Its Official

Okay... so I have to say it... it's official... I think have........ MTS!! LOL I never really thought it could happen to me. I thought I was strong and could resist but I was wrong and I love it! I love all my tanks, fish/inverts and am very excited for the future tanks to come.

Right now I have a 55 gallon community tank (my largest tank I've ever owned), a 10 gallon with male guppies and male platy, a 10 gallon with female guppies and female platy, and my guppy/platy fry tank. All of these tank are split between my living room and dining room. I'm going to move all my tanks into my basement once its nice and painted. It will eventually become a family room (actually going to be my tank room).

My plan is to move my tiger barbs and black skirts from the 55 gallon to my 36 bowfront, up their numbers to 15 tiger barbs and 10 black skirts and leave it as a semi-aggresive tank. Then I want to move all my livebearers from both of my 10 gallons into the 55 gallon and add 5 more otos and 6 corydoras. I'll put my fry in my 5.5 gallon until they can go to their new homes or into my main tank (will be keeping the ones I like). I also got a few endlers for free not to long ago and I think they are a pure strain, I don't want to mess that up so I'll be keeping them in a species only planted 10 gallon tank and let them continue to breed to see if they are pure.

Most of these fish I already own, and now here is where my problem is, this leaves me with an empty 10 gallon tank, so many ideas and a growing addiction LOL. I want to do a planted tank for a male betta and some snails or something with that last 10 gallon tank I have. I also want to get another 10 gallon tank and start a colony of high grade RCS and let them breed away too. Lastly (I think) I want to do a brackish water puffer only tank. I'm not too sure what puffer I want or how big of a tank I want/need to get, I have to do more research on it but its definitly something I'm going to try out once I'm ready. Like I said, I'm pretty sure I have MTS and its still growing haha

 

When I restarted my old 20 gallon from years ago this past January, I never thought that I'd move up to 2 20 gallons, then ditching one 20 for a 55. Now I have a 55 (tetras, corys, GBR, BN Pleco) , 20 (corys & rasboras but needs work) , & 10(betta). I also have plans in the works for a 75. I never ever expected to have this many fish!

 

I know the feeling! I thought that I would be satisfied with my 55 gallon but its not enough. I want to upgrade my 55 to a 72 bowfront and then use the 55 for either a ball python or chinese water dragon haha. This is a serious addiction

 

A guy at my LFS suggested an Electric Blue Jack Dempsey for my 55 gallon. Which would be fine....They have a full grown EBJD in one of their display tanks with platys and tetras and much smaller fish. I just wanted him in a 75....with other cichlids

 

Eventually I want to get into keeping ciclids. I always see them in my LFS but I never really looked them up much

 

I'm going with American cichlids ...since I already have my ebjd. They seem to be slightly easier to care for.

 

That's cool, good luck with everything

 

MTS is a crazy phenomenon!

I started in February with one 20 gallon tank that was supposed to be used to keep my fishing minnows in so I didnt end up wasting so much money on them. lol. Very long story cut short; now we (my parents and I) have two 20g, a 50g, a 55g, and a 65g. And still don't have a tank for fishing minnows hahaha. But now we are literally out of space for any more tanks.. Oh and we spent a heck of a lot more money than a few fishing minnows would have cost!!!

 

That's a lot of big tanks! haha its gotten to the point that I just sit on the floor and watch my fish. My family thinks I'm crazy but they just don't understand LOL my goal is still to get a 72 bowfront. Its the tank I orginally wanted instead of the 55 but I couldnt find any for reaonable prices. For now I will continue to search through craigslist until I find the right tank for the right price.

 

Same.....


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