Whew! I've been trying to read all these, but I can't get past the 2nd page!!! I can't read them all!!! WAAAAAAA!!! Anyway, on with my story.
I started keeping fish when I was in 7th grade. I started out with a 5 gallon that my mom bought me. I put 2 goldfish in it and a pleco. All died. Not surprising. Then my mom bought my brother and I 2 roundish 1
gal tanks and 2 bettas. I loved my betta!!! He survived so much crap...he lived for about 2 years. Then he croaked. I also had a 2 gallon hex that I still have that houses my current betta (much happier...). I finally decided to buy a heater for this 5
gal little tank and go tropical with it. I bought zebra danios and other stuff but I don't remember now...
LOL. I do remember bringing the zebras home and running around the room with them hugging the bag...then the bag broke...and I had little zebras all over my kitchen floor...amazingly, they all survived...somehow.
LOL. I was like "see my babies???" I was so obnoxious...Then I was given some goldfish and I put them (3) in the little 2
gal hex. There they lived for a year until I accidentally put soap in the water. I didn't mean to, my brother was mad at me, so to get back at me, he emptied out a dechlorinator bottle and filled it with hand soap...meany...So that was the end of 2 of the goldfish. The one survived, so I put him into my 5 gallon with my other fish and a couple of fiddler crabs...don't put goldfish in with fiddler crabs...fiddler crabs eat goldfish...it isn't pretty...So then I had to move here to the lovely state of Georgia where everything sucks (just kidding, I love it here) so I gave my 5
gal away to one of my friends. She put the fiddler crabs in her 10
gal. It's really funny because one of them died, and the other one got out of the tank and got eaten by her cat...stupid crab...teach you to eat my goldfish...So once I got here to Georgia, my mom asked me to set up the 2
gal hex in her bathroom. So I did and got a couple guppies and a CAE to live in there. They all did fine for about 1.5 years. Then I was cleaning the tank and the CAE got himself stuck in an ornament and I let it sit out of the water too long. He died. Then the guppies died one day mysteriously...strange...and so my dad bought zebra danios for the tank. I told him this wasn't a good idea...but would he listen? Nooooooooo...He must have gone through 20 zebra danios...then one Christmas my dad gave me a 10
gal starter kit. I was smitten. I set it all up and ended up putting zebra danios, tiger barbs, and a rainbow shark into it. Way too many fish, but there they lived happily for almost 3 years. Then I got lazy and didn't clean the tank. For a year...please don't kill me...I was going through some REALLY tough times and I was taking out my frustration on my fish...not a very nice thing to do...So here I am after about 3 years...with a 2
gal hex housing Mr. Grumpus (he flairs at EVERYTHING) and a 55
gal that's just started cycling housing a Firemouth Cichlid and will eventually house about 4 Severums and 4 Clown Loaches. I plan on either upgrading, or buying a smaller tank to house the clowns in when they get too big. I read they grow at a rate of 1 inch a year...so I have plenty of time. I've kept every single kind of fish just about. Zebra danios, goldfish, otos, plecos, CAE, Leopard danios, lemon tetras, tiger barbs, cory catfish, rainbow sharks, sword tails, snails, fiddler crabs, and assorted others. I also have had a ton of other animals...cats (currently have 3), hamsters, rats, frogs, rabbits (have 3), and hermit crabs. I would like to get a long tank and put hermits in it. I know they aren't aquatic, but they are still really cool...