One 5 gal hexagon tank and a 1 gal betta tank.
Now 36 gal 55 gal 100 gal And empty tanks 10 gal 20 gal.
Now 36 gal 55 gal 100 gal And empty tanks 10 gal 20 gal.
When you were a newbie...
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Got a 20g for B day when I was 10. 6.5years later I have 9 tanks.
and one 250g in the back shed waiting for summer to be set up.
and one 250g in the back shed waiting for summer to be set up.It seems like most of us started with small tanks and then it just bloomed.
I find it funny how when I first got my 55g I was like wow thats so big! now it looks small to me. lol.
I find it funny how when I first got my 55g I was like wow thats so big! now it looks small to me. lol.
My 1st 'aquarium' was a Gallo gallon wine bottle containing one tadpole and a mud-nose dace. That was back in 1964. My first filtered tank was a 10 gal my folks bought me for Xmas that same year.
Now, I have over 125 tanks with an average tank size of 450 gals. The fish building is 4 times the size of the house.
Now, I have over 125 tanks with an average tank size of 450 gals. The fish building is 4 times the size of the house.
Nearly five years ago, I came home to the sound of running water----in the living room. My husband had come across this 55 gallon tank at a moving away yard sale. He HAD to have the big fish which he was told were oscars and pacu.
There were eight large fish crammed in the small 55 gallon tank. I got online to find out which fish were the oscars and which were the pacu. The two plecos were easier to identify. One of the oscars was already dying of HITH. Even as ignorant newbies, we figured out that we had a severe overcrowding problem.
We set up a 300 gallon tank for the pacu, knowing that we might have to go even larger. I knew that we would have about three years to decide if we needed to go larger. We do.
The new pacu tank was purchased last August. We are still building the fish room that it will go into.
The 15' x 4' x 4' tank will have to fit through this 15'2" opening
I've learned that if you are going to be successful at keeping pacu, they must have an appropriate home.
There were eight large fish crammed in the small 55 gallon tank. I got online to find out which fish were the oscars and which were the pacu. The two plecos were easier to identify. One of the oscars was already dying of HITH. Even as ignorant newbies, we figured out that we had a severe overcrowding problem.
We set up a 300 gallon tank for the pacu, knowing that we might have to go even larger. I knew that we would have about three years to decide if we needed to go larger. We do.
The new pacu tank was purchased last August. We are still building the fish room that it will go into.
The 15' x 4' x 4' tank will have to fit through this 15'2" opening
I've learned that if you are going to be successful at keeping pacu, they must have an appropriate home.
I started off with a very small acrylic tank when I was 5 or 6...probably 5 gallons based on the buckets I used for water changes(still have em 
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Got a 10g last Janurary...one month later I got addicted to fish and got a 55g. Found 2 more 10gs on the street and another 55 but it was tank only and it took up space so I sold it on craigslist. I live in a small place, don't have much $$$ and still in hs so I'm still a newbie, will be a while until I go monster
)Got a 10g last Janurary...one month later I got addicted to fish and got a 55g. Found 2 more 10gs on the street and another 55 but it was tank only and it took up space so I sold it on craigslist. I live in a small place, don't have much $$$ and still in hs so I'm still a newbie, will be a while until I go monster
Sad to say, I started with a 1 gallon corner thing from Walmart and put a baby red belly piranha in there. He got a 20 long a day later with all appropriate equipment after I read up on them, then lived in a 20 high and stayed there for 9 years, probably would have been longer, but I screwed up. Now, many lessons learned I have two 55 gallons, currently being used and a 29 in the garage.
I've been in the hobby for a little over a decade (started when I was about 3-4 years old, then got out of the hobby for a while as a pre-teen, then got back into the hobby) and I have only owned four tanks and a fish bowl. These are the tanks I've owned from first tank to current tank: 20g, 55g, 1/2g, 220g, 2g. I currently only have the last two tanks listed set up and I don't have the 20g anymore.
