Poll: How many tanks do you presently have in your household?

[Fishmanic75 191]

Type of pets owned by households in the US

• Dogs: Owned by roughly 68 million to 71 million U.S. households (about 38% to 51% of homes depending on the survey).
• Cats: Owned by approximately 49 million to 53 million U.S. households.
• Freshwater Fish: Ranked third, found in 10 to 12 million homes.
• Other Pets: Includes birds, reptiles, and small mammals (like hamsters and rabbits), each found in roughly 5 million to 6 million households

 

[GaryE35 33]

I don’t have any tanks at present . They won’t fit through the door and I don’t think the floor would support one . I do , however , have nine aquariums set up and running with fish in them . The term “ tank “ is not something I like to describe an aquarium . You keep gasoline in a tank .

Actually, I have 20 old Sherman tanks, and the rest are old Soviet T-34s. Once you scrub out the gas and oil, they hold a lot of good fish. Why do you think I keep my fish in a garage???

But 53 aquariums, okay? No one is allowed to fire the tank cannons out there because it upsets the fish. The tanks are just antiques for show....

 

[TwoTankAmin63]

I am down to 12 one of which is just plants, blue dream shrimp and assassin snails.

At my peak I had 20 and in summer that number went up to between 26 and 28.

I do not have a fish room and the tanks were spread out between two buildings and 5 rooms. The 5th room was a screened terrace and only had tanks in the summer months. I stopped doing the summer tanks after 2023.

A tank most commonly refers to a large container for holding liquids or a heavily armored military combat vehicle, but it can also refer to the R&B singer Tank (Durrell Babbs).

(edited for typos)

 

[Fishmanic75 191]

As can be seen by the results in this poll, several of our members are afflicted with MTS

Multiple Tank Syndrome (MTS) is non-medical condition where an aquarium hobbyist gets the irresistible urge to buy and set up more and more fish tanks.

What is MTS?

• • It usually starts with one small, innocent aquarium or a single betta bowl.
  • Soon, one tank is not enough for all the fish, plants, and aquascaping ideas.
  • Hobbyists justify new tanks as "shrimp tanks," "planted tanks," "quarantine setups," or "rescue tanks".
  • Before long, aquariums fill every flat surface in the home.

Common Symptoms

• • Constant buying: Purchasing extra filters, lights, test kits, and specialized fish foods.
  • Obsessive research: Spending free time reading about water chemistry, carbon dioxide levels, and rare fish species.
  • Endless maintenance: Spending entire weekends doing water changes, trimming plants, and talking about the nitrogen cycle to uninterested people.
  • Space takeover: Rearranging household furniture in the middle of the night to make room for a new tank.

The "Cure"

• • There is no real medical treatment.
  • Enthusiasts joke that the only cure is running out of electrical outlets, running out of space, or going completely broke.

 

[GaryE35 33]

MTS is good for what ails you.
It provides exercise, with moving tanks and water changes.
Catching fish improves hand eye coordination.
If your pockets are full of money and you fall in a canal, you are more likely to drown.
If you have live cashless, you are more likely to fall to get rich quick scammers than if you have invested in fish.
It makes you read, which can lead to all sorts of good things.
It can be an entry point to scientific thinking.
It teaches you how to decorate your house of apartment.
It makes you extremely attractive.
It gets you out of the house, especially if the floor gives way.

 

[Fishmanic75 191]

So far, 56% of respondents have 3 or more tanks.
33% of respondents have 6 or more tanks
MTS is rampant among members here at Tropical Fish Forums.

Only 27 members have voted. All members most likely have at least one tank. Certainly we have more than 27 active members. If you haven't yet answered the poll,

PLEASE RESPOND NOW​

 

[Fishmanic75 191]

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[TwoTankAmin63]

I put this into the tell me something funny thread, I should have put it here.

"So may tanks, so little time. Since you can't get more time, you might as well get more tanks."

 

[emeraldking55 106]

88 Currently actively running indoors. I've reduced a bit.

 

[Fishmanic75 191]

@emeraldking
88? how do you have enough time to do water changes and maintenance on so many tanks?

 

[emeraldking55 106]

@emeraldking
88? how do you have enough time to do water changes and maintenance on so many tanks?

Without being arrogant but my tanks are very stable in relation to the waterparameters. I do maintenance when needed. I do less water changes than the average member overhere. For it's not needed to do more in my case. And maintenance is just a routine. With pretty stable tanks, maintenance is low. One of the mistakes a lot make, is to do too much in a tank. How can a tank set and remain stable if we do too much water changes or put too often a supplement (water conditioner, a water harder or softner, etc...) in the water? Overfeeding happens also a lot if someone is following the description of the food cans. Once a day should be sufficient. Twice or even three times a day (no matter if it's just a small amount each time one feeds). Whether it's just once, twice or even three times... there will always be sufficient food in a tank that hasn't been eaten yet by the fish. Even if it looks like there's no food in there. Give those fish the opportunity to use their instinct to seek for food (so, their natural behavior) that wasn't eaten yet. You'd be surprised how much food will still be there in the sand or gravel.

 

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[FishKeepingHamster]

I have a nano tank with red cherry shrimp, a 100l with emerald eye rasboras and two yellow bristlenose pleco. And then my 250l community tank which has ruby tetras, black neon tetras, diamond tetras, Venezuelan corydoras and armano shrimp. The 100l and 240l also each have a mystery snail

 

[LEricG]

I have 3. One 30 gallon unplanted community tank which, at the moment is a little sparsely populated.
One 36 gallon planted (only planted about 8 months ago), containing 5 adult guppies (remaining after the initial purchase of 12) and numerous babies at different stages of development, and one young pearl gourami, as a centre piece fish.

Also, a 15 litre planted shrimp tank, with neocaridina that breed quite happily, though most have lost their nice yellow colour.

 

[Fishmanic75 191]

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