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Hello Kelly
Welcome to the Fishprofiles.
I don't have many tanks..i only have 1 75g tank.
The fish i have are:
1)1 Hoplo catfish
2)1 Pleco
3)3 Zebra danios
4)1 Albino red tail shark
5)6 green tiger barbs
6)3 mollies+17 fry
Hopefully i will buy 2 zebra plecos soon..wonder when

Enjoy your stay
Robby

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Hi Kelly, welcome to FP!

Here's a link to a poll that was recently on the site concerning some of the members tanks.

http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/The%20Recovery%20Room/56824.html

You may want to reconsider placing the goldfish in a five gallon tank as they will get way too large for it. However there are many other smaller fish that you could place in there and if you go over the forums here you will find many posts concerning this. Good luck.

Jim

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Hi everyone! I am new here, just registered today. I stumbled on this site when I was searching the web on fish. I really like this place! What size of tanks do you all have and what kind of fish? I have a 10 tank with guppies, a mini-tank with baby guppies, and a 5 gallon tank that I am going to get a couple small goldfish for. I am saving my money to buy a 55 gallon tank.

75g
SA cichlid tank including a blue acara and GT that continue to spawn :%)

30g
community tank under renovations, currently has cories, BN, RTBS

29g
misc community: platies, keyholes, gold barbs, loaches, BN

20g long
Asian biotope: honey & sparkling gouramis, betta coccina, kuhlis, harlequin rasboras, cherry barbs

10g
Endler's breeding tank with otos and pygmy cories

10g
brackish tank with glassfish and fiddler crabs

6g
currently home to two platy fry; planning to stock with killies

5g
guppy fry grow out tank with a dwarf puffer who thinks he's a guppy

2.5g
Jelly Bean the awesome male betta

I have a bunch of tanks 6g and under in our closet of doom, no plans for them. What I'd really like is another big tank Unfortunately that won't happen, the 75 was pushing my luck since we're in a 3rd floor apartment with wood floors

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10 gallon
1-chocolate butterfly male betta
1-3in cool water minnow
like 3 juvinile male guppies waiting to hear their fate (stay with me, or go to the store)

10 gallon
frog tank
1- young injured bullfrog
3-common guppy males

29 gallon
7- guppies, 2 males 5 females
3-female bettas
3-zebra danios
5-ottos
13-corys (3-schwartzi, 1 agazzi, 1-peppered, 5-bronze, 3-elegans)
1-johney darter
2-plattys
2-bolivian rams
....and i think that in in there

betta tanks
7-male bettas all anone, 2 crowns, 5 viels

and theres my sisters tank that i have no control of stocking, get a load of this

1-goldfish
1-albino buenos ares tetra
1-male betta
5-bronze corys
1-sizzortail rasbora
7-guppies
1-minnow
1- columbian tetra
and im sure i hav forgotten like 3 other fish
so she prettymuch has enough fish to fully stock a 55 gallon and all crammed in a tiny 10 gallon covered in algea with water changes few and far between

20 gallon long
6 female bettas
3 black neon tetras (left over from a larger school)
8 cories

10 gallon
1 male betta
6 female guppies

12 gallon
3 female bettas
3 golden zebra danios
2 male guppies

5 gallon
1 male betta
algae eating shrimp(? - they hide too bloody much)

five 2 gallon tanks
One each:
3 x Male veiltail betta
1 x short/round tail betta
1 x doubletail betta


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Welcome to FP, we are a bit crazy:%)but I think it's in the waterAs to what tanks we have and what we keepwhere do I begin?

125 gallon--Corries (metae, Agazzis, Albino, Skunk, Hasbrosus, metae fry); Clown Loaches; BN; 1 Male Guppy; Emperor Tetras; Neon Tetras; Harlequin Rasboras; 1 Betta Boy; ]:|snails]:|; I think that is all

55 gallon--:#(currently empty:#(a week ago I had 18 Mbuna Cichlids, right now it is totally empty, minus half the gravel I have yet to pull out:#(I had a slight problem with a seal]:|

29 gallon--Guppies:%)

20 gallon long--empty *shrug*

20 gallon--Guppies, Corydora Hasbrosus, meta Fry

10 gallon--2 Betta Boys

10 gallon (school tank)--Guppies and fry

10 gallon--currently empty

2.5 gallon--Endler Livebearers, and fry

I think that is it, but I might be missing 1I need to set up the 10 gallon, make sure the 20 gallon is fine and not leaking, and make a hood for it, and figure out what went wrong with the 55Summer is coming and then there will be time

heidi michelle



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Heheh drag me to the dark side? You are setting up a 100 gallon reef tank?? Wow /:'

Welcome to FishProfiles

Glad to see you've joined our "family"

*wonders if we can drag the newbie to the dark side*

I've got several freshwater tanks but I'm in the process of starting a 100 gallon reef system.

Hope ya stick around.




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When kept in a small tank, goldfish tend to not get any bigger than a few inches. Many owners do not realize that this is a bad thing. The reason the growing stops is because they are stunting, a process where the organs continue to grow, but the body does not. Chances are your goldies wont get anywhere near their potential size in a 5 gal, and they wont live out their full lifespan either. Not only are they huge fish, theyre poop machines too. If youre going to move them, do it soon.

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If you sing to me in French.

In my 5g tank, I have 2 SMALL goldfish, and they are very happy in it. They are not too big for it, they are only about 2 inches long. I can always move them to a bigger tank when they get older

55g stocking,

2 angels
6 male OR feamle guppies
6 non-nippy tetras
6 non-nippy tetras
2 Lace gouramis
2 rams
2 Keyhole Cichlids

I'm not sure if that'll work but im sure some other people could point you in the right direction

if u want help with your 5g have a look at THIS brilliant thread

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Last edited by dude_dude at 06-May-2005 17:21

Endlers Livebearers for the five gallon tank

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Welcome Kelly!

I also would like to suggest bettas for your five gal. Goldfish are lovely, but they get huge. There are also many other options for your five gallon.

killifish
guppies
endlers
female bettas
ADF
Sparkling gouramis
Cherry Barbs
Dwarf puffer
A male betta
Shrimp
Apple snails



I'll do graffiti,
If you sing to me in French.

I might be getting a bigger tank for the goldfish (once I get them). As for my 55 gallon tank I'm going to get, I was thinking about putting some of my guppies in it when they get older (not males and females together!) and then add some other peaceful tropical community fish, not sure which yet. Any suggestions?

As for the betta idea, I might go for it. You think I should get 3 females for the 5 gallon tank? I thought maybe 2 would be better, but I don't know.


This place is so cool, I have always wanted to find a message board where I can ask questions about fish!

Hey Kelly, Welcome to FP

I have about 9 active tanks (and a few small ones in drydock at the moment) but basically I keep bettas, axolotls, and a yabbie, and a few random tropicals

Is the 55 going to be a goldfish tank or do you have other plans for it?

May I suggest a trio of female bettas for your 5 gal, they would love that much space and be far better suited to the tank.

I have to admit, I do see the goldfish attraction. If they weren't such messpots, i'd have a few myself!

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Welcome to FP Kelly. You're going to find this site really interesting & you can ask what you want & get a very good reply, as there are some experts here.
I just want to inform you, that Goldfish shouldn't be kept in a small 5Gal. tank. Goldfish need a big tanks & i'm really glad that you are saving up for a 55Gal. tank.


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