Tim Wheatley
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I started out with five Cory cats (who are still here), but I'm lucky enough to have a fish store who'll happily buy or take any fish (from me, at least) so I've been able to really explore the hobby and kept a huge amount of different fish. I have noticed myself gradually moving from small fish to big fish though. Anybody else?
I went from fish that would max out at 2.5" to last night, when I bought an Arowana that I intend to either:
Grow out in a 55 gallon and then sell/give back to the store. Maybe getting another baby one to grow at that point.
or
If we have our own house by then and I've put my huge tank plan into action, keep him and see how big he gets.
My first large fish was a common pleco. He grew from just 2-3" to 18". He was awesome. The largest tank I had at that point was the 55 gallon so I sold him back to the fish store and I regretted it ever since. He was a bit of a gourmet and had an awesome sense of smell... The instant the brine shrimp hit the water he would be up and grab it... He'd then just sink to the bottom sucking on it as he went... He seemed to prefer that to algae.
When I sold it to the fish store they said he was the bulkiest fish they'd ever seen, looked like pure muscle - I already knew that, I'd had to catch him and transport him there!
I still love the little fish, I had neons, Tiger Barbs, Guppies, but I'm sooo drawn to the big guys. Really enjoying Silver Dollars, Oscar, Synodontis catfish right now. I think another thing that draws me to keep trying new fish is because I love photography and I've taken pics of all my fish (haven't uploaded most of them to flickr yet, I'll get to that eventually) and trading in fish gives me new subjects... But there's some fish, the big fish, that I think I'll find a bit harder to let go of now.
Anybody else got bigger fish over the years? Or did you go the opposite way? Does anybody else trade their fish in?
I went from fish that would max out at 2.5" to last night, when I bought an Arowana that I intend to either:
Grow out in a 55 gallon and then sell/give back to the store. Maybe getting another baby one to grow at that point.
or
If we have our own house by then and I've put my huge tank plan into action, keep him and see how big he gets.
My first large fish was a common pleco. He grew from just 2-3" to 18". He was awesome. The largest tank I had at that point was the 55 gallon so I sold him back to the fish store and I regretted it ever since. He was a bit of a gourmet and had an awesome sense of smell... The instant the brine shrimp hit the water he would be up and grab it... He'd then just sink to the bottom sucking on it as he went... He seemed to prefer that to algae.
When I sold it to the fish store they said he was the bulkiest fish they'd ever seen, looked like pure muscle - I already knew that, I'd had to catch him and transport him there!I still love the little fish, I had neons, Tiger Barbs, Guppies, but I'm sooo drawn to the big guys. Really enjoying Silver Dollars, Oscar, Synodontis catfish right now. I think another thing that draws me to keep trying new fish is because I love photography and I've taken pics of all my fish (haven't uploaded most of them to flickr yet, I'll get to that eventually) and trading in fish gives me new subjects... But there's some fish, the big fish, that I think I'll find a bit harder to let go of now.
Anybody else got bigger fish over the years? Or did you go the opposite way? Does anybody else trade their fish in?
