Herps and fish
Aquarium Advice Regular
Hi guys! New here, but certainly not to the exotic hobby! I've kept animals since I was 2 years old and don't plan to stop any time soon.
I'm currently at college right now, and once I am completed with school and have a steady business going (planning on starting a law firm), I want to have a big boom in my collection. I currently have a pufferfish and a pair of leopard geckos living with me, and a rabbit/dog/3 cats living back at home. However, before this I had TONS of animals - birds, monitors, snakes, racks upon racks of FW aquariums, a few reef tanks, a shark tank, and eventually I had to slim it down to my leopard geckos and then the puffer tank I set up last Christmas for myself, as money got tight and my parents didn't want to care for all of them. So don't flame me for wanting to get a bunch of animals at once, lol.
I am looking for suggestions of animals to add to my collection once I have the money and space - mostly cool-sounding tanks, biotopes, some cool fish (FW and salt) - everything. I had a huge list planned out, but eventually I toned it down a bit so that it would be a bit more simple. I'll list those for you guys, and I have pictures of what I would like them to resemble if anyone wants to see those.
First up is a 75 gallon, probably for a pair of oscars (I used to keep a breeding pair and can't wait to get new ones)
Next up would be a 29 gallon, with live plants and a bunch of community fish - I can elaborate if necessary
Next on my list is a species I've never had before - piranhas. I want to set up 2 75 gallon tanks, one with 5 or so caribe piranhas (cooler than RB's imo) and one with a black piranha
Next would be another 75 gallon, this one housing a flowerhorn cichlid
Next would be a tank for some sort of aquascape, with mainly tetras and some rasboras mixed in
Next would be a 20 long for breeding IDPs (indian dwarf puffers)
I would have to have a 5 gallon with a betta in it, just because these guys are amazing
Onto some monster tanks...
First would be a 180 for a lungfish - I used to keep one of these in an indoor pond, but never really got to see them from the side - it would be interesting to be able to regularly watch one from the side
Next would be a 300 gallon custom build (I used to have a few big plywood builds) with a mbu puffer in it - I actually used to have one of these in my African cichlid tank, but it obviously outgrew it quickly and he found a good home
Next would be a 1,200 gallon custom tank (10x4x30) for a bunch of south american cichlids as well as a few catfish
Last but not least would be my dream tank - all big monster fish in a 5,000 gallon tank. It would probably be concrete for the sake of structural soundness, but possibly fiberglass/plywood.
If anyone can think of another cool tank idea, I'm open to them! After all, with becoming a lawyer, I'll be making big bucks so I can get some big tanks
Keep an eye out for posts in the SW and reptiles sections too later, probably tomorrow because it's late.
I'm currently at college right now, and once I am completed with school and have a steady business going (planning on starting a law firm), I want to have a big boom in my collection. I currently have a pufferfish and a pair of leopard geckos living with me, and a rabbit/dog/3 cats living back at home. However, before this I had TONS of animals - birds, monitors, snakes, racks upon racks of FW aquariums, a few reef tanks, a shark tank, and eventually I had to slim it down to my leopard geckos and then the puffer tank I set up last Christmas for myself, as money got tight and my parents didn't want to care for all of them. So don't flame me for wanting to get a bunch of animals at once, lol.
I am looking for suggestions of animals to add to my collection once I have the money and space - mostly cool-sounding tanks, biotopes, some cool fish (FW and salt) - everything. I had a huge list planned out, but eventually I toned it down a bit so that it would be a bit more simple. I'll list those for you guys, and I have pictures of what I would like them to resemble if anyone wants to see those.
First up is a 75 gallon, probably for a pair of oscars (I used to keep a breeding pair and can't wait to get new ones)
Next up would be a 29 gallon, with live plants and a bunch of community fish - I can elaborate if necessary
Next on my list is a species I've never had before - piranhas. I want to set up 2 75 gallon tanks, one with 5 or so caribe piranhas (cooler than RB's imo) and one with a black piranha
Next would be another 75 gallon, this one housing a flowerhorn cichlid
Next would be a tank for some sort of aquascape, with mainly tetras and some rasboras mixed in
Next would be a 20 long for breeding IDPs (indian dwarf puffers)
I would have to have a 5 gallon with a betta in it, just because these guys are amazing
Onto some monster tanks...
First would be a 180 for a lungfish - I used to keep one of these in an indoor pond, but never really got to see them from the side - it would be interesting to be able to regularly watch one from the side
Next would be a 300 gallon custom build (I used to have a few big plywood builds) with a mbu puffer in it - I actually used to have one of these in my African cichlid tank, but it obviously outgrew it quickly and he found a good home
Next would be a 1,200 gallon custom tank (10x4x30) for a bunch of south american cichlids as well as a few catfish
Last but not least would be my dream tank - all big monster fish in a 5,000 gallon tank. It would probably be concrete for the sake of structural soundness, but possibly fiberglass/plywood.
If anyone can think of another cool tank idea, I'm open to them! After all, with becoming a lawyer, I'll be making big bucks so I can get some big tanks
Keep an eye out for posts in the SW and reptiles sections too later, probably tomorrow because it's late.