What Made You Want A Freshwater Aquarium? - Page 25 - Aquarium Advice

kyektulu · 02-10-2006, 07:08 AM

It was my partner that first wanted to keep tropical fish as his father did when he was growing up.
The first aquarium I bopught him for christmas it was a Rio 125.
Since then it has really got me into fishkeeping.
We have even made 3 tier 9foot long shelves in the spare room which now house 5 aquariums used for breeding and quarentining, except one large bow-fronted tank which is used to house my prize Dragon Goby!
Of course we are going to continue adding more tanks to our fishy family, im sure we will never believe that we have enough fish or tanks.

mrspughster · 02-10-2006, 09:52 AM

Growing up my parents raised angel fish and oscars. We had a few tanks running most of the time. Once we started moving all over Texas they got rid of the tanks. Then about 6 years ago my dad wanted a tank again. He bought a 55g and had bala sharks and some other small fish. He also bought a small pleco. He unfortunately started losing his sight and could no longer keep the tank. So I begged my hubby, telling him that would be an awesome Mother's Day gift. We had a 10g already and I combined the two tanks. I kept the balas until the grew too big and kept jumping out of the tank. Found a cool fish store to give them to. I still have the pleco which is now 14" long. Plan on setting up the 10g for a plant tank. Gotta get it back from a friend that has a turtle in it now. I love my fish. They know who I am and will come say hi when I sit by the tank. I find it totally relaxing.

fishygurl · 02-12-2006, 12:42 AM

When i was 6 or 7 i had a whole bunch of christmas money because people kept buying me stuff that didnt fit, so i randomly (and i mean out of the blue!) decided i want "fishys". So i got a 3 gallon tank with no heater, under gravel filter not cycled of course. And what did i put in it? A neon tetra and a albino cory! (ouch) I named them eartha and tuba (are you starting to get the impression that i was very wierd when i was little! :P) Surprisingly, they lived for three years. Well, now i am 12 and i just recently get a new tank, 24 gallon fishless cycled and now the home of 6 cherry barbs 3 zebra danios a pair of dwarf gouramis and 2 cories. My friends think im wierd for actually reasearching fish, but i look at their tanks (very few have them though) they usually have crazys set ups with nothing right, including awful stocking plans. Then they get all upset when they just throw some fish in a tank and they all die within the week. I love my fish and i wish that people would learn to appreciate this hobby better.

02-12-2006, 12:57 AM

Its a fun hobby - lots of accessories and you can create a living piece of art with a good planted tank. Why freshwater? Cheaper, easier, and just as cool IMO.

quitters · 02-20-2006, 06:28 AM

I like playing god (dont worry im a nice god hehe)

its the only pet i can keep where i can cator for its needs and make it as happy as it would be in the wild, i can actually prevent it from going through the stresses of wild live kinda. Also fish are one of the few creatures that when i look at i think to myself "wow thats friggin unbeleivable how are those colours possible. . . . maybe there is a god!"

Jobin · 03-07-2006, 05:08 AM

As far as i can remember (pretty short time) I have always been interested in fish, fishing or fish keeping. My nana bought me a 13 gal tank and that was my first tank (and still my best and biggest). Through the time I have had fish on and now its going to stay. I love freshwater fish keeping. FISH RULE MATE

ryan · 03-13-2006, 07:55 PM

my story started when i was about 5 my dad got a 10 gal tank with chiclids and i used to always watch them and i really liked one of them and would always watch it swim and play with the others.after a while the others died and my fish was still alive. my dad moved and he gave the fish and tank to me i still have that tank the fish leaved for six years and then died unfortanetly. i stillhave the tank with a new addition of fish .

daydreamer4186 · 03-20-2006, 08:03 PM

My story...
I used to go to the petstore and buy "feeder fish" because they were all I could afford as a little kid. I had no clue how to care for them and neither did my family but most of them lived pretty long. In Jr High I upgraded to a 5 gallon tank with filter and light and got some tiger barbs...the guy at the store telling me that they'd be ok with other fish. I got some guppies and the barbs tore them apart! I later moved out of my mother's house but she kept my tank and later gave it away (grr) so I was without one for a long time. I decided that I wanted another tank (now 2nd year in college) so I got a 10 gallon tank kit with filter, heater and light with hood. Remembering my problem with uncompatable fish, I did a lot of research on the internet. Guppies became the fish of choice followed by mollies and platys. Now I have a fry tank with 14 fry and a main tank with guppies, mollies, and platys! Yay for aquariums!

martins · 03-23-2006, 02:01 PM

My story is simple - I was in 8th grade (I guess) so, my biology teacher had a 100 L tank... It was kinda ugly, so I tought - I could do better... And so I did

Pinky · 03-31-2006, 03:39 AM

i adopted nearly all my fish XD

it started when i traded some nachos for two wild type goldfish, to save their lives, when i was 16 (i'm such a softy for lil animals). they lived for 7 moths till they got septicimia, the treatments faild and they passed away.

i've been keeping fish off and on ever since ^_^