mikeloupowell
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Old man from northwest Ohio here. Won a little goldfish in a little bowl at a county fair when I was 10 back in 1970. Talked Mom & Dad into buying me a 10 gallon aquarium , a few snails, and a friend for the little guy. I've had aquariums off and on ( mostly on ) ever since. My current obsession is a 125 gallon "skittles" tank, as I've seen them called here. It's a six foot long aquarium. I am using 3 AquaClear 110 HOB filters. I've got about an inch and a half of fine, smooth, gravel substrate called Pearl River I believe. Lots of driftwood, lots of rocks, and heavily planted, Java Ferns only as It's the only one Iv'e not had eaten by the fish. It's been alive for a bit over three years now. I'm a big fan of the rock band "Rush" so I've deemed this my 2112 tank. Twenty-one fish, twelve species. Stock is 1 Whiptail Suckermouth, 1 Rubbernose Pleco, 1 Rainbow Shark, 1 Gold Gourami, 1 Platinum Angel, 1 Firemouth Cichlid, 1 Striped Headstander, 1 Leopard Bushfish, 2 Blue Gularis Killifish, 3 Pictus Catfish, 3 Polka Dot Loaches, and 5 Silver Dollars. All fish are around six inches in length. Temp is 76 degrees and I do a 20% water change every Sunday. For about a year now I've had an itch to start another tank, African Cichlids! I keep putting it off hoping the itch will go away but it has not. I'm concerned that this may be an addition and if i get another tank then I will think, well why not a Discus tank, and a fancy guppy tank, and well what about Saltwater ! Do you think I will be good with one more tank , and it won't turn into several more, or should I try to stick with the one I have ? Anyone else have these same dang itches ?
