I may be able to get away with a 20g rule-wise, but I'm not sure I would have space for it in the dorm room. I've seen the room (It's the same one my brother's in currently) and a ten gallon is just about as big as I would want to go. I already planned on putting shrimp in the tank regardless of what else is in their, as I think they are cool, they will help to keep the tank clean and even if a few get eaten they are cheap to replace. Guppies were also on the list. I wouldn't mind a smaller catfish, and maybe a few kuhli loaches. Other than that, I would probably rotate one or two fish that would outgrow the tank after a few months. It would keep things interesting, and it would give me a wide variety of keeping experiences. Please note, I am really in no way motivated to make any sort of profit off keeping different fish. I'fd be more than happy to find a shop who would give me an even trade on a fish that I had grown out and a smaller one. This is purely for my own enjoyment while I'm stuck with just the one ten gallon.
Grow-out service?
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John7429;3954422; said:
and that is a wrap OK I have to say this.(and you said we could be free to say it )
MORONIC that is the only word I can think of for this idea not that you yourself are a moron it is just a really really stupid idea and here is why.
Seriously I really do not think anyone who is a regular on this site has need of a fish you can grow out in a single 10g tank in a dorm room. Personally I am running 12 or so tanks with over 1600g of water and will be putting 4 more tanks in action over the next month totalling another 850g.
If you are looking to make some money and get enjoyment out of the tank buy some fancy fancy guppies and let them make you some moolah and they would be fun to watch.
I totally think while the thought is nice it really lacks any practical worth considering you are talking a 10g tank.
IMHO
Fair enough. I'd still like to maintain a tank though. Either I or my family as a whole have kept animals of different types my whole life and I would really miss the experience if I didn't have something, even if it is just a group of guppies and some shrimp. As I have said though, this would not be a means to make money. I'm more in it for the enjoyment of keeping the fish. If there happens to be some small profit out of that, it's a bonus. If not, I really couldn't care less. I don't look at keeping fish from a money-making standpoint. I understand why some would, but for me it's the enjoyment that I get out of sustaining something living and interesting.
If I were you I would get a tall 20 or tall 30 made that way you can have a tank with almost the same footprint as a 10g just maybe 6 inches longer 6 inches wider and a lot higher and then you can have your own little private idaho. I would then keep a nice little mix of colorful active little fish in it as a personal tank only that way it is for the pure enjoyment of the tank with no motives other than enjoyment.
Is this your first kick at going to school? If it is I would think having a tank purely for the motivation of personal satisfaction would be much the better for you than your opening post. Really do you want the hassle of constantly changing the fish or would you rather enjoy the tank and let it develop over the long haul.
Is this your first kick at going to school? If it is I would think having a tank purely for the motivation of personal satisfaction would be much the better for you than your opening post. Really do you want the hassle of constantly changing the fish or would you rather enjoy the tank and let it develop over the long haul.
I left high school after freshmen year and started taking college courses when I was fifteen, still living at home with my parents though. I'm seventeen now, almost eighteen, am classified as a college sophomore, almost a junior, and at the end of the summer will actually be leaving home to go to school at Arizona State University, so it won't be my first college experience but it will be a "true" college experience. I think considering the situation, the size limits of the tank (they'll have a visual inspection once or twice throughout the year and I don't want to have to deal with changing the tank if the inspector really does know the difference between ten and twenty gallons), I think it will be better if I just get a few fish that can remain in the ten gallon instead of rotating fish out. Maybe once I move to an apartment and can get myself the larger tank, then I would start doing something more like my original idea, but until I can get to that point I will just be better off with a simpler setup.
