Hey how many of you guys have fish tanks?

I know me and newt,, well I have a reef tank and he HAD one, and is getting another. I know there has to be more people on here cause aquarium keeping is a huge hobby, I am asking cause the new site we are putting together, I am not gonna put the link here cause I don't want the china bots to attack it, so if you do just post here on this forum and I will email you the link.

For years we had smaller fish tanks but then just stopped; I think it was due to the period in which we were forced to move and did not have the house yet.  Then we just never set one back up.  I am not even sure what happened with the equipment.  It was enjoyable, fish are fascinating creatures to watch.

i have had tanks non stop since i was 3 years old,, my first one was a 10 gallon with like 3 gold fish

I have a 2 gal. with a filter for my betta.

I used to have a 30gal fresh water.

My ex took it and it was destroyed in a moving truck accident when she moved out. I never got another one.

At my current financial state i cannot afford to take that hobby back up. It's a luxury item. Food and rent is more important.

 bettas are cool, im gonna get one for my desk

 still have pics atleast?

No. No pics.

If i do another one i am going to build it myself. Have you ever seen this series? http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Tanked/70267582?trkid=439131

It's quite interesting.

 yes i watch it all the time!!.. i have a 150 right now, i had one that i got that was my dream tank but couldnt get it in the house

here is the one that would not fit   

here is my one i have now

I been wanting to do my own custom acrylic tank here in the near future... i seen on youtube how to heat and bend and work with it,,, and to get it glued and stuff.. hardest thing is gonna be getting the bends in just the right spot so it all lines up evenly.

 Here's the great and simple instructions to build device to bend plexi: 

lol i got that video book marked already,, watched it this past weekend going to build one of those but bigger and able to heat thicker acrylic  .. need one that will bend like 3/4 ,, funny you posted that video though lol

I have 10 Carp in a pond in the garden, the are beautiful.

You fish lovers should check out Dream Aquarium for your desktop, etc.

http://dreamaquarium.com/

 I am getting another one soon.. probably why I'm in such a bad mood, because it was so relaxing to watch. It used be in my home office room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaDySf4Sp-8

Refuge tank off the the left at the end of the video, I failed to film the under sump tank where it was all mixed and the auto water top off system.

Gentle curves instead of sharp ones, I would go with a reasonably wide radius to the bend, easier and less stressful on the acrylic.

 i have a koi pond aswell last summer my liner got a leak though and i lost some koi that were over 2 feet long that i grew for years was sad and a very expensive mishap.... this spring i am going to cement it and then paint it with the sealer fish safe paint they sell and it should be better than before!

 its all in the slowness and the heat,, you can go sharp 45 degrees fine you just have to go slow and proper heat and will be fine

 Yes try Blagdon V8 Pondseal it is very good, 3 coats minimum need, but is about £65 ($100) for 5L (litres) and covers about a quarter of what they say on the tin. We also added it to the concrete mix. Make sure you do not use any kind of PVA sealant as it contains ammonia (NH3).

RE "i have a koi pond aswell last summer my liner got a leak though and i lost some koi that were over 2 feet long that i grew for years was sad and a very expensive mishap.... this spring i am going to cement it and then paint it with the sealer fish safe paint they sell and it should be better than before!"

 THANK YOU,, i will look into that,, the owner at aquarium world here where i get all my stuff got a leak in his liner in his indoor saltwater reef pond,, so he was redoing it  with that stuff, and he told me he had some left over and said i cna have what he has left when he is totally done,, then i redo mine im gonna do it right and perfect this time3 feet deep,, 11 feet wide and 9 feet across, im gonna do lighting and a good biofilter system,, prolly start on it next month when we get days of warm weather in a row.. going to google that stuff just now

 Check out http://www.koicarp.org.uk/index.htm (How to) in particular http://www.koicarp.org.uk/koi_carp_myths.htm

I don't have fish tanks.  I only have propane tanks.

Did someone say propane tanks?

We have one... small, bucket-sized. Some yellow snail and tiny shrimps live in there and still it needs constant support. :)

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now we have a small 10 gal with a few fish (a tiger barb, a dwarf gourami, an electric yellow labidochromis, a dwarf pleco, albino cory and a couple of glow tetras)

For years I had a 55 high with african cichlids

I also go see Phish whenever I can 

None working now (6 empty 10gal tanks) but over the years I've had a total of over 40 tanks... all fresh water... some I built myself... largest ones were 70 gals... many just for breeding.  I tended to go big or not at all... so when I was "in" it was a time consuming hobby with at least 10 tanks.  Now a days I tend to spend my "off" time in the outdoors... away from computers.  But every once in a while, especially during the rainy season, I ponder the idea of setting up a couple of tanks for my home-office.

I'm not even interested until I can go this big... I guess it is all about size.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fHYh8R3Rh0

this is the "birth" of my tank..

http://www.reefmasters.net/m/photos/browse/album/The-Birth-Of-My-Tank/owner/Locals