EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[BullChick]

Brian (late b-i-l) had some 100 gallon tanks, even smaller tanks in the bathrooms.

I think he had an even bigger one too. I remember it was insane.

 

[Pensmaster]

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Crazy amount of work too. We had Sea Horses as well. Full time job paying attention to that tank.
And the grandson is the one that got us started back in tanks.
Since have taken them down.

 

[Cynthia12]

She does spend a lot of time on them. ...Hey, back in the 80's, we tried a smaller salt water, had a seahorse too. Harder to keep the smaller tanks just right.

 

[Pensmaster]

They sure are. 60 gallon for the sea horses

 

[BullChick]

The stand was brought in last evening, and the big tank is inside now too. I had to shower after that.
I have to get the tank cleaned up, and figure out where I put the lids. I guess I can figure out a substitute for a topper if I must. Feedbags comes to mind!

 

[Don 27]

I have shrimp and guppies. While the tank doesn't look the greatest it's basically free to keep them. Just fish food and a good grow light and small pump and that's all I need .no heater needed.

 

[BullChick]

The 55gallon is clean, and on the stand. I thought I had more bedding, so I have to add that to the list (just a heat source). I really don’t need this tank, but it will be like having a huge coop for a small flock. Leaves room for playing!
Of course, I don’t think I am a crab math kind of person. The extra room in the coop has a way of getting filled.

 

[Don 27]

The 55gallon is clean, and on the stand. I thought I had more bedding, so I have to add that to the list (just a heat source). I really don’t need this tank, but it will be like having a huge coop for a small flock. Leaves room for playing!
Of course, I don’t think I am a crab math kind of person. The extra room in the coop has a way of getting filled.

Lol if there's enough room the fish may just breed and fill out the empty spaces. Depends on what type of fish.

 

[Razadia]

I love having aquariums. The first thing I can ever remember asking Santa for was an aquarium, and I got one! The last few times I haven't kept up with maintenance though, so I'm taking a break. I've been doing lots of reading on nano setups lately, though!

I had to take a break after I lost my bettas due to power outages. I'm thinking about just doing a nano with shrimp and black tiger badis. That's the plan, at least. I'm probably going to do a mini version of the walsted method.

I used to keep tropical fish. Not Walmart fish, $60-120 fish. I cannot remember any of them though.
I would love to have fish again, but I don’t trust the floors to support the weight.
Besides, I gave away soooo much! I’d rather not buy a whole fish medicine cabinet/chemicals again.

Oof. Yeah, I wouldn't want to restart from that either.

My largest tank was just a 32 gallon. It was fun. I think I'll go copy some of one of our daughter's tanks. She's having a blast with the salt water, but...she's into the reef..Coral...crabs....looking...

Her tanks are beautiful. I'm terrified of saltwater setups, though. I would hate to put that much work and money into it and have the whole system crash.

 

[BullChick]

Lol if there's enough room the fish may just breed and fill out the empty spaces. Depends on what type of fish.

The crabs can’t reproduce without the ocean. If you are trying to temp me into a section of fish in the crabitat... well, I have already been thinking about it!