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Hello there! I’ve been a long timer lurker, but figured I should finally make an account and start contributing
I got introduced to this hobby when I started maintaining fresh and saltwater aquariums for my biology department during undergrad, and got my first tank shortly after graduation. Now I’ve been running my own freshwater tanks for the last decade (gosh, time flies!). We even managed to move our tanks (and inhabitants) halfway across the country with us when we moved to Maryland in 2018.
We currently have a 55 gallon community tank that will shortly be upgraded to 75. Just waiting for my husband to finish building the new stand, since we already have the tank. It’s predominantly South American fishes - rummynose tetras, Endlers, a BN pleco, two elderly black neons that are the remnants of one of our first schools (from my husband’s first tank, circa 2014 or so), and soon-to-be introduced Bolivian rams. The misfits are our six Synodontis lucipinnis - three of which we’ve had for 5-6 years, and the other three for just over two years. Thankfully they’ve always gotten along with everyone, and our tank parameters fit their needs. Once everyone has settled into the 75, we may add in some cories again; we used to have a school of sterbaI cories, but just recently lost the last one...I definitely miss their antics.
Besides a QT tank, our only other tank is a planted 5 gallon that’s currently home to my male peacock gudgeon, plus a solo celestial pearl danio that a friend just needed to rehome. I wish we could get a school for him, but we just don’t have the tank space right now.
Looking forward to learning more and contributing to this forum!
—Katie
I got introduced to this hobby when I started maintaining fresh and saltwater aquariums for my biology department during undergrad, and got my first tank shortly after graduation. Now I’ve been running my own freshwater tanks for the last decade (gosh, time flies!). We even managed to move our tanks (and inhabitants) halfway across the country with us when we moved to Maryland in 2018.
We currently have a 55 gallon community tank that will shortly be upgraded to 75. Just waiting for my husband to finish building the new stand, since we already have the tank. It’s predominantly South American fishes - rummynose tetras, Endlers, a BN pleco, two elderly black neons that are the remnants of one of our first schools (from my husband’s first tank, circa 2014 or so), and soon-to-be introduced Bolivian rams. The misfits are our six Synodontis lucipinnis - three of which we’ve had for 5-6 years, and the other three for just over two years. Thankfully they’ve always gotten along with everyone, and our tank parameters fit their needs. Once everyone has settled into the 75, we may add in some cories again; we used to have a school of sterbaI cories, but just recently lost the last one...I definitely miss their antics.
Besides a QT tank, our only other tank is a planted 5 gallon that’s currently home to my male peacock gudgeon, plus a solo celestial pearl danio that a friend just needed to rehome. I wish we could get a school for him, but we just don’t have the tank space right now.
Looking forward to learning more and contributing to this forum!
—Katie
