Harleyquinn: Are there any tropical fish hobbyists out there?
What kind of tanks do you have and what sort of fish do you keep?
I am one, have been since I was a kid!! These days I only have a 29 gallon freshwater tank, it just has a large angelfish and small lace catfish and a few sunburst platys in it right now.
I used to have to 55 gallon tanks going , but not these days.
mylifewithu: I am one, have been since I was a kid!! These days I only have a 29 gallon freshwater tank, it just has a large angelfish and small lace catfish and a few sunburst platys in it right now.
I used to have to 55 gallon tanks going , but not these days.
mylifewithu: I am one, have been since I was a kid!! These days I only have a 29 gallon freshwater tank, it just has a large angelfish and small lace catfish and a few sunburst platys in it right now.
I used to have two 55 gallon tanks going , but not these days.
Your lace cat, is that an African(Synodontis)? I have 2 S. ocellifer, they are gray with big black dots on them. They're about7 or 8 inches.
I have a 200gal that I keep them in.
It's been so long since I bought him , I truely don't remember what he is. He fools my guest, they all think he is dead, he likes to sleep upside down. He is dark brown with a lacy stripes in his tail. I used to be more into my hobby and knew all this but these days I don't do much with them. I saw the pic of your tank in your profile, its a nice looking tank. I recently took out most of my decorations, I am into the live plants right now. And rocks were in my way. Those were some very pretty polished rocks too, thats cool.
Harleyquinn: Thanks regarding the polished rocks, that's a new hobby to me. I've been keeping fish since I was a young teen too. Yeah if it gets upsidedown then it's most probably a Synodontis. I have a 75gal. set up neutral to slightly acid for tetras and rainbow fish that I put sand in the bottom of and is also my live plant tank. I really like oddball fish especially catfish.
Almost all of my tanks are community(except the breeders), I like a lot of action going on all over the tank. Have you ever had any fish spawn for you?
I used to keep about everything imaginable for a community fish tank. I had a nice school of cardinal tetras. They were very nice and got to a larger size than I have ever seen them. I had a couple rams, don't remember there technical names anymore. I had several Black ghost knife fish, which was my favorite fish. I had three angel fish one was a fancy veiltail kind. I had Cory cats and some others. I do need to get my books out and read them again.
I had a friend who had the prettiest plecostomos I have ever seen, it was black with glowing blue eyes, I have never seen one anywheres or I would buy it.
HarleyquinnOPBetwixt the stix, Illinois USA1,707 posts
Cardinals are beautiful, no doubt.
A couple years ago I had 2 black ghost knifes in my 200 that got up to about 9 inches but I lost them during the power outage after the tornado passed thru town. They are cool fish, mine would take earthworms out of my hand.
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What kind of tanks do you have and what sort of fish do you keep?