Aries

Hey all!! I am new to the forum but not new to the hobby. I have a ton of tanks and just love the fish forums to meet other enthusiast who also have multiple tank syndrome LOL

Amanda

Welcome!

agabr123

Welcome!!!! believe me....MANY members (including myself) suffer from serious MTS!

Shawnie

welcome to fishlore!!! nuttin wrong with MTS..just ask anyone around here share some pics when you can

Aries

Thanks for the welcomes I just can't help myself with the MTS. I just talked myself out of another 55 gallon. It was on sale at petsmart LOL It made me think about other hobbyist whos homes get raided by police thinking their growing marijuana because of their power bills LOL

I am going to set up a 20 long for a krib breeding tank and then I'll try to cool it for a while.

Aries

I will Thanks. I have lots of pics and next tuesday I'll be setting up my first heavily planted tank. I'm just starting with a small planted tank with some low light plants but lots of them

Lucy

Welcome to Fish Lore

Shawnie

awesome! I do very well with outdoor gardens, indoor plants etc but I cant do a planted tank to save my life LOL

CHoffman

Welcome to Fishlore!!!..Most of us here share your MTS..I'd love to see some pics too..lol..How many tanks do you have??

Aries

I have five soon to be six I'm sure my MTS is on a light scale compared to some. But most of my friends who aren't into the hobby think I'm crazy LOL

I'll try to get some pics up.

CHoffman

Sounds fun, 6 tanks isn't light any way you put it..lol...What sizes do you have??...I'm the crazy fish lady too..lol...I don't think I'm weird just passionate..

Aries

LOL I have two ten gallons a 20 a 55 and a nano five gallon. I aspire to have a 125 sometime this year and the 20 gallon long is coming soon. I also have lots of 2.5 betta tanks. I get called the crazy fish lady all the time. LOL I have nine bettas half of them are females who will go into my heavily planted ten gallon soon. Next Tuesday to be specific. How many do you have?

CHoffman

Right now I have 7 set up
Four 10 gallons, 1 16gallon, 1 30gallon and a 125gallon...These little fish are addicting aren't they..1 of my 10gallon and my 125 gallon are going through a fishless cycle right now so they are sitting empty which is killing me...I'm going to be getting a 20gallon long also..I just took on some convicts that needed rescuing soooo..I'll be keeping two and giving the other two good homes.

Mike19

Welcome

Mike

Aries

They sure are! I got my first ten gallon a few years back and the hobby took me over. LOL You can't just use some media from your other tanks to cycle. I love never having to cycle. I always throw some extra sponges in my biggest filter for a week or two before I set up a new tank. I have all DIY media though. I never use the media the filters come with.

That's great that you'll be giving some convicts a good home.

Aries

Thanks!!

CHoffman

Yeah..I could..But the 125 is going to need allot of bacteria built up so I just started from scratch on that one, figured I'd save the seeded media for something smaller..But I do seed all my other tanks with filter media from other tanks..I've gotten so many new ones in a short amount of time I used up all my filter media..lol..I got my first tank in Oct of 08..So in 3 months I've gotten all the others.lol..It happened really fast. But once this 125 is cycled and stocked I'll have all kinds of media to start up new tanks..It has a canister filter so I'm sure I'll be shoving all kinds of extra stuff in there. I like the DIY media too.. It's going to be a Malawi mbuna tank.

Aries

Been there done that. I have also found a good bottled bacteria. Tetra safe start is awesome and I have cycled in less than a week with it. I have no patience. LOL Wow, that is really fast Fish will take over your life. LMAO Their so much fun though!!! Yeah once you get that big tank up you'll never have to cycle again. And fishless is a good way to go with that tank as I assume you want to add most of them at the same time.

CHoffman

Tetra Safe start is actually one of the few bottled bacteria that members agree works...I've seen a couple of success stories around here...I can't find it in my area..I'd have to order it online..But I'm a cheapo...so that won't work..lol...Bio-spira works too..but I guess they discontined the freshwater version of it and only sale it for salt water..I've been researching and at first I was going to put them all in but now I'm going to be putting a group in at a time...Seems to be what everyone is suggesting.

Aries

Bio spira actually sold their freshwater formula to tetra so that is basically what safe start is except it doesn't have to be refrigerated. Well good luck with your tank. I hope to see pics of it when you get them in there. I'm sure it will be great.

Don't worry, I'm a cheapo too. I can't afford not to be with all the tanks I have

DPmom26

Welcome to the clan
I have light MTS having only 3 tanks at the moment soon to be 4 when my income taxes come in...Look out Dwarf Puff Babies here I come

newfishlover

i have a ten gallon and a 60-65 gallon not sure exactly the size. i also have an empty 30 gallon and 75 gallon that leaks, anyone ever resealed a tank before? how do u do it?

agabr123

i've never done it but it's certainly possible and probably not horribly difficult. you can get aquarium sealant/silicone at pretty much any LFS or pet store, just make sure it's designed for aquariums or you can get GE window and door silicone if you don't want the aquarium kind. then take some kind of razor blade and remove the old silicone, and then put the new silicone on using painter tape to frame the area where the silicone should go. that last part is the one i'm not very sure about how to do, as i've never done it. hopefully someone that has will be along soon. i know that you need to let it sit dry for a while to let it cure. once that's done, then i'd recommend filling it very slowly either in a bathtub or outside (depending on the size of the tank) and checking for leaks. i'd leave it full for at least two or three days to make sure that it will hold water.

Nick G

Great Advice Alex! Thats exactly how I do it!

Aries

Start a new thread and you'll probably get a lot more responses. I'm sure there are some people who dont even read introductions. LOL A thirty gallon wouldn't be empty here for a day

capekate

Please do not hijack another's thread.
It is rude to do so.
For unrelated questions Please start a new thread.
thanks!

Martinismommy

Hello and welcome to Fishlore.....

I too suffer from an incurable addiction called "MBS" aka Multiple Betta Syndrome lol

newfishlover

i thought i put that in somewhere else, someone talking about collecting tanks don't know what happened sorry.

Aries

Oh when I said start a new thread I wasn't upset about the question being there. I just meant that you would get a lot more help if there was a thread about it. I know a lot of people dont even check newb introductions Therefore not as many people would be there to help you figure it out

Aries

Thanks The MBS as much as I love my betta family they are so much work. LOL Sometimes I wonder how in the world I got myself into it. LOL