My Other Hobby!

[fantomas]

I've found something aside from my car to spend an unseen amount of money on! Its fish! Currently I have 6 tanks set up... two 1 gallons, a 10 gallon, a 29 gallon, a 55 gallon, and a 75 gallon.

First tank is a 1 gal vase for my crown tail betta
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f0101.jpg

Second tank is a 10 gallon planted with a dwarf gourami, a few tetras, and a few ghost shrimp
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f1001.jpg
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f1002.jpg
He's shy, but spends the entire day, everyday, rebuilding his bubble nest
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f1003.jpg
Shrimp!
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f1004.jpg

Third tank is a 29 gallon brackish tank for the green spotted puffer. it used to have 2 puffers and a mono sabea but some how they died.... I have another 1 gal tank that I use to breed snails to feed to this fish
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f2901.jpg
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f2903.jpg
He's got the personality of a puppy.
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f2902.jpg

[fantomas]

The fifth tank is a saltwater set up I just started about a month ago so no fish yet but live rock is in (more on the way!)
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5501.jpg
These Anemones are really BAD:
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5502.jpg

My final tank I have (for now) is a 75 freshwater tank
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f7501.jpg
One of the sharks
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f7502.jpg
Angel and Glofish
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f7503.jpg
The angels will literally follow you around the tank
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f7504.jpg
Black ghost knife... I feed him by hand at night!
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f7505.jpg

[iwanbo]

How hard is the salt water setup? My mom wanted to do a salt water setup for some fish (she has like 3 freshwater tanks), but said it'd be too much work haha.

[subygirl8330]

My roommate in college had a salt water tank, it was so gorgeous until she stopped taking care of it, then it had salt crusts on all the glass edges and goo on the sides.

[STARSCREAM]

Very nice! I love having fish even tho they can be hard to take care of sometimes. I had a 75 gallon for a while a few years back. I had a lot of Cichlids and a Pacu that got really big. When the Pacu died I weighed it on our bathroom scale and it was 15 pounds :eek: LoL. After he went I had a few Silver Arowanas which are my favorite fish, just beautiful. It’s a great hobby to get into...enjoy! :rocker:

[alyssa]

nice scoott!!! puffer fish are awesome!! i used to have two 75's fresh and salt and then a 29 gallon with a phirana or whatever. and i had a snakehead befor ethey became illegal then it died :(

[fantomas]

How hard is the salt water setup? My mom wanted to do a salt water setup for some fish (she has like 3 freshwater tanks), but said it'd be too much work haha.

The initial cost is a lotttt, but once everything is running properly i've heard they pretty much take care of themselves. The live rock is essential for filtration so you need about 1.5-2 lbs per gallon and at $5.99 a lb for the rock, it gets expensive quick.

[xxthat girlxx]

Ummm.... Seriously. I need to see these puffers Scott.

I just bought a pleca for my 29 gallon. I'm hoping he will pick up after what the chinese algea eater left... ::grrr:: Want to come clean my tank? My fishes will love you!

You should see the beta bowl I made!!

[Judau]

Awesome! :) I like animals I can pet more, and I know I'd never be able to keep fish alive... haha, but fish tanks look great and really add a lot to a home. :) Good range of fish you have, too. :)

[fantomas]

you can pet the ghost knife......

[turbo_turtle]

Sarah's beta bowl looks similar to Scott's. Neat fish.

~Dan

[fantomas]

A bit of an update. The last puffer has passed, so I moved the planted tank inhabitants form the 10 gal to the 19 gal. Currently the two sharks are in the 10 gallon being quarantined for a bit of internal bleeding they're having. Chances are they won't make it. With all the work on the salt water tank, I kind of neglected all my fresh tanks


Anywho, I finally have something living in my saltwater tank. I'll start with the Invertebrates
*WARNING* I suck at taking pictures and what makes it worse is that with a water turnover rate of about 900 gallons per hour between, everything moves and its really hard to take a non-blurred shot

One of the hermit crabs
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5503.jpg

Asterina. These were hitchhikers on some live rock I got
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5504.jpg

Mini Brittle Star. Also hitchhikers, like to hide in the rocks... so this is only it's tentacles. This is what they actually look like (http://reef.myip.org/refugium/images/IA_star2.jpg)
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5505.jpg

Peppermint Shrimp. I have about 5 of them
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5506.jpg

Just got this guy today, Echinometra mathaei. Rock boring Sea Urchin
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5507.jpg

[fantomas]

And Now the Vertibrates.

Royal Gramma
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5508.jpg

What lurks between the rocks?
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5509.jpg

Bangaii Cardinal
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5510.jpg

Beauutiful fish
http://www.ctsub.com/images/fish/f5511.jpg

[subygirl8330]

i love teh peppermint shrimp! he's cute :p

[tkonueter]

does the shrimp try to clean your fingers if you stick them in the tank?

[alyssa]

nice pics scott! i hope turbo is not being neglected.

[Jay@Swift Motorsports]

We have a 55 gallon saltwater tank at first it was a pain to keep up with but after the first 2 months it was well worth it.

Now we plan on moving this should be fun.....again :rolleyes:

[ScrapinSTi]

hmm... Do I hear a meet at scott's house? I have my Tartar Sauce! :D

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[fantomas]

yea the shrimp go after my hands. i really want to see one mount a fish and ride it around the tank....

And i bitched about moving when i only had my 10 gal tank 1/2 mile away...I'm not looking forward to moving all these tanks 800 miles if i decide to move out of the state...

[BoostinWagon]

hmm... Do I hear a meet at scott's house? I have my Tartar Sauce! :D

http://www.whatdvd.net/WhatDVD-Graphics/main/92.jpg

LMAO my fish's name is Wanda

[STieph]

That looks nice:) I have two guppies in my classroom and my beta Murphy has been with me for a year!

[fantomas]

which school do you work at?

[Yankees2519]

i have a 75 gallon saltwater tank that im actually trying to sell. if i cant sell everything i might just part it out. i have about 75 lbs of live rock, really good lighting, some other stuff. lemme know if ur looking to buy anything

[tommy]

wait did scott just say move out of state wtf ??



more info please

[subygirl8330]

yes i saw that too :colbert: ..but he also said recently he got hired in hartford..

[fantomas]

tommy can't type but he can sure read.
Long before both of yous times, i made a thread (well, I've made a few but this one relates directly):
http://www.ctsub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=271

not all that applies anymore. obviously i didn't get that job.... but essentially, housing is less expensive pretty much everywhere else in the country than in CT. so since my girlfriend works at a hospital, she can pretty much get a job anywhere. we're looking at the myrtle beach, sc area. we want to go some where warm where people are actually pleasant..... but lets not get off topic here