far as I know. But I have some old pics from 2005-2007 of my aquariums at that time (all since gone and sold). Now I have 3 completely different tanks. If you want to see my old ones from 15 yrs ago or so, you can check them out here: http://mmadison.com/photogallery/Aquariums/Aquarium_Photos.htm

 

[biofish]

Ah geez. My first ever tank was a 1.5 gallon I bought at a garage sale for $1. It uh… worked. But at the time I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

But I then upgraded to a 10 gallon which was my first proper tank. It was still really sad.

I’m actually still using it as a guppy fry tank, I was gonna use it for an axolotl legality be danged, but I couldn’t keep the water cold enough during the trial summer, all my tanks reaching 86° With kids and lights off. So. Yeah. My hopes for an axolotl were scrapped. This is it right now:

I’ve gotten a few more tanks since my first little gallon. So I have 6.5 technically 7 tanks but the 7th is a 3 gallon used for newborn fry who can’t survive their older siblings yet.

And this is my latest, a 55g

 

[Rocky998]

Ah geez. My first ever tank was a 1.5 gallon I bought at a garage sale for $1. It uh… worked. But at the time I thought it was the coolest thing ever.View attachment 169074

But I then upgraded to a 10 gallon which was my first proper tank. It was still really sad. View attachment 169075
I’m actually still using it as a guppy fry tank, I was gonna use it for an axolotl legality be danged, but I couldn’t keep the water cold enough during the trial summer, all my tanks reaching 86° With kids and lights off. So. Yeah. My hopes for an axolotl were scrapped. This is it right now: View attachment 169076

I’ve gotten a few more tanks since my first little gallon. So I have 6.5 technically 7 tanks but the 7th is a 3 gallon used for newborn fry who can’t survive their older siblings yet.

And this is my latest, a 55g View attachment 169077

Learning is all part of it.
You did really good it looks like!