It is kind of bittersweet looking through this thread. There are some amazing looking tanks. But there are also some that just seem way overcrowded. I have stepped away from typical stocking guides and base stocking more on water quality, but even then there is an upper limit, and I think quite a few of those tanks exceeded this.
I also don't care at all for bare tanks crammed with oddballs. Quite a few of these were just painted glass, water, and fish. I don't think this is very good for the fish. Their natural environments are so much more than bare walls, I don't think it is healthy for them to be in a sterile box just for the fishkeeper to sit and look at them.
There are also quite a few fish that should not be in the hobby at all (pacus, redtail catfish, etc.). We need to get the largest tank possible and then accept its limitations. Pacus, arowanas, redtail catfish, and larger rays should not be in the size tanks that some of them are in pictured in this thread.
I know most people won't agree, but this is my opinion. An advanced site like this should set an example to the hobby. Many of these tanks did this, but many are just the exact reason many of the fish pictured shouldn't be in the hobby.
I also don't care at all for bare tanks crammed with oddballs. Quite a few of these were just painted glass, water, and fish. I don't think this is very good for the fish. Their natural environments are so much more than bare walls, I don't think it is healthy for them to be in a sterile box just for the fishkeeper to sit and look at them.
There are also quite a few fish that should not be in the hobby at all (pacus, redtail catfish, etc.). We need to get the largest tank possible and then accept its limitations. Pacus, arowanas, redtail catfish, and larger rays should not be in the size tanks that some of them are in pictured in this thread.
I know most people won't agree, but this is my opinion. An advanced site like this should set an example to the hobby. Many of these tanks did this, but many are just the exact reason many of the fish pictured shouldn't be in the hobby.