I thought I'd take a few minutes to re-introduce myself and my fish room. Many of you know me, having spent considerable time here, but I've been away for a while.
Since the last time I was here I have moved, relocated from a condo to a house with a basement, and luckily have been able to carve out some space for a fish room. I had a fish room about 15 years ago with 44 aquariums. I was obsessed to say the least. My goal with my new fish room is to keep it simple. I'm sure the aquarium count will grow, as I'm already at 15 tanks... no wait, 16... but as it does grow I want it to be simple and fun. In some ways I want it to be old fashioned. Less equipment to fuss with. Easy to keep fish. "Pet" fish even. So, with that in mind, here goes. (hopefully I can figure out how to load these pics)
Here is a wide shot as you come down the stairs into the basement:
The first tank is a 125 gallon freshwater. I run it with 3 Penguin 330 biowheels. I love the biowheel filters, as you will see. Stocking list: 6 Tiger Barbs, 9 Rosey Barbs, 5 Black Skirt Tetras, 1 Red Tail Shark, 1 Royal Acara, 1 Geophagus Surinamensis. There is a lot of room to grow obviously. Some pics.
A few pics of the Royal Acara, one of my favorite fish, the center piece of this tank:
And a couple pictures of the Geophagus surinamensis, in my opinion the jewel of the Geophagus species:
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Since the last time I was here I have moved, relocated from a condo to a house with a basement, and luckily have been able to carve out some space for a fish room. I had a fish room about 15 years ago with 44 aquariums. I was obsessed to say the least. My goal with my new fish room is to keep it simple. I'm sure the aquarium count will grow, as I'm already at 15 tanks... no wait, 16... but as it does grow I want it to be simple and fun. In some ways I want it to be old fashioned. Less equipment to fuss with. Easy to keep fish. "Pet" fish even. So, with that in mind, here goes. (hopefully I can figure out how to load these pics)
Here is a wide shot as you come down the stairs into the basement:
The first tank is a 125 gallon freshwater. I run it with 3 Penguin 330 biowheels. I love the biowheel filters, as you will see. Stocking list: 6 Tiger Barbs, 9 Rosey Barbs, 5 Black Skirt Tetras, 1 Red Tail Shark, 1 Royal Acara, 1 Geophagus Surinamensis. There is a lot of room to grow obviously. Some pics.
A few pics of the Royal Acara, one of my favorite fish, the center piece of this tank:
And a couple pictures of the Geophagus surinamensis, in my opinion the jewel of the Geophagus species:
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