When i was a freshman i lived in a small dorm with no room for an aquarium stand, all we had was 2 built-in chest/dressers 28 inches long and 16 inches deep. I built myself a tank that was 28x16x28 - about 54-55 gallons, but it didnt even take up as much space as a 29. You could always find a 38 tall, same footprint as a 29 but 6 inches taller for the same effect. I kept mine heavily planted as a barb tank, but now i use the tank as a terrarium.
any college students with tanks here?
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uncwnells;3655346; said:
I do NOT believe you have all of that in a dorm room, which is what the OP was asking about.
My Freshman year I had a 20 gallon tank with a few goldfish in it that bred. I had buckets of eggs and fry with hoses run out the windows to try and make "makeshift chillers" everywhere. I seriously must have had 200 baby gold fish live through that first hatching.... Buckets of water had to be changed daily. My roommate was way too tolerant of the buckets and bubbles and spilled water and smell of fish and.... But I sold enough of the fish to get me thinking.
My sophomore year I smartened up. I was dating the head of the "front desk staff" who had keys. I put little kid wading pools on the roof of the building with screen covers on them to keep the seagulls out. The fish would spawn in Feb or March and I could get the fry big enough to sell before the semester ended. I was breeding orandas, black moores and comets on the roof of my dorm and selling the fish to three local fish stores. The third year I sold enough of them to pay for all of that year's text books.
well dr loser that mustve been some dorm haha
it depends on dorm vs off campus
most dorms have limits on size... I had 3 10 gallon tanks my freshmen year lol
now im a junior off campus with a 55 of africans... mbuna haps and peacocks
it depends on dorm vs off campus
most dorms have limits on size... I had 3 10 gallon tanks my freshmen year lol
now im a junior off campus with a 55 of africans... mbuna haps and peacocks
kdrun76;3655765; said:
lol am i supposed to be impressed? You can call me DOCTOR love, or Dr. Pepper for that matter.
If your living off campus and wanting a large tank look for a house on a cement slap instead of raised flooring.
When I was in the dorms freshman year, I had a 20L planted tank that I neglected and it didn't do well so I didn't have a tank at school last year.
This year, I've got a 29 semi-planted tank that I'm growing out a baby south american lungfish in and a 20L tanganyikan tank (julies and synos).
The plan for next year (when I will probably be in a house with less-strict rules on pets) is to probably get rid of the Africans and move the lungfish up to my 75 and just have that single tank at school with me.
This year, I've got a 29 semi-planted tank that I'm growing out a baby south american lungfish in and a 20L tanganyikan tank (julies and synos).
The plan for next year (when I will probably be in a house with less-strict rules on pets) is to probably get rid of the Africans and move the lungfish up to my 75 and just have that single tank at school with me.
