I've officially gone tank mad

[Elisabeth83]

This whole tank thing is getting out of control...I just purchased my 7th tank It's a 10 gallon that I got to put my Betta smaragdinas in that I bought yesterday

My apartment isn't too big so it's begining to look like a pet store in here. I don't mind it but I can see the looks on my boyfriends parents faces when they visit and when other family members come over. For some reason I let it bother me and I keep feeling guilty for all the tanks I have.

I tell myself if only I could live near people from the fish forum then I wouldn't be seen as weird..I'd actually be normal

So anyways I don't have stands for all my tanks so I find tables and what not around the house. The new tank found a spot on the coffee table in the living room ) The 3 biggest tanks all have stands and are scattered around the living room. One of my smaller tanks is on a table next to the dining room table and another tank has actually found itself to be actually sitting on the dining room table That's only temporary though and it will be moved soon. Still though if someone visits within the week I think they will think I am nuts. I also have 2 betta bowls one in the kitchen and the other on the end table next to the couch

please tell me I'm not nuts for keeping so many tanks!! How many tanks do you all have and where do you keep them??

edit: Oh my...I forgot a tank...I have a 30 gallon in the hallway sitting on a low dresser (runs away and hides ) )

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I only have 3 tanks(10gallon, 30gallon, 50gallon+), but i have a very small apartment- it used to be about 6 small tanks though. I find that it is better to have just a couple of large tanks than loads of small ones dotted throughout the place and you'll find the larger the tank the less cluttered the place looks and the more you can slighty overstock the tank too- large tanks are also easier to maintain good consistant water quality in too .

 

[Snailguy101]

I have 2 20 gallon and 2 10 gallons I just put em in my room on shelves and stuff

 

[Polardbear]

My house is only 4 rooms - 2 bedrooms and a great room (living room/dining room combined) and the kitchen. It's only 900 sq feet total and has a 75 gallon corner unit, a 55 gallon, 4 10's, a 20 and 5 2.5 gallons in the great room. I've been known to put a 10 gallon in the master bathroom (quarentine tank). I've been considering setting up a rack in the master bedroom closet for the 40 breeder I want! You are not alone!!! It drives mt b/f nuts.

 

[camshaft]

screw what anyone else thinks!!!

when i got my 55g set up, one of my friends was hating on me because it wasnt saltwater. this was coming from a guy who doesnt own an aquarium at all.

 

[SarahBravo]

You are not alone!!! i've got 14 tanks now - a 40 gallon and 3 x 30 gallons in the living room, 2 x 10 gallons and 3 x 5 gallons in the kitchen, 4 x 30 gallons and 1 teeny quarantine tank in the dining room. Okay, used to be the dining room, but for some reason (!) I had to take the table out. What I really want now is a 100 gallon or more, so I can keep some fish like oscars or sevs. I'm sure i don;t really need a spare bedroom......

"Hello, my name is Sarah and I am a fishoholic....."

 

[OohFeeshy]

In my bedroom (small) I've got 3 3g's, 1 1g, a 15H and a 20H.

 

[Elisabeth83]

I only have 3 tanks(10gallon, 30gallon, 50gallon+), but i have a very small apartment- it used to be about 6 small tanks though. I find that it is better to have just a couple of large tanks than loads of small ones dotted throughout the place and you'll find the larger the tank the less cluttered the place looks and the more you can slighty overstock the tank too- large tanks are also easier to maintain good consistant water quality in too .

I've got 1- 55 gallon, 2- 30 gallons, 1- 28 gallon, 2- 14 gallons and 1- 10 gallon so the tanks are fairly big. I like the smaller tanks for my bettas, gouramis, rasboras and what not. They would look funny in a big tank as they are so small. Plus I can't really keep only a couple big tanks because a lot of the fish I have need different care and can't live with one another.

Polardbear (paula ) I also have a great big room that is my living room, dining room and computer area. At least with it being open it doesn't look too cramped

SarahBrava - Your dining room used to be your dining room I actually cant even remember the last time I used my dining room table. We usually just sit in the living room and watch a show while we eat dinner ) When it's just you and your boyfriend sitting at the dining room table gets a little boring. Not much to talk about...no kids to yell at LOL

I could put some tanks in the bedroom but then I would never see them thats why I like to keep them in the great big room

Well at least I am not alone and I can sit and read all of your comments to my boyfriend

 

[The-Wolf]

all my tanks are in my bedroom
erm make that fishroom that has a bed in it

 

[glolite]

Don't worry Elizabeth, I have 9 tanks. A 20 litre fry tank in my daughter's old bedroom (she moved out and she loves fish) plus in the same room a 40 litre with a dwarf puffer, an 11g with a small angel and male guppys a 27g with apistos, gupps and platys and a 45g with dwarf peacock cichlids and catfish. Then downstairs....... a 13g with tetras, a 6g hex with baby silver shark, a 45g with new world cichlids and catfish and a 90g in the living room with male frontosa, 2 clown loaches 1 silver shark 3 cigar sharks and a common plec. Ooops, and I only started lasr November.

 

[AlexsDaddy]

I have 3-10's, 1-5, 2-2.5's and 4-1's. The one 10 is sitting on an end table in the living room, another is on an actual stand in the living room, the third is on a plastic shelf unit in the bedroom. One of the 2.5's is on the other end table in the living room along with one of the 1 gal's. The other 2.5 is on the kitchen counter. A second 1 gal is on the kitchen table, one in my sons room, and one in the master bedroom. The 5 gal is sitting on a sturdy wooden box by the computer desk. Soon I'm going to be getting rid of the 1's though as I am working on making dividers for an empty 6 gal that I have, and one of the 10's that's cycled. My wife won't let me get any more fish. She told me this after I cycled the 10 gal for some dwarf gourami's! so I'm gonna split it in half or maybe 3 for a couple of my bettas.

 

[Teelie]

I have two 10's, two 30's, a 5, one 1.5 and a 1 gallon but only the 10's and 30's are in use and one of the 10's has no fish yet. I'm planning to actually expand and condense my aquariums. I want to get rid of the 10's, except perhaps as quarantine tanks or sumps and turn one of the 30's into a sump tank for a larger, 100+ gallon tank or grow out tank for fry.

Right now I'm thinking I want to keep only two or three very large tanks with all my fish in them instead of a dozen or more smaller tanks for fish that could likely all live in larger tanks together. Like my Cories, Kuhlis, Neons and eventually, plecos in a tank with my Clowns, Gourami, shark and other larger fish in their own tank. I'm wanting to do cichlids as well so they'd have a third tank.

Depending on how it goes, I might ditch one of those and go with saltwater if I can't convince my girlfriend to let me have a fourth saltwater tank too.

 

[FishEnthusiast]

I have 8 1g's, 1 2.25g, 1 5g, 1 10g, 1 20g and 1 30g all in the office with 2 computers. 6 1g's and the 5g are on my desk(L shaped), a 1g and the 2.25g are on the hubbys desk, the 20g is on the filing cabinet, the 30g has a stand, the 10g and a 1g share a table behind my desk. I also have the 55g in the living room, and 2 recently empty tanks, a 10g(new QT tank), and a 20G, which will house toads eventually. Whew. Too many tanks.

 

[Elisabeth83]

I love hearing how you all have so many tanks as well it makes me feel relieved and not so crazy

I swear when I am able to buy a house I'm going to have so many tanks. I think I'll set up some kind of automatic water change/refiller like a lot of fish stores have. A fish shop I go to a lot told me they change 25% of water everyday in their tanks. They must have 200 plus tanks in their store so of course they can't be standing there using a syphon

I can remember when I heard my cousin and her husband had 5 tanks set up this was before I got into fishkeeping seriously and I had the typical community tank set up with fish that actually weren't compatible/got too big for the tank etc. I kept thinking to myself gosh 5 tanks thats really odd why cant they just have 1 tank why do you need 5 big tanks. Well now I feel real silly thinking that cause here I am sitting on 7 I can't imagine only having 1 tank you can't keep all the fish you want in only 1 tank. I'm sitting on 7 tanks and I still want to set up a nice malawi cichlid tank as well as other types of cichlids, anabantoids ...the list goes on. I think the only way you can ever own all the fish you want is to open up a fish shop

 

[Teelie]

I forgot to mention where my tanks are. One of the 30's and 10's are in my room, the other 30 is in a foyer and the currently empty 10 is in my girlfriend's room.