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frey51

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Just wanted to introduce myself, and share a few pics of my setup. My name is Mike, and I am from Virginia. I just purchased a 55 gallon tank a few weeks ago, but have yet to stock it completely. This is my first real fish tank, other than a small 10 gallon I had when I was a kid.

It currently has 2 crawfish, two ramshorn snails, and one minnow. When I caught the crawfish, the minnow ended up in one of the nets so I figured I would toss it in. I did have four crawfish, but my large one (about 3 inches) decided to go hostle and kill the two smallest ones. And, the last small one has some battle scars but is surviving. They are being fed canadian night crawlers, and they love 'em. They are holding up quite well.

I am planning on catching some wild panfish and or smallmouth for the tank, probably just two wild fish and one pleco at the absolute max. But, I have to wait till it is a bit warmer to catch some small ones who can grow into the tank, rather than get ones that are too large. (FYI, I have a friends farm pond where it is strictly catch and release that I can let them go if they become too large, so don't flame me on this).

Anyway here are a few pics and a link to my photo gallery.

Let me know what you think.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53711830@N00/sets/72157614763364281/

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Thanks Chloe, I have been browsing here for quite some time leading up to my purchase, and I have picked up a good deal of information so far. I hope to contribute to the community and learn from those that have years of experiance.

Have a good one.
 
duke33;2867285; said:
Welcome to MFK. Never turn them back.
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I don't ever plan too, but on the off chance they become too large for my tank, or my brothers 75gal, I have a safe place for them to survive for a much longer time. Obviously that would be a last resort, but if things become uncomfortable for the fish then I would really want to make it easier for them to survive. Plus, based on the growth rate of fish here in VA if I get them small enough they should last 3-5 years in my 55.

Fry
 
bettagurl;2868762; said:
Welcome to MFK :)
I think those are apple snails you have, hard to tell from the pictures.. not very ramshornish at all.
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Got 'em from the local PetSmart, and the tag said they were ramshorns. I could have looked at the wrong thing and be totally mistaken, or they could've messed up their info. Either way, they are doing a great job cleaning up the tank and seem to be thriving.

Should be getting some fish this weekend, I cant wait :D
 
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