ER9

sorry terrible pics....not good as a photographer yet, still learning. its a 20 gallon, work in progress, as money becomes available. cant take a good enough pic to be able to see my fish though. only thing left i really want to do is build a multi level, rock, shelf/cave on the right side of the tank and add in a couple real plants. cant wait to upgrade to a 50 gallon with more space.

fish:
(3x) spotted danios
(1x) zebra danio
(3x) white cloud minnows

going to add to complete the aquarium:
(3x) rummy nose tetra's
(1x) dwarf gourami
(1x) colorfull fish...maybe rainbow...still undecided

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KittieKat

thats ur first tank and ure already thinking of goin larger!?! oh yeah, your hooked.. welcome to very large, slightly pricey, new world of fishy greatness!! .. it never ends and ur tanks will never be big enough and you'll never have enough of them.. heart

ER9

lol....luckily i'm an acrylic fabricator and i can make plexiglass tanks at work for free

already started making a 45 gallon tank today...started cutting pieces. should be done next week.

KittieKat

lucky! and for the record i now hate u!!! just kiddin! thats awesome!

COBettaCouple

The pics look great - beautiful tank!

capekate

Your tank looks real good! You did a great job with it.

~ kate

ER9

at least that way i wont have to starve for a month after spending my grocery money on a new aquarium.

ER9

thanks for the comments....i really love it. only thing i would do diffrent next time is get it set up before i add fish :P

my poor fish have suffered as i have been adding a piece here...piece there. would be nice to finish it and let them settle in. only problem is finding nice rock that isn't way overpriced.

KittieKat

i fully agree... some decorations are WAY overpriced. i mean if i had a mold of a sunken ship and the equipment to make one i'd totally do it but i just dont have that possibility.. $50 (real price 70 but i had a coupon) for a piece of plastic is a bit much in my opinion but hey.. it makes the tank look neat..

Drea

Very nice tank, indeed Glad you have MTS along with the rest of us!

Cody

i love decorat9ng my tanks but i have a hard time spenidng the money on it. but thats a very nice tank. and you lucky you can make tanks at work . make sure if you use a algea scraper that its for acrylic tanks or else you will stratch it

≈ D ≈

What do you mean don't laugh? I think you did a top notch job on the tank It actually looks better than my 30g

Oh and welcome to FishLore, where having MTS syndrome is a joy

ER9

the decorations dont get my blood boiling...its seeing rocks that i used to find in my backyard as a kid selling for $6 a pound. i recently went by death valley (before my tank was set up) and drove by enless miles of black lava rock and now see it here in the shops for $3+ a pound. I cant even bring myslef after two weeks to look at the reciept for the big lava rock in my tank. that sucker is easily 15+ pounds

ER9

much thanks. i never was fond of acrylic as an aquarium material precisely because of that reason. i work with it all day and have had to try and fix some unbeleivable expensive mistakes some people have done to their acrylic furniture. unfortunately after being diagnosed with MTS i have lost the ability to fund my treatment in glass. and i have a weird size space to fill that i cant seem to find a tank to fit.

ER9

haha...thanks. this is the first disease i look foreward to having for many years

pinky93

Really nice tank for ur first!

Gozer_1

"Don't laugh" Are you kidding? That tank looks AWESOME. Great work.

It's a good thing I don't have your job or I'd not be able to move around my house. I'd be walled in with tanks lol. Good luck with that.

slakey

looks better then my 39gal...
but I think I need to add more plants :/

very nice good job on your frist try
Also erm your fish stocking, basically they're all fast swimming fish and need alot of space... so this is my suggestion:

Get a pair of Dwarf Gourami's, and then fill the rest with a trio of Corys, bristlenose plec or some a trio of ottos. And then for some colour go for guppies or endlers...
Or maybe even some mollies if you can get some nice coloured ones.

MissMTS

For your first tank, you did an incredible job with the aquascaping. I can tell you really planned it out and put thought into it. Sometimes it is good to add stuff slowly like you did because you can take your time and really get it to look the way that you want it to. Congrats on your first tank. It looks awesome! BTW, I really envy your ablility to make tanks at work. It's probably good that I don't have that luxury or my house would be so full!

ER9

thank you pinkey for the compliment...

haha gozer...i'm getting nervous myself. i havn't even finished my 45 gal tank yet and i already have a bigger one planned.

ER9

thanks slakey for the suggestions. i'm definatelly going with the dwarf gourami's...such beautifull fish. wish i could have a betta as well. i saw this amazing blue/crimson betta at a LFS. wow amazing color. i definatelly do need to add some slower fish though. unfortunatelly i'm in the middle of curing a case of ICH in my tank so i cant add any more fish for another week.

ER9

thanks for the cool compliments. i had a general idea of what i wanted before i got the tank set up but i'm sure like alot of people it developes piece by piece.. every time i walked into the LFS and saw a cool plant or rock it would morph into a slightly different design. i think i got lucky though and found this amazing lava rock that really makes this tank. iv'e since added another rock and it looks better. unfortunatelly though i can be really indecisive at times. i keep moving plants around trying to find the right look and balance. my poor fish.

lovemyfroggies

Wow! Nice tank! I was expecting to see some tacky decorations.