Staffylovers tank diaries
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:19 am
I have a little spare time this morning so thought I would 'bite the bullet' and start a tank diary,
I have 2 tanks, 180l small fish community and 350l medium fish community, both tanks are well stocked, there are plans in the pipeline for a change but this will have to wait until things at work are more settled, so this wont be a tank log as such with lots of exciting happenings more just a diary, a place to put some of the many photos I take of my existing fishies, I hope that's ok?
A bit of background first, I blame my uncle for much of the original interest, he had a fish room in his garage stocked with many tanks, he is a catfish lover so many of them appeared empty, but some contained 'normal' fish, also very excitingly for a child one contained a axolotl, I still think these are like creatures from outer space!
Got myself a tank at the first opportunity, this one was done on a shoe string with a second hand tank and fish, I enjoyed it but it only lasted about a year before I had to sell when we moved to the current house which needed much refurbishment, about 13 years ago.
Then about 3 years ago decided the time was right for another go, things have changed since my last attempt, and mostly for the better, it does seem more expensive, but perhaps its just I'm prepared to spend more this time round! There seems a much better choice of small and nano community fish, but the biggest change is perhaps the information and support available online, this makes things much more interesting and accessible, though sometimes advice is contradictory and other times there is reams of information to sift through, the fact you can hook up with other people with the same interest is a great thing, most of my friends/ colleagues think fish keeping is well, a bit weird.
I'm digressing again, back to tanks, so a little over 3 years ago I came across an irresistible bargain! and ended up with 2 second hand tanks of about 60l, I started off with 3 pearl danios and 3 Sterbai corys in each of the tanks, it soon became obvious that the danios needed more space so after 6 months I upgraded to a Jewel vision 180l which now resides in the lounge it just perfectly fits in the alcove between the chimney breast and French doors and yes it does suffer from algea, more on that later,
If you have read through to the end of this you deserve a gold star! Just off to find a pic of small tank..
I have 2 tanks, 180l small fish community and 350l medium fish community, both tanks are well stocked, there are plans in the pipeline for a change but this will have to wait until things at work are more settled, so this wont be a tank log as such with lots of exciting happenings more just a diary, a place to put some of the many photos I take of my existing fishies, I hope that's ok?
A bit of background first, I blame my uncle for much of the original interest, he had a fish room in his garage stocked with many tanks, he is a catfish lover so many of them appeared empty, but some contained 'normal' fish, also very excitingly for a child one contained a axolotl, I still think these are like creatures from outer space!
Got myself a tank at the first opportunity, this one was done on a shoe string with a second hand tank and fish, I enjoyed it but it only lasted about a year before I had to sell when we moved to the current house which needed much refurbishment, about 13 years ago.
Then about 3 years ago decided the time was right for another go, things have changed since my last attempt, and mostly for the better, it does seem more expensive, but perhaps its just I'm prepared to spend more this time round! There seems a much better choice of small and nano community fish, but the biggest change is perhaps the information and support available online, this makes things much more interesting and accessible, though sometimes advice is contradictory and other times there is reams of information to sift through, the fact you can hook up with other people with the same interest is a great thing, most of my friends/ colleagues think fish keeping is well, a bit weird.
I'm digressing again, back to tanks, so a little over 3 years ago I came across an irresistible bargain! and ended up with 2 second hand tanks of about 60l, I started off with 3 pearl danios and 3 Sterbai corys in each of the tanks, it soon became obvious that the danios needed more space so after 6 months I upgraded to a Jewel vision 180l which now resides in the lounge it just perfectly fits in the alcove between the chimney breast and French doors and yes it does suffer from algea, more on that later,
If you have read through to the end of this you deserve a gold star! Just off to find a pic of small tank..