Aquarium Fish Keepers

[Flip77]

Saw the one on reptiles thought there has to be others that have fish like me.

I have had a fish tank in my house since the day I was born starting with my Dad. I have always loved keeping fish and find them very relaxing and interesting. Also in all these years I have found that there is a lot to learn about the hobby and that there is a lot of information that may be contradictory so it's good to hear from others that have learned from experience. So I thought that starting this would be cool to hear about peoples fish, tanks, knowledge and some pictures. I'll download some pics when I can figure out how. Flip

[Kerbcrawler]

Hey flip, this is something ive been thinking of doing, as i work in the fish buisness, am pisces, and fish in general have been a good omen to me, my livelihood for the past ten years, has been to do with fish,eat lots of em, in fact just made a pretty big garden rockery in the shape of a fish,about 30 feet long, that can be appreciated more from the air..back to topic..buying the tank,and pumps i can pick up reasonably priced, though the little tropical fish..there pretty expensive here,in the uk. dont know what like price wise were you are..my freinds gotta a massive tank,like you say so relaxing watching these things.

[Flip77]

Right on Kerbcrawler.

I keep a freshwater community tank with Hatchets, Neons, Glass Catfish, Cory Cats, Loaches, Gouramis, Elephant Nose and a few more assorted fish in a 37 gallon. Price wise Tetras usually range from $2-$6 each and catfish from $4-$10 and the other random fish usually don't exceed more than $15 USD. Happy to here from a fellow members interested in ichthyology. Flip

[Flip77]

I forgot to mention that the fish rock garden sounds like a good looking yard feature, good idea. Flip

[Kerbcrawler]

yep,am hoping to get something together in the near future,with a tank and a few fish to start out with,as our 3 yr old would love havin one in the house, also i pick a lot of shell,mollusc,periwinkle,etc,and currently listing on ebay,for the aquariam enthusiasts,
catfish wow,them things grow to some size? i beleive in the states you farm a lot of those fish to eat? anyhows good chatting great subject.

[Flip77]

The catfish I have are a small variety but you can get some that can get around three feet or so for aquariums but they would eat everything in my community tank. There are wild catfish that are huge with heads bigger than ours. I'm don't know much about the farming though.

I'm sure yor three year old would love the fish all the kids that come over to my house always just watch the fish when they are here. Like I said I was born into aquariums and have been hooked since I can remember.

[Flip77]

Also I like the ducks in your avatar. I have always wanted ducks for pets, that's why I have them for my avatar.

[Kerbcrawler]

Hey Flip, hopin to get a tropical tank soon,spoke to a guy sellin one today,its a little steep, price wise, but hopin to haggle a bit,an get it down,comes with everything,apart from fish an water, keep ya posted, yeah them ducks, mallards in your pics,there all over were we live, love the wildlife myself like, Kerb.meanin to ask,the fish food,can you make your own, or just buy it in?.

[Flip77]

Hey Kerb, I have never made fish food but here is what I found:
How to Make Homemade Fish Food | eHow.com
Seems pretty easy but looks like the more ingredients the better and takes a little time.

Other than that you can always order it from the internet if you can't find it locally. Good luck with the tank.

[Kerbcrawler]

ok,thanks for that...will update you on the tank, and maybe pick your brains,when choosing certain species to go in, thanks again.

[Flip77]

Cool, I have learned a lot about different species cohabitation. I have had peaceful fresh water community tanks, aggressive freshwater tanks, a saltwater tank, goldfish, an out door pond and am learning about african cichlids from my friends tank. At the moment I have the peaceful freshwater community tank which is what I recommend but whatever your interested in is great. In my tank I have live plants so if your interested in doing the same I can help you set things up for the plants and I can even mail you some of mine, they grow a lot of new ones. In case your wondering about saltwater they are expensive and a pain in the ass to maintain.

Anyway, I am more than willing to help in any way. Ask anything you want to know about. Hopefully I can help. Flip

[Kerbcrawler]

Flip..you definently have fuelled my interest here for sure..live plants wow, did you say you might put some pics up on here...good stuff. salt water tanks,never thought of that,as we live like 5 min from the beach, and i can get hold of some interesting sea life, plants,weed, molluscs, i did fish and catch a lot of crabs here, and also used to catch a lot of wild fish in also,
3 different type of crab eels, dog fish, even flatfish,.spend a lot of time on the beach.

[Flip77]

Kerb, I'll try to put some pics up tonite but when I tried in the past on this site I wasn't able to figure it out or which picture format to use to download.

I too love the beach and live about an hour away. The beach is my favorite place to be. I like to fish a lot also but haven't been in a while.

I was wondering. You said fish was your livelihood, do you mind if I ask in what capacity. Flip

[Flip77]

Here are some pictures of my tank. Hopefully this works.

[Flip77]

One more try.

[Kerbcrawler]

Yep Pretty Impressive, could do with wide screen on my lap to get full effects, all those plants living? you just have those in small basket/pots in amongst the shingle?
nice one, Thanks.

[Flip77]

Yes they are all live plants and they aren't in pots they are rooted in the gravel mixed with substrate. Thanx for the compliment.