Long Awaited Tank Pictures

Tank #1:
This is my 55Gallon aquarium, pretty well planted. It was my first time ever doing anything with live plants and I couldn't really tell you everything I have in there plantwise. The left side is dark due to a crap ton of frogbit, and I know the light is off centered. I haven't moved it yet lol since we scooted the tank a bit.



The fish in this tank are a pretty mixed variety:

• 2 3 Spot Gourami Females
• 1 Snakeeye Gourami
• 5 Black Skirt Tetras
• 5 White Skirt Tetras
• I think 6 or 7 Zebra Danios
• 5 Serpae Tetras
• 3 Oto's
• 1 Bristlenose Pleco
• 4 Giant Danios
• 10 Neon Tetras
• 10 Black Neon Tetras
• 4 Silver Hatchetfish
• Some Red Cherry Shrimp
• Some ghost shrimp
• Some MTS, Ramshorn and mystery snails...

and I think that is all we have in this tank. Everything is looking very healthy, constant stable parameters, the only thing is a lot of waste is produced and the tank substrate is only clean for about 48 hours after I do the weekly water change and cleaning.

Tank #2:
This is primarily the girlfriends tank, it is 15G and either going to be swapped into a 16 bowfront or a 20L or 20H tank in a couple months. Easily the cleanest water because it is the most lightly stocked. Also...sadly the betta died, the water was perfect and he just must've been getting stressed from something, maybe the new tankmates? But everything seemed 100% normal and then about a week ago I woke up to see him still. I poked him, no reaction and after waiting 20 minutes I was sure he was dead, we had a burial for him and planted him under a tree so he would kind of become one with it.

• 1 Rubber Lip Pleco
• 6 White Cloud Mountain Minnows
• Some MTS, Ramshorn and mystery snails...

Tank #3:
This is my 10G shrimp tank, which now also has Celestial Pearl Danios in it, originally there was not going to be any fish but then one day we were at the LFS and saw them! I had to get them, was too fearful of the betta eating them, and they are way too small to be mixed with the gourami's. The water is yellow due to tannins, we do a water change every 2-3 change about 25%. I completely forgot to boil the driftwood beforehand but it should clear up in a month or so, too late now as we have moss rooted into it. Amazingly as well a large amount of waste is produced in this tank, I figured with such a low stocking it wouldn't be this bad.

• 7 Celestial Pearl Danios (3 male, 4 female; I hope they breed.
• Some Red Cherry Shrimp
• Some MTS, Ramshorn and mystery snails...

Tank #4:
a 20G long tank....stocked with two 4-5" Goldfish, I am trying to find a new home for these guys as they really need a pond. Starting to go into winter here soon though, maybe I can find somebody nearby with a large tank to keep them in until they move into a pond. If you know anybody in PA stateside that might want them please let me know.





Tank #5:
Just purchased and setup today! This is a 24"x24"x24" 60Gallon rimless cube tank. I am actually pretty excited for it. Set it up and tossed in some fish food today to get the cycle going. I want to do somethign different and interesting in here....gobies? ropefish? who knows. I just don't want it to be anything I already have, and I plan on keeping this tank pretty lightly stocked for it's size.

I am looking for suggestions for this tank, my initial idea was to locate some seiryu stone or ohko stone to scape it with, make some caves over some sandy substrate. Use dividers and get some fluval or ADA substrate for a planted side but make sure to have an area cut off from that with just plain clean sand so that way I could leave open the option to get cories. I really wanted to get 3-5 Peacock gobies, 5-7 panda cories, and maybe something else but I'm not really sure. Crystal red shrimp would be cool but are very expensive, and my water is a little hard. Not sure how the ADA or fluval substrate will affect my water and how long it would last.

Cracking tanks, especially #1!

Great tanks and fish - thanks for the photos. Sorry to read about the betta - but how lovely to read about his "send-off"/burial. I particularly like the photos of the goldfish - I'm very partial to them, having kept them for many years; you're correct, though, that spring would be the best time to re-locate them to a pond, and make sure you find one that has adequate precautions in place in the event of lurking predators (winged or furry ones).

Thanks again for the pics.

Got my stones from the local abandoned quarry. Quick power wash and in they went!

Dwarf puffers are great little characters. I love watching mine.
They like hard water as well.

@Gabriel I started with a 125L tank for my puffers, then found them so adorable I upgraded to a 220L which now hold 15 dwarf puffers. It sounds like your 16G tank would be perfect for a smaller group. They really are very entertaining.

Looking at your list of fish is a bit like looking at my own wish list.
Unfortunately the tank is too small for a black ghost knifefish. It is a fish that I woud love to own, and recently I had a spare 4ft x 2ft tank available, so started seriously researching it. I also contacted another forum user, @hampalong , who has kept BGK. All advice is that they need HUGE tanks, bigger than 6.5ft x 2.5ft, because they grow quite large, but aren't very flexible, so need the stace to be able to turn around. So sorry about this. I was very disappointed when I realised i couldn't have a BGK.
Axolotls on the other hand, I have 6 of the adorably goofy little fellas. They are not the most active creatures, until it comes to feeding time, but they are slightly uncoordinated, which is fascinating. If you want to research them, these are links to the sites I use.
http://www.axolotl.org/
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/articles_axolotl.shtml
http://sillyaxolotls.wixsite.com/sillyaxolotls

All types of catfish are awesome. I only have a bristlenose and a blue-eyed ancistrus at the moment, but plan on more when the axolotls move to their new tank within the next month.
All types of gobies are beautiful. Really beautiful. Again, planning to get some after rearranging my tanks.
Hillstream loaches are fascinating. The other tank being delivered this month is going to be a river tank, with hillstream loaches (sewellia lineolata specifically) and a few other suitable fish. I love the way they move in the water.

I don't know much about the other fish on your list, but had a look at some rainbowfish when looking at fish that could share a tank with blockhead cichlids. Very pretty.

Please keep us updated on your decision-making process.

@Littlefish

Thanks for all of the links! And yeah I sure will. Have a lot more decisions to make, getting the stones and plants in this week hopefully and the proper size filter.

@Sue

So yes, that list is the fish I have basically always wanted to keep, and they are different and meet my requirements. I haven't looked up any specific needs to see what they need, salt/tropical etc. it's just a list of fish I would be willing to keep basically. So thanks for all of the info you provided and I will keep in mind about the straight swimming space. That actually completely slipped my mind.

But really angelfish? I have seen many times people keeping them in 30H tanks which measure in smaller than mine is and they prosper and have even bred.

and yeah you found my water, it's not on either extreme which I guess is good for the most part. I am going to continue just looking and learning more about the fish I want to keep. Once I scape it this week then hopefully I'll also get a better idea of what I want to put in there.

Thanks for the link @Sue

I always appreciate your experience and knowledge with fishkeeping.