RedDevil83
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Been thinking about getting a large Oscar when I upgrade and sell my fish about a year down the line.
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I was casually introduced into this hobby by an old neighbor of mine in an apartment complex roughly a year and a half ago. I say neighbor but we're actually really good friends. Everytime we hung out hed just go on and on about his tanks and showing me every little bit of new things going on in his tanks and honestly it was kind of boring. It wasnt until 2 months later that i actually started realizing what he exactly was doing and started tuning in more and retaining a lot of the knowledge about the plants and water parameters. My thirst for aquariums grew exponentially. He ended up kicking down a ten gallon to me that i stocked with 3 glolight tetras. Literally one week later i searched and ended up with a 29 gallon for free. Stand and all. I received a ton of free plants from this same guy. Enough to heavily plant it. Again my thirst grew! I bought the 26 bowfront. It lasted about a month before i tore both tanks down (aware of multiple tank syndrome) View attachment 282183and got yet another free tank. A 55 gallon. Here it is
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Thanks means a lot!! I still need to fine tune it as this is a fresh aquascape from this
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The branches arent waterlogged yet and in their final spots. Theres also lots of debris. Getting there!
I have 2 angels, 3 siamese algae eaters, 3 mystery snails, 2 flower shrimp, 8 cory cats, and 1 bristlenose pleco. Think i have room for discus??
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I wasn't allowed to have real pets when I was younger, so when I won goldfish at the fair one day (I know, awful) I decided to buy a tank for them! It was 3 gallons, and since I knew nothing about water parameters, they died shortly after. Later I decided to buy a Beta and some African Dwarf Frogs (Not sure if that's what they're called). They actually survived a while considering my awful upkeep, but eventually they did die. Fast forward to 7ish years later, and my friend gets me two mystery snails and two goldfish for my birthday. Unfortunately, they all came in a one gallon aquarium. (Again, awful) And I whipped out my old 3 gallon tank, which was far far too small still, but what was I supposed to do? Soon after I got everything set up, one goldfish died because I never got the chance to cycle the tank considering I could not prepare for them. The other goldfish lasted a month and completed my nitrogen cycle (but created so much waste that I had to do water changed/gravel siphonings every day) and is now down the toilet But thankfully I still have my two mystery snails that are very happy! One is really large and very active and the other is small and slow. (Does anyone know why this is? He seems healthy just not super active) That's my story! Thanks for listening!
Oh and I do know why the goldfish died. Goldies create a ton of waste because they have no stomach, in other words what they eat gets immediately transfered to waste and they are always hungry. Also 3 gallons is a little small for goldies, they can get from a foot to several feet and they can live 25 years in good conditions. As for the 3 gallon, people here could help you easily turn it into a tiny planted shrimp and snail tank or a planted betta tank, or you could have fake stuff. It's your choice.
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I heard that 3 gallon tanks were too small for most fish, but if you could help me turn it into something cool that would be awesome! But first I am starting a new 10 gallon planted tank tomorrow that I am very excited about! I will probably be asking for a lot of advice
My mom always had fish so we already had all the stuff. One day we went to the pet store and I saw a $5.00 crayfish for sale and I fell in love! I bagged my dad to get her for me (they said yes) and I brought her home, set up my 15 gal tank and named her skittle! I wanted to spoil her so I got her LOTS of decorations to "play" with, a heater, a filter, sand and every type of food you can buy for a crayfish. I slowly started adding fish to my tank like cherry barbs because they're fast and can out "run" her (I actually still have them). But sadly she past away . I started adding more fish to that tank like 3 cory cats and a blind cave fish. Eventually I wanted bigger and more aggressive fish and cichlids have always caught my eye so I got a 30 gallon tank at the second store for $15.00 and I got a bunch of cichlids and now I'm upgrading them to a 79 gallon tank which once it's set up I'm hoping to get more cichlids. One day (when I have money, time and experience) I'm really hoping to try a salt water tank!