5, err 7, Fish Tanks and Counting

[Addictedtobettas]

Just an online record of my current tanks and inhabitants.
Considering I went from 0 to 5 tanks (6 if you count the junk acrylic one in the garage), soon to be 6 and would have been 7 if that second fluval 45g hadn't broken mid-transit (thank the fish gods for that one, I would have been overwhelmed with new tanks), all in less than 3 months, I'm not sure where I'll be in 6 months!

Hoping to finally, completely, relegate the 2x 2.5g to hospital/quarantine tanks and get the two bettas in there in to their own 'full' real tanks (they were technically both on hospital watch, or still are).


Nut


Ra


In their meantime homes


Osiris

Fluval 9g


Orion in his 5g


The 45 before the great rescaping


Mickey (the angelfish) and his cohorts in the 45g after the redo today - there will be another one when the new stones arrive.

 

[Coradee]

Lovely looking tanks, you definitely joined the Mts club

 

[TWiG87]

They all look great, very nice scapes

 

[Addictedtobettas]

Lovely looking tanks, you definitely joined the Mts club

Thank you!
Yeah I’m elbow deep in that club.
I was pleasantly surprised when my hubby was the one encouraging me to get a bigger tank - it would look great against that wall, don’t you think? (I was floored! And started making plans...)

 

[Addictedtobettas]

March 1st Updates

45g, Still running 2 filters, hob is driving me batty with vibrations so it will have to go soon, Black Angel has mellowed and seems to have come back from the brain dead after the PH drop
Some serious rescaping likely in the next 2-3 weeks if I can get some larger rocks


15g (which didn't exist when I started this thread)
1 Betta, 1 SAE, 3 Blue Gobys and 5 RCS, so far so happy
Still making adjustments as the plants settle in



10g, also didn't exist at the start of this thread
5 Green Jade Shrimp
Substrate giving me fits - this is pre-rescaping today, left plants floating for a while since the shrimp didn't mind and I didn't know what else to do while columnaris hopefully departs the tank



9g, in need of a total redo (soon my pretty)
1 Betta (Osiris), 1 BCS (supposedly, those guys hide well) and 4 Amano, 1 pond snail and 1 Gold Brown Ramshorn (both hitchhikers)
Soon to be adding some other fish, haven't quite decided what/who


5g, Where the Salvinia lives long and prospers!
1 Betta (Orion), 4 Amano (I think, they're hard to keep track of)
Orion has been a lot more active in his tank since the Salvinia took over, I catch him doing strange things out and about that he never seemed comfortable in his tank enough to do before



The 2.5s, really can't wait to get the upgrades in this week and set up the week after
Nut & Horus (not in the same tanks)
No shrimp, a couple pond snails
Nut is laying her eggs in her own nest creations, ever 2 weeks or so now. Not sure I should move her but we'll take it slow. She's obviously happy at the moment... Still can't figure out why her PH is 1 over every other tank (8.4, tap water is 8.2 and my other tanks are 7.2-7.4)
Added a couple of live plants in to Horus' tank to get him used to them and clear up some space elsewhere

 

[Addictedtobettas]

Title should read 8 tanks and nearly 9... hoping to nix the 2x 2.5g though so I'll be back to a manageable 7?


The 45g, cleaned up some Anacharis, moved plants around. I've got the 7 Panda Corys in another, semi-quarantine tank, I'm really not sure about adding 7 Corys though. I'm sure the 2 Pandas in there now would be happy but... this tank is nice and balanced it seems.
2 Angelfish, Mickey & Bat (once I figure out their sexes names will likely change)
2 Honey Gourami, Shiva & Parvati
2 Plecos
2 Corys
7 Endlers
2 (?) Shrimp
1 ADF, Heket
3 White Wizard Snails
Too Many Pond Snails



15g, removed the 3rd rock as it crowded up the front
1 Betta, Ra - can be seen in lower right
1 SAE, most likely moved to 45g soon
2 Cobalt Gobys, 1 Passed away suddenly
4 Endlers, figuring out their 'forever' tank
0-8 Red Crystal Shrimp, I haven't seen any today but boy do they hide well



New 15g, will be Horus' tank most likely (Male Betta)
7 Gertrudes
7 Panda Corys
5 Golden Nebula Shrimp



9g, removed some plants recently to open up the back space
1 Betta, Osiris
4 Adrianhd Endlers, 2 female gravid
1 Ramshorn
1 Pond Snail
1 Black Crystal Shrimp
1-3 Amano Shrimp



10g, sand still driving me nuts, I've tried to sift the sand in with the gravel and its not doing much for cleaning day. Going to replace with larger sand SOON - I hope
10 Green Jade Shrimp
5 Blue Velvet Shrimp
5 Clown Killis



5g, Salvinia Natans is exploding in happy reproduction in this tank, I've removed over 50% of it only to have it regrow in days. I'd like to get him into a 9g or greater, depending. Then this tank will replace the 2 2.5g tanks as a hospital tank.
1 Betta, Orion
2-3 Amano Shrimp
1 Black Crystal Shrimp



2.5g, weird fungal/mold grown on the Java and the heater, really want to clear out this tank now
1 Betta, Horus



2.5g, can't seem to keep the algae from happening in this tank though I've tried
1 Betta, Nut the Terrible (or Nut the Shrimp Eater)
2 pond snails
-Really hoping to get the 3rd 15 gallon going in the next week to relocate her and the plants


Pretty soon I'm going to have to list out the plants in each tank, so I can keep track..

 

[david1978]

Better watch. You may catch up to coralbandit if your not careful. Nice tanks.

 

[H Farnsworth]

You have a disease.

 

[Addictedtobettas]

You have a disease.

I don't disagree.

 

[pagoda]

Your addiction is strong.......best get another one

 

[Addictedtobettas]

Your addiction is strong.......best get another one

It's reached its peak I think, at least for freshwater tanks.

My hubby asked me not long ago just how many more tanks I was getting. It's a subtle hint. The poor guy has to check on them when I'm out of town too and I know he worries that something will go wrong and he won't know what to do. I respect that..

 

[Addictedtobettas]

My nearly April update.

Well, I got up to 9 tanks and that was a bit much considering everything going on IN those tanks and in the world...
Took down a 10g and a 2.5g.



#1 - 45g doing well, need to hide that uv filter though (geez)
2 Angelfish, 1 Honey (I lost the female after she apparently ate a bunch of sand.. that was very hard for me to get over), 1 SAE, 2 Plecos (1 Clown Pleco, 1 Mango/Magnus Pleco), 3 Panda Corys, 2 clown killifish (I was wrong about the frog!) and the male endlers, shrimp and snails.. oh and 1 ADF..
Still balancing ferts with fish/shrimp population in here especially.




#2 - My last 2.5g, was the lone Honey frys tank until the algae got to be too much so snails and shrimp joined, and 3 endler fry with nowhere else to go.. they'll all be moved out soon (maybe to a 5g.. maybe not)


#3 - The 5g, was just Orion and some shrimp but now there's 5 endler fry in there with him - he's eating as much of their food as he can, which is becoming a problem for him



#4 - 15g, Nuts domain (so far the shrimp are still alive but amanos only so they can hide), also the plant quarantine/grow out tank for now - I'm considering moving some endlers in with her but not sure just yet.
Removed a large rock for more plants and swimming accessibility.




#5 - 15g, Horus (Betta), the Gertrudes, 1 Panda Garra and a couple endlers, along with Golden Nebula shrimp and snails.
Removed a rock to make room for the plants, and the Panda (she'll probably go in the 45g here soonish)



#6 - 15g The land of Ra (Betta), 4 clown killifish (since the other 2 are actually alive and well in the 45g I may relocate these 4), 1 Orange Seam Pleco, 2 Cobalt Gobys, and... many, many endlers (adults and fry) along with golden nebula shrimp and snails (White wizard) of course


#7 - 9g Home to Osiris and his clan of endlers (2 females still giving birth now and then, and 10-20 fry), blue velvet and green jade shrimp (and shrimp fry) and snails (baby ramshorn snails too! because why not).


This is after I've removed plants and adjusted tanks (mostly) this week. 1-2 more weeks and I'll be pulling more plants I'm sure. Endler fry will go to the LFS (not all of them, but a majority) as I don't have room for what appears to be about 25 living fry at the moment.
I'd like to .. upgrade the 2.5g to a new 5g for fry (fish and shrimp) and plants and keep it at 7 tanks - for now.

Still balancing fertilizers for some plants, but given up on a few plants that flat out will not work in my tanks despite the 'low light, great for beginners, no co2' tagline given them.

I would like to get rid of, or mix up - have a lighter layer of sand over gravel, the sand with gravel - many plants just aren't as happy with straight sand as with rocks/river gravel or fluorite.

I'm not looking to add any more fish until the endler fry are balanced/sorted - as tempting as some additions might be.

 

[Addictedtobettas]

May Update - and I lied.. I got more fish this past month.. I also went back to 7 tanks!

Goals for June, clear out excess plants (hah), find homes for 50+ endler fry, add cory to Nuts 15g and the 45g, keep the myrio alive. Stop acquiring new Endler types.


45g - In addition to the 'usual' fish there are 20 or so extra male endlers in here 'in transition' to their new homes. It's a very busy tank.



Nut's 15g



Horus's 15g



Ra's 15g



Osiris's 9g



Orion's 5g


Freya & Fionas 5g Tank of Fry (there's a lot of endler fry in here, tiny buggers)



I was very resistant to going back to 7 tanks but with so many fry it was needed. I am now planning in the next 5-6 months to go with a new 55-65g where Nut & Ra's tanks are, I will have to find a new furniture piece for their two tanks. Haven't decided if it will be freshwater or, my dream, saltwater starter addiction tank. (It will likely be freshwater given my current fish stocking and plant possibilities)

Couldn't have done all this without Fishlore folks, so grateful for the resources here.