rotating tanks...

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ikevi

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So the aca is coming and I am thinking about selling off/giving away the rest of my mbuna. (Since my afra died sadly.)

How often do you guys end up trying to switch you tanks around? I plan on keeping my 250+ hap/peacock tank forever just since it looks so good. And I am still trying to breed a few. (I have what ~12 lwandas growing up well now, though my male electra died sadly too.)

I have seen other people tend to change out there fish more often then I do. But my question is how long do you tend to keep you not main tanks the same. (IE I will always have my discus tank, my SA tank and my Malawi tank.) But my 75 is now a growout for EBJD... and my 55's will likely go towards them. I haven't decided what I want to do with the 120. (Right now it has two O's that will move to the 240 after I get more filtration.)

I was thinking about some Fronts but well I don't know if I should start trying to grow them out now or wait for two plus years...

So yah how often do you guys end up changing tanks/what you keep/focus on, etc.
 
6 months. I think my interests change in that amount of time. I have a couple of species devoted Lake Tang tanks and the initial 6 months of growth is great and then tapers off after that. Eventually, it's the same tank every day so a change is good. Even just selling off the current colony and getting a young one is good for me.
 
i feel like doing it when things dont go the way i want them to. usually its because of fish deaths. its sucks when you get a group going and that one fish decides to go "dumb" and starts takin lives. frustrates me where i wanna quit. maybe i just dont have the patience anymore:nilly:
 
I only change things up when there is a death, or a male coming of age and causing probs.
 
Whenever there is a problem or whenever I get bored. Why keep fish that aren't exciting. That said, I think we need to be responsible about how you go about it. Find the fish a suitable home by listing them on a forum or forums and only return to the LFS as a last resort. Never by fish to grow out with plans to get a bigger tank ,unless the tank they are going into is of suitable size for the adult fish. For example : my 125 contains 9 clown loaches , 6 silver dollars, 1 synspilum, 1 hypselacara temporalis,and 1 rotkeil sev. All of these fish can be kept in this tank forever.... just not all together unless I add some filtration and/or increase water changes. I am prepared to do just that should I find myself unable to get a larger tank. I have plans to build a 180 gallon plywood tank and already built my stand , which the 120 is currently on, large enough to accomodate a 6 X 2 tank. This way if I find a tank that is bigger than 180 , but has the same footprint , I can buy it and set it up right away.
The point is to put the fish ahead of your personal desires and be responsible in your choices. If we do that: we , and our fish , should have an enjoyable experience.
 
My show tanks I have finally settled on a combo I will keep.The mbuna tank I was swiching groups from my fishroom every 6 months but Im keeping this combo.I sell some of the fish as I tire of them but some species I plan on keeping,for life
 
I'm feeling that way about my 55. It's STOCKED with plants. Has 4 angels, some tetras, some tiger barbs, some cories, couple of gouramis, etc. But I'm bored with it.

Not sure what I want to do with it though. I've had the tank set up the way it is for about 4 years....

Here are a couple of pics. The first is before I yanked a bunch of plants. It was too packed. The second was after I pulled the plants and just finished a WC, do it's a little cloudy....

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Quite a few of my fish are rescue/sympathy pickups from working at a petco part time. On top of that i have had many of them for a few years now...i consider them part of the family rather than something i will get bored of.
 
I'd never get bored of my fish... sometimes I get bored with the setup, but that can always be changed. I look at most of my fish as pets, and would never get rid of them out of boredom. I'd miss them but, most importantly, I'd be worried how the next owner will take care of them.
 
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