Poll: Do you have an aquarium?

[cyklon_300]

Just wondered how many divers are also into keeping fish as a hobby.

I have a 30-gal fresh with semi-aggressives (gouramids mostly).

 

[lucid]

Had a nice 75 Gallon in a second story apartment.
Boy it sucked when it decided to quit holding water.
75 Gallons doesnt seem like much until its sitting in your living room floor.

 

[notabob]

A 30g and a 10g, freshwater. But the 10 will be torn down before I move in a couple of months, though.

-Roman.

 

[yknot]

My eventual interest in scuba started with an interest in salt water reef tanks. I did a lot of reading and research and decided diving would be cheaper in the long run. The opinionated beliefs and potential for misinformation is worse than scuba gear. I'd still like a tank eventually.

 

[Pez de Diablo]

A 10-gallon fresh water tank.

My daughter wanted a pet, so we figured that fish would be the easiest choice to maintain, since we spend a lot of time away from home. The fish tank does need regular maintenance, but we can leave it for a few weeks at a time - we just had to invest in a daily timed fish food dispenser.

I actually look forward to cleaning the tank and spending time just watching the fish and snails go about their business, as does the rest of the family.

 

[Green Mountain]

I don't have an aquaium but I dove in one once down at Epicot in Orlando FL

 

[djhall]

I have a 10 Gallon tank which had a Plecostomus (I can't spell fish names), a couple of SwordTails, some Neon Tetras, and a Blue Gourami. Well, the Gourami was more aggressive than they said it would be, grew to about three inches, and ate the SwordTails and Neons. Since I couldn't put anything else in with him, the tank held just the Gourami and the Pleco until the Gourami died. Now, however, the Pleco has grown to almost 10" long, and I can keep anything in the tank with him except a few neons because he is so big that additional fish overload the tank!

What can I say. I never had fish before, and I guess it will just be awhile before I learn how to properly select fish for my tank. The pet store people don't seem to know what they are talking about.

 

[Dectek]

Every time the census goes down I start talking about converting our 55gal to salt. About then my fiancee will come home with more fresh water fish and ruin the plans

 

[yknot]

djhall once bubbled...
What can I say. I never had fish before, and I guess it will just be awhile before I learn how to properly select fish for my tank. The pet store people don't seem to know what they are talking about.

There's a fish store im my area that holds a buy one/get one sale EVERY Sunday. Come Monday morning the place is devoid of life. Then they restock and sell at retail thru out the week. The catch with this is that the fish (especially by Sunday) have a very bad survival rate. Every one knows it, still they come. It's like a local form of gambling, trying to beat the odds and select a fish that lives.
Question for salt water tank owners to ponder- where did your fish come from? Not to preach, but some feel improper hobby speciman collection methods are one of the bigger threats to shallow reefs, especially in poorer regions. Kind of conflicts with our interest as divers.

 

[Scubaroo]

My 240 L (about 65 gallon) tank complete with my pride and joy discus I'd had since they were wee things had to find another home when I left Australia... although it was left in the care of a friend, I'm not sure I'll ever get around to being somewhere convenient to get it back, or that I should ask, considering that they've been taking care of it for 3 years for me.

Maybe they sold it??? Haven't seen them for a while to ask!

Eventually I'd like to get a salt water tank - totally different requirements from fresh water though.

And anyone thinking of getting a fresh water tank - bigger is better. Honestly. The larger the tank, the easier it is to care for, because the water is more stable, fish stay happy and healthy, etc etc. Plus you can justify spending money on a decent canister filter instead of the toy ones for smaller tanks (uh-oh, this is starting to sound like diving...!)