JaneAustenAddict

Do you have all 21 tanks running at one time?

Lilwystynyra

I don't even know where 21 tanks could be put! I have maybe 4 or 5 in mind but... I don't even know where to put them! Hence the betta in the bedroom. My housemates like looking at my fish a little but they're not all that interested. I want one of those big gorgeous tanks like you see at the pet store!! And we do have one whole room of the house that is rarely used... just has a piano...

Maybe I should turn it into an aquarium? Do you think the house owners will mind ?? Teehee.

Jaysee

20 starts with 4 or 5.....

Once you get around 8, additional tanks aren't much extra work to maintain, which is how 10 becomes 20.

Nutter

So I shouldn't tell you that it gets worse as you get more tanks? I have 6 tanks inside the house & the rest are now out in the double garage that I'm turning into a fish room. The car got evicted to the small garage & my tools to a reinforced shed. I guess I also shouldn't tell you that 22 is on order. That's a special tank though. All 10x3x4ft of it. I can't wait. I haven't even decided what I'm going to do with it yet but I'm thinking Amazon Biotype. I'm hoping a project that large will quench the thirst for more tanks & fish. At least temporarily.
No vaccine. If you hear of one let me know. I'm spending too much of the companys profits.

Red1313

I hear fishlore is a good cure all... or was it source of infection... hmmm
I've got 9 tanks in a 1 bedroom apartment right now... I don't know what I'd do without them

Lilwystynyra

9 in a 1 bedroom apartment... OMG where do YOU live? I have like a granny flat which is pretty much the same thing, and I have just the room for 1 tank on the kitchen counter. No way can I have 9 o.O

jdhef

She actually lives in the parking lot, since there is no more room inside!

Lilwystynyra

hehehe sounds about right.

I'm slightly satisfied at the moment because there is room in my tank for 2 more, maybe 3 more fish.

Unfortunately my mumma guppy was killed in a freak landslide last night No clue how it happened but I woke to find her trapped underneath a plant and some rocks o.O. RIP Butterfly

I'm sad to have lost her, but still excited about more fish!

peacemaker92

I currently have 3 tanks and still have room for more but parents are insisting 3 is already too many! But talking about 21? I haven't told them about Nutter's amount of tanks. haha

I'm deeply sorry about your loss. What a shock. Landslide...?

Lilwystynyra

Yeah I know. It was weird. But I had noticed that the plant had a few pieces of gravel stuck in it from when I had done a transfer (moved gravel between tanks for bacteria) and I'd thought I'd gotten it all out.
She was stuck under a plant with a couple pieces of the gravel which is bigger than what I use in my tanks holding it down. Her body was twisted so she'd obviously been trying to get out. I so wish I'd spotted it!!! But she was busy getting in the way of my photos last night so I'm thinking it happened during the night. She was well pregnant too *sigh* Poor Butterfly! I'm sorry darling

Nutter

Gawd!! At least I've got a 4bdrm house & an extra garage to work with.
I don't suppose I should tell you all this but I've just counted the total number of tanks I have today, including my live food, fry raising & quarantine tanks. There's 35 of them, still not including the one on order. Fortunatley there's only 26 that are running permanantly. The rest I just fill & use a cycled filter when I need them. I have alot of my tanks on a not quite fully automatic water change system, so all I have to do is the occasional vaccuum, fill the water change tanks, trim & fertilize plants & clean the glass on most of them. The feeding part is only a few minutes staring at each tank really so I don't count that as maintainance.

Hmmm... I wonder how far I am from being able to open my own aquarium store....

bolivianbaby

Nutter, I'm right behind ya! I've got 21 tanks up and running atm and will be starting up two more this week.

My water changes are done weekly by me (I stretch them out over a 3 day period), but I run weekly full parameter tests on all of my tanks so I do the proper size water change for each.

Do you keep a log? I've found it's great for keeping an eye on the history and progress of tanks. Microsoft Excel is a wonderful tool.

Jaysee

All in your bedroom, right?