Quantity or Quality?

[wannaarro]

So, do you like having lots of big fish, in lots of tanks, they come and go as you find others, always wanting another species, etc. Or, are you more into a specific overall plan, going for certain fish and keeping them all their lives? (Keeping in mind that there is always the rare or longed for "unicorn" that might show up!) Or do you have a different philosophy for the fish in your life? Just curious.

 

[Onion01]

although i like a diverse tank representing a real biotope, I have no problem with one large showfish in a tank

 

[ShadowBass]

Kind of both.

I used to like having lots of tanks with no regard to quality, just lots of tanks and fish.

Now I kind of want to just have a few very large beautiful tanks.

I really don't like buying fish and then ditching them a lot either way. Most of my fish I plan to keep for the rest of their lives, though a few that I'm not as attached to I may grow out and sell or give to other devoted hobbyists.

I know a few people that trade their fish out constantly, and it gives me the impression that they're actually not all that great at fishkeeping. You can't really prove you keep and grow nice healthy fish and can keep them alive for an extended period if you just trade them out constantly.

 

[Venom]

I go for a one piece show like a big tank with a 1 feet Asian arowana. You could just imagine a 5 year old's reaction.. The only thing I will overfill is my feeder tank and I don't even use feeders.

 

[fishfobia]

i got to have more than one to look at. i got discus, arwos, cichlids and pb bass if they could all go together in one huge tank that would be cool.

 

[tunerX]

Yes

 

[Merbeast]

I used to trade out fish left and right. I have not traded any in since I took the hooby back up last August. I rather like the fish I have now. I planned out what I wanted and buy what I plan to keep.

That said, I do have one tank with scrap fish in it. They are the fish that were too cool and/or too cheap to pass up but did not fit in the scope of my other tanks. Some day I may trade them in, or not, who knows?

 

[galen]

my dream is to have a showfish in one tank by itself with maybe a pleco.

 

[pdbrady]

I have gone through TONS of fish. The reason for this is not a lack of capability or ability to care for, it's the desire to have/experience/learn as many fish as I personaly can. Now, a lot of these fish I would actually still have, but I had to give up MANY tanks. I have in the past year veered from cycling through fish and decided to set up a tank that I will keep until the day they all die.

 

[sour_girl]

I think a lot of it has to do with experimentation too... I've had to trade in fish that werent compatible with what I have... Personally I like to see movement in my tanks but it seems that the fish we have are ones that require their own tank. lol.