Fish Bowl: Discussions

Hello! I'm Ricky, and I'm a fish-a-holic. It's true, I've been this way for a while now. I currently have a 210 gallon Saltwater tank up with 55 gal sump. I also have a 40gal predator saltwater and a 20 gal freshwater right now. Would love to see your alls tanks and hope to post a pic of mine up soon!

Well, Hi Everyone. I guess I wil be the first to post my funny story. I am new to fish and tanks. Almost got divoiced when I said I was getting a fish tank. But happy to say I got my way. It started with my grandson wanting a fish tank. So we get him one then get him a couple of guppies. He calls and tells us he has babies. I get so excited . That is when I of couse have to get a tank. See he is 600 miles from me so I can't see them. I get this 55 gal. second hand tank. Don't do it.Get new.It took days to get it clean, trying everything. Then the tank is set I wanted to do everything right. Can't let my hubby come back with I TOLD YOU SO. I get the water great. I reserch what kind of fish to get. OK get my self semi aggresive. Mollies. red sword tails, chinchad? a few alg eat. 1st few times bringing them home they die within a day. Back to store. Check water again. Fine. After five or so times getting 3/4 fish each time I finally have about 6 fish by Dec.1st My grandson calls and tells me he has 60+ and they keep comming. When my grandson comes. He brings 10 babies guppies and the male. We wake to find three babies Left. I head to to pet shop to get a holding box for babies. I tell the lady. I want three more fish. She swishes the net arounds like a storm. I said be careful I find alot die when I get home. They get stressed easy. She tells me after I see she just swishes them in the bag with a big fall of water. AHHH it's just like a roller coaster ride. Well my grandson and I just looked at each other. Then I said well the ride just gave one of the fish a heart attact. It's dead. I have found that was the main reason my fish were not making it. Then I was told. You do not put guppies in with the type of fish I keep. It is now Jan 6th and that little male guppy is not only doing great he thinks he is boss of the tank. The last funny thing is. I felt bad for him and went out to get him another guppy so he would have a friend. Well, He does not give it the time of day. He has a little school fish he made friends with from the start. I even think he thinks they are the same type fish. He does not leave it's side and no other fish can go near it. He will cahse them away. Well, just thought you might get a laugh out of how we make mistakes and they turn out. My little guppy boss is on my profile photo. Enjoy.

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Hi there, I have been on and off of eBay for a little bit trying to find my 'nitch', and well I have had success!!!! My wife and I have been raising cichlids for a while now but just recently started to breed, and have found that we really enjoy it. Currently we have around 400 gallons of tank space and about 20 species of fish (mainly cichlids), but are only breeding 6 different cichlids species. This keeps me quite busy, but I enjoy every minute of it. So I just thought I would introduce myself and see if there are any other cichlid lovers around eBay, as I rather enjoy buying, selling, and trading fish and supplies, and just hope that I'm not the only one.

Good Morning Everyone Have A Great Week !

We acquired a large Red Devil fish, that we fundly call Diablo. He lives up to his name. He was up for adoption. We saw him huddled in a corner of a tank at the pet store. He seemed so lonely and docile. Boy..little did we know, haha.

Now we sorta know why he was there, lol. We would not trade him for the world though. Fallen in love with him. Quite a fish-son-ality..haha.

Unfortunately, before putting a divider in -- he ate two blue dolphins and a baby fantosa & electric yellow..that we know of..

We are hoping to get a larger tank for him pretty soon. We love our african cichlids and the tank divider is working out well for now. We have a gorgoues Jack Dempsey, large fantosa, electric yellow, and a couple more beauties..not sure the names.

Diablo is quite a character though. He loves performing somersaults when he see an audience. His crown is very pronounced, his green marbelized eyes & coloring are beautiful, and he is very smart and attentive. From time to time, he opens the lid on the tank and squirts water out. He is just a big floating baby.

My son learned the hard way, to have rubber gloves on when cleaning the tank, however. Ouch! His fins are very sharp.

We love watching him rearrange the tank also. One day there will be two big mountains of rocks, the next day, small curvy hills. All the plants get placed where he wants them too.

He is about 8 years old.

Well, -- any good deals on a larger tank out there? lol.
Diablo needs a bigger home. Just a matter of time, I think he will figure out how to take the divider down. He also loves to take the filteration tube down from time to time too - and we've lost a cichlid or two that way. We do have that side of the tank reserved for him now, and the others are on the safer side.

Know it sounds like I'm saying don't get a red devil, but -- nope. They are amazing fish..lol... but for the love of the African Cicchilds..lol, do keep Diablos seperated if you decide to have one.